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Subject: Re: The Oz canon and PJF's "Barnstormer in OZ"
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 16:43:06 EDT
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From: dcl-cs!jam (John A. Mariani)

In article <1452@shark.UUCP> hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) writes:
>In article <2409@topaz.ARPA> jsweet@uci-icsa writes:
>>From: Jerry Sweet 
>>Book 41: a few months ago, I saw a book named "A Barnstormer In Oz", by
>>Philip Jose Farmer 
>
>
>As usual, Farmer completely destroys the character of the stories, making
>something cheap, tawdry, and mildly pornographic out of the mileau of Oz.
>
>Hutch

As usual?

Disclaimer : I haven't read any of Baum's books but I have seen the Judy
Garland film.

What Farmer does is to look at a fictional place/situation as if it was
*real*! This implies an adult, rational view of fantastic situations i.e.
how *does* the strawman *exist*? I can appreciate Baum's readers would
be offended, as Hutch above ... but, I found the book quite entertaining.
I guess, as always, its up to you, but if you want to take a different
view of a well-known place, this is worth a read.


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