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The Magic of the Written Word

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Nathan

Last week, I discussed signs that appear in the Oz series. This time, I’m going to look at a related topic, that of magical items or characters producing printed (or written; I don’t think it’s generally specified) messages, or accepting … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bill bored, clocker, dorothy gale, footpath, glegg, glinda, good witch of the north, great book of records, handy mandy in oz, himself the elf, hurry-canes, kabumpo in oz, magic mirror, menankypoo, merry go round in oz, nox the ox, pajuka, pirates in oz, post man, prince philador, prophecy, question box, quiberon, red jinn, scrolls, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, thun, wishes | 2 Comments

Automa-Tons of Fun

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Nathan

During a discussion of Ozma of Oz at the most recent OzCon International, Lee Speth proposed that, while Tik-Tok was not the first mechanical man in modern literature, he was perhaps the first artificial intelligence. L. Frank Baum himself had … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology | Tagged aa the salt sorcerer, artificial intelligence, auto-dragons, captain battery batt, cast-iron man, clank, clocker, clockwise, dot and tot of merryland, entropy, fred meyer, giant with the hammer, henry blossom, hundred-year alarm clock, jack breton, kadj the conjurer, king scowleyow, ku-klip, larry breton, little pink bear, mooj, mr. split, ozma of oz, ozwoz, pirates in oz, r.k. lionel, red jinn, robert pattrick, robots, smith and tinker, the braided man of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the master crafters of oz, the ork in oz, the purple prince of oz, the runaway in oz, the salt sorcerer of oz, the wicked witch of oz, thi, tik-tok, wizard of oz | 2 Comments

Perfectly Petrified

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Nathan

Writing about the legend that Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos was turned into a marble statue and buried near the Golden Gate of Constantinople got me thinking of the mentions of such statues in the Oz books. For some reason, L. … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Comics, Eric Shanower, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bortag, button-bright, cinderbutton, clocker, corumbia, cowardly lion, crunch, crystal city, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, emerald city, emperor constantine xi palaiologos, enchanted sleep, glinda, handy mandy in oz, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jellia jamb, kiki aru, king arthur, king mustafa of mudge, liquid of petrifaction, magic belt, marble statues, margolotte, mombi, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, paul dana, petrifying powder, pirates in oz, planetty, pokes, poppies, powder of life, powder of petrifaction, princess marygolden, quiberon, red jinn, return to oz, singra, sir hokus of pokes, sleep, speedy, speedy in oz, standing-stick, statues, stupefying powder, the cowardly lion of oz, the enchanted apples of oz, the magic of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wicked witch of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tippetarius, unc nunkie, valynn, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the south, witches, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, yankee in oz | 4 Comments

If I Only Had a Brain Surgeon

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Nathan

Although I don’t think he’s licensed, the Wizard of Oz seems to have an urge to mess around with brains. This is mostly, but not entirely, with artificial constructs. One of the first things we see him doing is giving … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a bungled kidnapping in oz, brains, bungle and the magic lantern of oz, bungle the glass cat, clocker, david hulan, dr. pipt, extractor, glinda of oz, greg gick, jenny jump, lobotomy, oziana, pirates in oz, sawhorse, scarecrow, the emerald city of oz, the magic of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the runaway in oz, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, wizard of oz | 5 Comments

Cybernetic Ozites

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Nathan

When I wrote about science fiction elements in the Oz books, there were a few comments suggesting the Tin Woodman could count as a cyborg, since he had his fleshy parts replaced with metal ones. It’s a little difficult to … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged atmos fere, clocker, clockwise, cyborgs, evered of rash, ippty, kadj the conjurer, lauren lynn mcgraw, menankypoo, nome king, pirates in oz, rash, the forbidden fountain of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the road to oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, wizard of oz, wyndup town | 7 Comments

Nome Invasions

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Nathan

I’ve already discussed the constant invasion attempts of the former Nome King, but this time I’d like to take a closer look at the individual attempts. The first occurs in The Emerald City of Oz, in which King Roquat’s goal … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Magic Items, Oz | Tagged bilbil, captain salt, cinderbutton the witch, clocker, cowardly lion, flying cloak of invisibility, forbidden fountain, forest of gugu, general guph, glegg's box of mixed magic, great book of records, growleywogs, handy mandy, hany mandy in oz, jack snow, kabumpo in oz, kadj the conjurer, kiki aru, l. frank baum, magic belt, nome king, nomes, ozma, peter brown, phanfasms, pigasus, pirates in oz, prince inga of pingaree, pyrzqxgl, ruth plumly thompson, scarecrow, silence stone, standing-stick, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the magic of oz, the shaggy man of oz, whimsies, wizard of wutz | 9 Comments

The Wide World of Wizards

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Nathan

A while back, I wrote a series of posts on the witches and other female magicians of Oz. Now, I think it’s about time to do the same for the men. So, here are the male magicians of Oz and … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged boglodore, books, clocker, conjo, gwig, kadj, love magnet, mangaboos, mombi, nome king, nomes, ozamaland, ozamandarins, ozwoz, patchwork girl, peter brown, potaroo, repairman, shaggy man, silver island, slyddwyn, tititi-hoochoo, trickolas om, umbrella island, umbrellaphant, waddy, wam, wizard of mo, wizard of oz, wizards, wumbo | 23 Comments

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