Can't say what you might think of Baum; although I've got a generally good feeling about his Oz books I still haven't found time to read more than a handful. The Wizard of Oz, 1939 version, covers only about the first two-thirds of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book, although not much important stuff (that I remember) happens in the last third. Baum's style is ... well, kind of like a good roleplaying session written down, but it is a good roleplaying session, which makes up for a lot of faults and occasionally shaky world-building details.
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Can't say what you might think of Baum; although I've got a generally good feeling about his Oz books I still haven't found time to read more than a handful. The Wizard of Oz, 1939 version, covers only about the first two-thirds of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book, although not much important stuff (that I remember) happens in the last third. Baum's style is ... well, kind of like a good roleplaying session written down, but it is a good roleplaying session, which makes up for a lot of faults and occasionally shaky world-building details.