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Pendexter’s Laboratory

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Nathan

Today, in my ongoing look at obscure Oz books, I’m looking at the work of Hugh Pendexter III. He dives into some unanswered questions from the series and includes quite a few references, although he mostly uses his own characters, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Places, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged cap'n bill, curtis dunham, dogs, donald abbott, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, elephants, ev, farhold island, forest of gugu, great gillikin forest, how the wizard came to oz, johnny dooit, mombi, morrow, nine tiny piglets, oz and the three witches, ozma, paul clarendon west, robots, saturn, shaggy man, silico, tales of the crocheted cat, the crocheted cat in oz, the golden goblin, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the pearl and the pumpkin, the road to oz, the sea fairies, w. w. denslow, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches, wizard of oz, wooglet in oz | Leave a comment

The Anti-Chaos Committee

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Nathan

I’ve finished several books recently, but I was holding off on writing about them not just because I had other stuff to do, but because it seems like I don’t do much else besides book reviews these days. Oziana isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Fairy Tales, German, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, marissa meyer, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, october daye, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, seanan mcguire | Tagged abolitionism, angela davis, constance verity, constance verity destroys the universe, cotton mather, demons, dryads, elves, erlking, fairies, gilded, ibram x. kendi, jefferson davis, king kong, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, luanne g. smith, martin luther king, pixies, planet of the apes, president thomas jefferson, racism, rakkhosh, rumplestiltskin, sayantani dasgupta, slavery, stamped from the beginning, thakurmar jhuli, the brightest fell, the chaos curse, the princess bride, the raven spell, uplift suasion, vivienne to, w.e.b. dubois, wild hunt, william lloyd garrison, winged monkeys, witches | Leave a comment

Magnoflex, Monster Masters, and Metroids

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Nathan

Just a few book and comic reviews this time, all stuff related to Oz or video games. Helda the Witch of Oz, by James Fuller – This is a series of five books, each one with a different color in … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dragon Quest, Humor, Magic, Metroid, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Video Games | Tagged bini aru, dai no daibouken, deadtree, dino, dragon quest ii, dragon quest monsters, emblem of roto, erdrick, helda the blue witch of oz, helda the green witch of oz, helda the purple witch from oz, helda the red witch of oz, helda the witch of oz, helda the yellow witch of oz, james fuller, kandar, kraid, loran, mari yoshimura #2, marumo, mine yoshizaki, monster masters, nome king, pazuzu, peter pan, ridley, robbin' hood, samus aran, scalawagons, secret of evolution, tamkichi sakura, terry, the shape of happiness, winged monkeys, witches, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Increase Your Word Power

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Nathan

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 | Leave a comment

Never Enough Oz

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Nathan

Lost Lands of Oz: The Rain King Is Missing, by Dr. Janet Kelly – This book is intended to teach values to kids, and as an adult reading for fun, I can’t say how successful it is in that respect. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Games, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Sports | Tagged ak, alexander volkov, benny, betsy bobbin, button-bright, captain fyter, cayke the cookie cook, dorothy gale, frogman, ghosts, gingema's daughter, handy mandy, herby, janet kelly, jinjur, kamui ayami, lost lands of oz, maggie greenleaf, nomes, notta bit more, owls, ozma, perry, peter blystone, professor wogglebug, rain king, sergei sukhinov, superb owl, tales of magic land, tales of the emerald city, the haunted castle of oz, the rain king is missing, the superb owl of oz, tin woodman, tommy kwikstep, trot griffiths, wicked witch of the east, winged monkeys, witches, zim greenleaf | 4 Comments

Reformation Nation

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Nathan

The Cardboard King in Oz, by Gil S. Joel – The sequel to Joel’s Healing Power deals with many of the same characters, this time in vignettes rather than a book-long story. The confidence man Willie Lie returns to Oz … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Chronicles of Narnia, History, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adolf hitler, adolf hitler in oz, ali cat in oz, and justice for oz, andrew heller, emerald city, frankenstein, frankenstein's monster goes to oz, gil joel, glinda, golden cap, good, halloween island, joshua toritto, kalidahs, kinglet of phreex, lark vandergrace, mary shelley, matthew dennion, morality, nomes, ozma, patchwork girl, pterodactyls, sam sackett, scarecrow, take me back to oz, the cardboard king in oz, the healing power of oz, the lost tales of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the patchwork girl of oz, the puppet-mistress of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tollydiggle, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches | 1 Comment

Make Oz Marvelous

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Nathan

I finally got around to listening to The Chronicles of Oz, audio drama adaptations of the original Oz books. They recently finished with the final installment of The Marvelous Land of Oz, and I think they’re planning on adapting all … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged audio play, crossover productions, dorothy gale, dragons, emerald city, forbidden fountain, good witch of the north, guardian of the gates, jellia jamb, jinjur, mombi, ozma, professor wogglebug, queen of the field-mice, quox, scarecrow, the chronicles of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tippetarius, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches | 3 Comments

Oz Above, So Below

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Nathan

Although not in the book, MGM’s idea to have counterparts for all the main Oz characters in Kansas was popular enough to feature in pretty much every other major Oz film. Something interesting that I heard in the Hungry Reader’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dreams, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged china country, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dr. worley, glinda, gump, jack pumpkinhead, mombi, nome king, nurse wilson, oz: the great and powerful, ozma, return to oz, Ruby Slippers, the marvelous land of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, walter murch, winged monkeys, wizard of oz | 1 Comment

Sorcerous Servitude

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Nathan

I don’t know where the idea of supernatural beings assisting magicians originated, but perhaps the most prominent example are the jinn that will serve anyone who releases them from bottles. King Solomon is said to have had a ring that … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Atticus Gannaway, Fairy Tales, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adam nicolai, aladdin, alexander volkov, dearest mother, demon of electricity, demons, dinner bell, gayelette, ginger, gludwig and the red hair, golden cap, handy mandy in oz, himself the elf, imps, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jikki, jinn, johnny dooit, kabumpo, king solomon, opodock, queen zixi of ix, red jinn, silver hammer, the disenchanted princess of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the master key, the queen of quok, the road to oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the silver princess in oz, the silver sorceress of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, torpedo town, torpedodo, whistles, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches, wunchie, yankee in oz | 1 Comment

Shanice Williams Beats the Wiz

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Nathan

The Wiz Live! – The latest of NBC’s live stage productions was also the first one I’ve seen. I hadn’t seen The Wiz on stage before, but I did watch the rather bizarre movie version, see a review of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, L. Frank Baum, Live Shows, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Television, Uncategorized | Tagged dorothy gale, good witch of the north, mary j. blige, queen latifah, scarecrow, shanice williams, stephanie mills, the wiz, the wiz live!, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

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Pendexter’s Laboratory

The Anti-Chaos Committee

Magnoflex, Monster Masters, and Metroids

Increase Your Word Power

Reformation Nation

Make Oz Marvelous

Oz Above, So Below

Sorcerous Servitude

Shanice Williams Beats the Wiz

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