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Dinosaurs and Dragons

Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time, by James Gurney – I seem to remember reading something about this book around when it first came out in the early nineties, in National Geographic or something. I was interested, but I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Board Games, Book Reviews, Chess, Comics, edgar rice burroughs, Final Fantasy, Games, History, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Names, Plays, Poetry, Poul Anderson, Technology, Video Games, William Shakespeare, Winnie-the-Pooh | Tagged a land apart from time, a midsummer night's dream, a midsummer tempest, a winter's tale, a.a. milne, ariel, bad sir brian botany, barsoom, black mages, caliban, dejah thoris, dinosaurs, dinotopia, dragonrouge, dragons, elemental fiends, emperor mateus, english civil war, fairies, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iii, gorbash, gordon r. dickson, james gurney, jennifer ward, jetan, john carter, kathans, king charles i, light warriors, lin carter, mars, memory of heroes, oberon, ogres, operation chaos, prospero, rykors, sandmirks, takashi umemura, terra magica, the chessmen of mars, the dragon and the george, the tempest, three hearts and three lions, thuvia maid of mars, titania, when we were very young, white mages, wolves |

This Planet Has a Moon Problem

The way things worked out, I ended up finishing several books around the same time, so here’s a series of reviews. It Waits in the Forest, by Sarah Dass – It’s another Rick Riordan Presents book, although I think its almost-eighteen … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemical Journeys, Alchemy, Arabian, Authors, Caribbean, Chinese, edgar rice burroughs, Greek Mythology, incryptid, Islam, Japanese, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Piers Anthony, Religion, Rick Riordan, Roman, seanan mcguire, Technology, up-and-under, Xanth | Tagged a. deborah baker, alif the unseen, amtor, arabian nights, artemis, barsoom, bucks, change, christina rossetti, cuckoos, diana, dragons, emerald city, g. willow wilson, goblin market, h.g. wells, impossible city, it waits in the forest, jinn, john wyndham, johrlac, mani, mars, moon, pellucidar, pirates of venus, rick riordan presents, sarah dass, six crystal princesses, tarzan, the midwich cuckoos, the war of the worlds, tidal creatures, tsukuyomi, venus, village of the damned |

Something for the Ruler with Everything

The 1998 Oziana has even less original art than the last issue. Aside from the front cover by Ron Zhang, showing an MGM-inspired Wicked Witch of the West menacing the familiar four (five, including Toto) and a picture of Ozma … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Comics, Dennis Anfuso, Games, Greek Mythology, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a princess of oz, barsoom, betsy bobbin, bungle the glass cat, bunnybury, corabia, corumbia, cowardly lion, dave hardenbrook, david hulan, dorothy gale, edgar rice burroughs, elephants, firestones, gayelette, glinda, golden cap, j. l. bell, jellia jamb maid of oz, john carter, kabumpo, kabumpo finds a frond, lonesome duck, magic belt, mars, mike turniansky, oziana, ozma, ozma's swap party, ozzy digest, patchwork girl, prince corum of corumbia, princess marygolden of corabia, puzzles, quelala, rabbits, robin olderman, ron zhang, samandra, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gauds of oz, the giant horse of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the shortest book of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, trot griffiths, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, woodchucks |

The Language of the Stars

Ultimate Star Wars, by Patricia Barr, Adam Bray, Daniel Wallace, and Ryder Windham – I saw this fully illustrated guide to the series mentioned online, and decided to check it out at the library. It’s divided into sections on characters, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Etymology, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Language, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Wars | Tagged adam bray, admiral ackbar, barsoom, daniel wallace, dantooine, darth vader, edgar rice burroughs, endor, gregory maguire, han solo, james rolfe, lando calrissian, luke skywalker, mike matei, millennium falcon, mon calamari, naboo, nabu, patricia barr, princess leia, r2-d2, ryder windham, socorro, tatooine, the force awakens, the hobbit, the silmarillion, ultimate star wars |

The Carter Center

John Carter – Originally called John Carter of Mars, and that’s still the title that appears at the end of the film, but apparently a focus group or something decided it would get more of an audience if they left … Continue reading →

A Man Walks Into Barsoom

The Mars Trilogy, by Edgar Rice Burroughs – While Burroughs is best known for Tarzan, he also wrote a series of books about the red planet, which combine light science fiction with swashbuckling adventure. I don’t know that they’re that … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Star Wars | Tagged a princess of mars, barsoom, camille flammarion, dejah thoris, edgar rice burroughs, john carter, lightsabers, mars, obi-wan kenobi, science fiction, the gods of mars, the mars trilogy, the warlord of mars |

You Be Alien

The idea of life on other planets (or, in some cases, planetoids) is one that has been in the public consciousness since we knew other worlds existed. Perhaps you could say they even predate that, as myth-makers have always proposed … Continue reading →

Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Mythology, Star Trek, Television, The Flintstones | Tagged aliens, barsoom, betty and barney hill, edgar allan poe, edgar rice burroughs, great gazoo, green men, grey aliens, gustav sandgren, h.g. wells, john herschel, mars, moon, new york sun, p t barnum, richard adams locke, roswell incident, ufo sightings |