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Conflict, Controversy, and Contradiction in Oz

Finally, I’ve been able to read and review some new Oz material! There are some significant spoilers in this post. The Royal Explorers of Oz, Book 4: Into the Wild, by Marcus Mebes and Alejandro Garcia – What was originally … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Semitic, Sexuality | Tagged a wrinkle in time, alejandro garcia, apsu, bewitched in oz, bungle the glass cat, button-bright, carol silva, dagon, fairy wand of oz, glinda, hurray for oz, into the wild, king anko, king ato, laura j. burns, madeleine l'engle, magic below, mermaids, ojo, ozma, paul dana, pearls of pingaree, phanfasms, pingaree, prince inga of pingaree, puff the magic dragon, red jinn, rinkitink in oz, tarara, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal explorers of oz, tiamat, zog |

Bat Out of Xibalba

Picture by Abelardo A little while ago, I came across this list of lesser-known mythological monsters. One of them that interested me was the Mayan demon known as Camazotz, which basically means “death bat.” While popular culture gives vampires the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Mayan, Monsters, Mythology, Native American | Tagged a wrinkle in time, bats, camazotz, demons, hunahpu, ixchel, madeleine l'engle, popol vuh, vampire bats, vampires, xbalanque |

Shortcuts in Space-Time

Beth and I watched a documentary called How William Shatner Changed the World, hosted by Shatner and about how scientists and inventors were inspired by Star Trek. Honestly, I had trouble staying awake through the whole thing, but not because … Continue reading →

The Fantasy of the Christ

I’ve recently come across several comments on a recent essay that tries to define fantasy as a distinctly Christian genre. Both J.L. Bell and Vorjack at Unreasonable Faith have brought it up, and my immediate reaction was to dismiss the … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Judaism, Mythology, Oz, Philosophy, Religion, Science | Tagged 2001, a wrinkle in time, diane duane, eurocentrism, fantasy, gene roddenberry, jesus, madeleine l'engle, messiah, perseus, science fiction, star trek, star wars, young wizards series |