false O, the puns, the punny puns. Dorothy was captured by spoons and taken to Utensia. Sigh. Somewhere, Piers Anthony is smirking like a madman. 0 2009-04-29T07:12:54-07:00 691711 180 2009-04-29T07:12:54-07:00 Dorothy's aunt and uncle are very doe-eyed in Oz. To me, it all makes sense. 0 2009-04-26T08:56:24-07:00 678626 100 2009-04-26T08:56:24-07:00 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 10:15:08 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 07:55:07 -0700 2009 plotline, The Emerald City of Oz does not make for exciting reading. The Nome King wants his Magic Belt back and plans to dig a tunnel beneath the desert to reach the Emerald City while Dorothy, her aunt and uncle--who have taken to living in Oz versus losing their farm to greedy bankpushers--and a host of others are visiting various locations in the magical land, meeting oddballs and quirks at every turn.

Basically, a travelogue.

Not much happens until the very final two chapters, in which a deus ex machina solves all problems: a magical fountain with water that makes those that drink from it forget all is fortuitously right at the opening of the incoming army's tunnel. It ends on a rather dour note, a letter to Dorothy to L. Frank Baum stating that Glinda has placed a charm over Oz rendering it invisible and that there'd be no more stories to tell.]]>