History Literature / LandOfOz

* ''Grampa in Oz'' (1924)

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Ozma, although given the political reality of Oz she might be really an Empress. Dorothy herself became a Princess in one of the later books.

The book has had 39 official sequels published by Reilly & Lee, with the originals generally being called "The Famous Forty", 13 of the sequels being written by Baum, and 35 books illustrated by John R. Neill. L. Frank Baum wrote the second book only to capitalize on the success of the stage version of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''. Reilly & Lee convinced him to write an additional four books, and Baum attempted to end the series after book six, only to be forced to return to the series three years later after some poor theater investments and poor sales on his other fantasy series starring the characters Trot and Cap'n Bill (who were later imported into the Oz books). He wrote a total of 14 books before his death in 1919. After his death the series was continued by five different authors (with Ruth Plumly Thompson, the first to continue the series, eventually publishing more Oz books than even Baum). The books came out basically yearly until the output began to slow down in the 1940's, after Thompson left the series and Neill's untimely passing. The last book was published in 1963, 63 years after the first book, with many unauthorised sequels and spinoffs coming afterward once the books began passing into the public domain, including a few by former authors of the Famous Forty, which some fans may consider at least as good as canon, but still unofficial. Here's a list of titles:

The book has had 39 official sequels published by Reilly & Lee, with the originals generally being called "The Famous Forty", 13 of the sequels being written by Baum, and 35 books illustrated by John R. Neill. L. Frank Baum wrote the second book only to capitalize on the success of the stage version of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''. Reilly & Lee convinced him to write an additional four books, and Baum attempted to end the series after book six, only to be forced to return to the series three years later after some poor theater investments and poor sales on his other fantasy series starring the characters Trot and Cap'n Bill (who were later imported into the Oz books). he wrote 14 books before his death in 1919. After his death the series was continued by five different authors (with Ruth Plumly Thompson, the first to continue the series, eventually publishing more Oz books than even Baum). The books came out basically yearly until the output began to slow down in the 1940's, after Thompson left the series and Neill's untimely passing. The last book was published in 1963, 63 years after the first book, with many unauthorised sequels and spinoffs coming afterward once the books began passing into the public domain, including a few by former authors of the Famous Forty, which some fans may consider at least as good as canon, but still unofficial. Here's a list of titles:

The book has had 39 official sequels published by Reilly & Lee, with the originals generally being called "The Famous Forty", 13 of the sequels being written by Baum, and 35 books illustrated by John R. Neill. After his death it was continued by five different authors (with Ruth Plumly Thompson, the first to continue the series, eventually publishing more Oz books than even Baum). The books came out basically yearly until the output began to slow down in the 1940's, after Thompson left the series and Neill's untimely passing. The last book was published in 1963, 63 years after the first book, with many unauthorised sequels and spinoffs coming afterward once the books began passing into the public domain, including a few by former authors of the Famous Forty, which some fans may consider at least as good as canon, but still unofficial. Here's a list of titles:

The first 17 books are now public domain. Most recently ''The Cowardly Lion of Oz'' entered the public domain in 2019, and the next book, ''Grampa in Oz'', is set to enter public domain in 2020, and so on, unless another copyright extension law is passed. Thompson's final five books entered the public domain decades ago when the publisher failed to renew their copyright; this is also true of both of Jack Snow's books. Books that are still under copyright can be significantly harder to track down, with many of them being out of print.

** The Dicks of Dicksy Land are "queer" about their shoes and their diets. The puns are enough to make one ponder of Thompson really was GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

** The Dicks of Dicksy Land are "queer" about their shoes and their diets.

* ContinuityReboot: When Jack Snow became the new author for the series, he ignored characters and locations introduced in Ruth Plumly Thompson and John R. Neill's books and just wrote a direct sequel to L.Frank Baum's final book.

The first 17 books are now public domain. Most recently ''The Cowardly Lion of Oz'' entered the public domain in 2019, and the next book, ''Grampa in Oz'', is set to enter public domain in 2020, and so on, unless another copyright extension law is passed. Thompson's final five books entered the public domain decades ago when the publisher failed to renew their copyright; this is also true of both of Jack Snow's books.

* WorldBuilding: Baum's Land of Oz predates other fictional lands like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Middle-Earth]] and Literature/{{Narnia}}.

** John R. Neil codified Ozma as a teenager with long, brown curls, which has been her design in almost every media since (including [[Film/ThePatchworkGirlOfOz a film that Baum himself was involved with]]). However Ozma is described with ''reddish blonde'' hair in her introduction in ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz''. Neil drew Ozma with blonde hair but changed her to a brunette in the next book ''Literature/OzmaOfOz''. According to ''Literature/TheTinWoodmanOfOz'', Ozma looks fourteen-to-fifteen and Baum himself has stated she should look no older than sixteen. John R. Neil drew most of Ozma's iconic official art but he was [[http://hungrytigerpress.blogspot.com/2010/12/ozma-iconic-and-odd.html?m=1 very inconsistent on her age]], which fluctuates between being Dorothy's age to resembling a 20-something year old. Oftentimes within the same book she changes from a teenager to a little girl.

* FlowerInHerHair: Princess Ozma.
* ForbiddenZone: The Deadly Desert.

* PrincessClassic: Princess Ozma

* WitchSpecies

* LongRunningBookSeries

** In more modern reprintings of the books that use different illustrators, expect to see even bigger inconsistencies with the text, especially when they blatantly base their illustrations off the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz 1939 movie]].

** John R. Neil codified Ozma as a teenager with long, brown curls, which has been her design in almost every media since (including [[Film/ThePatchworkGirlOfOz a film that Baum himself was involved with]]). However Ozma is described with ''reddish blonde'' hair in her introduction in ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz''. Neil drew Ozma with blonde hair but changed her to a brunette in the next book ''Literature/OzmaOfOz''. According to ''Literature/TheTinWoodsmanOfOz'', Ozma looks fourteen-to-fifteen and Baum himself has stated she should look no older than sixteen. John R. Neil drew most of Ozma's iconic official art but he was [[http://hungrytigerpress.blogspot.com/2010/12/ozma-iconic-and-odd.html?m=1 very inconsistent on her age]], which fluctuates between being Dorothy's age to resembling a 20-something year old. Oftentimes within the same book she changes from a teenager to a little girl.
** In more modern reprintings of the books that use different illustrators, expect to see even bigger inconsistencies with the text, especially when they blatantly base their illustrations off the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz 1939 movie]].

* ''Literature/TheLostPrincessOfOz

* ''[[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/955/955-h/955-h.htm The Patchwork Girl of Oz]]'' (1913)

The book has had 39 official sequels, with the originals generally being called "The Famous Forty", 13 of the sequels being written by Baum. After his death it was continued by five different authors (with Ruth Plumly Thompson, the first to continue the series, eventually publishing more Oz books than even Baum). The books came out basically yearly until the output began to slow down in the 1940's. The last one was published in 1963, 63 years after the first book, with many unauthorised sequels and spinoffs coming afterward once the books began passing into the public domain, including a few by former authors of the Famous Forty, which some fans may consider at least as good as canon, but still unofficial. Here's a list of titles: