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Sorting Out Sorcery

One running theme in Glinda of Oz is that there are several different types of magic in Oz, all of which have their specialties, but none of them can do everything. L. Frank Baum contrasts the fairy magic of Ozma … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Characters, Etymology, Games, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Theosophy | Tagged abrog, akbad, belfaygor, blinkie, conjo, cookywitches, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dr. pipt, dungeons and dragons, fanny the weather witch, flatheads, gayelette, glinda, glinda and the red jinn, glinda of oz, good witch of the north, gorba, grampa in oz, great book of records, gwig, handy mandy in oz, imperial squawmos, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kadj the conjurer, krumbic witch, magicians, mangaboos, miserable mesmerizer, mombi, mooj, necromancers, ojo in oz, oz magic, oziana, ozma, ozwoz, paul dana, peter brown, pirates in oz, potaroo, prophecy, queen coo-ee-oh, red jinn, robert pattrick, rora flathead, soob the sorcerer, soothsayers, sorcerers, speedy in oz, supreme dictator of the flatheads, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the runaway in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, three adepts at magic, ugu the shoemaker, unexplored territory in oz, waddy, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, wizards, wozards, wumbo, yookoohoos |

Sizing Up and Down

Characters changing in size is a pretty frequent occurrence in the Oz books. It’s sort of a transformation, but not entirely, as someone exposed to such magic keeps the same shape. At least, that seems to be the case for … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged baffleburg, big wigs, blinkie, bucketheads in oz, bunnybury, doorways, dwindlebury, ev, frogman, giants, glegg, glinda, growing, jack breton, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo in oz, larry breton, little dorothy and toto, little wizard stories of oz, loxo the lucky, magic muffins, mombi, nome king, ozma, peg amy, percy and the shrinking violet, percy the personality kid, polychrome, professor nowitall, professor wogglebug, rabbits, red jinn, red rogue, reddies, shrinking, skosh, snif the iffin, speedy in oz, terp the terrible, the cowardly lion of oz, the disenchanted princess of oz, the eldritch horror of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the final fate of the frogman, the gardener's boy of oz, the giant garden of oz, the good witch of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ork in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, tippetarius in oz, waddy, wag, witches, wizard of oz, zim greenleaf |

Oz Under Attack

Fwiirp in Oz, by Nate Barlow, Jeff Barstock, Ryan Gannaway, Greg Hunter, Phyllis Ann Karr, R.K. Lionel, Marcus Mebes, Hugh Pendexter III, and Chris Dulabone – Wow, that’s a lot of authors for such a short book! No, seriously, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Book Reviews, Chris Dulabone, Hugh Pendexter, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr | Tagged andrew heller, blinkie, button-bright, chinchillas, cowardly lion, donald abbott, emerald city, father goose in oz, fwiirp in oz, glinda, greg hunter, harvey the squid, jason brant, jeff barstock, king anko, nate barlow, professor wogglebug, r.k. lionel, scarecrow, skeeziques, the amber flute of oz, the giant chinchilla of oz, the magic chest of oz, The Phantom Tollbooth, the sea fairies, the speckled rose of oz, tin woodman, witches |

Art of Darkness

It seems like, whenever a pop culture phenomenon involves magic, there are fundamentalists complaining that it’s evil. Strange, because I’ve never seen any evidence of people actually working the spells in Harry Potter or Dungeons & Dragons, whether for good … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Fundamentalism, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion | Tagged bible, blinkie, curses, exodus, lord of the rings, moses, one ring, queen zixi of ix, satan, sauron, the hobbit, voldemort, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches |

One Good Witch Deserves Another

The theme of the 2011 Oziana is possible explanations for mysteries in the Oz series. We begin with David Tai’s “Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought, Alone,” which gives the Glass Cat’s inner monologue upon having her pink brains replaced … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged blinkie, bungle the glass cat, cryptic conversations in a cornfield, david tai, glinda, his majesty the scarecrow of oz, hugin and munin, jenny everywhere in oz, kass stone, marilynn strasser olson, odin, oziana, scarecrow, the baum bugle, the royal book of oz, the scarecrow of oz, voyaging through strange seas of thought alone, walter squire, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches |

Needs More Salt Sorcerer

One of Eric Shanower’s short stories, which he apparently liked enough to name his collection of stories after, is called “The Salt Sorcerer of Oz.” Its title character is named Aa, which is actually a Hawaiian term for a certain … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged aa the salt sorcerer, blinkie, clank, fardels, great book of records, hamlet, kabumpo, mombi, the living house of oz, the ork in oz, the salt sorcerer of oz, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, zyzzwyzz |

I Don’t Think There’s Anything in That Black Bag for Me

When the Wizard of Oz appears in a book, it’s likely that he’ll be carrying his black bag of magic tools. As with some other aspects of the series, however, L. Frank Baum didn’t actually introduce the bag until close … Continue reading →