Tik-Tok of Oz is the eighth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum, published on June 19, 1914. The book has little to do with Tik-Tok and is primarily the quest of the Shaggy Man (introduced in The Road to Oz) to rescue his brother, and his resulting conflict with the Nome King.
The endpapers of the first edition held maps: one of Oz itself, and one of the continent on which Oz and its neighboring countries belonged. These were the first maps printed of Oz.
This is the first novel in this series where I noticed serious lapses in continuity from the Shaggy Man's Love Magnet to the timeline between characters meeting. Despite these errors, I still enjoyed living in Baum's world for a spell and made plans to read the next installment (mainly because I like to finish, actually, have to finish a series when I begin one, unless I am unaware the novel is in a series). Besides, these are the stories of Oz, and the stories of Oz are a part of us all.
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