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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

Aslan Will Provide

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Nathan

When reading Katherine Langrish’s reviews of the Chronicles of Narnia while having the theme of civilization on my mind, I thought about how Narnia is considerably more anti-civilization than Oz, even if I don’t recall the word being used (which … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Economics, Fairy Tales, History, Islam, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mythology, Oz, Prejudice, Religion, Technology | Tagged arabian nights, aslan, babylon, beruna, bible, book of daniel, calormen, civilization, genesis, katherine langrish, nebuchadnezzar, prince caspian, slavery, the horse and his boy, the last battle, the voyage of the dawn treader, world building | Leave a comment

Where Virtue Is Victorious

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Nathan

When looking at a Tor article about mapping fantasy lands, which I previously looked at here, I noticed that the description for post-Wizard Oz gave it a Virtue level of two, defined as “Overriding harmony in world, active championing of … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Cartoons, Chronicles of Narnia, Fairy Tales, Harry Potter, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Trek, Star Wars | Tagged aslan, glinda, good vs evil, great book of records, magic belt, magic picture, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, prince caspian, status quo, the horse and his boy, the life and adventures of santa claus, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the marvelous land of oz, the silver chair | 5 Comments

Is Your World-Building Up to Code?

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Nathan

While I generally find the results to be the really interesting part, I also find how fictional worlds are created to be quite intriguing. J.R.R. Tolkien is often held up as an author whose fantasy works take place in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Maps, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Wars, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged alefgard, archenland, aslan, calormen, dragon quest ii, hyrule, lord of the rings, middle-earth, mushroom kingdom, mushroom world, super mario bros. 3, telmar, the hobbit, the horse and his boy, the last battle, the legend of zelda, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the magician's nephew, the silver chair, the voyage of the dawn treader, zelda ii the adventure of link | 1 Comment

Humanity Has Its Privileges

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Nathan

I’ve recently been engrossed in Ana Mardoll’s deconstruction of the Chronicles of Narnia, which has so far reached Chapter 11 of Prince Caspian. One quite valid point she made is why it is considered so important that Narnia be ruled … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia | Tagged adam and eve, aslan, monarchy, prince caspian, the horse and his boy, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the magician's nephew | 1 Comment

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