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Ozma, the lovely girl ruler of Oz, must find a way to restore the enchantment that keeps her people young. A lovable but puzzling Parrot-Ox named Tempus carries Ozma back through time to seek the source of the aging enchantment
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Grade 5 Up-Ozma, beloved ruler of Oz, has her hands full in this spin-off from two confirmed Oz aficionados. Trouble starts right away when Omby Amby notices a gray hair in his green beard. When he complains to Ozma, he discovers that everyone else seems to be aging as well. Before long, their ruler consults with Glinda, who offers more pieces of the puzzle, including a baby named Zoey, who is also the Man Who Lives Backwards. The rest of Ozma's adventures rest on the broad shoulders of Tempus, a Parrot-Ox that appears whenever one begins to imagine the impossible. Ozma's flying time machine and companion, he is a wonderful creature, chock-full of personality, and the other characters are all fairly true incarnations of Oz inhabitants. The writing is crisp and moves the episodic story along effortlessly. This is a handsome book, with plenty of white space and charming full- and half-page black-and-white cartoons. The nodding reference to M. C. Escher in the depiction of Absurd City and the attractive endpapers featuring tessellating black-and-white parrots are a lovely touch. The tone of the text and sophisticated wordplay suggest that the book would be a better read for adult Oz fans, since children may become lost in the muddle of paradoxes and overly clever double talk that leave the plot sounding more like Piers Anthony than L. Frank Baum. Still, if your readers can't get enough of Oz, this should be on the shelves.
Patricia A. Dollisch, DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur, GA
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Paradox in Oz
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Eric Shanower (illustrator). First Printing. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 238 pages. Seller Inventory # 950785
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ISBN 10: 1929527012
ISBN 13: 9781929527014
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Hardcover. 8vo. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Eric Shanower (illustrator). Signed 3rd printing. This signed third printing has boards bound in dark green cloth with straight edges and pointed corners. Gold lettering and illustration on front board. Spine is uncreased with straight edges and gold lettering. Text block is square. Binding is tight. 238p. Clean illustrated end pages. You can find Einhorn and Shanowers' signatures on half title page in blue ink. Interior is otherwise unmarked with crisp white pages filled with black illustrations through out. Colored Dust Jacket is unclipped with straight edges and pointed corners. Remains a lovely collectable copy. Signed. Seller Inventory # 118960
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Paradox in Oz
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ISBN 13: 9781929527014
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Eric Shanower (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing ( May 2000 ), hardback in jacket, 238 pages | this copy appears unread and barely distinguishable from new; Eric Shanower sig. to half-title page | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days. Signed by Illustrator(s). Seller Inventory # 2305para
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Condition: acceptable. Eric Shanower (illustrator). Cover image may vary. Cover is worn. Item has staining. Signed Copy: This item is signed by the illustrator. Hardcover. Seller Inventory # COBV.1929527012.A