little pink bear – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Automa-Tons of Fun

During a discussion of Ozma of Oz at the most recent OzCon International, Lee Speth proposed that, while Tik-Tok was not the first mechanical man in modern literature, he was perhaps the first artificial intelligence. L. Frank Baum himself had … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology | Tagged aa the salt sorcerer, artificial intelligence, auto-dragons, captain battery batt, cast-iron man, clank, clocker, clockwise, dot and tot of merryland, entropy, fred meyer, giant with the hammer, henry blossom, hundred-year alarm clock, jack breton, kadj the conjurer, king scowleyow, ku-klip, larry breton, little pink bear, mooj, mr. split, ozma of oz, ozwoz, pirates in oz, r.k. lionel, red jinn, robert pattrick, robots, smith and tinker, the braided man of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the master crafters of oz, the ork in oz, the purple prince of oz, the runaway in oz, the salt sorcerer of oz, the wicked witch of oz, thi, tik-tok, wizard of oz |

Finding the Lost Princess Again

The theme of the upcoming OzCon International is The Lost Princess of Oz, so I thought it might be a good idea to reread it. It’s actually been a while since I’ve done a reread of one of the original … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Eric Shanower, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged betsy bobbin, cayke the cookie cook, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, frogman, j. l. bell, lavender bear, little pink bear, ozcon international, ozma, patchwork girl, rinkitink in oz, the final fate of the frogman, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the patchwork girl of oz, tik-tok of oz, toto, trot griffiths, ugu the shoemaker, wizard of oz |

The True Mortal and the Rainbow

Polychrome: A Romantic Fantasy, by Rik E. Spoor – Every once in a while, there will be an attempt at a more adult Oz story, addressing topics that L. Frank Baum and his successors would not have incorporated into children’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged king rinkitink, little pink bear, mrs. yoop, nome king, polychrome, polychrome a romantic fantasy, rik e. spoor, the lost princess of oz, ugu the shoemaker |