Tag Archives: somewhere

If Wishes Were Streetcars

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Nathan

The Wish Express, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – This could essentially be considered the author’s first book, although it wasn’t published in that form during her lifetime. Before she took over the Oz series from L. Frank Baum, she serialized … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged charles evan hughes, delusion, democrats, dogs, donkeys, elephants, emerald city, horses, illusion, joe bongiorno, marvelous travels of a wish, ozma, philadelphia public ledger, president theodore roosevelt, president woodrow wilson, queen else of somewhere, republicans, ruth berman, some one else, something else jus tas bad, somewhere, somewhere else, state of discontentment, talktown, the enchanted island of oz, the wish express, the wonder book, the wonderful wizard of oz, thomas nast, through the looking-glass, wishes, wizard of oz, world war i | Leave a comment

Literary History Drags On

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Nathan

I shared this article on the history of dragons in Western literature on Facebook, and there was a comment about how Oz wasn’t represented in it. It does, however, quote Ruth Berman, a long-time Oz fan; and I think she’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a story about dragons, dismocolese, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dragonettes, dragons, edith nesbit, enorma, evangeline, grampa in oz, grand gheewizard, isa poso, jabberwock, kenneth grahame, king terribus of spor, pumperdink, purple dragon, queen erma, quiberon, quox, ruth berman, sir hokus of pokes, somewhere, st. george, the book of dragons, the dragon of pumperdink, the enchanted island of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the giant horse of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the reluctant dragon, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, through the looking-glass, tik-tok of oz, wizard of oz | 1 Comment

Going Nowhere

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Nathan

I’m not sure where the joke of making Nowhere a physical place and/or Nobody a person originated. I guess there was a variety on that sort of joke in the Odyssey, when Odysseus told Polyphemus his name was Nobody. Sir … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz, Places | Tagged breakfast the bananny goat, captain salt, david perry, dismocolese, dragons, humpty bumpty, king ato, marvelous travels on a wish, nobody, nowhere, odysseus, pirates in oz, polyphemus, queen else, ruth plumly thompson, somewhere, the enchanted island of oz, through the looking-glass, white king | 6 Comments

Tag Archives: somewhere

If Wishes Were Streetcars

Literary History Drags On

Going Nowhere

Recent Posts

Archives

Categories

Blogroll

Celebrity Blogs

Comics

More Stuff from Me

Meta

Twitterpated