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Mystery, Mars, Matriarchy, and Magpies

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Nathan

The Kingdom of Why, by Stuart Basham Stone – I learned about this book from Anil Tambwekar’s blog about books inspired by Oz. This one, published in 1913, uses the same basic structure of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Chinese, Christianity, Families, Feminism, Gender, Health, History, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan | Tagged anil tambwekar, autism, birds, goats, jesus, magpies, mars, martian time-slip, matlida joslyn gage, matriarchy, mental health, mental illness, merlin, patriarchy, philip k. dick, rick riordan presents, schizophrenia, st. paul, stacey lee, stuart basham stone, t.h. white, the kingdom of why, the once and future king, the wonderful wizard of oz, time travel, winston chu, winston chu vs. the whimsies, witches, wizard of oz, woman church and state | Leave a comment

Being Jovial Is the Best Medicine

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Nathan

I remember learning in fifth grade health class that the Rx symbol for prescriptions came from the symbol for the planet Jupiter, only with an extra line added. I thought that was really cool, and it did check out. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Astronomy, Biology, chemistry, Education, Gender, Greek Mythology, Language, Magic, Medicine, Mythology, Names, Philosophy, Roman, Science | Tagged aphrodite, astrology, caduceus, carl linnaeus, ellen m. regis, hermaphroditos, hermes, herms, jupiter, kronos, mars, mercury, metal, moon, neptune, planets, rexall, saturn, sun, symbols, trident, uranus, venus, zeus | Leave a comment

Something for the Ruler with Everything

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Nathan

The 1998 Oziana has even less original art than the last issue. Aside from the front cover by Ron Zhang, showing an MGM-inspired Wicked Witch of the West menacing the familiar four (five, including Toto) and a picture of Ozma … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Comics, Dennis Anfuso, Games, Greek Mythology, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a princess of oz, barsoom, betsy bobbin, bungle the glass cat, bunnybury, corabia, corumbia, cowardly lion, dave hardenbrook, david hulan, dorothy gale, edgar rice burroughs, elephants, firestones, gayelette, glinda, golden cap, j. l. bell, jellia jamb maid of oz, john carter, kabumpo, kabumpo finds a frond, lonesome duck, magic belt, mars, mike turniansky, oziana, ozma, ozma's swap party, ozzy digest, patchwork girl, prince corum of corumbia, princess marygolden of corabia, puzzles, quelala, rabbits, robin olderman, ron zhang, samandra, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gauds of oz, the giant horse of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the shortest book of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, trot griffiths, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, woodchucks | 2 Comments

Where the Worlds Have No Name

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Nathan

One night last week, I had a fitful sleep with a bunch of weird dreams. I remember one of them had me ranting about how J.R.R. Tolkien was never clear on whether Middle-Earth was his entire imaginary world or just … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Chronicles of Narnia, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Dreams, Final Fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Language, Maps, March Laumer, Mario, Mythology, Names, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged alefgard, Arda, calormen, continent of imagination, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy ix, final fantasy vii, gaia, galaxies, hyrule, jupiter, mars, middle-earth, midgard, moon, mushroom world, narnia, nonestic ocean, planets, professor wogglebug, saturn, sun, super mario bros. 3, the royal book of oz, world tree, yggdrasil | Leave a comment

Martian Magic, Monoliths, and Mallards

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Nathan

Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Elf, by L.G. Estrella – This author has written quite a bit of self-published material, much of it in the humorous fantasy and science fiction vein, but this is the first one I’ve read. … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Cartoons, Conspiracy Theories, Humor, Magic | Tagged 2001 a space odyssey, a wizard of mars, arthur c. clarke, carl barks, chariots of the gods, diane duane, don rosa, donald duck, elves, erich von daniken, flintheart glomgold, gladstone gander, l.g. estrella, mars, scrooge mcduck, the son of the sun, two necromancers a bureaucrat and an elf, young wizards series | 3 Comments

A Space Ozyssey

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Nathan

I’ve examined the possible location of the Land of Oz and its surrounding fairylands in the past. To sum up, the earlier books seem to place it in some hidden part of our Earth, while more recent ones tend to … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Gina Wickwar, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged anuther planet, argo, big dipper, cancer, demon of electricity, gump, james howe, jupiter, kass stone, kenneth gage baum, man in the moon, mars, mister tinker in oz, moon, mother goose in prose, neptune, ozma of oz, ozmapolitan, polaris, professor wogglebug, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, saturn, scarecrow, sky island, smith and tinker, speedy, stars, stratovania, the dinamonster of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the man in the moon, the martian invasion of oz, the master key, the silver princess in oz, the yellow knight of oz, three-headed elvis clone found in flying saucer over oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, uranus, ursa minor, yankee in oz, zodiac | 1 Comment

Letting the New Year In

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Nathan

Perhaps it would have been more appropriate to have written about this post’s subject last month, but it makes more sense to me to cover her now instead of waiting until next March. Anna Perenna was the Roman goddess of … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays, Mythology, New Year's Day, Poetry, Roman | Tagged aeneas, anna of carthage, anna perenna, bovillae, carthage, dido of carthage, fasti, ides of march, io, mars, minerva, ovid, river numicius, themis, virgil | 6 Comments

Zen and Now

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Nathan

I found another two relatively new Oz books while searching for something on Google. I like it when that happens, although it does make me wonder if there’s anything I’m missing by not using the right search terms. These two … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Buddhism, Oz, Religion | Tagged a zen master in oz, cthulhu, jenny everywhere in oz, kass stone, mars, ozma, the martian invasion of oz, zen buddhism | 2 Comments

This Song Is Twice Occurred

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Nathan

Pixies, Trompe le Monde – For years, this was the Pixies’ last official studio album. That changed in 2014, but it still marks the end of an era. It largely returns to the louder, noisier sound of the band’s earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Frank Black/Black Francis, History, Music, Pixies, Uncategorized | Tagged alexandre gustave eiffel, chuck berry, cleopatra, eiffel tower, eric drew feldman, jef feldman, jesus and mary chain, joey santiago, kim deal, mars, trompe l'oeil, trompe le monde | 1 Comment

If Your Heart Is Sad, Give Your Dog a Bone

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Nathan

I’m not sure if anyone is reading these reviews, but since I enjoy revisiting the records, I’m going to continue with the 2001 release by Frank Black and the Catholics, Dog in the Sand. I purchased this album used when … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Frank Black, Music | Tagged aldous huxley, dog in the sand, eric drew feldman, hermaphroditos, isidis planitia, jason norman, jesus, job harriman, johnny horton, llano del rio, mars, robert zubrin, scott boutier, st. francis dam disaster, the case for mars, union pour la promotion de la propulsion photonique, valhalla, william mulholland | 1 Comment

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Mystery, Mars, Matriarchy, and Magpies

Being Jovial Is the Best Medicine

Something for the Ruler with Everything

Where the Worlds Have No Name

Martian Magic, Monoliths, and Mallards

A Space Ozyssey

Letting the New Year In

Zen and Now

This Song Is Twice Occurred

If Your Heart Is Sad, Give Your Dog a Bone

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