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Been a Long Time Since I Rinkitinked

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Nathan

I’ve previously reviewed the 2016 Oziana, which consists of fifteen different alternate endings for Rinktink in Oz. I thought I should say a little more about each one, however, so here we go. Susan Johnson starts out by going in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Eric Shanower, Food, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a child's garden, aaron solomon adelman, andrew heller, baruch adelman, bilbil, christopher m. diket, dorothy gale, eggs, eleanor kennedy, ev, fix city, flattown, george van buren, gilgad, goats, high faluting city, how to be good, invisible inzi of oz, jackdaws, james bond, john w. kennedy, karen diket, king anko, king gos of regos, king rinkitink, kuik blackbab, maggie lockett, magic belt, mariah b'forre, mermaids, musicton, nikobob, nome king, nome kingdom, ouija board, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, ozmapolitan, patchwork girl, pearls of pingaree, prince bobo of boboland, prince inga of pingaree, puns, queen aquareine, queen cor of coregos, rinkitink in oz, robin hess, roodnite, sarah hadley, scarecrow, susan johnson, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway of oz, three trick caverns, toto and the cats of oz, tune town, virginia and robert wauchope, walkingbury, water of oblivion, wizard of oz, wizards, zog | 4 Comments

Abra Kadabra, I Want to Reach Out and Grab Ya

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Nathan

The 1974 Oziana starts with a mention of of some Oz manuscripts the editor, Gary Ralph, had heard about: Christmas in Oz, The Woozy of Oz, and Traleewu in Oz. There are books by Robin Hess and March Laumer with … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, Comics, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology | Tagged abra kadabra of oz, aging, albert chronic, bill eubank, boq, circle of geezer, cold snap mountains, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, fairies, frank joslyn baum, fraternal order of practising workers of magic, gary ralph, glinda, good witch of the north, grampa in oz, great book of records, jay delkin, jimmy bulber of oz, lurline, nomes, oz-e-gags, oziad, oziana, ozma, polychrome, robin hess, rosine and the laughing dragon of oz, the hollyhock dolls of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the mysterious palace of voe, the wonderful wizard of oz, valley of voe, witches, wizard of oz, zoru | Leave a comment

Deadwood Oaks and Duende

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Nathan

I feel like I’ve pretty much exhausted all the Oz books, or at least the ones that are generally consistent with the original series (not that everyone even agrees on what that is). I’ll occasionally come across lists of interesting-sounding … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a million miles from here is oz, alexander volkov, cap'n bill, dagmar in oz, david f. salas, deadwood oaks, dorothy and the wooden soldiers of oz, dorothy gale, duende, fairies, fighting trees, glinda, hammer-heads, ken romer, lucky bucky in oz, magic land, nome king, polychrome, quiet victory, robin hess, the deadly desert around oz, the duende of oz, the lost tales of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the spelling bee of oz, three-headed elvis clone found in flying saucer over oz, tin woodman, trot griffiths, urfin jus, urfin jus and his wooden soldiers, victor columbia edison, wicked witch of the east | Leave a comment

It Makes Me Wonder

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Nathan

Stairway to Oz, by Robin Hess – The author once again returns to the Nome Kingdom, an intended invasion of Oz, and transportation gates. It starts with a boy named Ryan Westerly visiting his parents in Colorado, who turn out to … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Dick Martin, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Melody Grandy, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged captain fyter, duke of dork, forever in oz, ix, jack pumpkinhead of oz, james e. haff, joe king, kadj the conjurer, kaliko, nome kingdom, nomes, oogaboo, ozwoz, pirates in oz, queen zixi of ix, robert pattrick, robin hess, scarecrow, shaggy man, stairway to oz, swing city, the spelling bee of oz, the tin woodman and the tin soldier of oz, tin woodman | Leave a comment

We Are Family

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Nathan

This post on the Merry Old Land of Oz Facebook group got me thinking about how most of the kids who visit Oz tend to be only children. Okay, to be fair, it’s possible they have siblings we don’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Dick Martin, Families, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged acinad, alexander volkov, allison mcbain, annie smith, aunt em, betsy bobbin, button-bright, cap'n bill, cap'n bob, christmas in oz, clarence skillet, cory in oz, donald abbott, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, ellie smith, frank joslyn baum, fumaro, general riskitt, glinda, glinda of oz, greg hunter, guardian of the gates, handy mandy, how the wizard saved oz, jack pumpkinhead, jeff freedman, jellia jamb, joe weedles, kabina, kabumpo, lucky bucky in oz, magic land, margolotte, mombi, nine tiny piglets, nome king, notta bit more, number nine, omby amby, ozma, ozmapolitan, pastoria, patchwork girl, paul dana, pinny and gig, polychrome, prince philador, queen ann soforth, robin hess, salye soforth, scarecrow, septimius septentrion, shaggy man, tales of magic land, the enchanted gnome of oz, the giant horse of oz, the goat girls of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the magic dishpan of oz, the mysterious pool of oz, the other searches for the lost princess of oz, the ozampolitan of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), three adepts, tik-tok of oz, time-travelling in oz, tin woodman, trot griffiths, twink and tom jones, uncle henry, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Tin Hands Are Ku-Klip’s Workshop

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Nathan

So, I’m back from OzCon International, which was pretty Oz-some. It’s kind of disappointing that it’s over, but nice to get home again. When I first started going to Oz conventions, it was often one of the few chances I … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cartoons, Characters, Eric Shanower, Feminism, Games, History, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Live Shows, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes | Tagged andy mangels, angelica shirley carpenter, cosplay, david maxine, dina schiff massachi, filmation, j. l. bell, jack haley, james ortiz, jellia jamb, journey back to oz, judy bieber, lesba, loonville, mrs. yoop, ozcon international, polychrome, prissy pingle, puppetry, ray bolger, raymond wohl, robert payes, robin hess, scarecrow, the fate of a crown, the lost tales of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the woggle-bug, the woodsman, til loon, tommy kwikstep, w. w. denslow, woot the wanderer | 4 Comments

Zeebee and ze Bee

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Nathan

The Spelling Bee of Oz, by Robin Hess – The follow-up to Toto and the Cats of Oz has two new visitors to the fairyland. Elizabeth Warren from California, or Zeebee for short, is captured by the Nome King Korph, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged alexander volkov, crows, dorothy and old king crow, dorothy and the seven-leaf clover, dorothy haas, hip-po-gy-raf, joe bongiorno, kalidahs, magic land, ozma, robin hess, royal timeline of oz, scarecrow, spelling bee, the spelling bee of oz, toto, toto and the cats of oz | 5 Comments

Revising Rinkitink

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Nathan

Last year, there was a contest to write a new ending to Rinkitink in Oz, the goal being to come up with what L. Frank Baum might have written before revising the King Rinkitink manuscript as an Oz book. There’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Dennis Anfuso, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Names, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged aaron solomon adelman, andrew heller, baruch adelman, bilbil, david hulan, joe bongiorno, king rinkitink, oziana, ozma of oz, randy hoffman, rinkitink in oz, robin hess, the lost princess of oz, toto and the cats of oz | 8 Comments

OzCon in a Nutshell, or Perhaps a Peach Pit

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Nathan

I’m back from OzCon International 2017 (sometimes still called the Winkie Convention) in Portland, Oregon. The main theme was The Lost Princess of Oz, and the location because Ozma was Ore-gone. No, I’m actually not sure why that location was … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Humor, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged claymation, david maxine, doug aberle, eric gjovaag, inanna mcgraw, international wizard of oz club, john fricke, nomes, ozcon international, ozma of oz, return to oz, robin hess, sherwood smith, ted eshbaugh, the lost princess of oz, will vinton, winkie convention | 4 Comments

Button-Bright Illumination

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Nathan

The other day, I came across a link to this bit of Oz fanfiction about Polychrome finding Button-Bright in Philadelphia and taking him to Mo. It fills in some gaps in his story, since The Scarecrow of Oz has him … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Characters, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged american fairy tales, button-bright, christmas in oz, grandma natch, jack frost, jeremy steadman, magic umbrella, margaret berg, martin gardner, mary poppins, ojo, outsiders from oz, p.l. travers, paul dana, polychrome, red jinn, robin hess, snow queen, the emerald ring of oz, the glass dog, the lost boy of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, the road to oz, the scarecrow of oz, the visitors from oz, twin properties, Vaughn Smythe | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: robin hess

Been a Long Time Since I Rinkitinked

Abra Kadabra, I Want to Reach Out and Grab Ya

Deadwood Oaks and Duende

It Makes Me Wonder

We Are Family

Tin Hands Are Ku-Klip’s Workshop

Zeebee and ze Bee

Revising Rinkitink

OzCon in a Nutshell, or Perhaps a Peach Pit

Button-Bright Illumination

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