th'Internet is a lovesome thing, god wot

Encyclopedia Entry Research R Us, mostly as an excuse not to get back into the thesis. *cringes and hides eyes*. Today, L. Frank Baum, the Oz man. A quick preliminary research reveals that, ye gods, the man is prolific - I knew about the 13 or so Oz books, and have read most of them at some time or another, but in fact he wrote a bunch of other kids' fantasies, most of which are (a) more fairy-tale-like than Oz, and therefore important for this entry, and (b) horribly out of print, or at least only available in $400 first editions, and certainly unlikely to be in any library in South Africa. Despair and the rending of clothing seemed the only possible response. However! Google is, as always, my friend; it transpires that most of the relevant books are, in fact, available on Project Gutenberg. I have spent a happy morning wandering the mad and whimsical paths of Oz-style fantasy, and calling it work. Am therefore somewhat more reconciled to my career, academic, maddening, for the use of.