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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

Art with Brains and Courage

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Nathan

After my post on books in Oz, Paul Dana suggested that I write one about the performing arts in that fairyland. It’s a good idea, but they aren’t really covered all that much in the books. I’ve looked previously at … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Dennis Anfuso, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Live Shows, March Laumer, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a fairy queen of oz, allegro da capo, invisible inzi of oz, kabumpo in oz, musicton, oogaboo, oziana, ozmapolitan, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, robert wauchope, scarecrow, stratovania, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the balloon-girl of oz, the gnome king of oz, the harvest ball, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the rundelstone of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, troopadours, tune town, victor columbia edison, virginia wauchope | 2 Comments

Books Within Books

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Nathan

One of Robert Pattrick’s essays in Unexplored Territory in Oz, “Books in Oz,” discusses just what it sounds like. It’s interesting to examine what books characters IN books read. Since fantasy adventure stories often don’t have a lot of down … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged book of royalty, book trees, bookman, books in oz, bookville, grampa in oz, jeremy steadman, kabumpo in oz, king ato, king fumbo of ragbad, margaret berg, ojo in oz, pirates in oz, princess gureeda, private jo files, rhyming dictionary, rith metic, robert pattrick, roger the read bird, speedy in oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald ring of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the reading tree of oz, the road to oz, the winged monkeys of oz, the wonder city of oz, thorns and private files in oz, tik-tok of oz, unexplored territory in oz | Leave a comment

To the Victor Goes the Spoiled Music

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Nathan

The Lonely Phonograph of Oz, by Debbie Bumstead – Victor Columbia Edison, the phonograph who was accidentally brought to life with the same powder as the Patchwork Girl, only appeared in The Patchwork Girl of Oz for some brief comic … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dennis Anfuso, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Music, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged alice in wonderland, ben avery, bungle and the magic lantern of oz, bungle of oz, carrie bailey, casey herring, cowardly lion, debbie bumstead, dorothy gale, frogman, greg gick, john tenniel, king rinkitink, oz-wonderland chronicles, queen of hearts, rinkitink in oz, sean carlson, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the lonely phonograph of oz, the songs of l. frank baum's rinkitink in oz, victor columbia edison, wicked witch of the west | 5 Comments

Regional Ruler Report

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Nathan

While I’ve written before about the current rulers of the four main countries of Oz, as well as how these countries developed throughout the series, I haven’t said that much about the rulers of these places before the coming of … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dennis Anfuso, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged david hulan, dorothy gale, four views of general jinjur, frank joslyn baum, gayelette, gillikins, glenn ingersoll, glinda, gloma, greg hunter, gump, henry blossom, joe bongiorno, king cheeriobed, king gil of gilkenny, mombi, munchkins, mycroft mason, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, peg amy, princess azarine, princess cozytoes, quadlings, queen isomere, queen orin, queen pierita of amberly, realbad, seebania, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the blue emperor of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the gauds of oz, the giant horse of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the red desert of oz, the road to oz, the triumph of the wicked witch of the west, the wonderful wizard of oz, unc nunkie, wicked witch of the west, winkies | 10 Comments

A Pretty Face and a Pompadore

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Nathan

The latest issue of Oziana is now available at Lulu. While I recommend the publication in general, this issue has one of my own stories in it, which I actually wrote back when I was in high school. Prince Pompadore … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dennis Anfuso, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged a. waller hastings, henry blossom, isabelle melançon, joe bongiorno, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king pompus, mombi, oziana, pastoria, peg amy, polychrome, prince pompadore, prince pompadore in oz, pumperdink, the blue emperor of oz, the malevolent mannequin of oz, tin woodman | 4 Comments

Names for the Nameless

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Nathan

In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, there aren’t that many characters with proper names. Even the ones who do have them tend not to have last names. The stage play gave Dorothy a last name and the Tin Woodman a … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Fred Otto, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Peter Clarke, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adam nicolai, alexander volkov, aunt em, captain fyter, cayke the cookie cook, charles phipps, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dot and tot of merryland, dr. pipt, eric gjovaag, fairy beavers, frogman, good witch of the north, guardian of the gates, henry blossom, hungry tiger, james howe, jim vander noot, john dough and the cherub, kalidahs, karyl carlson, lin carter, mark haas, names, nine tiny piglets, paul dana, queen zixi of ix, rob roy macveigh, scarecrow, shaggy man, the emerald city of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the road to oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, uncle henry, wam, winged monkeys, wizard of oz | 6 Comments

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