tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342561433004208609.post4296962513895789574..comments2024-01-24T19:06:40.122-06:00Comments on The Oz Enthusiast: East is East and West is West....SometimesBill Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14258626254481978155noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342561433004208609.post-89222771570325892282018-02-07T09:21:50.040-06:002018-02-07T09:21:50.040-06:00Years later... I have released a new edition of Th...Years later... I have released a new edition of <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</i> in English, and in Cornish, and am preparing editions in Irish, Esperanto, and Hawaiian. On p. 214 there is a weather vane which has (going clockwise) NWSE rather than the NESW of our world... I was worried that this was a major error of Denslows and wondering if I should fix it… so I'm grateful to you for this posting. I'm keeping NWSE.<br /><br />Michael Everson, EvertypeMichael Eversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882679137179765872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342561433004208609.post-46687028128987037422010-08-08T13:57:55.768-05:002010-08-08T13:57:55.768-05:00I don't mean to imply that either version of t...I don't mean to imply that either version of the map is right or wrong - The Oz books are filled with inconsistencies, and for me, the reversal of east and west just adds to the whimsy of the stories. And (a long shot here), maybe I can blame it for my abysmal sense of direction!Bill Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258626254481978155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342561433004208609.post-17810682090852160242010-08-07T23:16:14.776-05:002010-08-07T23:16:14.776-05:00I think a lot of it is what you're used to. S...I think a lot of it is what you're used to. Since most of the earliest Oz books I read were Del Rey editions, which included the Haff/Martin maps, I became accustomed to them, so the west being on the right in the <i>Tik-Tok</i> maps still looks a little weird to me. That said, there could be a specifically Ozian reason why west would be on the right side of the map. It's not like north at the top and east on the right was always the standard in the civilized world, either.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838510995365876113noreply@blogger.com