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All Together Again

It’s interesting that the Land of Oz seems to become more unified over the course of the series, and in fact over the first few books. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz doesn’t even make it entirely clear where the main … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged boq, donald abbott, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, emerald city, glinda, gloma, good witch of the north, hammer-heads, how the wizard came to oz, jinjur, kimbaloo, mombi, ozma, ozma of oz, pastoria, paul dana, queen orin, scarecrow, seebania, singra, the magic umbrella of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, tippetarius, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches, wizard of oz |

Magical Morality Tour

At a discussion of the supernatural in Oz at the last OzCon, it was pointed out that there usually isn’t a moral dimension to magic in Oz. As mentioned elsewhere, it can be used for good or evil, like many … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Fred Otto, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged akbad, blankenburg, bob up, cowardly lion, crunch the stone man, enchantment, fairies, flowers, forest of burzee, good witch of the north, grampa in oz, immortals, king cheeriobed, lurline, morality, nickadoodle, notta bit more, ozcon international, ozga, ozma, pastoria, perhaps city, princess pretty good, professor wogglebug, queen orin, quiberon, skyle of un, snip the button boy, stichwell j. threadneedle, tattypoo, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the lost king of oz, the woggle-bug's new clothes, tik-tok of oz, transformation, urtha, wizard of oz |

A Dictionary of Ozian Marriage

There was a discussion on marriages in Oz at this year’s OzCon International, partially inspired by how The Tin Woodman of Oz includes two seemingly bad marriages. Mrs. Yoop is glad her brutal, uncouth husband, who used to kick her … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Economics, Families, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged abrog, abuse, aunt em, chopyft, down town, dr. pipt, flatheads, gayelette, glegg, grampa in oz, grand duke hoochafoo, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jo cone, kabumpo in oz, king cheeriobed, king dad, king evoldo, king fumbo, king gos, king randywell, king sizzeroo, king theodore iii, lazy quadling, lord googly-goo, margolotte, marriage, mogodore, mr. yoop, mrs. sew-and-sew, mrs. yoop, nimmie amee, nome king, ojo in oz, ozcon international, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pastoria, peer haps, peg amy, pigs, planetty, pon, prince inga of pingaree, prince pompadore, prince tatters, princess gloria, princess pajonia, professor grunter swyne, queen adora, queen cor, queen fi nance, queen isomere, queen kabebe, queen orin, quelala, realbad, rinkitink in oz, rora flathead, speedy in oz, squealina swyne, stratovania, strut of the strat, supreme dictator, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, uncle henry, weddings, wumbo |

High Horsing Around

Sometimes the Oz Convention has some programming related to other books that are celebrating significant anniversaries in addition to the hundred-year one. I don’t know if that’s the case this year, but I did use it as an excuse to … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged akbad, benny, captain salt in oz, coming of age, evered of rash, good witch of the north, grampa in oz, high boy, kabumpo in oz, king cheeriobed, king randywell, ozma, ozure isles, prince philador, prince pompadore, prince tatters, queen orin, quiberon, scarecrow, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the silver princess in oz, trot griffiths, wizard of oz |

Regional Ruler Report

While I’ve written before about the current rulers of the four main countries of Oz, as well as how these countries developed throughout the series, I haven’t said that much about the rulers of these places before the coming of … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dennis Anfuso, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged david hulan, dorothy gale, four views of general jinjur, frank joslyn baum, gayelette, gillikins, glenn ingersoll, glinda, gloma, greg hunter, gump, henry blossom, joe bongiorno, king cheeriobed, king gil of gilkenny, mombi, munchkins, mycroft mason, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, peg amy, princess azarine, princess cozytoes, quadlings, queen isomere, queen orin, queen pierita of amberly, realbad, seebania, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the blue emperor of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the gauds of oz, the giant horse of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the red desert of oz, the road to oz, the triumph of the wicked witch of the west, the wonderful wizard of oz, unc nunkie, wicked witch of the west, winkies |

The Royal Ships of Oz

While I don’t think shipping has ever been quite as common for Oz as for many other fandoms, it’s definitely been gaining prominence as of late. Not surprisingly, one of the main targets is the beautiful and powerful Ozma, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Gina Wickwar, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Relationships, Ron Baxley Jr., Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aaron adelman, bad lads, betsy bobbin, button-bright, carter green, charles phipps, cowardly lion, david hulan, dorothy gale, emerald city mirror, forever in oz, frogman, gayelette, glinda, handy mandy, handy mandy in oz, jay v. groves, jellia jamb, jenny jump, kabumpo in oz, king cheeriobed, king kerry of keretaria, king rinkitink, maybe the miffin, nero zeero: snoz of oz, nimmie amee, number nine, ojo, oz kids, ozma, patchwork girl, polychrome, polychrome a romantic fantasy, prince bobo of boboland, prince inga of pingaree, princess gureeda, princess truella, professor wogglebug, queen ann soforth, queen orin, quelala, red reera the yookoohoo and the enchanted easter eggs of oz, richard g. quinn, rinkitink in oz, romance, ruth waara, ryk e. spoor, salye soforth, scarecrow, shaggy man, shipping, snif the iffin, speedy, speedy in oz, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the engagement of ozma, the giant horse of oz, the glass cat of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the umbrellas of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, toto, trot griffiths, umbrella island, umbrella island in oz, wag, wizard of oz, zeb hugson, zella, zim greenleaf |

Day of the Locasta

I’ve been looking at TV Tropes a fair amount recently, and of course I read the stuff about Oz, as well as about some other properties of which I’m a fan. I looked before at some conspiracy theories, many of … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Jack Snow, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dave hardenbrook, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, glinda, gloma, good witch of the north, hugh pendexter, j. l. bell, joe bongiorno, king cheeriobed, mombi, ojo in oz, oz and the three witches, ozma, pastoria, paul dana, queen orin, the giant horse of oz, the good witch of oz, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the marvelous land of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tippetarius, tv tropes, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, wizard of oz |

Mombi Dearest

When studying the history of Oz, you’re pretty much guaranteed to come across Mombi, the wicked witch who successfully captured three successive generations of the Ozian royal family. She first shows up in The Marvelous Land of Oz as someone … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dorothy and the wizard in oz, feathertop, glinda, good witch of the north, gregory maguire, henry blossom, jellia jamb, king cheeriobed, lucky bucky in oz, mombi, nathaniel hawthorne, out of oz, ozma, queen orin, the blue emperor of oz, the giant horse of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the scarecrow of oz, tippetarius, witches |