Oz Reimagined

John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen
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Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond

attackofthebooks
3/13/2015
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I can't help but feel fortunate each time I open my front door to find the tell-tale rectangular shaped package that promises to contain a book. It's a promise of a new story, a new adventure, and I look forward to opening the book and diving in.

Last month, I found one such package containing Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond, edited by John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen, with illustrations by Galen Dara. In 2011 I had read and enjoyed Brave New Worlds (Dystopian Stories), also edited by Adams, and I had been impressed by the mix of short stories.

Featuring a foreword by Gregory Maguire, each story in the collection is inspired by Frank Baum's Oz, (in contrast to the Oz of Judy Garland fame). However, as the editors note in the introduction, the authors were not asked to revisit Oz, but rather to reimagine it. The result is a collection of stories that are colorful, occasionally sad, often delightful, and always creative.

You don't necessarily need to buy the full collection to read a particular story by an author you follow. Each is available on Amazon in electronic format for individual reading, as well as in the full collection.

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