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The Magic of the Written Word

Last week, I discussed signs that appear in the Oz series. This time, I’m going to look at a related topic, that of magical items or characters producing printed (or written; I don’t think it’s generally specified) messages, or accepting … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bill bored, clocker, dorothy gale, footpath, glegg, glinda, good witch of the north, great book of records, handy mandy in oz, himself the elf, hurry-canes, kabumpo in oz, magic mirror, menankypoo, merry go round in oz, nox the ox, pajuka, pirates in oz, post man, prince philador, prophecy, question box, quiberon, red jinn, scrolls, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, thun, wishes |

Birth of an Imagi-Nation

The Silver Princess in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – It’s the eightieth anniversary of the publication of this book, which I used as an excuse to give it a reread. This isn’t really one of my favorites, despite having … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged anuther planet, freyja, ginger, gludwig the glubrious, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king randywell, planetty, prince pompadore, pumperdink, racism, rebellion, red jinn, slavery, the purple prince of oz, the silver princess in oz, thun, vanadium, voral staff |

The Science and Secrets of Red Magic and Art

If you’ve read Ruth Plumly Thompson’s Oz books, or for that matter just followed my blog for a while, then I’m sure you know about Jinnicky, the Red Jinn of Ev. I thought I could say a little about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Magic, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged baron mogodore, biggen, es-cape, ginger, handy mandy in oz, hurry-canes, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jinrikisha, kabumpo, king randywell, lin carter, little, looking glasses, ozwoz, peter brown, pigasus, planetty, pumperdink, red jinn, red magic, the hungry tiger of oz, the purple prince of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tired tailor of oz, thun, wizard of oz, yankee in oz |

Brotherhood on Anuther Planet

When Planetty describes her old home, Anuther Planet, in The Silver Princess in Oz, she makes it out to be a dull, gray world where none of the the inhabitants have families or friends. People will sometimes bond with animals, … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged anuther planet, atlantis, blip, flobber, flobberhobbles, hoblemean galaxy, kthonthus, lurline and the white ravens of oz, nome king, planetty, princess ximbrina, sinister gases in oz, the magic dishpan of oz, the silver princess in oz, three-headed elvis clone found in flying saucer over oz, thun, yawannag |

The Real Horses of Oz

L. Frank Baum tells us in a few different books that there are no horses in Oz, aside from the magically animated wooden Sawhorse. This seems to be an idea that he developed over time, however. In The Wonderful Wizard … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged anuther planet, bitty bit, chalk, chris dulabone, corumbia, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, eloise jarvis mcgraw, emerald city, fred, greg gick, gules, halidom, high boy, horses, jim the cab-horse, joe king, john r. neill, journal of a journey, king skamperoo, l. frank baum, lauren lynn mcgraw, lenith law, mary rakestraw, merry go round in oz, mules, planetty, red jinn, ruth plumly thompson, sawhorse, skampavia, speedy, stampedro, the deadly desert around oz, the giant horse of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, thun, view-halloo, voral staff, white city, world's columbian exposition, zeb hugson |