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Rakevat’s Rules of Chaos

Pahua and the Dragon’s Secret, by Lori M. Lee – In the second book of this series, Pahua Moua, the reincarnation of the great Hmong warrior Shee Yee, wants to enroll in a school for shamans. In order to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Catherynne M. Valente, Discworld, Douglas Adams, Food, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Hmong, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Philosophy, Relationships, Rick Riordan, Technology, Terry Pratchett, Video Games | Tagged aliens, ankh-morpork, arthur rackham, bad prince charlie, bookshops and bonedust, coffee, dragons, dwarves, elves, eurovision, gnomes, goblins, homunculus, john moore, legends and lattes, lori m. lee, metagalactic grand prix, necromancers, nine goblins, octopath traveler, orcs, pahua and the dragon's secret, rattkins, rick riordan presents, skeletons, space oddity, space opera, succubus, t. kingfisher, tapenti, travis baldree, trolls, unicorns, ursula vernon, wizards |

Nome in Your Home

‘Tis the season, so I thought I would reread and review some Christmas-related Oz books. The Enchanted Gnome of Oz, by Greg Hunter – This one is set during Christmas Eve and Day, and it is relevant to the plot, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Christmas, Dennis Anfuso, Families, Holidays, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ray Powell, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged belinda, button-bright, christmas in oz, dragons, elves, emerald city, goblins, greg hunter, handy mandy in oz, jack pumpkinhead, joe bongiorno, julenisse, knooks, magic belt, magic umbrella, mister flint in oz, nisser, nome king, nomes, ozette, ozma, pastoria, paul dana, robin hess, ryls, santa claus, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, toto and the cats of oz, witches, wizard of oz |

Ozma’s Road Tip

The Mysterious Chronicles of Oz, by Onyx Madden – I’ve written about this book before, but had never done a full review, and hadn’t read it all the way through in some years. I get the impression that it’s one … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Celtic, Characters, Chinese, Edward Einhorn, Gender, Greek Philosophy, J.R.R. Tolkien, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Mythology, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy | Tagged aristotle, bicycles, birds, cowardly lion, crows, cwn annwn, dcim wainwright, dogs, dragons, emerald city, fairies, fighting trees, glinda, goblins, hammer-heads, hobgoblins, hungry tiger, j. noel, lurline, magic picture, mockingbirds, nymphs, opaloz, ozma, ozma sees herself, puck, quox, red wagon, sawhorse, scarecrow, the hobbit, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tippetarius, witches |

Stay Out of the Deep End

I’m going to guess you want more fish-people, but I’ll admit I’m very bad at predicting what other people want. So let’s just say I want to write more about fish-people. I often go to TV Tropes to see examples … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Australian, Babylonian, Breath of Fire, Cartoons, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Games, Greek Mythology, Health, Humor, Japanese, Language, Magic, Mana/Seiken Densetsu, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Pacific, Relationships, Sexuality, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged amabie, breath of fire ii, bubble bobble, deep ones, desert hags, dorrie, dragon quest iii, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, dungeons and dragons, final fantasy adventure, final fantasy ix, final fantasy mystic quest, final fantasy vii, final fantasy xv, fish, glaucus, gobi, goblins, gracos, h.p. lovecraft, king bowser koopa, lochladies, manillo, mermaids, mermen, mertropolis, oannes, ocarina of time, princess ruto, sahagin, sahuagin, sekolah, sharks, super friends, super mario bros. 3, super mario odyssey, sword of mana, tv tropes, water hags, yokai, zoras |

Radical Dreamer, Wake Unto Me

Since the version of Chrono Cross for the Switch is the Radical Dreamers edition, and I’d played through the main game, I figured the obvious thing to do was to check out Radical Dreamers itself. It’s a quite interesting novelty, … Continue reading →

Posted in Chrono Trigger, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Names, Relationships, Technology, Video Games | Tagged aliens, another eden, chrono break, chrono cross, chronopolis, dalton, demons, general viper, goblins, griffins, guardia, guile, heckran, kingdom of zeal, lady riddel, lavos, lucca ashtear, lynx, magil, magus, masamune, masato kato, porre, radical dreamers, radius, satellaview, schala, serge, skeletons, weapons, xenogears, zero wing |

The Hammer and the Hood

I started playing Dragon Quest Builders recently, and there’s a place you visit early on that’s full of Hammerhoods, and even called Hammerhood Heights. These are a type of monster originally introduced in DQ5, small impish creatures who, well, wear … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, German, Humor, Japanese, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Scottish, Video Games | Tagged bodkin bowyers, brownies, clobberina, demons, dragon quest builders, dragon quest tact, dragon quest v, dragon quest viii, dragon quest x, dragonlord, elves, emcee hammerhood, fairies, final fantasy mystic quest, goblins, goldhammer, hammerhoods, hammers, imps, knockers, kobolds, mint mints, night clubbers, ogans, ogres, oni, redcaps, trolls |

All in How You Spell ‘Em

I saw something recently about the difference between the words “fairy” and “faerie.” Really, there’s no difference; the latter is just an archaic spelling. The word comes from the French for “fate,” and therefore “enchantment”; and was applied to many different … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, British, Celtic, Discworld, Etymology, Greek Mythology, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Terry Pratchett | Tagged aleister crowley, dennis wilson wise, dwarves, elves, fairies, fairyland, gnomes, goblins, immortals, john william polidori, lee speth, lord of the rings, noldor, nomes, nymphs, orcs, ozma of oz, spelling, the baum bugle, the hobbit, the hungry tiger of oz, vampires, words |

Oh Boy! A Carnival!

Bacchanal, by Veronica G. Henry – Eliza Meeks, a Black woman with a strange ability to communicate with animals due to her spirit guides, joins a traveling carnival during the Great Depression. It turns out to have a dark secret, … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Authors, Book Reviews, Dreams, Great Depression, History, Korean, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Rick Riordan | Tagged bacchanal, carnivals, demons, dokkaebi, dragon pearl, duende, duendecillos, goblins, graci kim, paola santiago, paola santiago and the forest of nightmares, paola santiago and the river of tears, pixies, rick riordan presents, tehlor kay mejia, the last fallen star, veronica g. henry, witches, yoon ha lee |

Orc My World

This past weekend, Orcs were trending on Twitter, based on a tweet about how a description of them in Dungeons & Dragons was pretty racist. (Full disclosure: I haven’t played D&D, although I’ve come across it quite a bit in … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Biology, Christianity, Ethnicity, Fairy Tales, Focus on the Foes, Games, History, J.R.R. Tolkien, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Prejudice, Religion, Science, Star Trek | Tagged beowulf, dungeons and dragons, dwarves, elves, fantasy, gnolls, goblins, klingons, morality, ogres, orcs, racism, scientific racism, trolls |

Words with Fairies

Under the Influence of Oz, by Marin Elizabeth Xiques and Chris Dulabone – This book is largely an attempt to reconcile the different depictions of Heartbreak Hostel and its keeper, Soulae Sunchip, between Green Goblins and Havenly Dreams. The former … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Humor, Magic, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged charles shearer, continuity, cowardly lion, fairies, fwiirp in oz, goblins, havenly dreams beneath oz, joe bongiorno, puns, the answer lies in oz, the baum bugle, the green goblins in oz, the lost tales of oz, the other searches for the lost princess, tik-tok, under the influence of oz, upon the name of oz, vaneeda of oz |