Vol. 34, no. 2 (Autumn 1990)
| Editor-in-Chief | Michael Gessel |
| Production Editor | Dan Smith, Lynne Smith |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Stephen J. Teller |
| Contributing Editors | John Fricke, Martin Gardner, Douglas G. Greene, Michael Patrick Hearn, Dick Martin, Dorothy Curtiss Maryott, Patrick Maund |
Front cover art by unknown artist (American Colortype Co. valentine cards)
Back cover art by unknown artist (Royal Shakespeare Company Wizard of Oz poster)
Autumn 1990 Selected Contents
This is a guide to the articles and reviews from the issue that will most benefit researchers, scholars, and collectors. The printed issue includes additional content such as news, editorial letters, and other commentary-based departments.
The Annotated Road to Oz (Part 1)
In response to criticism in The Oz Scrapbook, Daniel Mannix attempts to reevaluate the “poorest Oz book,” finding 82 points to discuss in an extended summary of the novel. This installment concludes with the travelers crossing the desert in Johnny Dooit’s boat. The article would conclude in the Winter 1990 issue.
The First Italian Translation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1944)
Leonardo Buonomo closely examines the first of five Oz translations for the publisher Rizzoli in the 1940s. The book is highly collectible. This article is part of an unpublished dissertation for the University of Venice.
Why Do People Keep Writing Oz Stories?
Chris Dulabone considers the different reasons people choose to write their own Oz stories. Accompanied by an extensive checklist of “published Oz apocrypha” by Stephen J. Teller, which includes extra-canonical books by Baum and others as well as many pastiches.
Bibliographia Pseudonymiana
Patrick M. Maund collates bibliographical data about the books Baum wrote under psuedonyms. This installment focuses on Aunt Jane’s Nieces in the Red Cross.
The Blue Bird: 20th Century Fox’s Wizard Imitation
Bill Stillman examines the Shirley Temple vehicle from 1940 that was clearly designed as a response to MGM’s The Wizard of Oz.
The Latest in Magic
An original poem by L. Frank Baum about the new technology of X-rays, reprinted from the Chicago Sunday Times-Herald in May 1896.
Reviews
The Wizard of Oz by the Royal Shakespeare Company (cast album; reviewer Gregory H. Ehrbar)
Handy Mandy in Oz introduction by C. Warren Hollister, Oz Club edition (fiction; reviewer Terry Dawson)
Dorothy Returns to Oz by Shawn Billman et al. (fiction; reviewer Marcus Mebes)
Unexplored Territory in Oz by Robert R. Pattrick (non-fiction; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)
Index to the Baum Bugle: The Journal of the International Wizard of Oz Club by Frederick E. Otto (non-fiction; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)
The Foolish Fox illustrated by John R. Neill, Buckethead Enterprises edition (fiction; reviewer Irene Fisher)