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Rich, Tasty Courage

The Cowardly Lion of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – I reread this one for its hundredth anniversary, and I also wrote an essay on some aspects of it for the OzCon International program book. I don’t want to repeat … Continue reading

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Neill vs. Herring, Part 3: We’ve Got Thompson Covered

When writing my recent post on video game cover art, I remembered I was doing something similar with the Oz books six years ago, but never finished. I suppose it’s better late than never, so in hopes that you won’t … Continue reading

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