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Eric Shanower

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in Key West, Florida, The United States

October 23

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The Salt Sorcerer of Oz

Newly published in paperback by Hungry Tiger Press is my collection of illustrated short Oz fiction and verse, The Salt Sorcerer of Oz and Other Stories. It was out of print for a few years.

The six short stories in this book hew closely to a traditional style of story about the Land of Oz as created by L. Frank Baum. But within that framework, they vary widely. A couple of the stories lean clo

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	Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Eric Shanower (Goodreads Author), Skottie Young (Illustrator), L. Frank Baum 4.10 avg rating — 26,126 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oz: The Marvelous Land of Oz by Eric Shanower (Goodreads Author), John R. Neill (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 2,456 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oz: Ozma of Oz by Eric Shanower (Goodreads Author), L. Frank Baum, Skottie Young (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 1,965 ratings — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Thousand Ships (Age of Bronze, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 1,582 ratings — published 2001 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oz: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Eric Shanower (Goodreads Author) (Adapter), L. Frank Baum, Skottie Young (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 1,101 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacrifice (Age of Bronze, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 813 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oz: Road to Oz by Eric Shanower (Goodreads Author), Skottie Young (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 744 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adventures in Oz by Eric Shanower (Goodreads Author), L. Frank Baum 4.20 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betrayal (Part One) 4.11 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oz: The Emerald City of Oz by Eric Shanower (Goodreads Author), L. Frank Baum (Text), Skottie Young (Illustrations) 4.07 avg rating — 521 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Marvel's Oz Comics (6 books)
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Eric Shanower (Goodreads Author),

L. Frank Baum (Text),

Skottie Young (Illustrations)

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Age of Bronze (4 books)
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Eric Shanower (Goodreads Author)

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Little Nemo: Return To Slumberland (4 books)
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Eric Shanower (Goodreads Author),

Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist)

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (8 books)
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Eric Shanower (Goodreads Author),

Skottie Young (Contributor)

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The Marvelous Land of Oz (8 books)
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“The more stupid one is, the more he thinks he thinks he knows.”
― Eric Shanower, Oz: Road to Oz

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“If your heads were stuffed with straw like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains. ”
― Eric Shanower, Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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“It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh, for you must sleep and eat and drink. Those are three things that a straw man need not worry about.”
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October in Oz!
Which Oz-set book should we read for October 2018?

This poll will open at 12:01 am Eastern time on Saturday, September 1,
and will close at 11:59 pm Eastern time on Sunday, September 23.

The Evil of Oz by Ryan Fuller

1 vote, 25.0%

Oz the Manga: Part 1: Part 1 by David Hutchison

1 vote, 25.0%

Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Eric Shanower

1 vote, 25.0%

The Steam Engines of Oz, Volume 1 by Sean Patrick O’Reilly

1 vote, 25.0%

OZ - Volume One: A Gathering of Heroes by Ralph Griffith

0 votes, 0.0%

Captive Hearts of Oz Vol. 1 by Ryo Maruya

0 votes, 0.0%

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