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Gillikin Geography

I’ve already written about the other three (four, if you count the Emerald City territory) segments of Oz, and even though I haven’t gotten much if any response to them, I’ve had fun writing them. So here’s the last of … Continue reading

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Day of the Locasta

I’ve been looking at TV Tropes a fair amount recently, and of course I read the stuff about Oz, as well as about some other properties of which I’m a fan. I looked before at some conspiracy theories, many of … Continue reading

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Keeping the Palace Running

As egalitarian as Ozma and her court might try to be, it is a sad fact that the palace staff is largely ignored, with the occasional exception of Ozma’s personal maid Jellia Jamb. The most complete count of the staff … Continue reading

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Piglet Pride

The Nine Tiny Piglets are never especially important characters, but they do receive a some attention in the Oz books. They first appear in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz as animals the Wizard uses in his tricks. He claims … Continue reading

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Oz on Strike

This tweet from Seth MacFarlane made me think of this scene from the 1910 Wizard of Oz, because I’m weird like that. Of course, neither of these are canonical as far as the Oz books are concerned, so that made … Continue reading

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Dorothy and the Dummies

Every once in a while, rumors of a new Oz movie surface, but very few of them ever actually make it to production. Did the poor box office showing of Return to Oz back in 1985 make Oz seem unprofitable? … Continue reading

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