the sorcerer – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Santa and the Asteroid

I’ve finished several books as of late, but I kind of want to space them out a bit, and haven’t been able to think of much else to write about in between. Here are my thoughts on a few of them. Be … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Christmas, Fairy Tales, History, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, october daye, seanan mcguire, Tom Holt | Tagged ahriman, andrew lang, arabian nights, asteroids, be the serpent, chronicles of pantouflia, cyrano de bergerac, dragons, dwarves, fairies, fountain of lions, giants, gilbert and sullivan, j.w. wells & co., luidaeg, moon, oberon, orlando furioso, paflagonia, pantouflia, paribanou, prince charles edward stuart, prince prigio, prince ricardo of pantouflia, remora, santa claus, such dangerous seas, the eight reindeer of the apocalypse, the rose and the ring, the sorcerer, tiamat, titania, wild hunt, william makepeace thackeray |

The Mistress of Misdirection

In my Oziana reread, I thought I might say a bit more about the 2012 issue, made up of a round robin story based on the brief fragment known only as “An Oz Book.” Robert Stanton Baum credited it to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Authors, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Dick Martin, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Maps, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Plays, Poetry, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Tom Holt | Tagged aging, ahriman, an oz book, betsy bobbin, carter green, chow bird, dorothy gale, emerald city, gilbert and sullivan, glinda of oz, good witch of the north, h.p. lovecraft, john wellington wells, kabumpo, kim mcfarland, krumbic witch, lake quad, lurline, magic belt, magic dishpan, magic picture, mike conway, mycroft mason, nikki haladay, oziana, ozma, paul dana, paul ritz, percy the personality kid, queen coo-ee-oh, red jinn, robert stanton baum, ruddigore, sam milazzo, shawn maldonado, the baum bugle, the boy baronet in oz, the green dolphin of oz, the hollyhock dolls in oz, the lost princess of oz, the sorcerer, tik-tok of oz, time travel, witches, yips, yith |

Non-Traditional Travel

The Long Mars, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter – The third book in the Long Earth series, and perhaps the last unless Baxter gets another co-author. It’s kind of melancholy reading this after Pratchett’s death. The earlier books established … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Magic, Terry Pratchett, Tom Holt | Tagged gilbert and sullivan, goblins, john wellington wells, mars, paul carpenter, sophie pettingell, stephen baxter, the long earth, the long mars, the portable door, the sorcerer |

The Business of Magic

In Your Dreams, by Tom Holt – When you rely on libraries for your reading material, it’s an unfortunate fact that they rarely carry all of the volumes in a series, and the ones they do have often seem randomly … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Tom Holt | Tagged bilbo baggins, fairies, gilbert and sullivan, goblins, in your dreams, j.w. wells & co., john wellington wells, paul carpenter, the sorcerer |