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Tips for Up and Coming Fairy Princesses

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Nathan

I listened to the first two seasons of The Chronicles of Oz about a year and a half ago, and the third season is up now. Each one is based on a book, so this one is Ozma of Oz. … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays | Tagged aron toman, azkadellia, billina, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, ev, fairies, gregory maguire, grommetik, hungry tiger, magic belt, nanda, nome king, ozma, ozma of oz, princess langwidere, return to oz, robots, scarecrow, silver shoes, sir dashemoff daily, tales from the wizard of oz, the chronicles of oz, tik-tok, tin man, tin woodman, tippetarius, tryxie tryfle, wicked, wicked witch of the west | Leave a comment

Get Out of Town

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Nathan

There are a lot of characters who come to live in Ozma’s palace, or sometimes elsewhere in or near the Emerald City. Is the city becoming overcrowded? Probably not, considering that it has the same population in L. Frank Baum’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aunt em, belfaygor, bob up, bourne, bucky jones, bungle the glass cat, captain fyter, carter green, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, davy jones, dorothy gale, doubtful dromedary, emerald city, frogman, glinda of oz, grampa in oz, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, kabumpo, kiki aru, lake quad, lucky bucky in oz, mount munch, much ado about kiki aru, nickadoodle, nome king, notta bit more, number nine, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, pumperdink, ruth waara, scarecrow, sean patrick duffley, shaggy man, sir hokus of pokes, speedy in oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic cryptogram of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tin woodman, toto, unc nunkie, uncle henry | Leave a comment

The Ascent of Men

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Nathan

The Greek Myths, by Robert Graves – The library system only had one copy of this, so it took me a few checkouts to finish it, but I finally did. It’s an interesting and pretty thorough retelling of Greek mythology, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dragon Quest, Feminism, Gender, Greek Mythology, History, Hugh Pendexter, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Rick Riordan, Video Games | Tagged a difficulty with dwarves, alefgard, brownies, christopher stasheff, cowardly lion, craig shaw gardner, david hulan, demons, donald abbott, dragon quest monsters, dragonlord, dragons, dwarves, ebenezum, emerald city, glinda, how the wizard came to oz, kalidahs, manga, matriarchy, mine yoshizaki, mortamor, oz and the three witches, patriarchy, quelala, robert graves, ross macdonald, slimes, terry, the ballad of wuntvor, the gauds of oz, the greek myths, the way of a lion, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizards | 2 Comments

Words with Fairies

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Nathan

Under the Influence of Oz, by Marin Elizabeth Xiques and Chris Dulabone – This book is largely an attempt to reconcile the different depictions of Heartbreak Hostel and its keeper, Soulae Sunchip, between Green Goblins and Havenly Dreams. The former … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Humor, Magic, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged charles shearer, continuity, cowardly lion, fairies, fwiirp in oz, goblins, havenly dreams beneath oz, joe bongiorno, puns, the answer lies in oz, the baum bugle, the green goblins in oz, the lost tales of oz, the other searches for the lost princess, tik-tok, under the influence of oz, upon the name of oz, vaneeda of oz | Leave a comment

Magic to the People

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Nathan

Lost in Oz – They showed the first episode of this program at the latest OzCon, and I’ve since watched all the available episodes. There are sort of two seasons, in that there are two sets of thirteen each, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Television | Tagged agent wally pugmill, bureau of magic, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, fitz, glinda, guph, kaliko, lost in oz, mombi, nome king, nomes, ojo, ozcon international, ozma, patchwork, pearls of pingaree, princess langwidere, reigh, return to oz, scarecrow, the wishing horse of oz, tin woodman, toto, west, wicked witch of the west, witches | 1 Comment

Companimals

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Nathan

Animal companions are a recurring theme in the Oz books, starting with Dorothy’s dog Toto. Kids reading the books were likely used to pets, so it makes sense. Since animals talk in Oz, however, some animal characters are more equal … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bears, betsy bobbin, billina, bunnybury, camels, cats, catty corners, chalk, civilization, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, david perry, dogs, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, emerald city, eureka, frogman, glinda, griffins, grumpy, handy mandy in oz, hank the mule, high boy, horses, humpty bumpty, imogene the cow, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jim the cab-horse, jonathan andrew manley, kabumpo, keretaria, king skamperoo, nickadoodle, nine tiny piglets, notta bit more, nox the ox, ozma, ozma of oz, patch, patchwork girl, percy the personality kid, peter brown, pets, pigasus, pigs, pinny and gig, pirates in oz, professor wogglebug, pumperdink, rabbits, seebania, sir hokus of pokes, snif the iffin, snufferbux, speedy, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the lost king of oz, the royal book of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tompy terry, toto, yankee, yankee in oz, zeb hugson | Leave a comment

War Between the States of Being

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Nathan

Erica Olivera’s presentation on Theosophy and its influence on L. Frank Baum at the latest OzCon included some information on the four kingdoms, those of mineral, vegetable, animal, and human. The animal-vegetable-mineral division is part of general knowledge, as well … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Animals, Biology, Characters, Christianity, Evolution, Greek Philosophy, History, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Prejudice, Religion, Science, Snobbery, Theosophy | Tagged angels, aristotle, carl linnaeus, charles darwin, cowardly lion, creationism, dick tater, dorothy gale, elementals, erica olivera, great chain of being, helena blavatsky, hierarchy, immortals, kingdoms, mangaboos, march of progress, minerals, morality, nome king, nomes, orthogenesis, paracelsus, plants, prince bobo, racial evolution, racism, return to oz, rinkitink in oz, scarecrow, taxonomy, the scalawagons of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, tottenhots, transformation, twenty questions, vegetable kingdom, zoology | Leave a comment

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