Category Archives: Ray Powell

You Can See ‘Em Work

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Nathan

For the 2004 Oziana, John Bell took over as editor, as well as the author of one of the stories. The cover picture, which wraps around, was drawn by Don Marquez, and includes his takes on many different established characters. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Atticus Gannaway, Book Reviews, Characters, Families, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ray Powell, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a bungled kidnapping in oz, a wonderful journey in oz, alexi francis, brains, bungle the glass cat, button-bright, cap'n bill, don marquez, dorothy gale, ev, evrob and the nomes, great book of records, greg hunter, henry blossom, j. l. bell, john mundt, kaliko, magic umbrella, margaret berg, mister flint in oz, mozel tozv, new moon over oz, nome king, nome kingdom, nomes, nymphs, oziana, ozma, ozroar, professor wogglebug, scare city, the blue emperor of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the glass cat of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic carpet of oz, the magic of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, tik-tok of oz, time travel, trot griffiths, ugu, ugu the shoemaker, water of oblivion, wheelers, wishing pills, wizard of oz, zif | 5 Comments

Ask the Flowers to Tell You

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Nathan

Yesterday was L. Frank Baum’s birthday, and Tuesdays are my designated days for writing about Oz, although it doesn’t always work out that way. Since I had something more pressing to write about yesterday, I’m going to look at a … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Magic, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ray Powell, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged american fairy tales, burzee, chloris, fairies, favonius, flora, floralia, flower fairies, flowers, grampa in oz, immortals, karpos, king of the ryls, knooks, nelebel's fairyland, nymphs, ozga, prince marvel, prince of the ryls, rose kingdom, ryls, santa claus, tanko-mankie, the dummy that lived, the enchanted island of yew, the enchanted types, the gardener's boy of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the raggedys in oz, the road to oz, the ryl, the ryl of the lilies, the vegetable man of oz, the yellow ryl, tik-tok of oz, urtha, zephyrus | 4 Comments

Oz and Uz

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Nathan

While L. Frank Baum claimed that he took the name “Oz” from a filing cabinet drawer, there’s some doubt as to whether this is actually true or just something he thought was more interesting than the truth, I couldn’t say. … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Etymology, Judaism, L. Frank Baum, Language, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ray Powell, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged australia, bible, boz, charles dickens, dorothy gale, edom, handy mandy in oz, job, land of uz, mister flint in oz, nox the ox, ozymandias, ramesses ii of egypt, syria, the wonderful wizard of oz, uncle henry | 7 Comments

The Ozian King List

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Nathan

I’ve written before about Ozma’s father and grandfather, but what about earlier rulers of the land? Pretty much all we know about them is that they were all named either Oz or Ozma. There is a short story by Fred … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Edward Einhorn, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ray Powell, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a wonderful journey in oz, donald abbott, fred meyer, how the wizard saved oz, lurline and the white ravens of oz, mister flint in oz, mixed magic makes misery, mr. thinman in oz, ozma, paradox in oz, pastoria, randy hoffman, robert pattrick, scott dickerson, the astonishing tail of the gump of oz, the blue emperor of oz, the magic book of oz, the magic tapestry of oz | 3 Comments

No Passing Zon

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Nathan

Mister Flint in Oz, by Ray Powell – I’d been wanting to read this one for a while now, and I finally got a chance to purchase it on eBay a few weeks ago. Written in 1969, it stars Hardas … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ray Powell, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dorothy and the wizard in oz, mister flint in oz, pastoria, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the raggedys in oz, wizard of oz, zon | 8 Comments

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