Tag Archives: the great jinjin

Reasoning with Rulers

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Nathan

According to the introduction to the 2002 Oziana, both health and technical issues prevented Robin Olderman from continuing as editor of the magazine, so Joel Harris in Special Publications temporarily took over the job. The issue wasn’t released until 2002, … Continue reading →

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Plight of the Private Citizen

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Nathan

Thinking back to my earlier post about fictional societies that value reason above all things, I realized that there’s one Oz character for whom the same thing is true. This is Tititi-Hoochoo, the Great Jinjin and Private Citizen of a … Continue reading →

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