Category Archives: Oz Authors

Nonestic Promotion, Part 2: Didja Ever Hear of Oz?

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Nathan

While Ruth Plumly Thompson would eventually become frustrated at how little promotion Reilly & Lee did for the Oz books, they did make some attempts early on in her tenure as Royal Historian. One such promotion was a short play … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Characters, Gina Wickwar, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a day in oz, bungle the glass cat, carter green, conventions, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, eric gjovaag, fix city, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, norman sherred, oz centennial convention, oz convention, ozga, ozma, pastoria, patchwork girl, puns, scarecrow, scraps from oz, signs, sissajig and other surprises, the cowardly lion of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the royal book of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Nonestic Promotion

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Nathan

One thing I think about occasionally is the promotion that the Oz books received in their heyday. L. Frank Baum had been a salesman and a contributor to a magazine about decorating shop windows, so it’s not too surprising that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged amusement parks, dorothy and the wizard in oz, fairylogue and radio-plays, john dough, john dough and the cherub, land of oz park, madame tussaud, martin gardner, mifkets, otis turner, oz convention, ozma, pedloe island, professor wogglebug, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, romola remus, selig polygraph company, the baum bugle, the oz-toy book, the patchwork girl of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wogglebug game of conundrums, the wonderful game of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, w.w. denslow, woozy, yankee in oz | Leave a comment

Deadwood Oaks and Duende

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Nathan

I feel like I’ve pretty much exhausted all the Oz books, or at least the ones that are generally consistent with the original series (not that everyone even agrees on what that is). I’ll occasionally come across lists of interesting-sounding … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a million miles from here is oz, alexander volkov, cap'n bill, dagmar in oz, david f. salas, deadwood oaks, dorothy and the wooden soldiers of oz, dorothy gale, duende, fairies, fighting trees, glinda, hammer-heads, ken romer, lucky bucky in oz, magic land, nome king, polychrome, quiet victory, robin hess, the deadly desert around oz, the duende of oz, the lost tales of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the spelling bee of oz, three-headed elvis clone found in flying saucer over oz, tin woodman, trot griffiths, urfin jus, urfin jus and his wooden soldiers, victor columbia edison, wicked witch of the east | Leave a comment

Get Off Your Ass

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Nathan

This might well be my last book review post of the year. I got an overview of the books I read in 2021 on Goodreads a few weeks ago, but I have no idea why they didn’t save it until … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Celtic, Characters, Conspiracy Theories, Egyptian, Hinduism, Korean, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mayan, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Navajo, october daye, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Roman, seanan mcguire, Semitic, Voodoo, William Shakespeare | Tagged a midsummer night's dream, aliens, anunnaki, apsaras, apuleius, aru shah, beware the grove of true love, bruto and the freaky flower, calamity juice, carlo collodi, carlos hernandez, chupacabra, cupid and psyche, dalgyal gwisin, demons, don quixote, donkeys, dushyanti, ellen d. finkelpearl, erzulie, fairies, fionn mac cumhaill, ghosts, gilgamesh, graci kim, gum baby, isis, j.c. cervantes, kwame mbalia, miguel de cervantes, my life as a child outlaw, my night at the gifted carnival, nymphs, pandavas, paola santiago, paola santiago and the forest of nightmares, peter singer, pinocchio, rebecca roanhorse, rick riordan presents, roshani chokshi, sal and gabi, sarwat chadda, shaggy man, shakuntala, sikander aziz, tehlor kay mejia, the adventures of pinocchio, the cave of doom, the cursed carnival and other calamities, the demon drum, the golden ass, the gum baby files, the initiation, the last fallen star, the loneliest demon, the road to oz, the winter long, tristan strong, urvashi, witches, yoon ha lee, zane obispo | Leave a comment

My God Can Beat Up Your God

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Nathan

I can’t remember how I was originally signed up for Quora, but I do find it interesting to read some of the answers, especially about mythology. Like much of the Internet, answers are from both experts and people who are just … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Babylonian, Celtic, Characters, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Egyptian, Etymology, Feminism, Gender, Greek Mythology, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Roman, Wicca | Tagged cybele, dionysus, glinda, kronos, laura riding, loki, matilda joslyn gage, matriarchy, ozma, ozma fail, patriarchy, poseidon, prometheus, rhea, robert graves, saturn, set, the greek myths, the white goddess, tiamat, titans, tuatha de danann, zeus | 2 Comments

All in How You Spell ‘Em

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Nathan

I saw something recently about the difference between the words “fairy” and “faerie.” Really, there’s no difference; the latter is just an archaic spelling. The word comes from the French for “fate,” and therefore “enchantment”; and was applied to many different … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, British, Celtic, Discworld, Etymology, Greek Mythology, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Terry Pratchett | Tagged aleister crowley, dennis wilson wise, dwarves, elves, fairies, fairyland, gnomes, goblins, immortals, john william polidori, lee speth, lord of the rings, noldor, nomes, nymphs, orcs, ozma of oz, spelling, the baum bugle, the hobbit, the hungry tiger of oz, vampires, words | 2 Comments

Right Off the Bat

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Nathan

When I played the first Dragon Quest, then called Dragon Warrior, I had a strategy guide from Nintendo Power that described Drakees as flying baby dragons. This was interesting to me, as it gave a bit of a hint into … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Dragon Quest, Dreams, Etymology, L. Frank Baum, Mario, Mega Man, Monsters, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Pokémon, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged antasma, atari adventure, bats, battons, chimera, count dracula, dorothy and the wizard in oz, drac the vlad, drackies, dragonets, dragonettes, dragons, fish, hunt the wumpus, keeses, king bowser koopa, mario and luigi: dream team, nintendo power, super mario world, swoopers, swoops, the legend of zelda, the mysterious chronicles of oz, vampires, vires, wyverns | 2 Comments

Right City, Wrong World

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Nathan

One interesting aspect to Philip Jose Farmer’s A Barnstormer in Oz is his indication that the human inhabitants of Oz are descended from people who arrived there from our world, mostly Goths but also Celts and Native Americans. This sort … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Cartoons, Characters, Chronicles of Narnia, Donkey Kong, L. Frank Baum, Language, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged a barnstormer in oz, brooklyn, corumbia, diana ross, dinohattan, gypsies, kiltoon, mario kart tour, mifkets, mount mern, mushroom kingdom, narnia, nes open tournament golf, new donk city, new york city, philip jose farmer, silver island, sir hokus of pokes, super mario odyssey, telmar, the koopas are coming! the koopas are coming!, the wiz, the wonderful wizard of oz, toto of oz, uptown, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

The Plane Truth

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Nathan

A Barnstormer in Oz, or A Rationalization and Extrapolation of the Split-Level Continuum, by Philip Jose Farmer – SPOILERS! I watched a discussion of this book as part of the last virtual OzCon, and I’d considered reading it earlier, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Conspiracy Theories, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Sexuality | Tagged a barnstormer in oz, blogo the rare beast, doc savage, dorothy gale, firefoxes, glinda, philip jose farmer, president warren g. harding, scarecrow, science fiction, sharts the shirtless, tin woodman, witches | 3 Comments

Bringing the Magic Back

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Nathan

The Spellcasters of Oz, by Philip John Lewin – Following up on Lewin’s earlier Master Crafters, this book shows the Ozites dealing with most of the magic that sustains their country disappearing, making beings like the Scarecrow inanimate and animals … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Christianity, Eric Shanower, Feminism, Greek Mythology, History, J.R.R. Tolkien, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Prejudice, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Theosophy | Tagged a barnstormer in oz, angelica shirley carpenter, born criminal, christina maffa, demon of electricity, demons, dennis wilson wise, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, elementals, elizabeth cady stanton, enilrul, gabriel gale, gnomes, jellia jamb, jinn, lurline, matilda joslyn gage, nomes, ozma, philip jose farmer, racism, robert b. luehrs, robots, ruth berman, scarecrow, susan b. anthony, the baum bugle, the enchanted apples of oz, the master crafters of oz, the master key, the spellcasters of oz, tik-tok, wizard of oz | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Oz Authors

Nonestic Promotion, Part 2: Didja Ever Hear of Oz?

Nonestic Promotion

Deadwood Oaks and Duende

Get Off Your Ass

My God Can Beat Up Your God

All in How You Spell ‘Em

Right Off the Bat

Right City, Wrong World

The Plane Truth

Bringing the Magic Back

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