tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post4463366334444521980..comments2024-03-26T15:10:55.199-05:00Comments on The Royal Blog of Oz: Ozbusters! What's the official title of the Oz series?Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766446206846532440noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-79545524580839536772016-04-13T16:13:14.908-05:002016-04-13T16:13:14.908-05:00Thanks for the help fellas! The Sovereign sixty ce...Thanks for the help fellas! The Sovereign sixty certainly covers my collection apart from Sky Pirates, which I need to pick up. I am pleased with this selection as fits with my view canonical. It's been difficult to explain to other the famous forty, and addictions like books previously.Colin Ayres British Fan Of Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10260760079727438736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-33006052215668435682016-04-10T16:44:06.362-05:002016-04-10T16:44:06.362-05:00@Ozfan95, Reilly & Lee published an edition of...@Ozfan95, Reilly & Lee published an edition of The Wizard of Oz as soon as it went into public domain. This was before they released "Merry Go Round in Oz," so yes, by that time it was forty.<br /><br />@Colin here's a link to the page where the 60 and 75 are listed (scroll down a bit) http://www.oztimeline.net/Appendices.htmJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766446206846532440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-60803115042467591132016-04-10T16:26:00.468-05:002016-04-10T16:26:00.468-05:00They're listed in the appendices on that site....They're listed in the appendices on that site.<br /><br />Basically, you know that some of Baum's own Oz books, such as the "Little Wizard Stories" and "The Woggle Bug Book," aren't part of the Famous Forty, but they are still considered canon because Baum wrote them. So they must be included in the list of canon books.<br /><br />If you accept the books Thompson, Snow, and Neil, and all the rest of the authors of the Famous Forty, as canon (which the timeline does), then there are Oz books by them that aren't part of the Famous Forty because they weren't published by Reilly and Lee (which kind of confuses me, because "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" wasn't published by Reilly and Lee. So shouldn't it technically be the Famous Thirty-Nine instead?). But they are part of the same canon as the Famous Forty, because they have the same authors. So they are included in the list of canon books as well.<br /><br />Once you figure out all the Oz books that they wrote, the list adds up the sixty Oz books. Hence the title, "Sovereign Sixty."<br /><br />I hope this information helps.Ozfan95https://www.blogger.com/profile/14766400170098200286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-66898130021318860712016-04-10T06:51:07.357-05:002016-04-10T06:51:07.357-05:00I'm curious to the list of the Sovereign Sixty...I'm curious to the list of the Sovereign Sixty, I've had a look on Joe's site, but I could not see a clearly defined list of what books make up the Sovereign Sixty, and I'm curious anyone else spotted this?Colin Ayres British Fan Of Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10260760079727438736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-88644615691193667512016-04-03T12:25:47.266-05:002016-04-03T12:25:47.266-05:00I've always just called them "The Oz Book...I've always just called them "The Oz Books." Usually, when referring to books in the series that Baum didn't write, I refer to them as the "Semi-Canonical Oz Books." I used to call those ones the "Most Famous Oz Fan-Fiction," but I've realized since then that it's not a very fitting title to those books.<br /><br />So, anyway, since you brought it up, I'm trying to think of a good title for Baum's Oz books. Hmmmmmm......<br /><br />Maybe "The Wonderful Series of Oz."<br /><br />Or maybe there doesn't have to be a title to the series, since they're all self-contained stories, and you don't need to know what happens in any of the other books (with the exception of a few of them).<br /><br />I don't know. Maybe it's just one of those things that will remain a mystery.Ozfan95https://www.blogger.com/profile/14766400170098200286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-19215334358324967662016-04-03T07:31:15.584-05:002016-04-03T07:31:15.584-05:00I've often heard, or read, people say "th...I've often heard, or read, people say "the Wizard of Oz books".Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397876293747859812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-33846108925814078672016-04-02T23:17:52.797-05:002016-04-02T23:17:52.797-05:00I'm afraid we're back at square one. Adven...I'm afraid we're back at square one. <i>Adventures in Oz</i> was the working title for the next Oz book following <i>Rinkitink in Oz</i>, presumably the one Baum was working on when he wrote that introduction. Fortunately, someone came up with a more exciting title, and it was published the following year as <i>The Lost Princess of Oz</i>.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328723961556156210noreply@blogger.com