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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

Baum’s Birthday Blowout

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Nathan

Yesterday was L. Frank Baum’s birthday, and the day before that, Michael Booth set up a virtual event to celebrate. There weren’t that many attendees, but it included presentations, and I’m too disorganized and socially awkward to arrange something like … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Characters, Chris Dulabone, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aging, death, enilrul, hank and the scarecrow of oz, immortality, imps, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead and the sawhorse, little dorothy and toto, lurline, michael booth, ojo and the woozy, oz film manufacturing company, ozma and the little wizard, philip john lewin, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, robert pattrick, sky island, squirrel king, the lavender bear of oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the patchwork girl of oz, the three imps of oz, tim tucker, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Abra Kadabra, I Want to Reach Out and Grab Ya

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Nathan

The 1974 Oziana starts with a mention of of some Oz manuscripts the editor, Gary Ralph, had heard about: Christmas in Oz, The Woozy of Oz, and Traleewu in Oz. There are books by Robin Hess and March Laumer with … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, Comics, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology | Tagged abra kadabra of oz, aging, albert chronic, bill eubank, boq, circle of geezer, cold snap mountains, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, fairies, frank joslyn baum, fraternal order of practising workers of magic, gary ralph, glinda, good witch of the north, grampa in oz, great book of records, jay delkin, jimmy bulber of oz, lurline, nomes, oz-e-gags, oziad, oziana, ozma, polychrome, robin hess, rosine and the laughing dragon of oz, the hollyhock dolls of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the mysterious palace of voe, the wonderful wizard of oz, valley of voe, witches, wizard of oz, zoru | Leave a comment

It Don’t Feel Much Like a Home Without a Dog (or Cat)

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Nathan

The Sims 4: Cats and Dogs – I’ve gotten the expansion pack that lets you have pets in all four Sims games. While I don’t necessarily get pets for every active household, I do for many, as it just seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Sims, Video Games | Tagged aging, cats, dogs, foxes, lifespan, potion of youth, raccoons, the sims, the sims 2, the sims 3, the sims 4 cats and dogs | Leave a comment

Fairyland Lost

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Nathan

Anyone who’s read the Oz books from The Emerald City of Oz on knows that residence in that fairyland grants certain magical effects, including a lack of aging unless you want to grow older, and presumably the inability to die … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Comics, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aging, beach blanket babyloz, bilbil, billina, christopher buckley, death, dorothy gale, ev, farmooth urbof, george van buren, glinda, glinda of oz, humpty bumpty, immortality, jeremy steadman, kabumpo, lucky bucky in oz, ozma, ozma of oz, paul dana, queen zixi of ix, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, rinkitink in oz, samandra, scarecrow, the emerald city of oz, the emerald ring of oz, the enchanted apples of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, the silver princess in oz, the witch queen of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, toto, urbof effect, wizard of oz, zimbo and the magic amulet | 1 Comment

I Wanted Eternal Youth, But Not THAT Much Youth!

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Nathan

I remembered having read this Oz story before, but I forgot where I’d seen it. It’s an interesting take on the issue of aging in Oz, which I’ve tackled in the past without any definite conclusions. L. Frank Baum says … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Edward Einhorn, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aging, babies, david hulan, death, dorothy and the wizard in oz, fat babies, glinda, hungry tiger, immortality, immortals, joe bongiorno, kabumpo in oz, lurline, michael patrick hearn, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, paradox in oz, paul dana, pregnancy, royal timeline of oz, the annotated wizard of oz, the lost king of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the marvelous land of oz, the temptation of the hungry tiger, the tin woodman of oz, the witch queen of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, time travelers of oz, tin woodman, wizard of oz | 5 Comments

Princes Proving Their Prowess, Whatever That Means

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Nathan

Since the main theme of this year’s OzCon International was Rinkitink in Oz, with Captain Salt and Ozmapolitan sidelining, it’s not too surprising that the subject of boy protagonists in the Oz books would come up. And yes, there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Fairy Tales, Families, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aging, atmos fere, betsy bobbin, bilbil, captain salt, captain salt in oz, carter green, david perry, evered of rash, frederick wiegand, grampa, grampa in oz, halidom, high boy, hungry tiger, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king ato, king cheeriobed, king fumbo, king randywell, king rinkitink, king rupert of kapurta, merry go round in oz, ojo, ojo in oz, oz con international, ozamaland, ozcon international, prince gules, prince inga of pingaree, prince philador, prince pompadore, prince tatters, princes, pumperdink, ragbad, rash, rash rubies, red jinn, rinkitink in oz, roger the read bird, septimius septentrion, swords, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the enchanted island of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the silver princess in oz, trot griffiths, urtha, wag | 1 Comment

Achieving Simmortality

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Nathan

I usually try to keep my Sims living as long as possible. I mean, I made the effort in creating them, after all. The Sims games all include ways to cheat death, although they’re not all equally effective. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Magic, Sims, Video Games | Tagged aging, ambrosia, death, elixir of life, ghosts, grim reaper, potions, sims 3 generations, sims 3 supernatural, sims 3 university, sims 4 get to work, sims livin' large, the sims, the sims 2, the sims 3 | 1 Comment

Birth in a Deathless Land

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Nathan

I’ve written before about how the Oz books handle the issue of aging, but I don’t think I’ve said much yet about childbirth, and Paul Dana’s The Magic Umbrella of Oz addresses that very topic. We’re told in The Tin … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Families, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aging, babies, captain salt, captain salt in oz, chelery coglammen, childbirth, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king randywell, lurline, number fourteen, number nine, ojo, ojo in oz, overpopulation, paul dana, peg amy, prince pompadore, princess pajonia, the magic umbrella of oz, the purple prince of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tin woodman of oz, wizard of oz | 3 Comments

No One in Oz Looks His Age

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Nathan

Determining anyone’s age in Oz can be a difficult matter, as people don’t age unless they want to. (Actually, that was Ruth Plumly Thompson’s idea; L. Frank Baum stated in The Tin Woodman of Oz that even babies don’t age … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged abby, aging, betsy bobbin, button-bright, cap'n bill, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, joe bongiorno, kabumpo in oz, king randywell, lucky bucky in oz, lucky bucky jones, michael patrick hearn, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, ozma of oz, peter brown, pirates in oz, prince pompadore, royal timeline of oz, sky island, speedy, the annotated wizard of oz, the giant horse of oz, the lost princess 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, trot griffiths, twink and tom jones | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: aging

The Mistress of Misdirection

Baum’s Birthday Blowout

Abra Kadabra, I Want to Reach Out and Grab Ya

It Don’t Feel Much Like a Home Without a Dog (or Cat)

Fairyland Lost

I Wanted Eternal Youth, But Not THAT Much Youth!

Princes Proving Their Prowess, Whatever That Means

Achieving Simmortality

Birth in a Deathless Land

No One in Oz Looks His Age

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