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We Are Family

This post on the Merry Old Land of Oz Facebook group got me thinking about how most of the kids who visit Oz tend to be only children. Okay, to be fair, it’s possible they have siblings we don’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Dick Martin, Families, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged acinad, alexander volkov, allison mcbain, annie smith, aunt em, betsy bobbin, button-bright, cap'n bill, cap'n bob, christmas in oz, clarence skillet, cory in oz, donald abbott, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, ellie smith, frank joslyn baum, fumaro, general riskitt, glinda, glinda of oz, greg hunter, guardian of the gates, handy mandy, how the wizard saved oz, jack pumpkinhead, jeff freedman, jellia jamb, joe weedles, kabina, kabumpo, lucky bucky in oz, magic land, margolotte, mombi, nine tiny piglets, nome king, notta bit more, number nine, omby amby, ozma, ozmapolitan, pastoria, patchwork girl, paul dana, pinny and gig, polychrome, prince philador, queen ann soforth, robin hess, salye soforth, scarecrow, septimius septentrion, shaggy man, tales of magic land, the enchanted gnome of oz, the giant horse of oz, the goat girls of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the magic dishpan of oz, the mysterious pool of oz, the other searches for the lost princess of oz, the ozampolitan of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), three adepts, tik-tok of oz, time-travelling in oz, tin woodman, trot griffiths, twink and tom jones, uncle henry, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz |

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 |

This Tornado Loves You

There was a bit of a theme in the early Oz books about Dorothy reaching fairyland by means of natural disasters. We all know about the cyclone, then there was a storm at sea in Ozma of Oz and an … Continue reading →

Posted in L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alexander volkov, betsy bobbin, cap'n bill, cyclones, dorothy and the wizard in oz, earthquakes, glinda, good witch of the north, hurricanes, jeremy steadman, laura jane musser, lurline, magic land, michael patrick hearn, natural disasters, nome king, onsi, oziana, ozma of oz, peter brown, pirates in oz, prince pompadore in oz, sky island, storms, tales of magic land, the annotated wizard of oz, the gnome king of oz, the romance of the silver shoes, the scarecrow of oz, the sea fairies, the witch queen of oz, the wizard of the emerald city, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, time in oz, tompy terry, tornadoes, trot griffiths, weather, whirlpools, wicked witch of the east, yankee in oz |

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 |

Making Life Out of Nothing at All

One thing for which Oz is known is its collection of magically animated beings. In that fairyland, anything from a scarecrow to a footstool to a painting can come to life, always with its own distinct personality. The first book … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Magic Items, Oz | Tagged benny, bill the weather-cock, blue bear rug, bungle the glass cat, china country, conjo, cuttenclips, deadwood oaks, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, general of phreex, glinda, gump, humpy the dummy, jack pumpkinhead, jack snow, john dough and the cherub, john r. neill, l. frank baum, magic land, patchwork girl, pineville, powder of life, princess ozana, ruth plumly thompson, sawhorse, scarecrow, tales of magic land, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the giant horse of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, theseus' paradox, tin woodman, trippsy, twiffle, urfin jus, victor columbia edison, wam |

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 |

The Magic of Russia and Egypt

The Wizard of the Emerald City, by Alexander Volkov – Well, when I say it’s by Volkov, it’s actually mostly by L. Frank Baum. In the late thirties, this Soviet author translated and revised The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Egyptian, Mythology, Oz | Tagged alexander volkov, kane chronicles, l. frank baum, percy jackson, rick riordan, tales of magic land, the red pyramid, the wizard of the emerald city |