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Winning the Battle, Losing the Warlock

I’ve finished a few fairly short books within the last week or so, and here are some reviews. The Sword of Rhiannon, by Leigh Brackett – This is a pretty quick read that kind of mixes genres, although I suppose … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Celtic, Christianity, edgar rice burroughs, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, incryptid, Magic, Mythology, Names, Norse, Plays, Religion, seanan mcguire, Star Wars, Technology, William Shakespeare | Tagged afterlife, banshees, bluebeard, dogs, gardner fox, ghost roads, ghosts, hedgehogs, john bellairs, kyrik warlock warrior, leigh brackett, lust-stone, mars, mary dunlavy, michael scot, moddey dhoo, prospero, rhiannon, roger bacon, sparrow hill road, swords, t. kingfisher, the empire strikes back, the face in the frost, the seventh bride, the sword of rhiannon, the tempest, time travel, ursula vernon, valkyries, weapons, wizards |

This Was Once a Local, But It’s Now an Express

With the 1972 Oziana, we start with a cover drawn by Tony Moses, showing several Oz characters attending what appears to be a fair. The Cowardly Lion is sitting and reading The Annotated Alice, and the Woozy floating away with … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Prejudice | Tagged adrienne martinez, brian baker, cowardly lion, diana merryman, dragons, flying carpets, fred meyer, hedgehogs, it's tuesday this must be oz, jeff freedman, jokesville, kalidahs, magic carpet, mary reynolds, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, racism, scraps and the cruel kalidah, sherwood smith, the disenchanted princess of oz, the magic dishpan of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tin woodman, tony moses, wizard of oz, woozy |

Nooked on a Feeling

One significant video game salesman I didn’t mention in last week’s post is Tom Nook from the Animal Crossing games, a raccoon with a head for business. Well, actually he’s a tanuki, which is sort of a raccoon-like dog, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Crossing, Mana/Seiken Densetsu, Video Games | Tagged hedgehogs, merchants, neko, raccoons, sable able, secret of mana, tanuki, tom nook, torneko taloon, tortimer |

Hedgehog Wild

Are there very many famous hedgehogs in fiction? There’s Beatrix Potter’s Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, and of course Sonic, if you want to count video games (which I definitely do). Then there’s the fairy tale from the Grimms’ collection about a hedgehog, … Continue reading →