Subj : Re: World of Pogo
To   : JOHN WILSON
From : LEE LOFASO
Date : Tue Jul 17 2001 03:17 pm

Hello John,

>LL>One of the best essays I've read was by mathematician Martin
>LL>Gardner...

JW>Ah, I miss his columns in SA...

Yeah.  Me, too.  Some of his mathematical puzzles published in
Scientific American magazine still leave me stumped.  :)

JW>..., who wrote a dissertation about the Wizard of Oz.  He
JW>LL> also annotated a book by Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in
JW>LL> Wonderland".  But it was his knowledge of the Land of Oz which
JW>LL> enabled him to write an original novel on Oz, "Visitors From Oz",
JW>LL> based on L. Frank Baum's novels.

JW>Holy Cow! I would love to read that! I remember a magical summer when
JW>The library just down the hill from where we were staying, had ALL
JW>the OZ books...I think `entrancing' is the proper word...

Baum wrote 14 Oz books, Gardner 1.  But Gardner probably knew more
about the Land of Oz than Baum...

JW> Gonna look for that book in Chapters/Amazon.

I'm sure it's still in print, having been published in 1998.

>LL>"Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the
>LL>world is full of wonders."
>LL>- the white pearl in L. Frank Baum's 'Rinkitink in Oz'

JW>Ah....a 60 year old memory...

You know how the Tin Man came about, don't you?  He was made of spare
parts from another Tin Man, who was put together from spare parts from,
well, you get the idea.

JW> And...

JW> H. M. Wogglebug, T.E.

JW> (Highly magnified and Thoroughly educated.) :-) ...

Oh, if I only had a brain...

JW> >LL> * SLMR 2.1a * Our family always HATED cats: nasty, low, vulgar
JW> >LL>things!

JW> JW>... A dog is prose; a cat is a poem.

>LL>"Mouse dear!  Do come back again, and we won't talk about cats
>LL>or dogs either, if you don't like them!" - Alice

JW>The Zen of Childrens Classics...

It's for grown-ups, too.  At least, *some* grown-ups.  :)

JW>Cheers!

C'est bon!

--Lee


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