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Foreign Relations in Fairyland

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Nathan

Since Oz is a country entirely surrounded by a desert that turns any living flesh that touches it into dust and sends up poisonous fumes, its foreign policy is largely at its own discretion. Jack Snow’s The Magical Mimics in … Continue reading →

Posted in Jack Snow, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged adrienne martinez, billina, boboland, captain salt, captain salt in oz, colonialism, deconstruction, dorothy gale, ev, everett avila, foreign policy, fred meyer, glinda, henry blossom, imperialism, invasion, jellia jamb, jenny jump, jeremy steadman, joe bongiorno, kaliko, kenneth shepherd, king skamperoo, lucky bucky in oz, magic belt, menankypoo, mr. thinman in oz, nome king, ozamaland, ozma, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pirates in oz, rinkitink in oz, stratovania, the baum bugle, the blue emperor of oz, the emerald city of oz, the emerald ring of oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the road to oz, the royal explorers of oz, the tail of the pink goat, the wishing horse of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok and the nome king, tin woodman, war, wizard of oz | 3 Comments

Invisible Touch

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Nathan

L. Frank Baum originally wanted The Emerald City of Oz to be his last Oz book, and to that end had Glinda cast a spell that made the whole land “invisible to all eyes but our own.” In explaining it … Continue reading →

Posted in Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a side view of the nonestic islands, button-bright, cap'n bill, captain salt in oz, davy jones, dorothy gale, glinda, heelers, invisible barrier, jenny jump, kiki aru, king of the fairy beavers, little wizard stories of oz, lucky bucky in oz, martha cornog, ork, oziana, ozma, professor wogglebug, rinkitink in oz, the careless kangaroo of oz, the emerald city of oz, the magic of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok and the nome king, tik-tok of oz, timothy perper, trot griffiths, wizard of oz | 12 Comments

No Money, Mo’ Problems

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Nathan

As I said back in this post, whether or not Oz uses some form of money is no more consistent than many other aspects of the series. Certainly the earlier books show money in use, with children paying for green … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Dick Martin, Economics, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Socialism | Tagged bill the weather-cock, david hulan, down town, emerald city, general quakes, glinda of oz, gold, grampa, grampa in oz, halidom, j. l. bell, jinxland, kiki aru, kimbaloo, king kinda jolly, king pompus, little wizard stories of oz, lucky bucky in oz, merry go round in oz, money, mooj, nome kingdom, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, ozma of oz, ozure isles, prince tatters of ragbad, pumperdink, quok, ragbad, rash, regalia, scarecrow, seebania, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the queen of quok, the road to oz, the scarecrow of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok and the nome king, tin woodman, tippetarius, troth | 4 Comments

The Return of the Nome King Returns

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Nathan

The most frequently recurring villain in the Oz series is Ruggedo, originally known as Roquat, the former Nome King. I would imagine L. Frank Baum didn’t intend to use him so often, but ended up finding him convenient for several … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged a refugee in oz, a wonderful journey in oz, alliance of the elementals, atticus gannaway, chris dulabone, eva katharine gibson, forbidden fountain, george macdonald, glinda, gnomes, greg hunter, handy mandy in oz, himself the elf, kabumpo in oz, kaliko, kim mcfarland, king rinkitink, l. frank baum, little wizard stories, magic belt, nome king, nomes, ozma of oz, pirates in oz, prince inga of pingaree, prince silverwings, rinkitink in oz, ruggedo and the school of magic, ruth plumly thompson, sideshow bob, the deadly desert around oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the gnome king of oz, the magic of oz, the princess and the goblin, the simpsons, tik-tok and the nome king, tik-tok of oz, water of oblivion, zauberlinda the wise witch | 18 Comments

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