Category Archives: Oz

Rash Decisions

Posted on June 9, 2026 by Nathan

The Hungry Tiger of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – I reread this book for its centennial, and as usual, it was a fun experience. The adventure of the famous feline starts out quite similarly to Cowardly Lion, not only … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Characters, Economics, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television | Tagged atmos fere, betsy bobbin, big wigs, carter green, cowardly lion, deadly desert, down town, emerald city, ev, giants, guph, hungry tiger, hurry-canes, immense city, indus tree, ippty, kaliko, klik, loonville, nome kingdom, nomes, ottoman empire, ozma, patrick maund, princess elma, queen fi nance, quick sandals, rash, rash rubies, rinkitink in oz, the baum bugle, the cowardly lion of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, tik-tok of oz, tiny toon adventures | Leave a comment

Uh-Oh, Better Get Mako

Posted on May 29, 2026 by Nathan

I played through part of the original Final Fantasy VII when it was still fairly new, but I never finished it. I think I remember getting to the part where the rocket was launched. So I’m playing through it again … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Corporations, Final Fantasy, Humor, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Norse, Oz, Religion, Technology, Video Games | Tagged aerith gainsborough, barret wallace, buster sword, cait sith, cetra, chocobos, cid highwind, cloud strife, cowardly lion, cyan garamonde, don corneo, dragoons, final fantasy iv, final fantasy v, final fantasy vi, final fantasy vii, fossil fuels, gold saucer, jenova, kefka palazzo, krile mayer baldesion, magicite, mako energy, materia, midgar, midgard, monks, moogles, nibelheim, president shinra, professor hojo, red xiii, relm arrowny, rydia of mist, sephiroth, shinra electric power company, strago magus, the wizard of oz (1939), tifa lockhart, tiny bronco, white mages, yuffie kisaragi | Leave a comment

Always Chasing Rainbows

Posted on May 6, 2026 by Nathan

Today, I’m reviewing two Oz books, one new to me and another that I first read a quarter of a century ago. The Black Rainbow of Oz, by David M. Keyes – The second book in the New Oz Chronicles returns … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Gina Wickwar, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a nightmare in oz, anna-maria cool, beak the parrot, betsy bobbin, bungle the glass cat, chief thundercloud, conventions, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, emma lou, fairies, fred meyer, international wizard of oz club, kabumpo, ketzal, king gugu, leprechauns, mombi, new oz chronicles, ozma, paddy o'paint, parrots, penny the teacup poodle, polychrome, prince cyan, prince pompadore, princess vitrea of silica, pumperdink, rainbow, scarecrow, silica, sir hokus of pokes, the black rainbow of oz, the hidden prince of oz, tin woodman, vitriol of silica, vitrix of silica, zeebo | 1 Comment

To Dust Ye Shall Return

Posted on March 11, 2026 by Nathan

Tea & Alchemy, by Sharon Lynn Fisher – I read this as part of a Kindle promotion, and didn’t really know anything about it other than that it was fantasy. It’s a supernatural romance set in Cornwall in 1854, specifically … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Christianity, Comics, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Video Games | Tagged aphania, before shadowgate, danielle paige, dorothy must die, ellen miles, f.x. nine, fairies, fenlings, fred barnard, griffins, his dark materials, jane eyre, lakmir the timeless, lurline, lyra belacqua, nexdorea, nome king, ozma, petsetilla's posy, philip pullman, shadowgate, shadowgate rising, shadowgate saga raven, sharon lynn fisher, tea and alchemy, the book of dust, the dictionary of imaginary places, the rose field, tom hood, vampires, worlds of power, yellow brick war | 3 Comments

New Year, Nuwa

Posted on February 22, 2026 by Nathan

The author Grace Lin recently mentioned the goddess Nuwa in conjunction with the Lunar New Year, which seems to be the preferred terminology for American calendars these days. It had something to do with how it’s also the Korean and … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Chinese, Holidays, John R. Neill, Mario, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games | Tagged calendar, creation, fuxi, gonggong, grace lin, huaxu, leigong, lunar new year, nuwa, pangu, snakes, super mario bros. 3, the silver princess in oz, thun, turtles, zhurong, zodiac | Leave a comment

Snow Time Like the Past

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Nathan

Beth suggested writing about the history of snowmen, and a little bit of searching on the Internet brought up a few mentions of a book that sounded interesting, The Illustrated History of the Snowman, by Bob Eckstein. I’ve since bought and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Buddhism, Cartoons, Comics, Discworld, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, Jared Davis, Magic, Music, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Sexuality, Television, Terry Pratchett, Toys, Video Games | Tagged antisemitism, bob eckstein, bodhidharma, boogg, book of hours, citizen kane, daruma, effigy, frost giants, frosty the snowman, frozen, giants, grampa in oz, hans christian andersen, icetown, isa poso, jotun, marvel comics, michelangelo buonarroti, ozcon international, paul coker jr., piero di medici, rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, ruth burman, snowmen, snowy the traveling snowman, sourcery, ted eshbaugh, the hidden valley of oz, the illustrated history of the snowman, ymir, yukidaruma | Leave a comment

Courses for Horses

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Nathan

I’ve had another one of my stories published in the 2025 issue of Oziana, and since I’ve now read my contributor’s copy, I suppose I should say a few things about it. The cover illustration is by Rob. Lauer. “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Diane Brzozowski, Food, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a catastrophic celebration in oz, a farewell to oz, birds, captain fyter, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, doubtful dromedary, dr. pipt, emerald city, giants, gump, horses, j. l. bell, jim the cab-horse, liquid of petrifaction, magpies, margolotte, mel vavaroutsos, nine tiny piglets, ojo, otis frampton, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, princess marygolden of corabia, queen of the field-mice, rob lauer, samandra, sawhorse, scarecrow, scott b. blanke, sir hokus of pokes, snip the button boy, stampedro, stephen smith, sultan of samandra, the bricks, the joust of oz, the lost king of oz, the low mare of oz, the missing key, the patchwork girl of oz, the piglets and the tin soldier, the royal joust of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, where's my oil can?, winged monkeys, wizard of oz, writing, yellow brick road, zim greenleaf of oz | 4 Comments

The Dreams That You Dread to Dream

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Nathan

A Nightmare in Oz, by David M. Keyes – The first book in this author’s New Oz Chronicles, it largely follows up on the original books, but with a rather darker tone. Part of the premise of this one is … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Characters, Comics, Dreams, edgar rice burroughs, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Prejudice, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson, tarzan | Tagged a nightmare in oz, apes, aunt em, billina, camelot, cowardly lion, cullen bunn, david m. keyes, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, elton john, excalibur, fairies, fiddlestick forest, howard pyle, hungry tiger, igraine, jim the cab-horse, king arthur, king cheeriobed, king uther pendragon, lady ettard, lady of the lake, larry king, lurline, magic picture, merlin, mike deodato jr, mombi, morgan le fay, mrs. yoop, new oz chronicles, ork, ozma of oz, pastoria, powder of life, professor wogglebug, queen guinevere, racism, seedling, sir gawain, sir pelleas, snip the button boy, special oz operations team, the giant horse of oz, the green delight, the lost king of oz, the lost lands, the marvelous land of oz, the son of tarzan, the story of king arthur and his knights, the wizard of oz (1902), the wonderful wizard of oz, til loon, tin castle, tin woodman, ultimate oz universe, uncle henry, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, zeb hugson | 4 Comments

Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Nathan

Here are my thoughts on four more Oz books I’ve read for the first time in the past month or so. Veggy Man of Oz, by Nate Barlow – I know this author now as the guy who does enthusiastic … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dick Martin, Games, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Plays, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Sports, William Shakespeare | Tagged baseball, blinkie, buckethead enterprises of oz, cap'n bill, captain salt, carter green, clowns, cowardly lion, crescent moon, dinosaurs, dorothy gale, enya, fairies, glinda, gregory maguire, jinxland, jordan monsell, kerrie mcintire, king krewl, king rinkitink, merfolk, merla, mirror men, mombi, nimmie amee, nonestic ocean, notta bit more, ozcon international, ozma, pastoria, pirates in oz, princess clia, queen aquareine, sail away to oz, scarecrow, shakespeare's oz, sienna arts, sycorax, t. jacob madison, the crescent moon of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the tempest, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, tyrannicus terrificus, tyrannosaurus rex, veggy man of oz, wicked witch of the west, witches | Leave a comment

Easy as Pie

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Nathan

Til Death Do Us Bard: A Heart-Warming Tale of Marriage, Magic, and Monster-Slaying, by Rose Black – This is largely the story of a relationship between the adventurer Logan (nicknamed “The Bear”) and his husband, the bard Pie. There are flashbacks to how they met … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Gender, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, New Year's Day, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Technology | Tagged bards, clive barker, cows, dogs, elves, ghosts, hapexamendios, hjorleifur helgi stefansson, icelandic folk tales, imajica, merfolk, necromancers, pie 'oh' pah, rose black, rumplestiltskin, selkies, stephen king, the dark tower, the stand, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, til death do us bard, trolls, undead, wizard and glass, wizard of oz, wizards, yzordderex | Leave a comment

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