The Undead World of Oz: L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Complete with Zombies and Monsters [Kindle Edition]

L. Frank Baum (Author), Ryan C. Thomas (Author)

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One day, on a peaceful farm in Kansas, a tornado appeared. The storm raged and ripped the house from the ground. Inside sat a little girl named Dorothy and her dog Toto.

The house spun. The winds roared. The tornado showed no mercy, until . . .

The house landed in a strange and magical land called Oz.

But that’s where the fairytale ends and the nightmare begins.

The Wicked Witch of the West has cast a spell on the Land of Oz, a spell that brings the dead back to life. Only the Great Wizard in the Emerald City can stop this curse, but he has never been seen.

It’s up to Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion and the Tin Woodman to journey through this dangerous land of hungry undead and savage monsters and find him in the hopes of bringing life back to Oz.

Come join hands with them as they travel down the Yellow Brick Road and see if you can make it to the Emerald City . . . alive.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 327 KB
• Publisher: Coscom Entertainment (September 21, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003UHVTO6
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,723 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Ryan C. Thomas is an award-winning journalist and novelist living in San Diego, CA. When he's not writing, he can be found on the road playing in numerous bands. His website is www.ryancthomas.com

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fun read offset by distracting formatting, January 4, 2010

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G. Willis "Author of THE MEASURE OF A MAN in ... (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Undead World of Oz: L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Complete with Zombies and Monsters (Paperback)

I'd never read the original Wizard of Oz, so I took this opportunity to check it out, with the (hopefully) added fun of having Oz overrun by the undead. I found the additional zombie material humorous and sometimes witty. Overall the story was a fun read and most times the new material merged in pretty seamlessly, though there were times it was jarring.

I would have given the book 3 stars, but it was obvious from the get go that this was just pumped out to ride the wave of literary classic/zombie mash-ups. The overall look of the book is very shoddy and is a distraction while reading. No care was given to the formatting, which was pretty bad; overly long indents, uneven margins, typos, sentences left over from previous drafts, shifting fonts, and more. It gives one the impression the producers of this book just put it out there to make a quick buck, quality-be-damned.

22 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lay it to rest already. . ., December 6, 2009

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M. J. Evans "rabidwoof" (Bridgewater, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Undead World of Oz: L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Complete with Zombies and Monsters (Paperback)

The Undead World of Oz is just one more zombie-fied rewrite of a classic in a market already overrun with them, and it's not even a rewrite. Like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (which I wasn't blown away by either), the original text is used, and the author makes minor tweaks and full insertions to create a tale where the undead are overrunning the magical world of Oz. While the approach was unique and interesting with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, its commercial success is spawning alot of rip-offs. To me, there is no creativity here; I would rather see the tale retold in its entirety, where the author recreates the Baum's tale using his own words and modifying it as needed to make the tale uniquely his/her own. I have read the original story, and this makes for a redundant retelling and I found myself skimming ahead looking for the additions and changes. If you've read Baum's original, stay faithful to its memory and pass this one (and all future "rewrites" of the classics) by. I wish I did.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So much fun!, February 17, 2010

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Thomas E. Smith "Tomebear" (Cambridge, Ma United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Undead World of Oz (Kindle Edition)

I downloaded this to my kindle the other afternoon while i was stuck int he house during a snow storm. 5 hours later I was done. Loved every minute of it. I found myself laughing out loud at some points. It really makes me want to read the original.