Tag Archives: anuther planet

Birth of an Imagi-Nation

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Nathan

The Silver Princess in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – It’s the eightieth anniversary of the publication of this book, which I used as an excuse to give it a reread. This isn’t really one of my favorites, despite having … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged anuther planet, freyja, ginger, gludwig the glubrious, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king randywell, planetty, prince pompadore, pumperdink, racism, rebellion, red jinn, slavery, the purple prince of oz, the silver princess in oz, thun, vanadium, voral staff | 4 Comments

A Space Ozyssey

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Nathan

I’ve examined the possible location of the Land of Oz and its surrounding fairylands in the past. To sum up, the earlier books seem to place it in some hidden part of our Earth, while more recent ones tend to … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Gina Wickwar, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged anuther planet, argo, big dipper, cancer, demon of electricity, gump, james howe, jupiter, kass stone, kenneth gage baum, man in the moon, mars, mister tinker in oz, moon, mother goose in prose, neptune, ozma of oz, ozmapolitan, polaris, professor wogglebug, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, saturn, scarecrow, sky island, smith and tinker, speedy, stars, stratovania, the dinamonster of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the man in the moon, the martian invasion of oz, the master key, the silver princess in oz, the yellow knight of oz, three-headed elvis clone found in flying saucer over oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, uranus, ursa minor, yankee in oz, zodiac | 1 Comment

This Is Fairyland, Speak Ozish

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Nathan

I’ve written before about how everyone in Oz at least seems to speak English. Ruth Plumly Thompson apparently thought Ozish and English were the same language, while Sherwood Smith’s books give some hints of an automatic translation spell of sorts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Language, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, The Simpsons | Tagged airish, anuther planet, atmos fere, dinosaurs, english, ozish, ozma, peter brown, pirates in oz, planetty, shell city, sherwood smith, speedy, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the hungry tiger of oz, the silver princess in oz | 19 Comments

Brotherhood on Anuther Planet

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Nathan

When Planetty describes her old home, Anuther Planet, in The Silver Princess in Oz, she makes it out to be a dull, gray world where none of the the inhabitants have families or friends. People will sometimes bond with animals, … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged anuther planet, atlantis, blip, flobber, flobberhobbles, hoblemean galaxy, kthonthus, lurline and the white ravens of oz, nome king, planetty, princess ximbrina, sinister gases in oz, the magic dishpan of oz, the silver princess in oz, three-headed elvis clone found in flying saucer over oz, thun, yawannag | 1 Comment

Randy Spandy Jack-A-Dandy

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Nathan

Ruth Plumly Thompson’s Oz books are loaded with young princes, usually questing to save their kingdoms. These include Pompadore of Pumperdink, Tatters of Ragbad, Evered of Rash, Philador of the Ozure Isles, Tandy of Ozamaland, and our current subject, Randy … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz, Places | Tagged anuther planet, bompadoo, brandenburg, gillikins, grand duke hoochafoo, jeff freedman, kabina, kabumpo, king pompus, king randywell, l. frank baum, planetty, pumperdink, regalia, ruth plumly thompson, sir dynar, the magic dishpan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the silver princess in oz | 22 Comments

The Real Horses of Oz

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Nathan

L. Frank Baum tells us in a few different books that there are no horses in Oz, aside from the magically animated wooden Sawhorse. This seems to be an idea that he developed over time, however. In The Wonderful Wizard … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged anuther planet, bitty bit, chalk, chris dulabone, corumbia, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, eloise jarvis mcgraw, emerald city, fred, greg gick, gules, halidom, high boy, horses, jim the cab-horse, joe king, john r. neill, journal of a journey, king skamperoo, l. frank baum, lauren lynn mcgraw, lenith law, mary rakestraw, merry go round in oz, mules, planetty, red jinn, ruth plumly thompson, sawhorse, skampavia, speedy, stampedro, the deadly desert around oz, the giant horse of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, thun, view-halloo, voral staff, white city, world's columbian exposition, zeb hugson | 6 Comments

Tag Archives: anuther planet

Birth of an Imagi-Nation

A Space Ozyssey

This Is Fairyland, Speak Ozish

Brotherhood on Anuther Planet

Randy Spandy Jack-A-Dandy

The Real Horses of Oz

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