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@pandanus Aha! It must have been the editor / publisher. Reilly was based in Chicago, where nowadays patio is "pay-show"
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@pandanus Aha! It must have been the editor / publisher. Reilly was based in Chicago, where nowadays patio is "pay-show"
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On page 73 of The Magic of Oz there's a footnote. It's a pronunciation guide for the word patio (because apparently Glinda now has one in her palace).
The footnote reads: *Pronounced pa'-shi-o'
Was that really how it was pronounced in 1919 Los Angeles?
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On page 73 of The Magic of Oz there's a footnote. It's a pronunciation guide for the word patio (because apparently Glinda now has one in her palace).
The footnote reads: *Pronounced pa'-shi-o'
Was that really how it was pronounced in 1919 Los Angeles?
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Unimpressed Ev building is unimpressed. From THE MAGIC OF OZ. #ozathon24 #reading
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Unimpressed Ev building is unimpressed. From THE MAGIC OF OZ. #ozathon24 #reading
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Close encounters of the Oz kind. From THE MAGIC OF OZ (1919) #ozathon24
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Close encounters of the Oz kind. From THE MAGIC OF OZ (1919) #ozathon24
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#Ozathon24: Losing steam a bit with Lost Princess and Tin Woodman
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"'Well, perhaps our Emperor is queer... but he is a kind master and as honest and true as good tin can make him; so we, who gladly serve him, are apt to forget that he is not like other people.'" (p. 15)
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"'Well, perhaps our Emperor is queer... but he is a kind master and as honest and true as good tin can make him; so we, who gladly serve him, are apt to forget that he is not like other people.'" (p. 15)
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#Ozathon24 - Rinkitink in Oz, an entertaining fairy tale adventure, if not really an Oz book.
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#Ozathon24: More adventures outside Oz
https://enterenchanted.com/ozathon24-more-adventures-outside-oz/
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Four stars: Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum and John R. Neill (1914) began as a theatrical retelling of Ozma of Oz. Baum, in his enthusiasm to flood the market with all things Oz, had lost the theatrical rights to Ozma, Dorothy and a bunch of other key characters. Tik-Tok, being a rather minor character in the book, was still his. So he created a new princess, a new girl, and a newish adventure centered around the wind-up man from Ev.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2024/comments_07/tik_tok_of_oz.html
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Four stars: Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum and John R. Neill (1914) began as a theatrical retelling of Ozma of Oz. Baum, in his enthusiasm to flood the market with all things Oz, had lost the theatrical rights to Ozma, Dorothy and a bunch of other key characters. Tik-Tok, being a rather minor character in the book, was still his. So he created a new princess, a new girl, and a newish adventure centered around the wind-up man from Ev.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2024/comments_07/tik_tok_of_oz.html
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p. 88: Tik-Tok is now armed and part of Ann's army.
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p. 88: Tik-Tok is now armed and part of Ann's army.
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p. 75. Ding, dong dell, who threw Tik-Tok down a well?
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p. 75. Ding, dong dell, who threw Tik-Tok down a well?
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p. 65: And now a new POV, Polychrome. It's a veritable hoedown of characters.
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p. 65: And now a new POV, Polychrome. It's a veritable hoedown of characters.
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p. 58. Ozga, the Rose Kingdom Princess, is a "distant cousin" of Ozma. Cousin by marriage? Ozma is part plant?
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p. 58. Ozga, the Rose Kingdom Princess, is a "distant cousin" of Ozma. Cousin by marriage? Ozma is part plant?
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p. 50 After POV from Queen Ann who is off to conquer Oz from her tiny corner of it, we've had a short POV chapter from Glinda, and now Betsy who has washed ashore into Oz somewhere with Hank her donkey. She promptly meets the Shaggy Man who is looking for his brother.
The Shaggy Man plot is the one piece I remember from this book.
Interestingly Betsy has heard of Dorothy and Ozma, presumably through Baum's books. While she was written for the play to be a stand-in for Dorothy, here she seems to be a stand-in for the typical 1910s fan of the series.
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p. 50 After POV from Queen Ann who is off to conquer Oz from her tiny corner of it, we've had a short POV chapter from Glinda, and now Betsy who has washed ashore into Oz somewhere with Hank her donkey. She promptly meets the Shaggy Man who is looking for his brother.
The Shaggy Man plot is the one piece I remember from this book.
Interestingly Betsy has heard of Dorothy and Ozma, presumably through Baum's books. While she was written for the play to be a stand-in for Dorothy, here she seems to be a stand-in for the typical 1910s fan of the series.
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p. 28: Glinda... who at the start of the series was the good witch of the South, now keeps her magic "Record Book" in her "magificent castle, which stands far north of the Emerald City."
One can only assume that Glinda has offed the never named good witch of the north.
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p. 28: Glinda... who at the start of the series was the good witch of the South, now keeps her magic "Record Book" in her "magificent castle, which stands far north of the Emerald City."
One can only assume that Glinda has offed the never named good witch of the north.
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In July we are reading Tik-Tok of Oz, a retelling of a play Baum wrote when he lost the theatrical rights to Ozma of Oz. He later rewrote the play as the eighth book in the Oz series.
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In July we are reading Tik-Tok of Oz, a retelling of a play Baum wrote when he lost the theatrical rights to Ozma of Oz. He later rewrote the play as the eighth book in the Oz series.
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P. 288: “That’s radium.” The Horners mine it and build their houses of it. And they call it medicine. #ozathon24 #PatchworkGirlOfOz #yikes
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P. 288: “That’s radium.” The Horners mine it and build their houses of it. And they call it medicine. #ozathon24 #PatchworkGirlOfOz #yikes
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Scarecrow: bi icon. #ozathon24 #PatchworkGirlOfOz
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Scarecrow: bi icon. #ozathon24 #PatchworkGirlOfOz
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p. 240. Jack, Ojo and the Scarecrow are discussing how much liquid a gill holds.
(It's four fluid ounces)
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p. 240. Jack, Ojo and the Scarecrow are discussing how much liquid a gill holds.
(It's four fluid ounces)
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Scraps gives Ozma what for. #ozathon24 #PatchworkGirlOfOz
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Scraps gives Ozma what for. #ozathon24 #PatchworkGirlOfOz
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p. 187. Bill has hatched out 13 new chicks. The guard at the gate estimates she's hatched about 7,000 chicks since moving to Oz.
Assuming equal time between books and story, Bill's been in Oz for about six years. Further assuming that the magic of Oz that keeps people healthy has done the same for her, we can assume she's still able to lay at her prime rate... around 250 a year.
250x6=1500. The other 5500 would have to be grandkids she's hatched. Or numeracy isn't a thing in Oz.
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p. 187. Bill has hatched out 13 new chicks. The guard at the gate estimates she's hatched about 7,000 chicks since moving to Oz.
Assuming equal time between books and story, Bill's been in Oz for about six years. Further assuming that the magic of Oz that keeps people healthy has done the same for her, we can assume she's still able to lay at her prime rate... around 250 a year.
250x6=1500. The other 5500 would have to be grandkids she's hatched. Or numeracy isn't a thing in Oz.
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Scraps is an odd character #ozathon24 #PatchworkGirlOfOz
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Scraps is an odd character #ozathon24 #PatchworkGirlOfOz
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p. 129: It's illegal to pick six leaf clovers. (Why aren't I surprised?)
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p. 129: It's illegal to pick six leaf clovers. (Why aren't I surprised?)
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p. 62: Things needed to fix the situation:
1) a six leaf clover from the Emerald City
2) The left wing of a yellow butterfly from the land of the Winkies
3) Water in a gold bottle from a well that has never seen the light of day
4) Three hairs from a woozy's tail
5) A drop of oil from a live man's body(these types of laundry list quests make my head ache)
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p. 62: Things needed to fix the situation:
1) a six leaf clover from the Emerald City
2) The left wing of a yellow butterfly from the land of the Winkies
3) Water in a gold bottle from a well that has never seen the light of day
4) Three hairs from a woozy's tail
5) A drop of oil from a live man's body(these types of laundry list quests make my head ache)
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p. 57. Meanwhile the powder of life has fallen on the phonograph. #ozathon24 #PatchworkGirlOfOz
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p. 57. Meanwhile the powder of life has fallen on the phonograph. #ozathon24 #PatchworkGirlOfOz
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p. 56: Dr. Pipt is careless with his dangerous items. So now Dame Margolotte and Unc Nunkie are now turned to marble (the fate Tip was threatened with).
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p. 56: Dr. Pipt is careless with his dangerous items. So now Dame Margolotte and Unc Nunkie are now turned to marble (the fate Tip was threatened with).
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p. 40 It takes six years to make the power of life. Four large cauldrons render down to a saucer's worth of white powder.
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p. 40 It takes six years to make the power of life. Four large cauldrons render down to a saucer's worth of white powder.
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p. 32 Dame Margolotte has made a patchwork girl to be her servant in the house because their home is too remote to lure any willing workers. The quilt is of many colors and belonged to the woman's grandmother. Since then Munchkin land has gotten rather obsessed with blue to the point of food, plants, etc. all being shades of blue. This wasn't the case in #TheWizardOfOz ... although blue was the preferred color for clothing.
The quilt could imply a time earlier where even clothing wasn't exclusively blue or that grandma was isakaied liked Dorothy and her family just many years earlier.
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p. 32 Dame Margolotte has made a patchwork girl to be her servant in the house because their home is too remote to lure any willing workers. The quilt is of many colors and belonged to the woman's grandmother. Since then Munchkin land has gotten rather obsessed with blue to the point of food, plants, etc. all being shades of blue. This wasn't the case in #TheWizardOfOz ... although blue was the preferred color for clothing.
The quilt could imply a time earlier where even clothing wasn't exclusively blue or that grandma was isakaied liked Dorothy and her family just many years earlier.
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Chapter 2: The Crooked Magician introduces us to the man responsible for the powder of life that Mombi used to bring Jack Pumpkinhead to life, and later Tip used to bring the Sawhorse and Gump to life. In #TheMarvelousLandOfOz the powder is already illegal and sold on the Ozian black market. Dr. Pipt the self proclaimed Crooked Magician is cock sure enough to make the stuff in the presence of his guests, Unc and Ojo. (p. 28)
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Chapter 1: Ojo and Unk Nunkie (who in the text is rendered as Unc not Unk): Although the previous book stated that Oz has no need of money nor of jobs, poverty still exists. Here is a small family with bare cupboards and only one fruit (bread) producing tree. Ojo calls their situation poverty but Unc argues it isn't because they have a house and bread. (pp. 19-20) #ozathon24 #PatchworkGirlOfOz
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The border may still be closed by royal edict but Glinda and the Shaggy Man have a means of communicating via wireless telegraph. (p. 15)
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In June we're reading The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913). It's the second book to be exclusively in Oz and comes three years after Baum announced that the borders to Oz were closed.
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John R Neil can never decide how old Dorothy and Ozma are. Given the time between novels it makes more sense for the two to be more like 16 than 10. #ozathon24 #TheEmeraldCityOfOz