Laumer, March
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1923-2000) US author, brother of Keith Laumer, whose first novel, The Time Machine That Never Got Past First Base: A Laugh-in at the Future? (1968 Hong Kong) as by Felix Severance (the name of a character from his brother's earlier A Plague of Demons), is a spoof Satire on Time Travel stories (see also Baseball); later novels, some as by Xavier Zanthus, were similar light-hearted. In his later life, under his own name, Laumer published a number of volumes set in the Oz universe of L Frank Baum, though it is not known if they were authorized; for this reason, and because they were self-published, and because some of them reportedly exhibit slash/fiction characteristics, they are listed below with caution. [JC]
March Laumer
born Birmingham, Alabama: 17 August 1923
died Lund, Sweden: 12 January 2000
works
series
"Oz"
- The Green Dolphin of Oz (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1978) ["Oz": pb/]
- Aunt Em and Uncle Henry of Oz: A Traditional Tale of Oz (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1983) ["Oz": pb/David Maxine]
- Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in Oz: The Oz Book for 1911 (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1984) with Chris Dulabone ["Oz": pb/]
- The Good Witch of Oz (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1984) ["Oz": pb/]
- The Magic Mirror of Oz: The Oz Book for 1944 (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1985) ["Oz": pb/]
- The Frogman of Oz: The Oz Book for 1947 (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1986) ["Oz": pb/]
- The Ten Woodmen of Oz: The Oz Book for 1999 (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1987) ["Oz": pb/]
- The Charmed Gardens of Oz (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1988) ["Oz": pb/]
- The Careless Kangaroo of Oz: The Oz Book for 1912 (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1988) ["Oz": pb/]
- A Fairy Queen in Oz (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1989) ["Oz": pb/]
- The China Dog of Oz (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1990) with Ruth Tuttle ["Oz": pb/]
- The Vegetable Man of Oz: The Oz Book for 1943 (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1990) with Hakan Larsson, John Plummer, Eileen Ribbler and Michael Vincent ["Oz": pb/]
- The Crown of Oz (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1991) with Michael J Michanczyk ["Oz": pb/]
- The Umbrellas of Oz: The Oz Book for 1953 (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1991) with Irene Schneyder ["Oz": pb/]
- A Farewell to Oz: The Oz Book for 2000 (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1993) with Anita McGrew, Gerard Langa, and Dina Briones ["Oz": pb/]
- The Cloud King of Oz (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1994) with Richard E Blaine ["Oz": pb/]
- Beenie in Oz (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1997) with Keith Laumer, Tyler Jones and Michael J Michanczyk ["Oz": pb/]
- Dragons in Oz (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1998) ["Oz": pb/]
- The Woozy of Oz: The Oz Book for 1954 (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1999) ["Oz": pb/]
- The Talking City of Oz (Lund, Sweden: Vanitas, 1999) with Ron Baxley Jr ["Oz": pb/]
individual titles
- The Time Machine That Never Got Past First Base: A Laugh-in at the Future? (Kowloon, Hong Kong: Opium Books, 1968) as by Felix Severance [illus/pb/Lau Shiu Fan]
- Green Dusk for Dreams (Kowloon, Hong Kong: Opium Books, 1969) as by Felix Severance [pb/]
- The Tides in the Bay of Fundy: A Vazzle (Kowloon, Hong Kong: Opium Books, 1968) as by Xavier Zanthus [pb/]
- Purple Pianos and Violet Violins (Kowloon, Hong Kong: Opium Books, 1969) as by Xavier Zanthus [pb/]
- Aillinn O' My Dreams (Kowloon, Hong Kong: Opium Books, 1969) [pb/]
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