Category Archives: Oz Authors

I Can Read Your Mind from Half a Mile

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Nathan

To continue on the topic I brought up last week about Ozian magic that affects minds, it’s worth noting that, in The Emerald City of Oz, the Wizard claims to be “working out a magic recipe to fuddle men’s brains, … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bitty bit, dorothy of oz, henry blossom, invisible barrier, jester, mentalism, mind reader, mombi, mrs. yoop, ozoplanes, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pigasus, roger baum, the blue emperor of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, wizard of oz, yankee in oz | Leave a comment

The Wages of Sin

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Nathan

Snuff Fiction, by Robert Rankin – While Rankin often employs dark humor, this one is even darker than most, focusing on the narrator’s unfortunate friendship with tobacco magnate, terrorist, and generally underhanded guy Doveston. He’s constantly helping out Doveston with … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Chinese, Conspiracy Theories, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Robert Rankin, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Tom Holt | Tagged aeneid, christopher stasheff, dido, don quixote, dorothy gale, fletcher pratt, harold shea, journey to the west, kaliko, l. sprague de camp, nome king, ozma, paradox, santa claus, snuff fiction, the enchanter reborn, the management style of the supreme beings, virgil | Leave a comment

Use Your Illusion

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Nathan

There’s a fair amount of magic in the Oz series based on illusion, although exactly what that indicates is a little ambiguous. An illusion is a distortion of sensory input, different from a hallucination in that that actually is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Discworld, Edward Einhorn, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Terry Pratchett | Tagged delusion, glinda of oz, guardian of the muffin tree, hallucination, illusion, invisibility, mombi, mount phantastico, phanfasms, queen of the field-mice, queen zixi of ix, scarecrow, shadow mountain, the emerald city of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the living house of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, thi, tin woodman, transformation, wizard of oz | 1 Comment

Woozy Memories

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Nathan

The origins of the Woozy are never addressed in the canonical Oz series, but there are a few apocryphal stories that propose different explanations. March Laumer gave his story in “The Woozy’s Tricky Beginning,” in which he’s the result of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Fred Otto, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a refugee in oz, a trip down memory lane, bees, dr. pipt, edmund zebrowski, gili bar-hillel, kim mcfarland, krizzle kroo, madou, mombi, mombi's pink polkadot vest, oziana, the emerald city mirror, the patchwork girl of oz, the woozy's tale, the woozy's tricky beginning, wicked witch of the east, woozy | Leave a comment

Magical Buildup

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Nathan

I’ve occasionally seen the question as to whether it was morally questionable for Dorothy to take the Magic Belt from the Nome King. I think she really didn’t have much choice, as he was determined to keep Ozma and her … Continue reading →

Posted in L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dorothy gale, dr. pipt, grab bag, great book of records, handy mandy in oz, hardy-hood, kaliko, love magnet, magic belt, magic picture, much ado about kiki aru, nome king, ozma, ozma of oz, pirates in oz, powder of life, question box, sean patrick duffley, silence stone, silver hammer, standing-stick, the emerald city of oz, the magic of oz, ugu the shoemaker, water of oblivion, wishing pills, wizard of oz | 1 Comment

Save Your Drama for the Yamas

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Nathan

Yama Yama Land: Where Everything Is Different, by Grace Duffie Boylan, illustrated by Edgar Keller – There were several books released in the early twentieth century that were largely imitative of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, both in story and … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Buddhism, Fairy Tales, Hinduism, L. Frank Baum, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged ada jones, bessie mccoy, bogeyman, collin davis, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dot and tot of merryland, edgar keller, eva katherine gibson, grace duffie boylan, grampa in oz, hollow earth, karl hoschna, north pole, reilly and britton, the three twins, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yama yama man, w. w. denslow, yama, yama yama land | 2 Comments

Not My First Rodeo

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Nathan

Here are my thoughts on a few Oz books I’ve read recently. Non-Oz book reviews should be coming soon. The Prankster of Oz, by John R. Rose – It’s weird how Oz items I’ve never heard of sometimes show up … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a fiery friendship, ages of oz, captain fyter, gabriel gale, glinda, glinda of oz, good witch of the north, james fuller, john r. rose, lisa fiedler, ozma, patchwork girl, the borrowing shop of oz, the land of oz is for everyone, the patchwork girl of oz, the prankster of oz, witches, woot the wanderer | 6 Comments

Category Archives: Oz Authors

I Can Read Your Mind from Half a Mile

The Wages of Sin

Use Your Illusion

Woozy Memories

Magical Buildup

Save Your Drama for the Yamas

Not My First Rodeo

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