Glinda of Oz
Submarines, slacking, magic wands, sinking islands and more - my post about Glinda of Oz up at Tor.com.
And now some good news: Tor.com has asked me to continue ahead with this project and review the rest of the canonical Oz books.
By "canonical Oz books" Tor.com and I both mean "The Famous Forty," including most of the books by Ruth Plumly Thompson, John R. Neill, Jack Snow, Rachel Cosgrove's The Hidden Valley of Oz, and Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren Lynn McGraw's Merry Go Round in Oz. This list does not include every book written by the Royal Historians of Oz, and is, alas, somewhat arbitrary, but since an incomplete listing of Oz books contains over 200 titles, a line has to be drawn somewhere. (And nope, it does not include Gregory Maguire's books.)
There will be a brief gap - two to three weeks - before the next posts start going up, largely to give me time to track down the books, but then, luck, libraries and used bookstores willing, we should be back to the once a week format.
I would not have been able to do this continued project without your support, so thanks muchly, and I hope everyone continues to enjoy the series as we start exploring the rather less known Oz books.
And now some good news: Tor.com has asked me to continue ahead with this project and review the rest of the canonical Oz books.
By "canonical Oz books" Tor.com and I both mean "The Famous Forty," including most of the books by Ruth Plumly Thompson, John R. Neill, Jack Snow, Rachel Cosgrove's The Hidden Valley of Oz, and Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren Lynn McGraw's Merry Go Round in Oz. This list does not include every book written by the Royal Historians of Oz, and is, alas, somewhat arbitrary, but since an incomplete listing of Oz books contains over 200 titles, a line has to be drawn somewhere. (And nope, it does not include Gregory Maguire's books.)
There will be a brief gap - two to three weeks - before the next posts start going up, largely to give me time to track down the books, but then, luck, libraries and used bookstores willing, we should be back to the once a week format.
I would not have been able to do this continued project without your support, so thanks muchly, and I hope everyone continues to enjoy the series as we start exploring the rather less known Oz books.