第1章 To My Readers
- Tik-Tok of Oz
- L. Frank Baum
- 397字
- 2016-01-18 18:39:53
The very marked success of my last year's fairy book, "The Patchwork Girl of Oz," convinces me that my readers like the Oz stories "best of all," as one little girl wrote me. So here, my dears, is a new Oz story in which is introduced Ann Soforth, the Queen of Oogahoo, whom Tik-Tok assisted in conquering our old acquaintance, the Nome Kin.
It also tells of Betsy Bobin and how, after many adventures, she finally reached the marvelous Land of Oz.
There is a play called "The Tik-Tok Man of Oz," hut it is not like this story of "Tik-Tok of Oz," although some of the adventures recorded in this book, as well as those in several other Oz books, are included in the play. Those who have seen the play and those who have read the other Oz books will find in this story a lot of strange characters and adventures that they have never heard of before.
In the letters I receive from children there has been an urgent appeal for me to write a story that will take Trot and Cap'n Bill to the Land of Oz, where they will meet Dorothy and Ozma. Also they think Button-Bright ought to get acquainted with Ojo the Lucky. As you know, I am obliged to talk these matters over with Dorothy by means of the "wireless," for that is the only way I can communicate with the Land of Oz. When I asked her about this idea, she replied: "Why, haven't you heard?" I said "No." "Well," came the message over the wireless, "I'll tell you all about it, by and by, and then you can make a book of that story for the children to read."
So, if Dorothy keeps her word and I am permitted to write another Oz book, you will probably discover how all these characters came together in the famous Emerald City. Meantime, I want to tell all my little friends--whose numbers are increasing by many thousands every year--that I am very grateful for the favor they have shown my books and for the delightful little letters I am constantly receiving. I am almost sure that I have as many friends among the children of America as any story writer alive; and this, of course, makes me very proud and happy.
L. Frank Baum.
"OZCOT" at HOLLYWOOD in CALIFORNIA, 1914.
明朝那些事兒（全集）
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三體全集（全三冊）
【榮獲世界科幻大獎“雨果獎”長篇小說獎，約翰·坎貝爾紀念獎，銀河獎特別獎】套裝共三冊，包含：《三體I》《三體II：黑暗森林》《三體III：死神永生》對科幻愛好者而言，“三體”系列是繞不開的經典之作。這三部曲的閱讀體驗和文字背后的深刻思想配得上它所受的任何贊譽。
我叫趙甲第（原名：老子是癩蛤蟆）
【扮豬吃虎＋逆襲燃爽＋掉馬打臉】豪門棄子打工記！烽火戲諸侯都市勵志作品、元祖級男頻爽文！影視劇《我叫趙甲第》原著！我叫趙甲第，綽號趙八兩，偽宅男，武力值不詳，智力值比較變態，理科無敵。聰明絕頂卻錦衣夜行，家財萬貫卻素袖藏金。別人笑我癩蛤蟆，我笑別人看不穿。看似屌絲一枚，實際卻是豪門繼承人、超一線富二代。但作為最“窮”富二代，我的底氣不是姓趙，是敢拿命賭明天。翻開本書，看“土強慘”如何一路逆襲、攪弄風云！
龍族Ⅴ：悼亡者的歸來
熱血龍族，少年歸來！這是地獄中的魔王們相互撕咬。鐵劍和利爪撕裂空氣，留下霜凍和火焰的痕跡，血液剛剛飛濺出來，就被高溫化作血紅色的蒸汽，沖擊波在長長的走廊上來來去去，早已沒有任何完整的玻璃，連這座建筑物都搖搖欲墜。
天之下
昆侖紀元，分治天下的九大門派為新一屆盟主之位明爭暗斗，關外，薩教蠻族卷土重來……亂世中，蕓蕓眾生百態沉浮，九大家英杰輩出，最終匯成一首大江湖時代的磅礴史詩，并推動天下大勢由分治走向大一統。