Category Archives: Plays

A Pirate I Was Meant to Be

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Nathan

The Curse of Monkey Island – The third game in the series was also the first not to be designed by Ron Gilbert, who had left the previous installment with a weird ending in which LeChuck was Guybrush’s brother, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Authors, Humor, lucasarts, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Music, Plays, Relationships, Video Games, William Shakespeare | Tagged alan young, amusement parks, barbery coast, captain lechimp, death, demons, ghosts, governor elaine marley, grim fandango, guybrush threepwood, haggis mcmutton, lechuck, loom, manuel calavera, marriage, monkey island, monkey island 2, monkeys, pirates, plunder island, roller coasters, ron gilbert, skeletons, skulls, the curse of monkey island, the secret of monkey island, undead | 1 Comment

What’s Ettin You?

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Nathan

I was looking at the TV Tropes page about individual beings with multiple heads, and I must say that, while I’ve seen criticisms of the site not being a good way to engage with media, it’s quite useful when you … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, British, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Etymology, Fairy Tales, Games, J.R.R. Tolkien, Language, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Plays, Scottish, Ultima, Video Games | Tagged arador, aragorn, archenland, beholder, beowulf, dungeons and dragons, ettenmoors, ettins, ettinsmoor, gazers, giants, grendel, henrik ibsen, jack the giant killer, jotun, middle-earth, peer gynt, soria moria castle, the hobbit, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the red ettin, trolls, tv tropes, ultima iv: quest of the avatar, xorns, zorns | Leave a comment

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

Ozward Migration

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Nathan

I have received a few new Oz books and related material over the past few months, and I’ve finally gotten around to finishing a few of them. I still have some more to go, but I might as well write … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Ethnicity, Families, History, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Plays, Prejudice, Relationships, Roman Empire, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a princess of thule, accordion, acinad, acinad goes to the emerald city of oz, billy sanchez, bookworm, candice baca, con o'mara, danica libutti, david tolzman, deadly desert, eamon s. green, elephants, emerald city, fairies, giants, hugh holcomb, hungry tiger, hyperborea, jenny jump, john ingram, john paul rutledge, kabumpo in oz, kaliko, naomi maestas, nick dimartino, nome king, nomes, number nine, peter dennedy, pigs, pumpernickel pickle, randy tappen, rikiki, runaway grandmother in oz, sherwood smith, shiela, stoicism, the magic diamond of oz, the maid of arran, the wonder city of oz, ultima thule, william black | 1 Comment

Tik-Tok on the Clock But the OzCon Don’t Stop

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Nathan

Beth and I went to OzCon International again this year. I hadn’t felt like doing much of anything as of late, so I didn’t contribute anything to the program this time. Actually, I thought I’d submitted a story about Pastoria … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Awards, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Mario, Music, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Revisiting Disney, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged abba, alice in wonderland, amusement parks, andy sklar, anil tambwekar, aron toman, axel alonso, cesily collette taylor, cindy ragni, colin ayres, conventions, cosplay, costumes, craig miller, david diket, dick rutter, disneyland, dogs, dorothy gale, elphaba, emerald city, emkay shrader, freddy fogarty, frozen, giles crawford, glinda, greg ehrbar, gump, harry mongold, hel, international wizard of oz club, jeffrey mchale, jellia jamb, jen tracy, jim rutter, jordan monsell, king terribus of spor, lakitu, larry king, lyle conway, mario kart, merlin, mouseketeers, neil cuadra, nessarose, ozcon international, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, pastoria, paul dana, peter hanff, polychrome, rainbow road, return to oz, rob roy macveigh, ruth cuadra, sam milazzo, sharon commins, tara tagliaferro, tarot cards, the enchanted island of yew, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the rainbow road to oz, the wiz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tiffany sutton, tik-tok, tim hollis, tim tucker, tin woodman, tippetarius, tom thumb, toto, ultimate oz universe, victoria calamito, w.w. denslow, walt disney, wicked, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, writing | 1 Comment

Rhyme and Reason Reign Once More

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Nathan

I had looked at The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth at Books of Wonder eleven years ago, and I finally received my own copy for Christmas. I reread the story and the annotations, and there’s a lot of interesting stuff there. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Characters, Fairy Tales, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Lewis Carroll, Maps, Mathematics, Monsters, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Plays, Religion, Technology, Toys | Tagged alice in wonderland, architecture, arturo toscanini, chuck jones, demons, gustave dore, humbug, john bunyan, jules feiffer, king azaz the unabridged, leonard marcus, lucy the elephant, mathemagician, mel blanc, norton juster, the annotated phantom tollbooth, The Phantom Tollbooth, the pilgrim's progress, the wonderful wizard of oz, tock the watchdog, wizard of oz | 4 Comments

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Nathan

Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time, by James Gurney – I seem to remember reading something about this book around when it first came out in the early nineties, in National Geographic or something. I was interested, but I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Board Games, Book Reviews, Chess, Comics, edgar rice burroughs, Final Fantasy, Games, History, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Names, Plays, Poetry, Poul Anderson, Technology, Video Games, William Shakespeare, Winnie-the-Pooh | Tagged a land apart from time, a midsummer night's dream, a midsummer tempest, a winter's tale, a.a. milne, ariel, bad sir brian botany, barsoom, black mages, caliban, dejah thoris, dinosaurs, dinotopia, dragonrouge, dragons, elemental fiends, emperor mateus, english civil war, fairies, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iii, gorbash, gordon r. dickson, james gurney, jennifer ward, jetan, john carter, kathans, king charles i, light warriors, lin carter, mars, memory of heroes, oberon, ogres, operation chaos, prospero, rykors, sandmirks, takashi umemura, terra magica, the chessmen of mars, the dragon and the george, the tempest, three hearts and three lions, thuvia maid of mars, titania, when we were very young, white mages, wolves | 1 Comment

Medea vs. Jason

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Nathan

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 | Leave a comment

Elphaba on the Shelphaba

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Nathan

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 | 4 Comments

Category Archives: Plays

A Pirate I Was Meant to Be

What’s Ettin You?

The Dreams That You Dread to Dream

Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On

Ozward Migration

Tik-Tok on the Clock But the OzCon Don’t Stop

Rhyme and Reason Reign Once More

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Medea vs. Jason

Elphaba on the Shelphaba

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