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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

Reasoning with Rulers

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Nathan

According to the introduction to the 2002 Oziana, both health and technical issues prevented Robin Olderman from continuing as editor of the magazine, so Joel Harris in Special Publications temporarily took over the job. The issue wasn’t released until 2002, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Games, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Prejudice, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged an oz cliffhanger, bears, box wood, cap'n bill, dearest mother, dinner bell, fairies, forest of burzee, ginger, international wizard of oz club, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, joel harris, kabumpo, king randywell, lurline and the white ravens of oz, nymphs, oziana, ozma, ozma fights the sniffles, planetty, polychrome, red jinn, robin olderman, skeeziques, slavery, the gardener's boy of oz, the great jinjin, the many trees, the purple prince of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the silver princess in oz, tippetarius, tititi-hoochoo, trees, trot griffiths, wizard of oz, yankee in oz, zim greenleaf, zim greenleaf of oz, zurline | 3 Comments

Birth of an Imagi-Nation

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Nathan

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 | 4 Comments

Sorcerous Servitude

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Nathan

I don’t know where the idea of supernatural beings assisting magicians originated, but perhaps the most prominent example are the jinn that will serve anyone who releases them from bottles. King Solomon is said to have had a ring that … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Atticus Gannaway, Fairy Tales, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adam nicolai, aladdin, alexander volkov, dearest mother, demon of electricity, demons, dinner bell, gayelette, ginger, gludwig and the red hair, golden cap, handy mandy in oz, himself the elf, imps, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jikki, jinn, johnny dooit, kabumpo, king solomon, opodock, queen zixi of ix, red jinn, silver hammer, the disenchanted princess of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the master key, the queen of quok, the road to oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the silver princess in oz, the silver sorceress of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, torpedo town, torpedodo, whistles, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches, wunchie, yankee in oz | 2 Comments

Save Our Slaves

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Nathan

As a fan of the Oz books and someone who has often taken comfort in them, I don’t always like pointing out the negative aspects of them. Still, they’re there, and it’s probably better to confront them head-on than to … Continue reading →

Posted in L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adam nicolai, arabian nights, bungle of oz, carrie bailey, dearest mother, emerald city mirror, giants, ginger, gludwig and the red hair, gludwig the glubrious, herku, j. l. bell, jinn, ozma, patch, patchwork girl, racism, red jinn, samandra, slavery, suds, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the silver princess in oz, the yellow knight of oz | 4 Comments

The Science and Secrets of Red Magic and Art

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Nathan

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 | 2 Comments

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