Vol. 47, no. 2 (Autumn 2003)
| Editor-in-Chief | Atticus Gannaway |
| Production Editor | Marcus Mébès |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Sean P. Duffley |
| Contributing Editors | Angelica Carpenter, Dee Michel, David Moyer |
Front cover art by Fanny Y. Cory (The Enchanted Island of Yew)
Interior front and back cover art by Fanny Y. Cory (endpapers of The Enchanted Island of Yew)
Back cover art by Fanny Y. Cory (advertising card for The Enchanted Island of Yew)
Autumn 2003 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 Enchanted Island of Yew: Appreciation for an Adolescent Fairy Tale
J. L. Bell examines the The Enchanted Island of Yew for its centennial, including its emphasis on the passage of time, its unusual respect for traditional social stratification, its mythological overlap with other Baum texts, its adolescent focus, and its theme of transition from child to adult. Includes several illustrations from the novel.
Oz in Russia Since Volkov (Part 2)
Stephen J. Teller examines Magic Land books from Russia that have been published since March Laumer completed his long-running feature in Spring 1988. He provides detailed descriptions of Sergei Sukhinov’s Gingema’s Daughter (1997), Tales of the Emerald City (2000), and Goodwin, the Great and Terrible (2001). The article includes many examples of the illustrations from the books. The first installment of this article was published in the Autumn 2002 issue.
Reviews
Wicked San Francisco tryout (theater; reviewer Angelica Carpenter)
The Historian’s Wizard of Oz edited by Ranjit S. Dighe (non-fiction; reviewer Douglas G. Greene)
Dorothy, This Side of the Rainbow by Vincent Begley (fiction; reviewer Barbara S. Koelle)
Looking for a Rainbow: The Story of Dorothy by Vincent Begley (fiction; reviewer Kathy Gire)
Ozalooning with the Wizard of Oz by Margaret Berg (fiction; reviewer Joe Bongiorno)
Fred Stone: Circus Performer and Musical Comedy Star by Armond Fields (non-fiction; reviewer Sean P. Duffley)
Who’s Who in the Borderlands of Oz by Ruth Berman (non-fiction; reviewer M.A. Berg)
The Woggle-Bug: The Complete Sheet Music Book foreword by David Maxine (non-fiction; reviewer Sean P. Dufflet)
Dunkiton Press #11: The Princess of Cozytown V/Dancing edited by Ruth Berman (fiction; reviewer M.A. Berg)
Ozma of Oz: The Only Authorized Edition illustrations by Eric Shanower (fiction; reviewer Sean P. Duffley)