A Barnstormer in Oz

Novel by Philip José Farmer

A Barnstormer in Oz

First paperback edition

Author| Philip Jose Farmer
Cover artist| Don Ivan Punchatz
Language| English
Series| The Oz Books
Genre| Fantasy
Published| 1982 (Phantasia Press)
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (hardback)
Pages| 278
ISBN| 0-932096-18-2
OCLC| 11336024

Dewey Decimal

| 813/.54 19
LC Class| PS3556.A72 B3 1982

A Barnstormer in Oz: A Rationalization and Extrapolation of the Split-Level Continuum is a 1982 novel by Philip José Farmer and is based on the setting and characters of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The central character of the novel is Hank Stover, a pilot and the son of Dorothy Gale, who finds himself in Oz when his plane gets lost in a green cloud over Kansas in 1923. The Oz he discovers is on the brink of civil war; he encounters Erakna, the new Wicked Witch.

The novel depends follows Baum's original Oz book, and disregards its many sequels. In Barnstormer, Dorothy has made only one visit to Oz; when Hank Stover arrives, the Scarecrow still rules the Emerald City, just as at the end of Baum's first Oz book.

The novel was written for adults rather than children, and includes elements of sex and violence.

Farmer treats Oz as a parallel universe, and attempts explanations of some of the fantastic elements in Baum's fictional world, including magic and talking animals. Literary scholars Kent Drummond, Susan Aronstein, and Terri L. Rittenburg have called it "the first instance of Dark Oz" and "the beginning of stand-alone, full-blown literary re-consumptions of Oz", specifying that it introduced the concept of "revisionist Oz, an Oz that purports to offer consumers the 'real Oz', the truth behind the myth."[1]

## Reception

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Opinions of Farmer's contribution to the literature of Oz span the entire critical spectrum; Jack Zipes called the novel "splendid",[2] while Baum biographer Katharine Rogers considered it "revision to the point of debasement."[3] Publishers Weekly considered it to be "done with almost no whimsy or humor" and "though ambitious, (...) not one of [Farmer's] better books;"[4] In Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Thomas Easton opined that the novel "will surely appeal best to those who remember Oz fondly. Others may well find it a touch too cute."[5]

## References

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1. ^ OZ GROWS UP, in The Road to Wicked: The Marketing and Consumption of Oz from L. Frank Baum to Broadway, by Kent Drummond, Susan Aronstein, and Terri L. Rittenburg; p. 143; published June 24, 2018, by Springer Publishing
2. ^ Jack David Zipes, Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale, Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 1994; p. 128.
3. ^ Katharine M. Rogers, L. Frank Baum, Creator of Oz: A Biography, New York, Macmillan, 2002; p. 252.
4. ^ A BARNSTORMER IN OZ, reviewed in Publishers Weekly; published July 30, 1982; archived at PJFarmer.com
5. ^ The Reference Library, by Thomas Easton, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact; published May 1983; archived at PJFarmer.com

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Books

| Books|

| Baum|

* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
* The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)
* Ozma of Oz (1907)
* Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908)
* The Road to Oz (1909)
* The Emerald City of Oz (1910)
* The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913)
* Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)
* The Scarecrow of Oz (1915)
* Rinkitink in Oz (1916)
* The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)
* The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)
* The Magic of Oz (1919)
* Glinda of Oz (1920)

|

Thompson|

* The Royal Book of Oz (1921)
* Kabumpo in Oz (1922)
* The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923)
* Grampa in Oz (1924)
* The Lost King of Oz (1925)
* The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1926)
* The Gnome King of Oz (1927)
* The Giant Horse of Oz (1928)
* Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929)
* The Yellow Knight of Oz (1930)
* Pirates in Oz (1931)
* The Purple Prince of Oz (1932)
* Ojo in Oz (1933)
* Speedy in Oz (1934)
* The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935)
* Captain Salt in Oz (1936)
* Handy Mandy in Oz (1937)
* The Silver Princess in Oz (1938)
* Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939)
* Yankee in Oz (1972)
* The Enchanted Island of Oz (1976)

Other|

* The Magical Monarch of Mo (1899)
* Dot and Tot of Merryland (1901)
* The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902)
* Queen Zixi of Ix (1904)
* John Dough and the Cherub (1906)
* The Sea Fairies (1911)
* Sky Island (1912)
* Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1913)
* The Wonder City of Oz (1940)
* The Scalawagons of Oz (1941)
* Lucky Bucky in Oz (1942)
* The Magical Mimics in Oz (1946)
* The Shaggy Man of Oz (1949)
* The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951)
* Merry Go Round in Oz (1963)
* The Forbidden Fountain of Oz (1980)
* The Ozmapolitan of Oz (1986)
* The Wicked Witch of Oz (1993)
* The Giant Garden of Oz (1993)
* The Runaway in Oz (1995)
* The Rundelstone of Oz (2000)
* The Emerald Wand of Oz (2005)
* Trouble Under Oz (2006)

Characters|

| Baum|

* Aunt Em
* Billina
* Cowardly Lion
* Dorothy Gale
* Glass Cat
* Glinda
* Good Witch of the North
* Jack Pumpkinhead
* Jellia Jamb
* Jinjur
* John Dough
* Mombi
* Munchkins
* Nome King
* Pastoria
* Patchwork Girl
* Polychrome
* Princess Ozma
* Queen Lurline
* Scarecrow
* Shaggy Man
* Soldier with the Green Whiskers
* Tik-Tok
* Tin Woodman
* Toto
* Uncle Henry
* Wicked Witch of the East
* Wicked Witch of the West
* Winged monkeys
* Wizard of Oz
* Woggle-Bug

|

Post-Baum|

* Elphaba
* Jinnicky the Red Jinn
* Kabumpo
* Peter Brown

Elements|

* Deadly Desert
* Emerald City
* Gingham dress
* Land of Ev
* Land of Oz
* Gillikin Country
* Munchkin Country
* Quadling Country
* Winkie Country
* Merryland
* Ruby slippers
* Silver shoes
* "Surrender Dorothy"
* Yellow brick road

Related|

* Copyright status
* Political interpretations

Adaptations

| Stage|

* The Wizard of Oz (1902)
* The Woggle-Bug (1905)
* The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913)
* The Wizard of Oz (1942)
* The Wiz (1974)
* The Marvelous Land of Oz (1981)
* The Wizard of Oz (1987)
* The Wizard of A.I.D.S. (1987)
* Twister (1994)
* Wicked (2003)
* The Wizard of Oz (2011)
* The Woodsman (2012)

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Films|

* The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908)
* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)
* The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
* The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914)
* His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914)
* The Wizard of Oz (1925)
* The Wizard of Oz (1933)
* The Wizard of Oz (1939)
* The Wizard of Oz (1950)
* The Rainbow Road to Oz (unproduced)
* Return to Oz (1964, TV)
* The Wizard of Mars (1965)
* The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969)
* Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde (1971)
* Journey Back to Oz (1972)
* Oz (1976)
* The Wiz (1978)
* The Wizard of Oz (1982)
* Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz (1984)
* Return to Oz (1985)
* Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz (1987)
* The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990)
* The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995)
* Lion of Oz (2000)
* The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
* Apocalypse Oz (2006)
* After the Wizard (2011)
* Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011)
* Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2012)
* Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
* Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)
* OzLand (2014)
* Guardians of Oz (2015)
* The Wiz Live! (2015)
* Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016)
* The Steam Engines of Oz (2018)
* Rainbow (2022)
* Wicked (2024)
* Wicked: For Good (2025)

Television|

* Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961)
* Off to See the Wizard (1967–68)
* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986–87)
* The Wizard of Oz (1990)
* The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (1992–93)
* The Oz Kids (1996)
* Tin Man (2007)
* "Wizard of Odd" (2010)
* Once Upon a Time (2011–18)
* Lost in Oz (2015–18)
* Emerald City (2017)
* Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (2017–20)

Books|

* The Wizard of the Emerald City (1939)
* A Barnstormer in Oz (1982)
* Mister Tinker in Oz (1985)
* Dorothy of Oz (1989)
* Sir Harold and the Gnome King (1991)
* Was (1992)
* Queen Ann in Oz (1993)
* The Magic Dishpan of Oz (1994)
* The Wicked Years
* Wicked (1995)
* Son of a Witch (2005)
* A Lion Among Men (2008)
* Out of Oz (2011)
* Visitors from Oz (1998)
* Paradox in Oz (1999)
* Oz Before the Rainbow (2000)
* The Hidden Prince of Oz (2000)
* The Unknown Witches of Oz (2000)
* Bloodstained Oz (2006)
* The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls (2006)
* Dorothy Must Die (2014)
* The Wicked Will Rise (2015)

Comics|

* Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1904–05)
* Adventures in Oz (1986–92)
* The Enchanted Apples of Oz (1986)
* Oz Squad (1991)
* Lost Girls (1991–92)
* Dorothy (2004–07)
* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2005)
* Cheshire Crossing (2006–19)
* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2009)
* The Marvelous Land of Oz (2010)

Games|

* The Wizard of Oz (1985)
* The Wizard of Oz (1993)
* The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road (2008)
* Emerald City Confidential (2009)
* Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love (2009)
* The Wizard of Oz (2010)
* The Wizard of Oz (2013)

Music|

| 1939 film|

* "Over the Rainbow"
* "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"
* "We're Off to See the Wizard"
* "If I Only Had a Brain"
* "The Merry Old Land of Oz"
* "If I Were King of the Forest"

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Wicked|

* "The Wizard and I"
* "Popular"
* "Defying Gravity"
* "As Long as You're Mine"
* "No Good Deed"
* "For Good"

Other|

* The Wozard of Iz (1968)
* "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973)
* Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
* Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz (1978)
* The Wizard of Oz: Live Australian Cast Recording (2001)
* Oz the Great and Powerful (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2013)
* Wicked: The Soundtrack (2024)
* Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score (2024)

Related|

* Land of Oz
* Oz Park
* Oz-story Magazine
* The International Wizard of Oz Club
* The Baum Bugle
* The Oz Film Manufacturing Company
* Wizard of Oz festival
* Wizard of Oz Museum

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Works by Philip José Farmer

Novels
series|

* World of Tiers (1965-1993)
* Riverworld (1971-1983)
* Herald Childe (1968-1979)
* Traitor to the Living (1973)
* Secrets of the Nine (1969-1988)
* A Feast Unknown
* Lord of the Trees
* The Mad Goblin
* Tarzan (1974-1999)
* Khokarsa (1974-2012)
* Dayworld (1985-1990)
* Dungeon (1988-1990)

Other
novels|

* The Green Odyssey (1957)
* Flesh (1960)
* A Woman a Day (1960)
* The Lovers (1961)
* Cache from Outer Space (1962)
* Fire and the Night (1962)
* Inside Outside (1964)
* Tongues of the Moon (1964)
* Dare (1965)
* The Gate of Time (1966)
* Night of Light (1966)
* Lord Tyger (1970)
* Love Song (1970)
* The Stone God Awakens (1970)
* The Wind Whales of Ishmael (1971)
* The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (1973)
* Venus on the Half-Shell (1975)
* Jesus on Mars (1979)
* Dark Is the Sun (1979)
* The Unreasoning Mask (1981)
* Stations of the Nightmare (1982)
* Greatheart Silver (1982)
* A Barnstormer in Oz (1982)
* Escape from Loki (1991)
* The Caterpillar's Question (1992)
* Nothing Burns in Hell (1998)
* Naked Came The Farmer (1998)
* Up From the Bottomless Pit (2005–2007)
* The City Beyond Play (2007)
* The Evil in Pemberley House (2009)

Story
collections|

* Strange Relations (1960)
* The Alley God (1962)
* The Celestial Blueprint: And Other Stories (1962)
* Down in the Black Gang (1971)
* The Book of Philip José Farmer, or the Wares of Simple Simon’s Custard Pie and Space Man (1973)
* Riverworld and Other Stories (1979)
* Riverworld War: The Suppressed Fiction of Philip José Farmer (1980)
* The Cache (1981)
* Father to the Stars (1981)
* Stations of the Nightmare (1982)
* The Purple Book (1982)
* The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1952-1964 (1984)
* The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1964-1973 (1984)
* The Grand Adventure (1984)
* Riders of the Purple Wage (1992)
* Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe (2005)
* The Best of Philip José Farmer (2006)
* Strange Relations (2006)
* Pearls from Peoria (2006)
* Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories (2007)
* Venus on the Half-Shell and Others (2008)
* The Other in the Mirror (2009)
* The Worlds of Philip Jose Farmer: Protean Dimensions (2010)
* Up the Bright River (2010)
* The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 2: Of Dust and Soul (2011)
* The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 3: Portraits of a Trickster (2012)
* Tales of the World Newton Universe (2013)

Stories|

* "O'Brien and Obrenov" (1946)
* "Duo Miaule" (anii 1950)
* The Lovers (1952)
* "Sail On! Sail On!" (1952)
* "The Biological Revolt" (1953)
* "Mother" (1953)
* "Moth and Rust" (1953)
* "Attitudes" (1953)
* "Strange Compulsion" (1953)
* "They Twinkled Like Jewels" (1954)
* "Daughter" (1954)
* "Queen of the Deep" (1954)
* "The God Business" (1954)
* "Rastignac the Devil" (1954)
* "The Celestial Blueprint" (1954)
* "The Wounded" (1954)
* "Totem and Taboo" (1954)
* "Father" (1955)
* "The Night of Light" (1957)
* "The Alley Man" (1959)
* "Heel" (1960)
* "My Sister's Brother" (1960)
* "A Few Miles" (1960)
* "Prometheus" (1961)
* "Tongues of the Moon" (1961)
* "Uproar in Acheron" (1962)
* "How Deep the Grooves" (1963)
* "Some Fabulous Yonder" (1963)
* "The Blasphemers" (1964)
* "The King of the Beasts" (1964)
* "Day of the Great Shout" (1965)
* "Riverworld" (1966)
* "The Suicide Express" (1966)
* "The Blind Rowers" (1967)
* "A Bowl Bigger than Earth" (1967)
* "The Felled Star" (1967)
* "The Shadow of Space" (1967)
* "Riders of the Purple Wage” (1967)
* "Don't Wash the Carats" (1968)
* "The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod" (1968)
* "Down in the Black Gang" (1969)
* "The Oogenesis of Bird City" (1970)
* "The Voice of the Sonar in my Vermiform Appendix" (1971)
* "Brass and Gold" (1971)
* "The Fabulous Riverboat" (1971)
* "Only Who Can Make a Tree?" (1971)
* "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World” (1971)
* "Seventy Years of Decpop" (1972)
* "Skinburn" (1972)
* "The Sumerian Oath" (1972)
* "Father's in the Basement" (1972)
* "Toward the Beloved City" (1972)
* "Mother Earth Wants You" (1972)
* "Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind" (1973)
* "Monolog" (1973)
* "After King Kong Fell" (1973)
* "Opening the Door" (1973)
* "The Two-Edged Gift" (1974)
* "The Startouched" (1974)
* "The Evolution of Paul Eyre" (1974)
* "Passing On" (1975)
* "A Scarletin Study, as Jonathan Swift Somers III" (1975)
* "The Problem of the Sore Bridge - Among Others, as Harry Manders" (1975)
* "Greatheart Silver" (1975)
* "The Return of Greatheart Silver" (1975)
* "Osiris on Crutches, as Leo Queequeg Tincrowder" (1976)
* "The Volcano, as Paul Chapin" (1976)
* "The Doge Whose Barque Was Worse Than His Bight, as Jonathan Swift Somers III" (1976)
* "Fundamental Issue" (1976)
* "The Henry Miller Dawn Patrol" (1977)
* "Greatheart Silver in the First Command" (1977)
* "Savage Shadow as Maxwell Grant" (1977)
* "The Impotency of Bad Karma as Cordwainer Bird" (1977)
* "It's the Queen of Darkness, Pal, as Rod Keen" (1978)
* "Freshman" (1979)
* "The Leaser of Two Evils" (1979)
* "J.C. on the Dude Ranch" (1979)
* "Spiders of the Purple Mage" (1980)
* "The Making of Revelation, Part I" (1980)
* "The Long Wet Dream of Rip Van Winkle" (1981)
* "The Adventure of the Three Madmen" (1984)
* "UFO vs IRS" (1985)
* "St. Francis Kisses His Ass Goodbye" (1989)
* "One Down, One to Go" (1990)
* "Evil, Be My Good" (1990)
* "Nobody's Perfect" (1991)
* "Wolf, Iron and Moth" (1991)
* "Crossing the Dark River" (1992)
* "A Hole in Hell" (1992)
* "Up the Bright River" (1993)
* "Coda" (1993)
* "The Good of the Land" (2002)
* "The Face that Launched a Thousand Eggs" (2005)
* "The Unnaturals" (2005)
* "Who Stole Stonehenge?" (2005)
* "That Great Spanish Author, Ernesto" (2006)
* "The Essence of the Poison" (2006)
* "The Doll Game" (2006)
* "Keep Your Mouth Shut" (2006)
* "The Frames" (2007)
* "A Spy in the U.S. of Gonococcia" (2007)
* "A Peoria Night" (2007)
* "The First Robot" (2008)
* "Getting Ready to Write" (2008)
* "My Summer Husband" (2010)
* "What I Thought I Heard" (2011)
* "Kwasin and the Bear God" (2011)

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