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Down on the Farm

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Nathan

Here are a few Oz things I’ve read recently. Dark Wind in Oz, by Tarl Telford – It’s been some time since I read the first two books in the Hidden History of Oz series, but now I’ve finally read … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Dreams, Eric Shanower, Games, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Melody Grandy, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a study in orange, abby, ages of oz, angela garvey garvey, aunt em, billina, bitty bit, conjo, corwin davison poe, dark wind in oz, dorothy gale, fairies, foiled by the iffin, frogman, gabriel gale, gilbert and sullivan, glinda, glinda's letters to oz, grampa in oz, guardian of the gates, gump, imogene the cow, journal of a journey, king skamperoo, mary rakestraw, mombi, omby amby, oziah prendergast gillikin iiii, oziana, ozma, pastoria, pigasus, role-playing, smith and tinker, sundays at sam's, tarl telford, the computer wizard of oz, the final fate of the frogman, the giant garden of oz, the glinda letters, the hidden history of oz, the hollyhock dolls in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, timeline, toto, truth pond, uncle henry, water of oblivion, wicked witch of the east, witches, wizard of oz, yips, zim greenleaf of oz | Leave a comment

Roland in the Deep

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Nathan

I think I first heard of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso in a blurb about C.S. Lewis comparing J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings to it. Well, they do both have a magic ring that makes people invisible, and a monster … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Christianity, French, Greek Mythology, Islam, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games, William Shakespeare | Tagged amazons, andromeda, arimaspoi, astolfo, atlante, avalon, basil of caesarea, battle of roncevaux pass, beowulf, chanson de roland, charlemagne, childe roland to the dark tower came, cortana, durendal, elijah, fairies, faleero, falerina, ferragut, giants, griffins, halo, hector, hell, hippogriffs, holga danske, horses, hugh capet of france, huon of bordeaux, jesus, john the apostle, king lear, lethe river, lord of the rings, ludovico ariosto, matteo maria boiardo, merlin, moon, morgan le fay, ogier the dane, orcas, orcs, orlando furioso, orlando innamorato, paladin, penthesileia, pliny the elder, prester john, rinaldo, robert browning, roland, roland the headless thompson gunner, ruggiero, st. denis, st. peter, stephen king, swords, tristan and isolde, virgin mary, warren zevon, water of oblivion, weapons | Leave a comment

Been a Long Time Since I Rinkitinked

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Nathan

I’ve previously reviewed the 2016 Oziana, which consists of fifteen different alternate endings for Rinktink in Oz. I thought I should say a little more about each one, however, so here we go. Susan Johnson starts out by going in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Eric Shanower, Food, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a child's garden, aaron solomon adelman, andrew heller, baruch adelman, bilbil, christopher m. diket, dorothy gale, eggs, eleanor kennedy, ev, fix city, flattown, george van buren, gilgad, goats, high faluting city, how to be good, invisible inzi of oz, jackdaws, james bond, john w. kennedy, karen diket, king anko, king gos of regos, king rinkitink, kuik blackbab, maggie lockett, magic belt, mariah b'forre, mermaids, musicton, nikobob, nome king, nome kingdom, ouija board, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, ozmapolitan, patchwork girl, pearls of pingaree, prince bobo of boboland, prince inga of pingaree, puns, queen aquareine, queen cor of coregos, rinkitink in oz, robin hess, roodnite, sarah hadley, scarecrow, susan johnson, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway of oz, three trick caverns, toto and the cats of oz, tune town, virginia and robert wauchope, walkingbury, water of oblivion, wizard of oz, wizards, zog | 4 Comments

You Can See ‘Em Work

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Nathan

For the 2004 Oziana, John Bell took over as editor, as well as the author of one of the stories. The cover picture, which wraps around, was drawn by Don Marquez, and includes his takes on many different established characters. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Atticus Gannaway, Book Reviews, Characters, Families, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ray Powell, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a bungled kidnapping in oz, a wonderful journey in oz, alexi francis, brains, bungle the glass cat, button-bright, cap'n bill, don marquez, dorothy gale, ev, evrob and the nomes, great book of records, greg hunter, henry blossom, j. l. bell, john mundt, kaliko, magic umbrella, margaret berg, mister flint in oz, mozel tozv, new moon over oz, nome king, nome kingdom, nomes, nymphs, oziana, ozma, ozroar, professor wogglebug, scare city, the blue emperor of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the glass cat of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic carpet of oz, the magic of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, tik-tok of oz, time travel, trot griffiths, ugu, ugu the shoemaker, water of oblivion, wheelers, wishing pills, wizard of oz, zif | 5 Comments

Dark and Shuttered

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Nathan

This week, we’re taking a look at the 1991 Oziana. Well, what else did you expect after the 1990 issue? The cover by Chris Sterling shows the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman putting on a puppet show, with each one controlling a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Families, Fred Otto, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a cozy castle in oz, afterlife, beach blanket babyloz, big enough mountain, charles martensen, chris sterling, christopher wayne buckley, death, earl abbe, ev, fairness, fred otto, glinda, great book of records, haiku, johnny dooit, kabumpo in oz, loxo the lucky, mission impozible, nome king, nomes, omby amby, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, pyrzqxgl, ray bradbury, robin olderman, scarecrow, shutter town, something wicked this way comes, speedy in oz, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden cave of grapelandia, the giant horse of oz, the magic of oz, tik-tok of oz, timmy and the shutter faces in oz, tin woodman, water of oblivion, who's who in oz, woot the wanderer | 1 Comment

Ho Ho, Kerumph!

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Nathan

Kabumpo in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – You get two Oz posts in a row this week, because I’ve finished rereading this book for its hundredth anniversary. Thompson’s second Oz book is a clear improvement over her first, and Kabumpo … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dolls, elephants, emerald city, fairies, faleero, glegg, gnomes, illumi nation, jack pumpkinhead, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, luis ricardo falero, marriage, nome king, nomes, ozma, peg amy, prince pompadore, pumperdink, puns, rabbits, rith metic, tin woodman, trees, trot griffiths, twigs, wag the rabbit, water of oblivion, witches, wizard of oz | 5 Comments

Conquest by Computer

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Nathan

The 1986 Oziana is the first issue I ever read, even though it was around 1993 when I did so. I just started out by ordering the earliest one the Oz Club was offering at the time. The cover here … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Christmas, Games, Holidays, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a computer wizard in oz, bini aru, blair boudreau, corwin davison poe, easter bunny, edgar allan poe, emerald city, fairies, forbidden fountain, frosty the snowman, glinda, grinch, how the grinch stole christmas, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead, kabumpo in oz, kiki aru, laughing valley of hohaho, little bun rabbit, mother goose in prose, mount munch, mrs. claus, much ado about kiki aru, nome king, north pole, old mother hubbard, oziah prendergast gillikin iiii, oziana, ozma, pyrzqxgl, richard capwell, rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, santa claus, santa claus in oz, sean patrick duffley, sir hokus of pokes, smith and tinker, the easter bunny of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magic of oz, tik-tok, tim hollis, trot griffiths, water of oblivion, wilbur canard, wizard of oz | 6 Comments

Coping with Immortality

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Nathan

We’re up to the 1978 Oziana, with a cover by Bill Eubank that appears to be partially based on a John R. Neill illustration from Kabumpo in Oz. Then there’s an Oz-E-Gag by Eubank, comparing The Wizard of Oz to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Comics, Games, History, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Music, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Wars, Winnie-the-Pooh | Tagged atlantis, bears, bees, beyond the rainbow, bill eubank, bronson pinchot, clara jean curzon, daniel k. cox, dave billman, deadly desert, dorothy gale, emerald city, ereol, espa, fairies, forest of burzee, george lucas, george van buren, gili bar-hillel, glinda, glinda of oz, great detective, harry mongold, how ducky!, hugo ball, immigration, immortality, in other lands than oz, jay delkin, jenny jump, joe bongiorno, johanna buchner, joseph campbell, julius caesar, kabumpo in oz, latin, lau shiu fan, luke skywalker, lurline, magic belt, magic picture, menankypoo, number nine, ojo, orks, oz-e-gags, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, paul ritz, pillars of hercules, pin-up, pixies, plato, princess leia, queen coo-ee-oh, queen zixi of ix, red jinn, sawhorse, scraps' ditty, shaggy man, sherlock holmes, talking heads, the adventure of the missing belt, the green dolphin of oz, the lost king of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the threat of civil-oz-ation, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's sticky end, the woozy's tale, the woozy's tricky beginning, tippetarius in oz, tollydiggle, toto, transformation, vincent ward, water of oblivion, wizards, woozy, zim greenleaf, zimbo and the magic amulet, zimboobo | 4 Comments

Forget That Girl

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Nathan

Today, I’d like to talk about Meng Po, a Chinese goddess who makes an appearance in Katie Zhao’s Fallen Hero. She’s a resident of Diyu, the underworld, which combines Taoist and Buddhist traditions. Meng Po makes a magic liquid that … Continue reading →

Tagged aeneid, afterlife, death, demons, diyu, emperor qin shi huangdi, emperor shun, emperor yao, fallen hero, fan xiliang, great wall of china, hypnos, katie zhao, lethe river, meng jiang, meng po, mi hun tang, mnemosyne, myth of er, new age, nome king, orphic mysteries, plato, qi liang, reincarnation, republic, siddhartha gautama, souls, suicide, underworld, virgil, water of oblivion | 3 Comments

Pyrzqxgl

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Nathan

The Magic of Oz, by L. Frank Baum – I reread this in preparation for this year’s OzCon International. I believe it was the last of Baum’s Oz books I read, and I remember it not being one of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alliance of the elementals, bungle the glass cat, cap'n bill, cats, eureka the pink kitten, forest of gugu, j. l. bell, kabumpo in oz, kiki aru, lonesome duck, magic belt, much ado about kiki aru, nome king, ozma, pyrzqxgl, rango, sean duffley, the emerald city of oz, the magic of oz, tik-tok of oz, transformation, water of oblivion, wizard of oz | 6 Comments

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Roland in the Deep

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You Can See ‘Em Work

Dark and Shuttered

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Forget That Girl

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