Paradox in Oz

By: Edward Einhorn

Narrated by: Maxwell Zener

Oz is aging! Ozma, the lovely girl ruler of Oz, must find a way to restore the enchantment that keeps her people young and vibrant. A lovable but puzzling Parrot-Ox named Tempus carries Ozma back through time to seek the source of the aging enchantment. Ozma meets strange versions of her closest friends in an alternate timestream: Glinda, the Wizard, the Cowardly Lion, even Ozma herself! Along the way Ozma gains new allies in her quest: the irrepressible Dr. Majestico, the sympathetic Brussle, and the lovely Princess Ayala. Come journey with Ozma on her greatest adventure as she discovers the final amazing secret that involves the old witch Mombi, a city where nothing is what it seems, and the paradoxical future-history of The Man Who Lives Backwards.

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Critic reviews

"Released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, this new Oz adventure is true in its narrative style to the spirit of the beloved Oz books...both the action and the humor quotient are high, and Oz fans will read to the expected happy ending." ( Booklist)

"The writing is crisp and moves the episodic story along effortlessly. This is a handsome book...if your readers can't get enough of Oz, this should be on the shelves." ( School Library Journal)

"Edward Einhorn has captured the real spirit of the Emerald City in his Paradox in Oz. This gorgeous book, with a wealth of witty and archetypically Ozian illustrations by Eric Shaower, opens when a plague of aging descends on Princess Ozma's realm, forcing her to take action to save her citizens...This stefnal material is incorporated brilliantly into the Baumian weltanschauung, and Einhorn's new characters harmonize perfectly with the famous ones...This book insures that Oz will enter the new millenium in style." ( Asimov's)

Classic, Timeless Writing Style

Conundrums ....
Parrot-Ox or paradox?
Endless riddles with creative solutions
A man who lives backwards
Obsidian City vs Emerald City
King Oz or Wizard of Oz?
A girl in a room of hundreds of mirrors -trying to find the real girl
Historical time, physical time, Oz time, Ozma time
A clock that doesn’t move and a clock in which the minute hand is moved back a tick once a day....
talking to yourself - erm yourselves in different times

Although a somewhat light, lyrical read, Paradox of Oz is full of puzzles, riddles and sensible-nonsensical questions and philosophies!
To find the magic of Oz, Ozma must use her head by losing her mind to understand how to fix it.
Continuous play on words, this can be slightly frustrating -yet rewarding - to follow.
I have read the original Wizard of Oz, but not the rest of the series. I’m very interested in finding those books on librivox because I feel like I missed out on so much!
Mr Einhorn captured the originality of the book and effectively created this addition.
Mr Zener made the confusion less muddy and more enjoyable. Kudos!

Beyond 5 stars

Oh my heart how I loved this book. Reminded me of when I was younger reading the oz books every summer and now how I want to read them again because of this book. Ozma is dealing with all her people starting to age after for some reason the spell that was used to keep people from aging no longer works. She goes on these adventures trying to fix this and help her people.

Paradox in Oz

Anytime time travel is a part of a story things can get a bit confusing. Edward Einhorn did a great job of keeping things clear for me. A very interesting listen!

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

Oz at its best

This one of the best post-Baum Oz books I’ve ever read, and I’ve read most of them.

Great!

Loved this children's book! Both my son and I really enjoyed this audio. The narration was fantastic and it was a great story!

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. The fact that I was gifted this book had no influence over my opinion of it