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The Navajo Know

The Chronicles of Banarnia, by Robert Rankin – The follow-up to The Lord of the Ring Roads continues the tale of fairies who had been driven underground by humans taking over Brentford. In this book, Jim Pooley and John Omally journey … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Brentford Trilogy, Humor, Magic, Mayan, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Navajo, Prejudice, Rick Riordan, Robert Rankin | Tagged a disagreement with death, changing woman, craig shaw gardner, death, dragons, ebenezum, fairies, hero twins, j.c. cervantes, jim pooley, john omally, professor slocombe, rebecca roanhorse, rick riordan presents, squid, the ballad of wuntvor, the chronicles of banarnia, the lord of the ring roads, the storm runner, wuntvor |

The Search for More Mushrooms

Annabel, by L. Frank Baum – I noticed some definite similarities between this one and some of the other Baum non-fantasies that were included in Oz-Story Magazine. Like Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea, it has a boy who … Continue reading →

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The Ascent of Men

The Greek Myths, by Robert Graves – The library system only had one copy of this, so it took me a few checkouts to finish it, but I finally did. It’s an interesting and pretty thorough retelling of Greek mythology, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dragon Quest, Feminism, Gender, Greek Mythology, History, Hugh Pendexter, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Rick Riordan, Video Games | Tagged a difficulty with dwarves, alefgard, brownies, christopher stasheff, cowardly lion, craig shaw gardner, david hulan, demons, donald abbott, dragon quest monsters, dragonlord, dragons, dwarves, ebenezum, emerald city, glinda, how the wizard came to oz, kalidahs, manga, matriarchy, mine yoshizaki, mortamor, oz and the three witches, patriarchy, quelala, robert graves, ross macdonald, slimes, terry, the ballad of wuntvor, the gauds of oz, the greek myths, the way of a lion, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizards |

Seafaring and Serpents

Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea, by L. Frank Baum – The six issues of Oz-story Magazine, published by Hungry Tiger Press from 1995 through 2000, all ended with a full-length novel by Baum. I’d read two of them, … Continue reading →

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