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A Most Ingenious Parrot-Ox

This time, I’m taking a look back at some of Edward Einhorn’s Oz work. I wrote a review of his The Living House of Oz back in 2005, when it was new; but I read his other book and two … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Edward Einhorn, Eric Shanower, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Places, Plays | Tagged absurd city, absurdism, bumblebeast, continuity, contradictions, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dr. majestico, eugene ionesco, glinda, hungry tiger, hungry tiger press, illusion, logic, mombi, omby amby, oz-story magazine, ozma, ozma sees herself, ozziverse, paradox in oz, tempus the parrot-ox, the bald soprano, the emerald city of oz, the living house of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, time travel, tin woodman, tippetarius, unauthorized magic, unauthorized magic in oz, water of oblivion, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz |

When Humor and Anti-Humor Collide

I found this post by Amy to be interesting, as I think we have similar senses of humor in many respects, and I’m somewhat fascinated by the concept of anti-humor. I’ve never come across the “No soap, radio!” joke in … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Characters, Comics, Discworld, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Lewis Carroll, Oz, Oz Authors, Television, Terry Pratchett, The Simpsons | Tagged absurdism, alice's adventures in wonderland, anti-humor, autism, feghoots, granny weatherwax, inside jokes, jokes, mari ness, no soap radio, pogo, practical jokes, puns, reginald bretnor, shaggy dog stories, the aristocrats, the marvelous land of oz, walt kelly, witches abroad, wordplay |

Nonsense That Makes Sense

This Tor article presented the idea of mapping fantasy lands along two axes, nonsense vs. logic and virtue vs. wickedness. Obviously there’s a lot of opinion involved here, but the first thing I thought was kind of weird was Neverland … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Discworld, Douglas Adams, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Terry Pratchett | Tagged absurdism, alice in wonderland, his dark materials, imagination, james barrie, kingdom of wisdom, logic, metaphor, neverland, nonsense, norton juster, peter pan, philip pullman, puns, spirituality, The Phantom Tollbooth |

Where’s the Shadow Government When You Need It?

Picture by Jonathan Burton There has been a lot written, both humorously and otherwise, about the nature of government and politics. Douglas Adams includes a fair bit about it in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, including the bit in … Continue reading →

Posted in Discworld, Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Philosophy, Politics, Robert Rankin, Terry Pratchett | Tagged absurdism, and another thing..., arthur dent, didactylos, eoin colfer, ford prefect, hugo rune, infinite improbability drive, mostly harmless, ruler of the universe, so long and thanks for all the fish, solipsism, the restaurant at the end of the universe, trillian astra, vann harl, veet voojagig, vogons, zaphod beeblebrox, zarniwoop, zarniwoop vann harl |