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Laumer, March

(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/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 09:28 am on 18 April 2024.
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