A Literary History Of Oz "The land you know. The story you
don't." That's the tagline to Disney's $200 million Wizard Of Oz
prequel, Oz: The Great And Powerful, which hits U.S. theaters
today. But do you really know the Land of Oz? Sure, you've seen
the 1939 classic starring Judy Garland. It is, after all, not
just an inextricable part of pop culture but also one of the
most watched films of all time. You might even have spent a
trippy night carefully lining up Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The
Moon with the roar of the MGM lion; gone to see Wicked on
Broadway; read the L. Frank Baum book that the movie is based
on; and seen the 1978 Motown version, The Wiz, featuring Diana
Ross and Michael Jackson. Even if you've done all of this,
you're still a mere tourist in that mysterious world because the
story of Oz is more extensive than most of us could imagine.
We're talking forty-two officially recognized books worth of
extensive. Never mind the countless unsanctioned alternate
versions, prequels, and sequels. So befo