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Pendexter’s Laboratory

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Nathan

Today, in my ongoing look at obscure Oz books, I’m looking at the work of Hugh Pendexter III. He dives into some unanswered questions from the series and includes quite a few references, although he mostly uses his own characters, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Places, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged cap'n bill, curtis dunham, dogs, donald abbott, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, elephants, ev, farhold island, forest of gugu, great gillikin forest, how the wizard came to oz, johnny dooit, mombi, morrow, nine tiny piglets, oz and the three witches, ozma, paul clarendon west, robots, saturn, shaggy man, silico, tales of the crocheted cat, the crocheted cat in oz, the golden goblin, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the pearl and the pumpkin, the road to oz, the sea fairies, w. w. denslow, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches, wizard of oz, wooglet in oz | Leave a comment

Been a Long Time Since I Rinkitinked

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Nathan

I’ve previously reviewed the 2016 Oziana, which consists of fifteen different alternate endings for Rinktink in Oz. I thought I should say a little more about each one, however, so here we go. Susan Johnson starts out by going in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Eric Shanower, Food, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a child's garden, aaron solomon adelman, andrew heller, baruch adelman, bilbil, christopher m. diket, dorothy gale, eggs, eleanor kennedy, ev, fix city, flattown, george van buren, gilgad, goats, high faluting city, how to be good, invisible inzi of oz, jackdaws, james bond, john w. kennedy, karen diket, king anko, king gos of regos, king rinkitink, kuik blackbab, maggie lockett, magic belt, mariah b'forre, mermaids, musicton, nikobob, nome king, nome kingdom, ouija board, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, ozmapolitan, patchwork girl, pearls of pingaree, prince bobo of boboland, prince inga of pingaree, puns, queen aquareine, queen cor of coregos, rinkitink in oz, robin hess, roodnite, sarah hadley, scarecrow, susan johnson, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway of oz, three trick caverns, toto and the cats of oz, tune town, virginia and robert wauchope, walkingbury, water of oblivion, wizard of oz, wizards, zog | 4 Comments

All the Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Nathan

My Oz reading recently has been a bit slow, both because I’ve had other things to read and because I was a little embarrassed to reread my own “Prince Pompadore in Oz.” I did like it, but I didn’t want to read … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Board Games, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Games, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Toys | Tagged charlene gretski, corinne morris, dagmar in oz, danica libutti, david rose, deadly desert, dolls, dorothy and the magic belt, doug morris, dr. angelina bean in oz, dr. nikidik, elves, emerald city, fleas, frogs, jeremy steadman, joy marie morris, lunarr and maureen in oz, mombi, noyzy boyz, oziana, ozma, peter morris, prince pompadore in oz, ruth morris, scoodlers, scrabble, snakes, susan saunders, the flying bus in oz, the lost king of oz, the road to oz | 4 Comments

The Mistress of Misdirection

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Nathan

In my Oziana reread, I thought I might say a bit more about the 2012 issue, made up of a round robin story based on the brief fragment known only as “An Oz Book.” Robert Stanton Baum credited it to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Authors, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Dick Martin, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Maps, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Plays, Poetry, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Tom Holt | Tagged aging, ahriman, an oz book, betsy bobbin, carter green, chow bird, dorothy gale, emerald city, gilbert and sullivan, glinda of oz, good witch of the north, h.p. lovecraft, john wellington wells, kabumpo, kim mcfarland, krumbic witch, lake quad, lurline, magic belt, magic dishpan, magic picture, mike conway, mycroft mason, nikki haladay, oziana, ozma, paul dana, paul ritz, percy the personality kid, queen coo-ee-oh, red jinn, robert stanton baum, ruddigore, sam milazzo, shawn maldonado, the baum bugle, the boy baronet in oz, the green dolphin of oz, the hollyhock dolls in oz, the lost princess of oz, the sorcerer, tik-tok of oz, time travel, witches, yips, yith | 3 Comments

Someone in Oz

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Nathan

I’ve been reading through the Oziana issues that I already reviewed pretty quickly, and I can’t think of much to add beyond what I’ve already said. I will mention that editor John L. Bell thought of the 2005 one as … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Beatrix Potter, Book Reviews, Characters, David Tai, Dennis Anfuso, Humor, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Maps, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places | Tagged alejandro garcia, always look a gift goat in the mouth, anna-maria cool, arianna brown, executive decisions, fiddle's revenge, frogman, frogs, gabriel gale, general guph, glinda, griffins, gump, hammer-heads, horners, invisible fence, j. l. bell, jack and larry brenton, jeremy fisher, john fricke, kalidahs, king anko, li-mon-eags, michael patrick hearn, mombi, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, professor wogglebug, rak, red jinn, spiders, the art of oz, the axman's arm, the bashful baker of oz, the bashful baker's honeymoon, the emerald city of oz, the ork in oz, the red desert of oz, the royal explorers of oz, thy fearful symmetry, voyage of the crescent moon, wheelers | 1 Comment

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

Crafts and Cons

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Nathan

As I said last week, I’ve already written about the 2003 Oziana across two posts back when it was new, and I still agree with what I wrote. I didn’t go into much detail, though, so I’ll examine it a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Board Games, Characters, Dick Martin, Games, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bert lahr, cats, crafton, crescent moon, daniel gobble, derek designer, dorothy gale, dr. byz zaar in oz, dr. pipt, emerald city, eureka the pink kitten, gabriel gale, gregory maguire, jenny jump, jimm phillips, judy lahr, king randywell, lee theriot, luciano vecchio, margaret hamilton, maria baker, michael patrick hearn, nonestica, omby amby, owls, oz quest, oziana, ozma, powder of life, ray bolger, scalawagons, scott meserve, shaggy man, stephen schwartz, the annotated wizard of oz, the bashful baker of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal explorers of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), tik-tok, tik-tok's transformation, victoria calamito, voyage of the crescent moon, wicked, yip harburg | 15 Comments

All Yooped Up

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Nathan

The 2002 Oziana brings back some of the same authors as the last issue, but with less original art. Melissa Bay Mathis supplied the cover art, a picture of the Patchwork Girl riding Pigasus, which is relevant to one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Art, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Edward Einhorn, Food, Fred Otto, Games, Gina Wickwar, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged an oz cliffhanger, armadillos, button-bright, cap'n bill, cat and mouse in oz, cats, catty corners, cowardly lion, crows, dorothy gale, dot and tot of merryland, emerald city, giants, glinda, hawks, hungry tiger, j. l. bell, joe bongiorno, lin carter, magic picture, margaret koontz, margie deemer, melissa bay mathis, mermaids, merryland, mice, milk, mr. yoop, mrs. yoop, opodock, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, ozma sees herself, patchwork girl, pearls of pingaree, pigasus, pingaree, pirates in oz, professor wogglebug, rabbits, sawhorse, scarecrow, sky island, the lost emeralds of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the merry mountaineer of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the other searches for the lost princess of oz, the road to oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tippetarius in oz, tititi-hoochoo, truth pond, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz, woot meets yoop, woot the wanderer, zim greenleaf | Leave a comment

Reasoning with Rulers

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Nathan

According to the introduction to the 2002 Oziana, both health and technical issues prevented Robin Olderman from continuing as editor of the magazine, so Joel Harris in Special Publications temporarily took over the job. The issue wasn’t released until 2002, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Games, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Prejudice, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged an oz cliffhanger, bears, box wood, cap'n bill, dearest mother, dinner bell, fairies, forest of burzee, ginger, international wizard of oz club, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, joel harris, kabumpo, king randywell, lurline and the white ravens of oz, nymphs, oziana, ozma, ozma fights the sniffles, planetty, polychrome, red jinn, robin olderman, skeeziques, slavery, the gardener's boy of oz, the great jinjin, the many trees, the purple prince of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the silver princess in oz, tippetarius, tititi-hoochoo, trees, trot griffiths, wizard of oz, yankee in oz, zim greenleaf, zim greenleaf of oz, zurline | 3 Comments

Look Who’s Talking Now

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Nathan

The 1999 Oziana has a cover sporting four pictures of Toto, challenging the reader to determine which one was from what book and what artist. The first two are actually both by John R. Neill for The Lost Princess of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged canis heroicus, cowardly lion, dogs, dorothy gale, emerald city, fairies, frank kramer, how oz became a fairyland, ian fink, lurline, mombi, morrow, oziana, ozma, ozroar, pastoria, reincarnation, robin olderman, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, toto, toto and the truth, toto's tale, w.w. denslow, wizard of oz | 4 Comments

Category Archives: Places

Pendexter’s Laboratory

Been a Long Time Since I Rinkitinked

All the Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise

The Mistress of Misdirection

Someone in Oz

You Can See ‘Em Work

Crafts and Cons

All Yooped Up

Reasoning with Rulers

Look Who’s Talking Now

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