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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 New Ugu

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Nathan

I guess it’s time for Oziana 1984. The cover by Melody Grandy shows a typical inhabitant of the Pink and Blue Countries of Sky Island, which is relevant to the first story. The introduction explains that, since L. Frank Baum’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Camilla Townsend, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Eric Shanower, Hugh Pendexter, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Melody Grandy, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a study in orange, alexander pope, boolooroo of the blues, brownies, cats, confido, corabia, david hulan, david ingersoll, dogs, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, dunciad, eureka in oz, eureka the pink kitten, ev, fairies, general guph, gili bar-hillel, glenn ingersoll, great detective, jay delkin, kalidahs, nine tiny piglets, oziana, ozma, philip john lewin, pigmentation, rain king, robin olderman, sky island, the blue raindrops of oz, the colorful kitten of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the lost princess of oz, the mystery of the missing ozma, the piglets' revenge, the pronunciad, the yellow knight of oz, trot griffiths, ugu, ugu the shoemaker, wishing pills, wooglet in oz | 1 Comment

The Best of Inventions

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Nathan

If you’ve read the Oz books, you might remember Smith and Tinker as the creators of Tik-Tok, as well as the Giant with the Hammer and, as per Rachel Cosgrove Payes, the Hundred-Year Alarm Clock. I’ve written about them before … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Hugh Pendexter, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology | Tagged a side view of the nonestic islands, button-bright and the knit-wits of oz, dcim wainwright, ev, frank joslyn baum, frost 'n freeze, giant with the hammer, glinda and the red jinn, hundred-year alarm clock, inventors, james howe, jim vander noot, jubulut, julius quickscissors, martha cornog, mister tinker in oz, mr. smith, mr. tinker, oziana, ozma of oz, red jinn, robert pattrick, robots, rosine and the laughing dragon of oz, singra, smith and tinker, speckoscope, stumbling blocks, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the witch queen of oz, thorns and private files in oz, tik-tok, timothy perper, wishful fixing lotion, wooglet in oz | 4 Comments

Great Ants

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Nathan

In Rick Riordan’s latest book, The Hidden Oracle, Apollo encounters a group of giant ants guarding the entrance to a sacred grove. These ants, the Myrmekes, are indeed part of Greek mythology, or perhaps more accurately Greek pseudo-history. The Myrmekes … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Rick Riordan, Trials of Apollo | Tagged achilles, aegina, aelian, ants, hera, herodotus, king aeacus of aegina, mark haas, myrmekes, myrmekes indikoi, myrmidons, the hidden oracle, the medicine man of oz, trojan war, wooglet in oz, zeus | 5 Comments

From Olympus to Oz

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Nathan

As a fan of both the Oz books and classical mythology, I have an interest in works that combine the two. Such stories are often controversial, though, both for religious reasons and because crossovers always bring in a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Hugh Pendexter, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Semitic | Tagged as the rainbow follows the rain, bifrost, eris, fairies, ganesh, immortals, iris, king anko, kole, krishna, lilith, lulea, lurline, lurline and the white ravens of oz, martin gardner, mount helicon, neptune, nymphs, polychrome, ragnarok, rainbow, saturn, the crocheted cat in oz, the curious cruise of captain santa, the enchantment of oz, the golden goblin, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magic tapestry of oz, the pearl and the pumpkin, the royal explorers of oz, the visitors from oz, wooglet in oz | 10 Comments

The Ozian Connection

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Nathan

Today, we take a look at two children’s books that are somehow related to Oz, although they aren’t Oz books or even by an author who wrote Oz books. Prince Silverwings and Other Fairy Tales, by Edith Ogden Harrison – … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, L. Frank Baum, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Roman | Tagged curtis dunham, flying dutchman, george kerr, glaucus, goblins, kwytoffle, man in the moon, mermaids, neptune, nome king, prince silverwings, prince silverwings and other fairy tales, the enchanted island of yew, the golden goblin, the sea fairies, wooglet in oz, zog | 5 Comments

A Pumpkin Under the Sea

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Nathan

The Pearl and the Pumpkin, by Paul Clarendon West and W. W. Denslow – After the success of a children’s book called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (perhaps you’ve heard of it), there were many attempts to recapture it. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Halloween, Holidays, Hugh Pendexter, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged ancient mariner, corn dodger, davy jones, davy jones' locker, fairies, ike cannem, jack pumpkinhead, joe miller, john doe, john dough, mother carey, mother carey's chickens, neptune, paul clarendon west, samuel taylor coleridge, the marvelous land of oz, the pearl and the pumpkin, the rime of the ancient mariner, the water-babies, the wonderful wizard of oz, w. w. denslow, wooglet in oz | 9 Comments

Keeping the Palace Running

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Nathan

As egalitarian as Ozma and her court might try to be, it is a sad fact that the palace staff is largely ignored, with the occasional exception of Ozma’s personal maid Jellia Jamb. The most complete count of the staff … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged allison mcbain, betsy bobbin, dorothy and the wizard in oz, ghosts in oz, gilbert sprague, hugh pendexter, jellia jamb, jim the cab-horse, marie candler richardson, masquerade in oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the nome king's shadow in oz, the road to oz, the wishing horse of oz, wooglet in oz | 4 Comments

Mr. Jones Is Down at the Bar, Sir

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Nathan

It’s obvious that the Davy Jones from the Nonestic Ocean is named after the famed Davy Jones’ Locker, and I suppose one of the closets or the sea chest in the wooden whale’s cabin could probably count as a locker. … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Dulabone, Hugh Pendexter, John R. Neill, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged bible, davy jones, davy jones the wooden whale, davy jones' locker, duffer jones, fiddler's green, jonah, pirates of the caribbean, st. david, wooglet in oz | 5 Comments

Oz on Strike

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Nathan

This tweet from Seth MacFarlane made me think of this scene from the 1910 Wizard of Oz, because I’m weird like that. Of course, neither of these are canonical as far as the Oz books are concerned, so that made … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Oz | Tagged collective bargaining, eloise jarvis mcgraw, hugh pendexter, l. frank baum, lollipop guild, ozian actors' guild, pocotristi sostenuto, seth macfarlane, shaggy man, the emerald city of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the rundelstone of oz, the wizard of oz (1910), the wizard of oz (1939), tin woodman, unions, wooglet in oz | 2 Comments

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Pendexter’s Laboratory

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A Pumpkin Under the Sea

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Mr. Jones Is Down at the Bar, Sir

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