Tagged: Frank Baum

May 14, 2019

Best Tales about seeking Immortality and Immortal beings

The idea for this Top list came when I read about a Startup that wants to upload people’s mind to the cloud. A lethal procedure with an uncertain outcome (read more about Nectome on...

December 12, 2017

A Kidnapped Santa Claus by By L. FRANK BAUM

Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured. His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every...

October 4, 2017

THE MANDARIN AND THE BUTTERFLY (American Fairy Tales) By L. FRANK BAUM

A mandarin once lived in Kiang-ho who was so exceedingly cross and disagreeable that everyone hated him. He snarled and stormed at every person he met and was never known to laugh or be...

October 3, 2017

THE KING OF THE POLAR BEARS (American Fairy Tales) By L. FRANK BAUM

The King of the Polar Bears lived among the icebergs in the far north country. He was old and monstrous big; he was wise and friendly to all who knew him. His body was...

October 2, 2017

THE DUMMY THAT LIVED (American Fairy Tales) By L. FRANK BAUM

In all Fairyland there is no more mischievous a person than Tanko-Mankie the Yellow Ryl. He flew through the city one afternoon—quite invisible to moral eyes, but seeing everything himself—and noticed a figure of...

October 1, 2017

THE WONDERFUL PUMP (American Fairy Tales) By L. FRANK BAUM

Not many years ago there lived on a stony, barren New England farm a man and his wife. They were sober, honest people, working hard from early morning until dark to enable them to...