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Companimals

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

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Back in the High Life Again

Robert R. Pattrick’s Unexplored Territory in Oz was a seminal work in the field sometimes known as Ozian Research, which is basically research that treats the Oz books as true history rather than fiction. Not a very practical field of … Continue reading

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Oztrich Festival

In my continuing quest to explore every last detail of the Oz books, I now come to a protagonist of The Gnome King of Oz who never appeared again. Grumpy and Kuma Party are both mentioned in passing, but I … Continue reading

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