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The Need for Speedy

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Nathan

The 1996 Oziana is unusual in that it contains only one story, Umbrella Island in Oz, by Ruth Waara. As such, it’s kind of weird that the cover picture has nothing to do with it, instead being a Dick Martin … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Dick Martin, John R. Neill, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Television | Tagged agree filtre, chameleons, cinderbutton the witch, dinosaurs, dorothy gale, international wizard of oz club, ivan montebank, joe bongiorno, ken cope, king sizzeroo, magic belt, oziana, pigasus, pirates in oz, princess gureeda, robin olderman, royal timeline of oz, ruth waara, speedy, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the magic cryptogram of oz, the wishing horse of oz, umbrella island, umbrella island in oz, waddy, witches, wizards | Leave a comment

The Offbeat Officials of Oz

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Nathan

The Oz books have a lot of small royal courts with unusually-titled officials. This is something we see much more often in Ruth Plumly Thompson, but L. Frank Baum did have a few examples. In John Dough and the Cherub, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Chronicles of Narnia, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aladdin, alibabble, baffleburg, bamboula, blufferroo, captain salt in oz, chick the cherub, chief chow chow, chief dipper, chief scarer, chief scorner, chief scrapper, chinda, dwarves, giants, gilbert and sullivan, grampa in oz, grand advizier, grand bozzywoz, grand chew chew, grand counter of the imperial spoons, hah hoh, handy mandy in oz, head booleywag, high coco-lorum, high qui-questioner, hippolorum, imperial persuader, jack pumpkinhead of oz, john dough, john dough and the cherub, kabumpo in oz, kimbaloo, king cheeriobed, king rinkitink, king sizzeroo, lord high humpus, lord high this and that, lord high upper dupper, mogodore, nox the ox, octagon isle, ojo in oz, out keeper, ozma, pat the prime patter, patch, perhaps city, peter brown, pirates in oz, pokes, preservatory, prime moneyster, prime piecer, prime preserve, prime pumper, pumperdink, red jinn, rinkitink in oz, royal scribbler, samandra, sapphire city, sauce box, scare city, sevenanone, silver island, silver mountain, sky island, smerker, snorpus, speedy in oz, sultan of samandra, supposyville, supposyville goes toboganning, swing city, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the horse and his boy, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the mikado, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the yellow knight of oz, thi, tighty, toddledy, town crier, town laugher, umbrella island, unicorners, unicorns, vizier | Leave a comment

A Dictionary of Ozian Marriage

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Nathan

There was a discussion on marriages in Oz at this year’s OzCon International, partially inspired by how The Tin Woodman of Oz includes two seemingly bad marriages. Mrs. Yoop is glad her brutal, uncouth husband, who used to kick her … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Economics, Families, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged abrog, abuse, aunt em, chopyft, down town, dr. pipt, flatheads, gayelette, glegg, grampa in oz, grand duke hoochafoo, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jo cone, kabumpo in oz, king cheeriobed, king dad, king evoldo, king fumbo, king gos, king randywell, king sizzeroo, king theodore iii, lazy quadling, lord googly-goo, margolotte, marriage, mogodore, mr. yoop, mrs. sew-and-sew, mrs. yoop, nimmie amee, nome king, ojo in oz, ozcon international, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pastoria, peer haps, peg amy, pigs, planetty, pon, prince inga of pingaree, prince pompadore, prince tatters, princess gloria, princess pajonia, professor grunter swyne, queen adora, queen cor, queen fi nance, queen isomere, queen kabebe, queen orin, quelala, realbad, rinkitink in oz, rora flathead, speedy in oz, squealina swyne, stratovania, strut of the strat, supreme dictator, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, uncle henry, weddings, wumbo | 2 Comments

The Single Dads’ Club

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Nathan

When I wrote about Princess Peach’s father, I noted that it’s pretty common in fiction for kings to have young, strong-willed daughters who are only children, and for the mother to be nowhere in sight. Rebecca pointed out that a … Continue reading →

Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Characters, Chrono Trigger, Comics, Dragon Quest, Families, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged aladdin, beauty and the beast, dragon quest iv, endor, fathers, king charles of videoland, king guardia xxxiii, king harkinian, king sizzeroo, maurice, mushroom king, ozma, pastoria, peer haps, perhaps city, princess gureeda, princess gwaelin, princess jasmine, princess lana, princess nadia marle guardia, princess peach toadstool, princess pretty good, speedy in oz, the little mermaid, the lost king of oz, thief of bagdad, triton, tsar stepan of zamoksva, tsarevna alena, umbrella island | 1 Comment

The Roots of Language in Oz

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Nathan

My recent post on language in the Oz books has led to some interesting discussion on this topic. Many of the names of native Ozites are either descriptive of the characters or puns, if not both. There are also frequently … Continue reading →

Posted in Etymology, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aaron adelman, boq, buzzub, captain salt in oz, chinda, english, gayelette, german, glinda, good witch of the north, handy mandy in oz, happy toko, hippopotamus, jocasta, king gugu, king sizzeroo, latin, michael patrick hearn, mogodore, nikobo, nimmie amee, nox the ox, oedipus, ojo, omby amby, oogaboo, ozish, pastoria, potaroo, professor wogglebug, quelala, scarecrow, silver island, sleeperoo, sultan of samandra, swahili, the annotated wizard of oz, the royal book of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, ugu the shoemaker, woot the wanderer | 10 Comments

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The Need for Speedy

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A Dictionary of Ozian Marriage

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