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Mazes, Memory, and Magic

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Nathan

Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke – This is the first thing I’ve read by this author, and it was pretty fascinating. The protagonist and narrator is called Piranesi after the eighteenth century Italian artist and archaeologist (not that he knows that), … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Discworld, Final Fantasy, Games, Magic, Terry Pratchett, Video Games | Tagged andrew lloyd webber, dungeons and dragons, final fantasy viii, gaston leroux, guyal of sfere, jack vance, les miserables, mazirian the magician, piranesi, rincewind, susanna clarke, the colour of magic, the dying earth, the phantom of the opera, tunnels of doom | 5 Comments

Fearsome Furnishings

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Nathan

Living versions of inanimate objects are common in fiction. The Oz books have a lot of them, although most of them are friendly. There are, however, many animated objects that are deadly, especially in role-playing games. I was recently thinking … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Focus on the Foes, Games, Jack Snow, Kid Icarus, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Terry Pratchett, Video Games | Tagged angler whelk, anglerfish, bag of devouring, canniboxes, demon wall, doorbusters, doors, dragon quest iii, dungeons and dragons, final fantasy iv, final fantasy vi, hidon, interesting times, kid icarus uprising, luggage, mad piano, manticores, mimics, mimicuties, piano, piranha plants, pit, rincewind, super mario 64, super mario rpg, the colour of magic, the light fantastic, the magical mimics in oz, trap doors, treasure chests, tv tropes, twoflower, urnexpected | Leave a comment

You’re in Luck

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Nathan

I’d thought before about how the appellation “lucky” is applied to so many Oz characters. Well, only three that I can think of, but that’s still kind of weird. They were introduced by three different authors, however. The first is … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Authors, Characters, Comics, Discworld, Greek Mythology, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Religion, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Terry Pratchett | Tagged atreyu, carl barks, cereal, charles lindbergh, davy jones the wooden whale, deadpool, deadpool 2, domino, donald duck, dragons, falkor, fate, fortuna, fortune, fred meyer, fred otto, fuchur, fukuryu, giants, gladstone gander, interesting times, jenny jump, lady luck, leif erikson, leprechauns, leprechauns in oz, loxo the lucky, luck, luck dragon, luck o' the irish, lucky bucky in oz, lucky bucky jones, lucky charms, lucky the leprechaun, margolotte, mark haas, michael ende, ojo, ojo in oz, oziana, prince pompadore, prince pompadore in oz, probability, psychopompus, rincewind, speedy in oz, the colour of magic, the forbidden cave of grapelandia, the lady, the last hero, the neverending story, the patchwork girl of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the wonder city of oz, tyche, x-force, zazie beetz, zim greenleaf of oz | 1 Comment

In Memoriam: Terry Pratchett

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Nathan

One of my favorite writers died today at the age of sixty-six. I can’t recall exactly how I got interested in Pratchett’s work, but I think part of it was due to the fact that he occasionally referenced my favorite … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Discworld, Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Humor, In Memoriam, Music, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, They Might Be Giants | Tagged ankh-morpork, arthur dent, ford prefect, foul ole ron, good omens, men at arms, nation, rincewind, soul music, stephen baxter, the colour of magic, the light fantastic, the long earth, the long mars, twoflower | Leave a comment

Hope Is the Snake with Feathers

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Nathan

While it’s a little difficult to tell for sure, as Google sometimes refuses to turn up posts that I know I made and the LiveJournal search function is worthless, I don’t think I’ve ever actually devoted a post to Quetzalcoatl … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Aztec, Characters, Colonization of America, Discworld, Gina Wickwar, History, Mythology, Native American, Oz, Oz Authors, Terry Pratchett | Tagged a. lee martinez, astfgl, divine misfortune, eric, hernan cortes, ketzal, luggage, nahua, pterosaurs, quetzalcoatl, quetzalcoatlus, quezovercoatl, rincewind, serpents, snakes, tezcatlipoca, the hidden prince of oz, venus, xolotl | 7 Comments

Magic Genes

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Nathan

I mentioned in my last post how the manifestation of the Force through midichlorians in Jedi blood, thereby giving a biological component to magical and spiritual power, was sort of elitist. That got me thinking about the connection between magic … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Discworld, Families, Genetics, Harry Potter, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Science, Star Wars, Terry Pratchett | Tagged anakin skywalker, archchancellor mustrum ridcully, death, equal rites, fairies, glinda, granny weatherwax, hermione granger, j.k. rowling, lily weatherwax, midichlorians, moving pictures, muggles, nanny ogg, octarine, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, rincewind, salazar slytherin, sith, sourcery, squibs, the colour of magic, the light fantastic, unseen university, victor tugelbend, voldemort, witches, wizard of oz, wizards | 5 Comments

It’s All Ephebian to Me

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Nathan

In the Discworld books, most languages are basically the same as ones on Earth, with Morporkian being the equivalent of English. Others are parodies or combinations of real languages, like Latatian being bad Latin and Agatean having both Chinese and … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Discworld, Language, Terry Pratchett | Tagged agatean, agatean empire, ankh-morpork, brutha, demons, ephebian, eric, interesting times, latatian, morporkian, omnia, rincewind, small gods, the colour of magic, tsort, twoflower, vassenego | 1 Comment

The Virgin and the Houri

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Nathan

It’s a popular notion these days that Islamic terrorists believe they’ll be rewarded with seventy-two virgins in Paradise. Why seventy-two? There’s somewhat of a justification for this, but as usual the meme only tells part of the story. The Quran … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Discworld, Islam, Religion, Terry Pratchett | Tagged hadith, heaven, houri, muhammad, nephilim, paradise, quran, rincewind, terrorism, the light fantastic | 2 Comments

Unicorn on the Cob

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Nathan

The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle – I had previously seen the movie in Josh‘s room in college. I enjoyed it, but what I particularly remember are some stories people had about it. One of my classmates had seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Discworld, Terry Pratchett | Tagged captain cully, christopher lee, jeff bridges, king haggard, mia farrow, peter s. beagle, red bull, rincewind, schmendrick, the last unicorn, unicorns | 1 Comment

Octarine Dreams

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Nathan

Last night, I watched the television adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s The Color of Magic, starring Sir David Jason as Rincewind. He’s apparently a big television star in the United Kingdom, which I suppose explains why they keep miscasting him in … Continue reading →

Posted in Discworld, Terry Pratchett, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged alberto malich, cohen the barbarian, david bradley, david jason, havelock vetinari, hogfather, hogswatch, jeremy irons, librarian, rincewind, sean astin, television, twoflower | 7 Comments

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Mazes, Memory, and Magic

Fearsome Furnishings

You’re in Luck

In Memoriam: Terry Pratchett

Hope Is the Snake with Feathers

Magic Genes

It’s All Ephebian to Me

The Virgin and the Houri

Unicorn on the Cob

Octarine Dreams

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