Category Archives: Oz Authors

Zeebee and ze Bee

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Nathan

The Spelling Bee of Oz, by Robin Hess – The follow-up to Toto and the Cats of Oz has two new visitors to the fairyland. Elizabeth Warren from California, or Zeebee for short, is captured by the Nome King Korph, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged alexander volkov, crows, dorothy and old king crow, dorothy and the seven-leaf clover, dorothy haas, hip-po-gy-raf, joe bongiorno, kalidahs, magic land, ozma, robin hess, royal timeline of oz, scarecrow, spelling bee, the spelling bee of oz, toto, toto and the cats of oz | 2 Comments

Revising Rinkitink

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Nathan

Last year, there was a contest to write a new ending to Rinkitink in Oz, the goal being to come up with what L. Frank Baum might have written before revising the King Rinkitink manuscript as an Oz book. There’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Dennis Anfuso, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Names, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged aaron solomon adelman, andrew heller, baruch adelman, bilbil, david hulan, joe bongiorno, king rinkitink, oziana, ozma of oz, randy hoffman, rinkitink in oz, robin hess, the lost princess of oz, toto and the cats of oz | 6 Comments

OzCon in a Nutshell, or Perhaps a Peach Pit

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Nathan

I’m back from OzCon International 2017 (sometimes still called the Winkie Convention) in Portland, Oregon. The main theme was The Lost Princess of Oz, and the location because Ozma was Ore-gone. No, I’m actually not sure why that location was … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Humor, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged claymation, david maxine, doug aberle, eric gjovaag, inanna mcgraw, international wizard of oz club, john fricke, nomes, ozcon international, ozma of oz, return to oz, robin hess, sherwood smith, ted eshbaugh, the lost princess of oz, will vinton, winkie convention | 2 Comments

Finding the Lost Princess Again

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Nathan

The theme of the upcoming OzCon International is The Lost Princess of Oz, so I thought it might be a good idea to reread it. It’s actually been a while since I’ve done a reread of one of the original … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Eric Shanower, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged betsy bobbin, cayke the cookie cook, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, frogman, j. l. bell, lavender bear, little pink bear, ozcon international, ozma, patchwork girl, rinkitink in oz, the final fate of the frogman, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the patchwork girl of oz, tik-tok of oz, toto, trot griffiths, ugu the shoemaker, wizard of oz | 2 Comments

When the Volcano Blow

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Nathan

I wrote last week about Dorothy’s tornado and other natural disasters that opened the way to Oz or the surrounding fairylands, and this time I’m going to look at ones within fairyland itself. We don’t really hear of many bad … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged betsy bobbin, betsy bobbin of oz, blazes, captain salt in oz, cork mountain, davy jones, ev, geysers, grampa in oz, greg hunter, land of mo, lucky bucky in oz, maybe the miffin, natural disasters, nonestic ocean, ripple lands, rolling country, soap hollow, storms, subterranea, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the salt sorcerer of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tornadoes, torpedo town, trade winds, uptown, volcanoes, weather, whirligig winds, winds, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

This Tornado Loves You

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Nathan

There was a bit of a theme in the early Oz books about Dorothy reaching fairyland by means of natural disasters. We all know about the cyclone, then there was a storm at sea in Ozma of Oz and an … Continue reading →

Posted in L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alexander volkov, betsy bobbin, cap'n bill, cyclones, dorothy and the wizard in oz, earthquakes, glinda, good witch of the north, hurricanes, jeremy steadman, laura jane musser, lurline, magic land, michael patrick hearn, natural disasters, nome king, onsi, oziana, ozma of oz, peter brown, pirates in oz, prince pompadore in oz, sky island, storms, tales of magic land, the annotated wizard of oz, the gnome king of oz, the romance of the silver shoes, the scarecrow of oz, the sea fairies, the witch queen of oz, the wizard of the emerald city, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, time in oz, tompy terry, tornadoes, trot griffiths, weather, whirlpools, wicked witch of the east, yankee in oz | 5 Comments

What’s the Punishment for Puns?

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Nathan

It’s well-known that L. Frank Baum was a notorious punster, and some of the authors who continued the Oz series were even worse in that respect. Puns are delivered in several different ways in the books, some being delivered intentionally … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bunbury, dorothy gale, jellia jamb, king evoldo of ev, notta bit more, oogaboo, panta loon, patchwork girl, princess langwidere, private jo files, professor wogglebug, puns, queen ann soforth, scarecrow, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the sea fairies, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tom atto, tommy kwikstep, utensia, wizard of oz, woozy, wordplay | 2 Comments

Category Archives: Oz Authors

Zeebee and ze Bee

Revising Rinkitink

OzCon in a Nutshell, or Perhaps a Peach Pit

When the Volcano Blow

This Tornado Loves You

What’s the Punishment for Puns?

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