Category Archives: Jack Snow

Map Attack

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Nathan

On the map of the countries surrounding Oz from the Tik-Tok of Oz endpapers, L. Frank Baum included places from his non-Oz fantasies, including the as-yet-unpublished King Rinkitink that would become Rinkitink in Oz two years later. Most of these had already … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Maps, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adam nicolai, bandits, beavers, boboland, chick the cherub, coregos, dorothy and the wizard in oz, ev, fairy beavers, hightown, hiland, international wizard of oz club, isle of phreex, james e. haff, jinxland, john dough, john dough and the cherub, king ato, king rinkitink, loland, mifkets, mo, nome kingdom, nomes, nonestic ocean, octagon isle, ozma of oz, palace of romance, pingaree, pirates, pirates in oz, princess jacquelin, regos, rinkitink in oz, ruprecht the castaway king, scoodlers, the emerald city of oz, the road to oz, the scalawagons of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the tales of yot, tik-tok of oz, valley of romance, vegetable kingdom | Leave a comment

Unequal Reprozentation

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Nathan

Picture by Jimmy Robinson I had observed before how L. Frank Baum didn’t do a whole lot with the Gillikin Country after introducing it The Marvelous Land of Oz, then had a lot happen there in his last three Oz … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged captain salt in oz, emerald city, ev, gillikins, glinda, glinda of oz, grampa in oz, jinjur, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, merry go round in oz, munchkins, nome kingdom, nonestic ocean, ozana, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, professor wogglebug, quadlings, ragbad, speedy in oz, statistics, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the marvelous land of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wishing horse of oz, tin castle, winkies | Leave a comment

Sorting Out Sorcery

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Nathan

One running theme in Glinda of Oz is that there are several different types of magic in Oz, all of which have their specialties, but none of them can do everything. L. Frank Baum contrasts the fairy magic of Ozma … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Characters, Etymology, Games, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Theosophy | Tagged abrog, akbad, belfaygor, blinkie, conjo, cookywitches, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dr. pipt, dungeons and dragons, fanny the weather witch, flatheads, gayelette, glinda, glinda and the red jinn, glinda of oz, good witch of the north, gorba, grampa in oz, great book of records, gwig, handy mandy in oz, imperial squawmos, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kadj the conjurer, krumbic witch, magicians, mangaboos, miserable mesmerizer, mombi, mooj, necromancers, ojo in oz, oz magic, oziana, ozma, ozwoz, paul dana, peter brown, pirates in oz, potaroo, prophecy, queen coo-ee-oh, red jinn, robert pattrick, rora flathead, soob the sorcerer, soothsayers, sorcerers, speedy in oz, supreme dictator of the flatheads, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the runaway in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, three adepts at magic, ugu the shoemaker, unexplored territory in oz, waddy, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, wizards, wozards, wumbo, yookoohoos | Leave a comment

Get Out of Town

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Nathan

There are a lot of characters who come to live in Ozma’s palace, or sometimes elsewhere in or near the Emerald City. Is the city becoming overcrowded? Probably not, considering that it has the same population in L. Frank Baum’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aunt em, belfaygor, bob up, bourne, bucky jones, bungle the glass cat, captain fyter, carter green, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, davy jones, dorothy gale, doubtful dromedary, emerald city, frogman, glinda of oz, grampa in oz, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, kabumpo, kiki aru, lake quad, lucky bucky in oz, mount munch, much ado about kiki aru, nickadoodle, nome king, notta bit more, number nine, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, pumperdink, ruth waara, scarecrow, sean patrick duffley, shaggy man, sir hokus of pokes, speedy in oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic cryptogram of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tin woodman, toto, unc nunkie, uncle henry | Leave a comment

Fearsome Furnishings

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Nathan

Living versions of inanimate objects are common in fiction. The Oz books have a lot of them, although most of them are friendly. There are, however, many animated objects that are deadly, especially in role-playing games. I was recently thinking … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Focus on the Foes, Games, Jack Snow, Kid Icarus, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Terry Pratchett, Video Games | Tagged angler whelk, anglerfish, bag of devouring, canniboxes, demon wall, doorbusters, doors, dragon quest iii, dungeons and dragons, final fantasy iv, final fantasy vi, hidon, interesting times, kid icarus uprising, luggage, mad piano, manticores, mimics, mimicuties, piano, piranha plants, pit, rincewind, super mario 64, super mario rpg, the colour of magic, the light fantastic, the magical mimics in oz, trap doors, treasure chests, tv tropes, twoflower, urnexpected | Leave a comment

We Are Family

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Nathan

This post on the Merry Old Land of Oz Facebook group got me thinking about how most of the kids who visit Oz tend to be only children. Okay, to be fair, it’s possible they have siblings we don’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Dick Martin, Families, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged acinad, alexander volkov, allison mcbain, annie smith, aunt em, betsy bobbin, button-bright, cap'n bill, cap'n bob, christmas in oz, clarence skillet, cory in oz, donald abbott, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, ellie smith, frank joslyn baum, fumaro, general riskitt, glinda, glinda of oz, greg hunter, guardian of the gates, handy mandy, how the wizard saved oz, jack pumpkinhead, jeff freedman, jellia jamb, joe weedles, kabina, kabumpo, lucky bucky in oz, magic land, margolotte, mombi, nine tiny piglets, nome king, notta bit more, number nine, omby amby, ozma, ozmapolitan, pastoria, patchwork girl, paul dana, pinny and gig, polychrome, prince philador, queen ann soforth, robin hess, salye soforth, scarecrow, septimius septentrion, shaggy man, tales of magic land, the enchanted gnome of oz, the giant horse of oz, the goat girls of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the magic dishpan of oz, the mysterious pool of oz, the other searches for the lost princess of oz, the ozampolitan of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), three adepts, tik-tok of oz, time-travelling in oz, tin woodman, trot griffiths, twink and tom jones, uncle henry, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

I Like Birds

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Nathan

When I linked to my last Oz post on Facebook, people gave a few more examples of birds I hadn’t mentioned, including some people turned into birds and other birds from authors outside the Famous Forty. I believe the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Chris Dulabone, David Tai, Edward Einhorn, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Gina Wickwar, Hugh Pendexter, Jack Snow, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged barry klein, beak the parrot, becky klein, benny the gander, birds, borderbirds, bordermoor, bush-birds, canaries, chickens, corina, crows, cuckoo clocks, cuckoos, cyrune, david hulan, diplomatic immunity, dorothy gale, doves, ducks, eagles, falcons, faleero, ganders, geese, glinda of oz, golden witch, goldfinches, good witch of the north, grampa, grampa in oz, great grey gillikin swamp, hawks, imps, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kiki aru, little wizard stories of oz, magic belt, magpies, mimics, mogodore, mombi, mooj, nome king, ojo in oz, ostriches, owls, ozma, ozma and the little wizard, pajuka, paradox in oz, parrot island, parrots, patchwork girl, phanfasms, pirates, pirates in oz, pocotristi sostenuto, polychrome, prince bobo, queen coo-ee-oh, queen klurookuk, ravens, rinkitink in oz, seagulls, shaggy man, sir hokus of pokes, sky island, slyddwyn, snip, sparrows, swans, tempus the parrot-ox, the blue witch of oz, the crocheted cat in oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the glass cat of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the lost tales of oz, the magic of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the royal explorers of oz, the rundelstone of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, thorns and private files in oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tommy kwikstep and the magpie, transformation, trot griffiths, ugu the shoemaker, vultures, wizard of oz, woot the wanderer, yeksh | 2 Comments

A Dictionary of Ozian Marriage

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Nathan

There was a discussion on marriages in Oz at this year’s OzCon International, partially inspired by how The Tin Woodman of Oz includes two seemingly bad marriages. Mrs. Yoop is glad her brutal, uncouth husband, who used to kick her … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Economics, Families, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged abrog, abuse, aunt em, chopyft, down town, dr. pipt, flatheads, gayelette, glegg, grampa in oz, grand duke hoochafoo, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jo cone, kabumpo in oz, king cheeriobed, king dad, king evoldo, king fumbo, king gos, king randywell, king sizzeroo, king theodore iii, lazy quadling, lord googly-goo, margolotte, marriage, mogodore, mr. yoop, mrs. sew-and-sew, mrs. yoop, nimmie amee, nome king, ojo in oz, ozcon international, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pastoria, peer haps, peg amy, pigs, planetty, pon, prince inga of pingaree, prince pompadore, prince tatters, princess gloria, princess pajonia, professor grunter swyne, queen adora, queen cor, queen fi nance, queen isomere, queen kabebe, queen orin, quelala, realbad, rinkitink in oz, rora flathead, speedy in oz, squealina swyne, stratovania, strut of the strat, supreme dictator, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, uncle henry, weddings, wumbo | 2 Comments

Hoztorians Outside Oz

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Nathan

Spectral Snow: The Dark Fantasies of Jack Snow – Snow was the author of the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth of the official Oz books, and a known scholar of L. Frank Baum. He also wrote horror stories in the fantasy vein, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Hugh Pendexter, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Sexuality | Tagged a murder in oz, david maxine, dimension of terror, great book of records, homosexuality, horror, magic flower, ozma, spectral snow, tales of the crocheted cat, the crocheted cat in oz, the magic of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the super alkaloid, tik-tok of oz, tippetarius, transformation | Leave a comment

Christmas, Toys, and Oz

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Nathan

I might do a re-read of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus this year, seeing as how I have the new edition with Eric Shanower’s illustrations. I guess it depends on how soon I finish the library books I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Characters, Christmas, Eric Shanower, Holidays, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Toys | Tagged bear center, doll island, dolls, dot and tot of merryland, fairies, fuddles, handy mandy in oz, hoopers, jack-in-the-box, john dough and the cherub, jumping jacks, kabumpo in oz, lavender bear, lost islands, merryland, miss cuttenclip, mr. split, peg amy, queen dolly, rockaway island, santa claus, scoodlers, sport, squee gees, squeek, teddy bears, the curious cruise of captain santa, the emerald city of oz, the lavender bear of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the shaggy man of oz, topsies, twiffle, twoffle | 3 Comments

Category Archives: Jack Snow

Map Attack

Unequal Reprozentation

Sorting Out Sorcery

Get Out of Town

Fearsome Furnishings

We Are Family

I Like Birds

A Dictionary of Ozian Marriage

Hoztorians Outside Oz

Christmas, Toys, and Oz

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