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Never Enough Oz

Lost Lands of Oz: The Rain King Is Missing, by Dr. Janet Kelly – This book is intended to teach values to kids, and as an adult reading for fun, I can’t say how successful it is in that respect. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Games, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Sports | Tagged ak, alexander volkov, benny, betsy bobbin, button-bright, captain fyter, cayke the cookie cook, dorothy gale, frogman, ghosts, gingema's daughter, handy mandy, herby, janet kelly, jinjur, kamui ayami, lost lands of oz, maggie greenleaf, nomes, notta bit more, owls, ozma, perry, peter blystone, professor wogglebug, rain king, sergei sukhinov, superb owl, tales of magic land, tales of the emerald city, the haunted castle of oz, the rain king is missing, the superb owl of oz, tin woodman, tommy kwikstep, trot griffiths, wicked witch of the east, winged monkeys, witches, zim greenleaf |

Make My Millennium

I have three book reviews for you today. The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages, by Norman Cohn – I bought this on a whim when I found it at the school bookstore … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Cults, France, Germany, History, Holy Roman Empire, Humor, Oz, Religion | Tagged alexander volkov, aliens, arzaks, bible, big trouble, dave barry, hurricap, jesus, kurt vonnegut, magic land, menvits, middle ages, nimrod, norman cohn, peter blystone, rameria, revelation, tales of magic land, the mystery of the deserted castle, the pursuit of the millennium, urfin jus |

Arachna Phobia

The Yellow Fog, by Alexander Volkov, translated by Peter Blystone – The fifth book in the Magic Land series involves a giant sorceress named Arachna, who had been put into an enchanted sleep 5000 years previously by Hurricap, the guy … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Oz | Tagged alexander volkov, annie smith, arachna, carfax, charlie black, dr. boril, dr. robil, giants, hurricap, magic land, peter blystone, tales of magic land, the yellow fog, tilly-willy the iron paladin, tim o'kelly, underground land, urfin jus |

Urfin Jus Conquers the Marrans

The Fiery God of the Marrans, by Alexander Volkov, translated by Peter Blystone – The fourth book in the Russian Magic Land series is…well, busy. I think the translator was right when he said Volkov tried to pack too much … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Oz | Tagged alexander volkov, alfred canning, annie smith, carfax, eagles, ellie, emerald city, hammer-heads, l. frank baum, magic land, marrans, peter blystone, strasheela, tales of magic land, the fiery god of the marrans, the seven underground kings, tim o'kelly, urfin jus, urfin jus and his wooden soldiers |

We Seven Kings of Ore-Diggers Are

The Seven Underground Kings, by Alexander Volkov, translated by Peter Blystone – This is the third book in the Russian Magic Land series, the earlier ones being The Wizard of the Emerald City and Urfin Jus and His Wooden Soldiers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Oz | Tagged alexander volkov, deadwood oaks, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, ellie, gili bar-hillel, iron woodman, l. frank baum, magic land, peter blystone, russia, scarecrow, soporific water, soviet union, strasheela, tales of magic land, the seven underground kings, the wizard of the emerald city, tin woodman, underground land, urfin jus, urfin jus and his wooden soldiers, water of oblivion, zeb hugson |

Drink More Urfin Jus

Urfin Jus and His Wooden Soldiers, by Alexander Volkov – This is Volkov’s first original sequel to his translation/rewrite of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and it’s clear that he’s going in a totally different direction with his Magic Land … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Oz | Tagged alexander volkov, cap'n bill, charlie black, l. frank baum, peter blystone, powder of life, russia, tales of magic land, urfin jus, urfin jus and his wooden soldiers |