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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

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

Hit the Brakebills

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Nathan

The Wicked Will Rise, by Danielle Paige – The second book in the series starts with Amy, now more skilled at magic and action skills, fighting the Cowardly Lion and grappling with her dark side. Traveling with a mentally drained … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Dragon Quest, Drugs, Economics, Education, France, Greek Mythology, Harry Potter, History, Humor, Language, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Mythology, Names, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, Video Games | Tagged alexandre dumas, auguste maquet, brakebills university for magical pedagogy, button-bright, christopher tolkien, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dorothy must die, fairies, fillory, lev grossman, magic portals, morgan le fay, napoleon bonaparte, neitherlands, odysseus, oogaboo, orpheus, ozma, pearl, polychrome, sir gawain, sir gawain and the green knight, sir orfeo, the count of monte cristo, the magicians, the perhappsy chaps, the wicked will rise, wizard of oz, wood between the worlds | 1 Comment

Beam Me Up, Ozma

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Nathan

Thinking about how the Zoom spell works in the Dragon Quest III remake has reignited my interest in magical transportation in general. There’s a lot of it in the Oz books, but it doesn’t all work the same way. Some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged balloon bird, baron mogodore, cowardly lion, deadly desert, dinner bell, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, ev, forbidden flagon, forbidden tube, ginger, glinda, good witch of the north, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo, king randywell, magic belt, magic carpet, magic dishpan, mudge, nonestic ocean, notta bit more, ojo in oz, oogaboo, ozma, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, paul dana, peter brown, queen ann soforth, quox, red jinn, rinkitink in oz, seven-league boots, shaggy man, silver shoes, sir hokus of pokes, speedy, speedy in oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the law of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, ugu the shoemaker, umbrella island, wicked witch of the west, wishing pills, wizard of oz | 2 Comments

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

Dorothy the Dictator

Posted on October 23, 2024 by Nathan

Operation Luna, by Poul Anderson – The follow-up to Operation Chaos follows up on Steve and Virginia Matuchek about twelve years after the end of the first book. They now have three children, and are working on a project to launch … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Chinese, edgar rice burroughs, Greek Mythology, Halloween, Holidays, Humor, jules verne, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Percy Jackson, Places, Poul Anderson, Religion, Rick Riordan, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Vietnamese | Tagged amtor, cayke the cookie cook, charloz, cowardly lion, coyote, danielle paige, demons, dorothy gale, dorothy must die, dwarves, eugenics, fairies, four immortals, frogman, from the earth to the moon, fu manchu, girl giant and the jade war, glinda, guns, hecate, hecuba of troy, hellhounds, jellia jamb, journey to the west, lost on venus, mombi, moon, naiads, nome king, nymphs, operation chaos, operation luna, ozma, peter stuyvesant, polychrome, pumperdink, scarecrow, sun wukong, swords, the chalice of the gods, the wizard of oz (1939), tin woodman, van hoang, venus, weapons, witches, wizard of oz, wrath of the triple goddess | 3 Comments

Women’s Realm

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Nathan

The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum – The second Oz book is 120 years old, and since I just recently reread the first one, I thought it made sense to do the same with this. While Baum … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Feminism, Gender, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged cowardly lion, deadly desert, dorothy gale, emerald city, fighting trees, glinda, griffins, hammer-heads, illusion, jack pumpkinhead, jinjur, misogyny, mombi, ozma, pastoria, professor wogglebug, sawhorse, scarecrow, the marvelous land of oz, the wizard of oz (1902), the woggle-bug, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, tippetarius, transformation, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz | 2 Comments

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