Comments on: “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum http://www.foreignreadersays.com/2009/12/31/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-by-l-frank-baum/ Blog about Books Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Foreign Reader http://www.foreignreadersays.com/2009/12/31/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-by-l-frank-baum/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Foreign Reader Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:18:23 +0000 http://www.foreignreadersays.com/?p=432#comment-90 Many fiction writers create maps of their worlds. Ursula Le Guin did it too. Red shoes? Ewww! Of course they were silver! Many fiction writers create maps of their worlds. Ursula Le Guin did it too.

Red shoes? Ewww! Of course they were silver!

]]> By: Laury http://www.foreignreadersays.com/2009/12/31/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-by-l-frank-baum/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Laury Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:05:38 +0000 http://www.foreignreadersays.com/?p=432#comment-87 I suspect that most of us in the "west" know Oz primarily through the classic film made many years ago. (The Kansas scenes were all black & white, but as she opened the door from the transported house all was in glorious early technicolor) My daughter has one or two of the original Baum stories in secondhand paperback editions; one thing that she picked up on was that in the book the shoes that Dorothy removes from the dead witch are silver - presumably red was used in the film because they show up better in colour! I believe there are other differences. Rather like Tolkien, Baum created maps of his imaginary lands. I guess this was one way to ensure "continuity" and avoid inconsistencies that some of his readers would have delighted in spotting... I suspect that most of us in the “west” know Oz primarily through the classic film made many years ago. (The Kansas scenes were all black & white, but as she opened the door from the transported house all was in glorious early technicolor)

My daughter has one or two of the original Baum stories in secondhand paperback editions; one thing that she picked up on was that in the book the shoes that Dorothy removes from the dead witch are silver – presumably red was used in the film because they show up better in colour! I believe there are other differences.

Rather like Tolkien, Baum created maps of his imaginary lands. I guess this was one way to ensure “continuity” and avoid inconsistencies that some of his readers would have delighted in spotting…

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