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Threadneedle, Frost, Brown, and Smith, Limited

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Nathan

The 1987 Oziana contains four stories, one much shorter than the others, all of which are of the sort that complement the main series. The front cover shows Melody Grandy’s illustration of Robin Olderman’s idea for the Quadling flag. A note … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Board Games, Characters, Dice, Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, Fred Otto, Games, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Melody Grandy, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Pachisi, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bill eubank, bill stillman, blankenburg, button-bright, button-bright and the knit-wits of oz, chris sterling, cookywitches, dorothy gale, flags, fred meyer, fuddlecumjig, glinda, jack frost, james e. haff, jim vander noot, knit-wits, knitting, laughing valley of hohaho, oziana, parcheesi, peter brown, pirates in oz, polychrome, professor wogglebug, puns, robin olderman, stichwell j. threadneedle, sugarene, the blizzard of oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the ice king of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the lost king of oz, the lost tales of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the other searches for the lost princess, the runaway shadows, the two peters, the woggle-bug's new clothes, thumbumbia, tippetarius, tyler tichelaar | 5 Comments

Fact Within Fiction

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Nathan

It’s a strange thing to me that a world presented in a work of fiction can be basically just like ours, except without that work, and often related ones, existing in it, even if it’s very popular in the real … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Comics, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged barry klein, becky klein, bob up, button-bright, david hulan, david perry, dorothy gale, emerald city, glinda, jenny jump, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, lucky bucky in oz, lucky bucky jones, marvel comics, nome king, notta bit more, ojo in oz, ozma, ozmapolitan, patchwork girl, peter brown, polychrome, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, red jinn, shaggy man, sky island, spider-man, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the glass cat of oz, the gnome king of oz, the magic of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, tik-tok of oz, tippetarius in oz, tompy terry, trot griffiths, twink and tom jones, walt mcdougall, wizard of oz, yankee, yankee in oz | 6 Comments

I Spy a May Queen

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Nathan

I knew as a kid that the first of May was May Day, but it’s not something I ever celebrated. I don’t think it’s that big in the States, or at least not the part where I lived. The Wikipedia page … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Greek Mythology, may day, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aphrodite, baron belfaygor of bourne, baron mogodore, beltane, chloris, dionysus, fairies, flora, floralia, flowers, green man, hermes, jack in the green, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, maia, maid marian, maiouma, margaret berg, may king, may queen, maypole, midsommar, midsummer, nymphs, ovid, ozallooning in oz, peter brown, pleiades, puritans, robin hood, snif the iffin, the wizard of oz (stage play), virgin mary, walpurgisnacht | 1 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

Sorting Out Sorcery

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Nathan

One running theme in Glinda of Oz is that there are several different types of magic in Oz, all of which have their specialties, but none of them can do everything. L. Frank Baum contrasts the fairy magic of Ozma … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Characters, Etymology, Games, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Theosophy | Tagged abrog, akbad, belfaygor, blinkie, conjo, cookywitches, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dr. pipt, dungeons and dragons, fanny the weather witch, flatheads, gayelette, glinda, glinda and the red jinn, glinda of oz, good witch of the north, gorba, grampa in oz, great book of records, gwig, handy mandy in oz, imperial squawmos, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kadj the conjurer, krumbic witch, magicians, mangaboos, miserable mesmerizer, mombi, mooj, necromancers, ojo in oz, oz magic, oziana, ozma, ozwoz, paul dana, peter brown, pirates in oz, potaroo, prophecy, queen coo-ee-oh, red jinn, robert pattrick, rora flathead, soob the sorcerer, soothsayers, sorcerers, speedy in oz, supreme dictator of the flatheads, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the runaway in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, three adepts at magic, ugu the shoemaker, unexplored territory in oz, waddy, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, wizards, wozards, wumbo, yookoohoos | Leave a comment

Companimals

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Nathan

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 →

Posted in Animals, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bears, betsy bobbin, billina, bunnybury, camels, cats, catty corners, chalk, civilization, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, david perry, dogs, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, emerald city, eureka, frogman, glinda, griffins, grumpy, handy mandy in oz, hank the mule, high boy, horses, humpty bumpty, imogene the cow, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jim the cab-horse, jonathan andrew manley, kabumpo, keretaria, king skamperoo, nickadoodle, nine tiny piglets, notta bit more, nox the ox, ozma, ozma of oz, patch, patchwork girl, percy the personality kid, peter brown, pets, pigasus, pigs, pinny and gig, pirates in oz, professor wogglebug, pumperdink, rabbits, seebania, sir hokus of pokes, snif the iffin, snufferbux, speedy, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the lost king of oz, the royal book of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tompy terry, toto, yankee, yankee in oz, zeb hugson | Leave a comment

No Talking, Just Animals

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Nathan

At the most recent OzCon International, I was on a panel about animals in Oz, discussing, among other things, whether they have the same rights as humans. It went off track a few times, but some interesting topics came up. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Gina Wickwar, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged baffleburg, bilbil, billina, combinoceros, dogs, donkeys, emerald city, ev, hank the mule, horses, immortality, ix, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo, king randywell, lions, mombi, ojo in oz, ozcon international, ozma of oz, peter brown, pita the sand witch, queen zixi of ix, realbad, rinkitink in oz, ruffles, samandra, snip, snoctorotomus, tazzywaller, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the rundelstone of oz, the silver princess in oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, toto of oz, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Birds of a Feather (and a Few Without)

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Nathan

I don’t think I’ve ever really written specifically about the birds in the Oz series, and there are quite a few of them. When Dorothy first arrives in Oz, she sees “birds with rare and brilliant plumage” in the Munchkin … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged balloon bird, balloon island, banana bird, barrel birds, birds, birds of paradise, bob up, bobolinks, captain salt, captain salt in oz, chapter three, chickens, cowardly lion, crows, dorothy and the wizard in oz, ducks, flittermouse, foolish owl, garden of eden, gluckbird, gooch, grand mo-gull, gulls, hummingbirds, hurrah birds, hurrah's nest, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jalapomp, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, lake orizon, lonesome duck, lucky bucky in oz, nickadoodle, notta bit more, orks, owls, oziana, patch, peli-cans, percy vere, peter brown, pirates in oz, policeman bluejay, reedbirds, rocs, roger the read bird, russet meagle, scissor bird, skyle of un, snif the iffin, stork scissors, storks, the cowardly lion of oz, the curious cruise of captain santa, the giant horse of oz, the little gingerbread man, the lost king of oz, the royal explorers of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, zazagooch | 1 Comment

Shopping O-Z

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Nathan

I wrote about traveling salesmen in Oz last week, but I forgot about one. That was none other than Ruggedo, the former Nome King, who was a peddler of sunglasses at the beginning of Pirates in Oz. Now, I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged choose day, cut and assemble the emerald city of oz, dictionopolis, down town, dragons, emerald city, evangeline, fashion plate mesa, fix city, handy mandy in oz, humpy, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jenny jump, lucky bucky in oz, madam chic chic, margaret berg, nome king, norton juster, number nine, oz cream, pajuka, pastoria, peter brown, pirates in oz, road shop, shops, snip, style shop, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, The Phantom Tollbooth, the royal book of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, turn town, turn-style | Leave a comment

This Tornado Loves You

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Nathan

There was a bit of a theme in the early Oz books about Dorothy reaching fairyland by means of natural disasters. We all know about the cyclone, then there was a storm at sea in Ozma of Oz and an … Continue reading →

Posted in L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alexander volkov, betsy bobbin, cap'n bill, cyclones, dorothy and the wizard in oz, earthquakes, glinda, good witch of the north, hurricanes, jeremy steadman, laura jane musser, lurline, magic land, michael patrick hearn, natural disasters, nome king, onsi, oziana, ozma of oz, peter brown, pirates in oz, prince pompadore in oz, sky island, storms, tales of magic land, the annotated wizard of oz, the gnome king of oz, the romance of the silver shoes, the scarecrow of oz, the sea fairies, the witch queen of oz, the wizard of the emerald city, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, time in oz, tompy terry, tornadoes, trot griffiths, weather, whirlpools, wicked witch of the east, yankee in oz | 5 Comments

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