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Reading Is Dangerous

Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy, by S.A. Bradley – The author of this book did a segment on Kevin Geeks Out during the pandemic, and Beth has been listening to his podcast. His first two … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Final Fantasy, Games, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Video Games | Tagged a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court, aidan moher, bookholm, cortana, dungeons and dragons, dwarves, fahrenheit 451, fairies, gideon the ninth, harrowhawk nonagesimus, horror, lindworms, mark twain, morgan le fay, ogier the dane, optimus yarnspinner, pfistomel smyke, ray bradbury, rumo and his miraculous adventures, s.a. bradley, screaming for pleasure, swords, tamsyn muir, the city of dreaming books, the hunger games, the locked tomb, three hearts and three lions, walter moers, zamonia |

Dark and Shuttered

This week, we’re taking a look at the 1991 Oziana. Well, what else did you expect after the 1990 issue? The cover by Chris Sterling shows the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman putting on a puppet show, with each one controlling a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Families, Fred Otto, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a cozy castle in oz, afterlife, beach blanket babyloz, big enough mountain, charles martensen, chris sterling, christopher wayne buckley, death, earl abbe, ev, fairness, fred otto, glinda, great book of records, haiku, johnny dooit, kabumpo in oz, loxo the lucky, mission impozible, nome king, nomes, omby amby, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, pyrzqxgl, ray bradbury, robin olderman, scarecrow, shutter town, something wicked this way comes, speedy in oz, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden cave of grapelandia, the giant horse of oz, the magic of oz, tik-tok of oz, timmy and the shutter faces in oz, tin woodman, water of oblivion, who's who in oz, woot the wanderer |

Flittering Away

Scan by Jared Davis The 1990 Oziana is a professional issue, in that all the authors and illustrators actually do that for a living. Most of them had appeared in Oziana before this, and one of these stories was published … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dreams, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places | Tagged a computer wizard in oz, alice liddell, alice's adventures in wonderland, amazing stories, birds, bucketheads in oz, bungle the glass cat, bzzzantium, cats, chapter three, dorothy gale, doves, fess, flittermouse, frogman, hungry tiger, in a season of calm weather, jenny jump, joe bongiorno, kalidahs, kericot the considerate kalidah, maybe the miffin, merry go round in oz, nine tiny piglets, nome king, oziana, Pablo Picasso, percy the personality kid, peter pan, professor wogglebug, rats, ray bradbury, robin brown, russet meagle, terrence oldshell, the fabulous frogman and the faith of freakish friends, the final fate of the frogman, the guardian dove, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the wicked witch of oz, the wonder city of oz, thorns and private files in oz, troth, truth pond, virginia woolf, wendy darling, woot the wanderer |

Melting Rock Into Metal Again

Frank Black’s third solo album, The Cult of Ray, brings in David McCaffrey on bass and Scott Boutier on drums, who would remain in the lineup throughout the Catholics albums. Lyle Workman is still there on guitar, but Joey Santiago … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Frank Black, Music | Tagged crispin glover, david mccaffrey, fay wray, joey santiago, john flansburgh, lyle workman, mark knopfler, mars, men in black, ray bradbury, scott boutier, shazeb andleeb, the cult of ray, tommy tutone |

Here I Am in My Bucket Today, in the Middle

Frank Black’s second solo album, Teenager of the Year, is the first one I ever owned. I actually bought it from a guy in the student union building in my senior year of college. I had it for a while … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Frank Black, Music | Tagged acrostics, adam bernstein, dire straits, ishist, jean marie walsh, job harriman, mark knopfler, mars, mars observer, p t barnum, ray bradbury, ray davies, teenager of the year, the invaders, the three stooges, william mulholland |

The Darlings of Slumberland

With the new Little Nemo comic series by Eric Shanower, Gabriel Rodriguez, and Nelson Daniel now in its third issue, I thought checking out the history of this franchise might not be amiss. I believe I first heard of Little … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cartoons, Christmas, Comics, Dreams, Eric Shanower, Holidays, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Thanksgiving, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged chris columbus, coney island, cupid, father time, flip, gabriel rodriguez, gertie the dinosaur, hayao miyazaki, jack frost, king morpheus, little nemo, little nemo in slumberland, little nemo the dream master, little nemo: adventures in slumberland, little nemo: return to slumberland, mickey rooney, nelson daniel, nightmare king, nintendo power, princess camille, ray bradbury, santa claus, sherman brothers, Slumberland, super mario bros. 3, winsor mccay, world's columbian exposition |

They Don’t Know That We Are the Media

Amanda Palmer has become somewhat of a controversial figure, or at least was a few years ago. I get the impression that, when she married Neil Gaiman, a lot of his fans weren’t all that happy about it, and judged … Continue reading →

Time, Time, Time, See What’s Become of Me

The theme of time travel is so prevalent in fiction and general speculation these days that it surprises me a little how recent it really is. I guess part of it is because the idea of time as something through … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Einhorn, Fairy Tales, Futurama, Humor, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Science, Television | Tagged a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court, a sound of thunder, angels, back to the future, bender bending rodriguez, bender's big score, bill and ted's excellent adventure, demons, edward bellamy, el anachronopete, enrique gaspar y rimbau, h.g. wells, looking backward, mark twain, ozma, paradox in oz, philip j. fry, presentism, ray bradbury, rip van winkle, samuel madden, tempus the parrot-ox, the time machine, time, time machines, time travel, washington irving |

Somewhere Renowned for Its Canals and Color Red

The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury – I’ve had a copy of this book lying around for a while, and yes, I decided to finally read it after Bradbury died. Typical, huh? Rather than a consistent narrative, the book is … Continue reading →