Comments on: Q&A with the Authors of the New Anthology “Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond” http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/03/qa-with-the-authors-of-the-new-anthology-oz-reimagined-new-tales-from-the-emerald-city-and-beyond/ A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy, computers and the web. Fri, 17 May 2013 23:42:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Andy http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/03/qa-with-the-authors-of-the-new-anthology-oz-reimagined-new-tales-from-the-emerald-city-and-beyond/#comment-132900 Andy Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:08:31 +0000 http://www.sfsignal.com/?p=72289#comment-132900 The original novel was a political and economic parable about the dangers facing the US population when Baum was writing the novel. Control of the economy by banks and the over-reliance and abuse of a fiat based currency over real money such as silver (which was why Dorthy’s shoes were silver in the novel).

Shame you aren’t mentioning those issues as they seem to be very relevant to the issues we are facing today.

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