Tik-Tok of Oz
In the land of Oz, absurdity reigns supreme, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the small kingdom of Oogaboo, where Queen Ann Soforth assembles the most unlikely army in all the fairy realms and sets off to conquer her neighbors. Meanwhile, plain-speaking Betsy Bobbin, whisked from Oklahoma by a tornado, finds herself washing ashore in the Rose Kingdom, where flowers speak in verse and the air hums with magic. Alongside her loyal companion Hank the mule, she falls in with the Shaggy Man, a wandering philosopher with a heart of gold on a dangerous quest to rescue his brother from the clutches of the immortal Nome King. What follows is a delightfully tangled adventure through Baum's most fantastical creation, where robots think, magic fails at the worst moments, and courage matters more than sorcery. Though not as iconic as its predecessor 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,' this seventh Oz novel captures Baum at his most playful, trading grand allegory for pure, giddy storytelling. It is for readers who have already met the Wizard and long to return to that world where nonsense is a virtue and every problem has a absurd solution waiting to be discovered.
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“One can be ugly in looks, but lovely in disposition.””
— L. Frank Baum
“If we didn't want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we act as nature prompts us we can't go far wrong.””
— L. Frank Baum
“One would think, to look at him, that he ought to be jolly; one might think, considering his enormous wealth, that he ought to be happy; but this was not the case.””
— L. Frank Baum
“I wouldn't be surprised if Ruggedo melted Tik-Tok in one of his furnaces and made copper pennies of him." "In that case, I would still keep going," remarked Tik-Tok, calmly. "Pennies do," said Betsy regretfully.””
— L. Frank Baum
“So you see, Your Majesty, it is not in good taste to sneer at a dragon.””
— L. Frank Baum
“we didn't want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we act as nature prompts us we can't go far wrong.””
— L. Frank Baum
“Nails and nuggets!" roared the King; "how dare you bring that beast here and enter my presence unannounced?" "There wasn't anybody to announce me," replied Betsy. "I guess your folks were all busy. Are you conquered yet?" "No!" shouted the King, almost beside himself with rage.””
— L. Frank Baum
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