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Vohaul and I

I have a few more Sierra reviews for you this time. Good thing these games are short. King’s Quest II: Romancing the Throne – The version of this I played is in some ways more primitive than its predecessor, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Christianity, Dragon Quest, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Religion, Roman, Sierra, Video Games | Tagged aliahan, archfiends, baramos, big bad wolf, blasto, count dracula, daventry, dragon quest iii, dwarves, garboyle, hagatha, jinn, king graham, king's quest, king's quest collection, king's quest i, king's quest ii, king's quest iii, kolyma, labion, limbo, little red riding hood, mazes, mermaids, neptune, ortega, robbin' 'ood, roberta williams, roger wilco, romancing the throne, sea horses, sir graham, sludge vohaul, space quest, space quest collection, space quest i, space quest ii, star generator, valanice, vampires, vohaul's revenge, witches, wolves, yamata no orochi |

Heroes with a Thousand Deaths

Is there a term for nostalgia for things you didn’t grow up with, but kind of wish you had? That’s the way I feel about old adventure video games, things that I was aware of but mostly wasn’t able to play. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Conspiracy Theories, Douglas Adams, Dreams, elvis presley, Fairy Tales, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Humor, lucasarts, Magic, Monsters, Music, Sierra, Star Trek, Star Wars, Technology, Video Games | Tagged aliens, annie larris, bermuda triangle, caponians, castle in the sky, daventry, droids b us, francis zachary mckracken, giants, gingerbread houses, gnomes, grells, hansel and gretel, indiana jones, jack and the beanstalk, kerona, king's quest, king's quest collection, king's quest i, leslie bennett, looney tunes, maniac mansion, mars, marvin the paranoid android, mazes, melissa china, monty python, puns, quest for the crown, robocop, robots, roger wilco, roger wilco in the sarien encounter, rumplestiltskin, sir graham, space quest, space quest collection, space quest i, star generator, the sarien encounter, the three billy goats gruff, trolls, witches, zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders |

Sumer Is Icumen In

The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson – As with some other Anderson books that I’ve read, this mixes different mythologies in a single story, and in a way that doesn’t seem forced. It’s mostly based on Norse myth, using a … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Arabian, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Celtic, Christianity, Egyptian, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mesopotamia, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Oz, Poul Anderson, Relationships, Religion, seanan mcguire, Semitic, Sumerian, Wayward Children | Tagged adrift in currents clean and clear, agriculture, another day, atlas, belyyreka, bible, changelings, civilization, delos, elves, enki, enlil, fairies, firmament, geb, geese, genesis, inanna, jinn, league of princes, lord of the rings, marduk, nanna, ninlil, ninurta, nut, odin, out of oz, pirates, samuel noah kramer, shu, skafloc, sleeping beauty, sumerian mythology, swords, the brides of maracoor, the broken sword, the fellowship of the ring, the hero's guide to being an outlaw, thor, tiamat, trolls, tuatha de danann, turtles, utu, vikings, weapons, wicked, wicked witch of the west, witches |

The Fairy with the Death-Dealing House

I just happened to have finished several books within the past two days, so here are some thoughts on them. There are SPOILERS for some of these. The Moon Pool, by A. Merritt – The botanist Walter Goodwin comes across … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Celtic, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Greek Mythology, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, seanan mcguire, Toys | Tagged a. merritt, alexander volkov, cinderella, dorothy gale, ellie smith, emily wilde, emily wilde's encyclopaedia of faeries, fairies, gaia, heather fawcett, hera, indexing, iron woodman, jennifer saint, leprechauns, magic land, olympus, pixies, scarecrow, sergei sukhinov, teddy bears, the fairy of the emerald city, the moon pool, the pied piper of hamelin, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, wendell bambleby, wicked witch of the east, witches, zeus |

Curse, Chorus, Curse

I’ve finally finished watching Once Upon a Time, which I actually started when it was still being made, but stopped for a few years. And it’s taken me a while to get through all of it. I enjoyed it, although … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, British, Characters, Fairy Tales, Focus on the Foes, Greek Mythology, jules verne, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Mythology, Names, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Relationships, Television | Tagged 101 dalmatians, 20000 leagues under the sea, aladdin, alcmene, alice in wonderland, anna of arendelle, beauty and the beast, belle, bill willingham, captain james hook, captain nemo, cinderella, cruella de vil, disney's aladdin, dorothy gale, dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, elsa of arendelle, fables, frankenstein, frozen, hades, hans christian andersen, hercules, into the woods, james barrie, king arthur, maid marian, peter pan, rape, robin hood, rumplestiltskin, snow white, snow white and the seven dwarfs, the count of monte cristo, the snow queen, wicked witch of the west, witches, zeus |

Seeing Green

I’ve received and read the 2024 Oziana now, so I’ll say a few things about it. The theme is early Oz, all of them taking place before the events of Land, three during the Scarecrow’s reign. And a few of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry | Tagged a green fix, a tenebrous tower in oz, anna-maria cool, chris diket, d.j. tyrer, david m. perkins, e.j. hagadorn, emerald city, flutterbudgets, glinda, guardian of the gates, hope melts eternal, j. l. bell, jinjur, kathleen murphey, kelsey g. kappel, malcolm niess, omby amby, oz it was, oziana, paul dana, scarecrow, straw and magic, sun top mountain, suren ognessian, t. craft, the magic umbrella of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the road not taken, the soldier with green whiskers and the guardian of the gates, the wicked witch of the west, the wonderful wizard of oz, thomas craft, tin woodman, w.w. denslow, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches, wizard of oz, writing, yellow brick road, zim zalah |

What a Life of Luxury to Be an Ape-Man

The Return of Tarzan, by Edgar Rice Burroughs – This sequel wraps up some of the hanging plot threads in the first book, but also takes the story in some different directions. While the first one was about a guy … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, British, Chinese, edgar rice burroughs, England, Fairy Tales, History, Magic, Mythology, Neil Gaiman, Prejudice | Tagged fairies, fletcher pratt, human sacrifice, jane porter, john hollyshoes, john uskglass, john uskglass and the cumbrian charcoal burner, jonathan strange and mr norrell, mary queen of scots, mr simonelli or the fairy widower, on lickerish hill, racism, rumplestiltskin, stardust, susanna clarke, tarzan, the blue star, the duke of wellington misplaces his horse, the ladies of grace adieu, the return of tarzan, the twelve, tom brightwind or how the fairy bridge was built at thoresby, treasures of the twelve, witches, zodiac |

Medea vs. Jason

Kirby Manga Mania Volume 2, by Hirokazu Hikawa, translated by Amanda Haley – More gag-based adventures of the round pink hero, each with a theme of sorts but not much of a plot, instead mostly just consisting of Kirby goofing … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Comics, Games, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, jules verne, Kirby, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Plays, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Video Games | Tagged amanda haley, atalanta, captain nemo, circe, coo the owl, dream land, euripides, gooey, hirokazu hikawa, jason and the argonauts, john m. ford, kine the ocean sunfish, king aeetes of colchis, king dedede, kirby manga mania, kracko, medea, meta knight, mr. tick-tock, rabbits, rick the hamster, the dragon waiting, the mysterious island, the witch of colchis, uncle wiggily longears, uncle wiggily's story book, vampires, witches, wizards |

Elphaba on the Shelphaba

I have now seen the Wicked movie, despite never having seen the stage musical it was based on. I did read Gregory Maguire’s Wicked Years books, and obviously the original Oz series. I’ll admit I’m a little bitter about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Maps, Music, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Plays, Politics, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged ariana grande, cowardly lion, cynthia erivo, dr. dillamond, glinda, gregory maguire, oz the great and powerful, racism, stephen schwartz, the marvelous land of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, wicked, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz |

Children of the Night, What a Mess They Make

These are the last few Halloween-related media Beth and I watched this spooky season. There are SPOILERS for all of them. The Devil and Daniel Mouse – A weird and cheap Canadian cartoon from the seventies loosely based on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Halloween, Harry Potter, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged charlotte rae, count dracula, dark night of the scarecrow, dracula dead and loving it, fairuza balk, jill murphy, john sebastian, larry drake, leslie nielsen, mel brooks, mice, satan, the devil and daniel mouse, the devil and daniel webster, the worst witch, tim curry, vampires, witches |