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Hiding in Plane Sight
While Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz sets the stage for a sequel with the Wizard and Tin Woodman trying to retrieve the lost Ozpril, such a book was never published. As indicated in Michael Patrick Hearn’s afterword, Ruth Plumly … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Chris Dulabone, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged breakfast the bananny goat, giraffes, goats, j. l. bell, michael patrick hearn, ozoplanes, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, ozpril, pirates in oz, rinkitink in oz, snowmen, stratovania, the lost king of oz, the wonder city of oz, tin woodman, wizard of oz, yankee in oz
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Leaving on an Ozoplane
Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – I can’t remember for sure why I wanted to give this one a reread, but it had been a while since I’d looked at it. It’s the last Oz … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Science, Technology
Tagged betsy bobbin, bustabo, cowardly lion, dorothy and the wizard in oz, emerald city, guardian of the gates, international wizard of oz club, jellia jamb, martin gardner, omby amby, ozma, ozoplanes, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, queen kabebe, red top mountain, scarecrow, science fiction, speedy in oz, stratosphere, stratovania, strut of the strat, the marvelous land of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, toto, trot griffiths, wizard of oz
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Why Won’t You Die?
It would become a thing in the Oz books that no one in that fairyland could die, but it wasn’t immediate. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz mentions the threat of death quite often, in fact. The first book to establish … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Characters, Eric Shanower, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged capital punishment, combinoceros, death, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, dragons, eureka the pink kitten, gigaboo, glegg, glinda of oz, immortality, immortals, imogene the cow, jack pumpkinhead, kabumpo in oz, kalidahs, kaliko, lions, lurline, nomes, ojo in oz, ozma, ozma of oz, prince fiddlecumdoo, prince jollikin, private jo files, purple dragon, realbad, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, snoctorotomus, snufferbux, tazzywaller, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the giant garden of oz, the good witch of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the master crafters of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches
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Magical Art Imitates Life
Recently, fellow Oz fan Kevenn Smith raised an interesting question on Facebook about how the magically animated beings in the series function the way they do. “For instance, the Sawhorse doesn’t really sound like he has knees. How does he … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged blue bear rug, bungle the glass cat, davy jones the wooden whale, gargoyles, gump, jack pumpkinhead, kevenn smith, nome king, patchwork girl, popla, powder of life, sawhorse, scarecrow, the gnome king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the road to oz, the runaway in oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, victor columbia edison
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It Makes Me Wonder
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
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If I Only Had a Game
I’ve long thought Oz had a lot of potential for video games, but it hasn’t had much success in that respect. One game I knew existed but hadn’t played or anything was the 1993 The Wizard of Oz for Super … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Characters, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, Video Games
Tagged alexander volkov, angry video game nerd, cats, cowardly lion, crows, dogs, dorothy gale, emerald city, emerald city confidential, glinda, grampa in oz, magic land, mice, munchkins, queen of the field-mice, scarecrow, super nintendo entertainment system, the wizard of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, topiary, toto, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, yellow brick road
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Iron Constitutions
I’ve been looking a bit into witches, and I latched onto one physical trait the Russian Baba Yaga is sometimes said to have, which is iron teeth. Such teeth seem to be associated with witches in general in Slavic lore. … Continue reading
Posted in African, British, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Finnish, German, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Russian, Slavic, Technology
Tagged alexander volkov, asanbosam, baba yaga, bronze, demons, dorothy gale, giants, ilmarinen, iron, iron woodman, ivashko, kalevala, magic land, ogres, perchta, prince ivan the witch baby and the little sister of the sun, psoglav, sasabonsam, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, vampires, wicked witch of the west, witches
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Ozian-American Studies
The five most recent stories on Hungry Tiger Tales are fairly obscure promotional material for the Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz comic pages. A set of faux news stories about the visitors landing on various planets before … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Characters, Comics, Food, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged chicago record-herald, gumdrops, gump, herby, hungry tiger press, hungry tiger tales, jack pumpkinhead, ozma, ozmapolitan, paul tietjens, professor wogglebug, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, sawhorse, scarecrow, the giant horse of oz, the marvelous land of oz, thick tamales for attenuated artists, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, what did the woggle-bug say?
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Increase Your Word Power
There’s an article in the newest Baum Bugle, which isn’t yet available in physical form, about the magic word from The Magic of Oz, discussed in the context of magic words in the series and other fiction. The writer, Dennis … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Fairy Tales, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged captain fyter, dennis wilson wise, dorothy gale, johnny dooit, magic belt, mombi, mudge, nome king, pirates in oz, polychrome, powder of life, pyrzqxgl or how to do things with magic words, shaggy man, the baum bugle, the believing child, the cowardly lion of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, winged monkeys, witches, wizard of oz, wumbo, zenna henderson
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Tips for Up and Coming Fairy Princesses
I listened to the first two seasons of The Chronicles of Oz about a year and a half ago, and the third season is up now. Each one is based on a book, so this one is Ozma of Oz. … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays
Tagged aron toman, azkadellia, billina, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, ev, fairies, gregory maguire, grommetik, hungry tiger, magic belt, nanda, nome king, ozma, ozma of oz, princess langwidere, return to oz, robots, scarecrow, silver shoes, sir dashemoff daily, tales from the wizard of oz, the chronicles of oz, tik-tok, tin man, tin woodman, tippetarius, tryxie tryfle, wicked, wicked witch of the west
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