The Real Wizard of Oz: Life and Times of L. Frank Baum - by Rebecca Loncraine
TheCelebrityCafe.com (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Meticulously and passionately gathered facts about the elusive creator of "The Wizard of Oz."
Frank Baum
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288 Vroom introduces Free 301+ Short Stories Lite for iPhone/iPod Touch
MacMegasite - News for Mac Geeks (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... Debut, A Modern Cinderella) * Honore De Balzac (A Street Of Paris And Its Inhabitant) * L. Frank Baum (The Capture Of Father Time, The Enchanted Types, The King Of The Polar Bears) * Emilia Pardo Bazan (First Love) * Anton Chekhov (About Love, The Bet, In Exile, The Lottery Ticket, The Witch, and more) * Kate Chopin (A Pair Of Silk Stockings, Beyond The Bayou, The Kiss) * Daniel Defoe...
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Shorties (Billy Corgan, Dave Eggers, and more)
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... Bookslut is online. Robot 6 interviews cartoonist Alex Robinson about his comics adaptation of L. Frank Baum's story, AA Kidnapped Santa Claus." Groovemine interviews music bloggers. In his art blog at the Guardian , Jonathan Jones examines the double standard of art criticism compared to that of books. Politics Daily lists 21 songs of 21st century politics. Lightning Dust plays a...
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A Kidnapped Santa Claus GN
Comics-and-More (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
L. Frank Baum Adapted by Alex Robinson L. Frank Baum is most known as the beloved creator of the Oz children's books, but he also penned the fun short story A Kidnapped Santa Claus as well. Publisher HarperCollins included this story as one of three books they were having adapted into graphic novels by some pretty exciting creators. The other two titles in this venture are...
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GEEK SCREENING ROOM presents RETURN TO OZ
forces of geek (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... far more interesting film. Written by Gill Dennis and Walter Murch Based on the book series by L. Frank Baum Produced by Paul Maslansky Directed by Walter Murch Starring Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark
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Alan Moore has a thing for the erotic...
Book Soup Blog (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... , which is a huge graphic novel that tells of Lewis Carroll's Alice, J. M Barrie's Wendy and L. Frank Baum's Dorothy in the time just before World War I, as they are all staying in a Swiss hotel. You can imagine where Moore will take this, both with the potential menage a trois possibilities, and the subverted retellings of each character's respective fictional worlds. Gebbie's illustrations...
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weekly christmas cartoon special
The Shelf (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... you to do, as I have. It's a wonderful and unique special, that's based on an original story by L. Frank Baum (Wizard of Oz) from 1902, and tells a fantastical tale of how Santa Claus became...Santa Claus and immortal, and also provides the many origins of Christmas traditions. Enjoy! Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Hope you've enjoyed this week's installment, and I hope you...
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Jane Austen goes to the Wolves!
Coscomment (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... year that birthed a new genre. Throughout the year we’ve seen The Undead World of Oz by L. Frank Baum and Ryan C. Thomas, a zombie retelling of Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . There was The War of the Worlds Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies by H.G. Wells and Eric S. Brown; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Zombie Jim by Mark Twain and W. Bill Czolgosz; Robin Hood...