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DiapDealer · 03-05-2013, 08:59 AM

I Finished Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond -- a collection of short stories (obviously inspired by L. Frank Baum's Oz books/characters) edited by John Joseph Adams. Although there were several stories that were really good (Robin Wasserman and Ken Liu), there were three that "stole the show" in my eyes: Rachel Swirsky's "Beyond the Naked Eye", Orson Scott Card's "Off to See the Emperor" and Jonathan Maberry's "The Cobbler of Oz."

Say what you want about OSC (and I've said it myself: I'm not a fan of the man), but his "Off to See the Emperor" is far and away the only story in the collection that even came close to capturing the magic, tone and childish wonder/whimsy that I remember from reading the original Baum stories as a boy.

Next up: Ransom by David Malouf.

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DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,771 Karma: 206758686 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I Finished Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond -- a collection of short stories (obviously inspired by L. Frank Baum's Oz books/characters) edited by John Joseph Adams. Although there were several stories that were really good (Robin Wasserman and Ken Liu), there were three that "stole the show" in my eyes: Rachel Swirsky's "Beyond the Naked Eye", Orson Scott Card's "Off to See the Emperor" and Jonathan Maberry's "The Cobbler of Oz." Say what you want about OSC (and I've said it myself: I'm not a fan of the man), but his "Off to See the Emperor" is far and away the only story in the collection that even came close to capturing the magic, tone and childish wonder/whimsy that I remember from reading the original Baum stories as a boy. Next up: Ransom by David Malouf. Last edited by DiapDealer; 03-05-2013 at 02:31 PM.