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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

The Spring Queen and the Demon Queen

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Nathan

The Madman’s Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History, by Edward Brooke-Hitching – This was one I bought based on an Amazon recommendation, or something of the sort. It’s not what I would have expected from … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Conspiracy Theories, Economics, Egyptian, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Food, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Hellenistic Greece, Hinduism, History, Islam, Judaism, Language, Libraries, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Robert Rankin, Socialism | Tagged air loom, buddhu and bhutum, charles perrault, crown of flames, dakshinaranjan mitra majumdar, demons, diamonds and toads, edward brooke-hitching, finger and half, force of fire, fox pundit, foxes, hitler diaries, hoaxes, j.b.s. haldane, james tilly matthews, kiranmala, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, kleomenes, marob, my friend mr leakey, naomi mitchison, needle king, neelkamal and lalkamal, pedro carolino, pomegranate prince, princess kalavati, quran, rakkhosh, ritual, saddam hussein, sayantani dasgupta, seven champak flowers, sleeping beauty, snakes, sparta, sphaeros, stoicism, sukhu and dukhu, sutapa basu, thakurmar jhuli, the chaos curse, the corn king and the spring queen, the da-da-de-da-da code, the fire queen, the madman's library, the palace of enchantment, tom thumb, voynich manuscript, wilfrid voynich, witches | 1 Comment

Mystery, Mars, Matriarchy, and Magpies

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Nathan

The Kingdom of Why, by Stuart Basham Stone – I learned about this book from Anil Tambwekar’s blog about books inspired by Oz. This one, published in 1913, uses the same basic structure of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Chinese, Christianity, Families, Feminism, Gender, Health, History, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan | Tagged anil tambwekar, autism, birds, goats, jesus, magpies, mars, martian time-slip, matlida joslyn gage, matriarchy, mental health, mental illness, merlin, patriarchy, philip k. dick, rick riordan presents, schizophrenia, st. paul, stacey lee, stuart basham stone, t.h. white, the kingdom of why, the once and future king, the wonderful wizard of oz, time travel, winston chu, winston chu vs. the whimsies, witches, wizard of oz, woman church and state | Leave a comment

It Payes to Have Personality

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Nathan

Hiya, kiddos! I’ve done some more rereading recently, so today I’ll be going over the Oz work of Rachel Cosgrove Payes, the fifth official Royal Historian of Oz. The Hidden Valley of Oz – The next-to-last in what I suppose … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Eric Shanower, Food, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ray Powell, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Toys | Tagged adventures in oz, betsy bobbin, bookville, collapsible kite, cowardly lion, dirk gringhuis, dorothy gale, equinots, flicker, flowers, giants, guardian of the muffin tree, guinea pigs, henry blossom, herbertha the herb lady, hidden valley, hungry tiger, icetown, international wizard of oz club, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jellia jamb, jessamine, jonathan andrew manley, kenneth gage baum, kites, kizzo, lake lavendra, leon the neon, leopard with the changing spots, leopards, nome king, oz-story magazine, oziana, ozma, percy and the shrinking violet, percy the personality kid, pinny and gig, rats, reilly & lee, rocket trip to oz, scarecrow, shrinking violets, singra, snowmen, spots in oz, terp the terrible, the blue emperor of oz, the dinamonster of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the ice king of oz, the raggedys in oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tin woodman, trot griffiths, violetta, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the south, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, yankee in oz | 2 Comments

Unico Is My Employer

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Nathan

SPOILERS for all three films. Scream VI – We saw this at the theater, even though Beth had only seen the first two movies in the series, and I’d only seen the first one. It’s not like that made it … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Greek Mythology, Magic, Mythology, Relationships, Roman, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged anime, barbara goodson, blue meanies, cats, devils, ghostface, hello kitty, horror, manga, neve campbell, Power Rangers, powerpuff girls, psyche, puppets, sanrio, scream, scream vi, sphinx, the fantastic adventures of unico, trojan horse, unico, unico in the island of magic, unicorns, venus, witches, yellow submarine | Leave a comment

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 Mistress of Misdirection

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Nathan

In my Oziana reread, I thought I might say a bit more about the 2012 issue, made up of a round robin story based on the brief fragment known only as “An Oz Book.” Robert Stanton Baum credited it to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Authors, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Dick Martin, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Maps, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Plays, Poetry, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Tom Holt | Tagged aging, ahriman, an oz book, betsy bobbin, carter green, chow bird, dorothy gale, emerald city, gilbert and sullivan, glinda of oz, good witch of the north, h.p. lovecraft, john wellington wells, kabumpo, kim mcfarland, krumbic witch, lake quad, lurline, magic belt, magic dishpan, magic picture, mike conway, mycroft mason, nikki haladay, oziana, ozma, paul dana, paul ritz, percy the personality kid, queen coo-ee-oh, red jinn, robert stanton baum, ruddigore, sam milazzo, shawn maldonado, the baum bugle, the boy baronet in oz, the green dolphin of oz, the hollyhock dolls in oz, the lost princess of oz, the sorcerer, tik-tok of oz, time travel, witches, yips, yith | 5 Comments

Teeny Tiny Bat

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Nathan

Halloween has come and gone, and the Great Pumpkin never showed up. Does no one care about sincerity in pumpkin patches anymore? It’s all this commercial farming, I’m sure. Anyway, here are my thoughts on one thing I watched for … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dreams, Halloween, Holidays, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Revisiting Disney, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged art the clown, aunt em, billina, clowns, count dracula, disco, dorothy gale, emerald city, frankenstein, gump, horror, jack pumpkinhead, mombi, mummies, murder, nome king, ozma of oz, princess langwidere, return to oz, terrifier, the halloween that almost wasn't, the marvelous land of oz, the neverending story, the night dracula saved the world, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, time bandits, transylvania, uncle henry, wheelers, witches, wolfman, yellow brick road, zombies | 8 Comments

Human Alchemy

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Nathan

The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, by Christopher Healy – This is an amusing take on well-known fairy tales focuses on what happens after the stories, and that it isn’t always just living happily ever after. The princes from Cinderella, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Authors, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Maps, Mathematics, Middle Ages, Monsters, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Russian, seanan mcguire, Theosophy | Tagged asphodel deborah baker, bards, christopher healy, cinderella, demons, doctrine of ethos, dwarves, fullmetal alchemist, giants, katherine arden, koschei the deathless, middlegame, morozko, over the garden wall, prince charming, pythagoras, rapunzel, sleeping beauty, snow white, the bear and the nightingale, the girl in the tower, the hero's guide to saving your kingdom, trolls, witches | Leave a comment

Taliesin’s Tale

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Nathan

I don’t think I’ve said that much about the legendary bard Taliesin, although I’ve come across him when researching other British mythology. I tend to subconsciously associate him with Tam Lin and Thomas the Rhymer, I guess because they’re also … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Celtic, Etymology, Finnish, Greek Mythology, History, Magic, Music, Mythology, Names, Poetry, Uncategorized, Welsh | Tagged amaetheon fab don, annwn, arawn, bards, bible, bran the blessed, cad goddeu, cerridwen, chronicles of prydain, crewarwy, deer, dogs, elffin ap gwyddno, fflewddur fflam, fionn mac cumhaill, giants, gwion bach ap gwreang, gwydion fab don, king arthur, king urien, lloyd alexander, merlin, morfran, myrddin wyllt, ogham, orpheus, potions, salmon of knowledge, taliesin, trees, vainamoinen, witches | 1 Comment

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Unico Is My Employer

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