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Was (or Was... in the UK edition) is a WFA nominated 1992 novel by Canadian author Geoff Ryman, focusing on themes of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and the 1939 musical film version, ranging across time and space from 1860s Kansas to late 1980s California.

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  • Was (o Was... en la edición de Reino Unido) es una novela nominada a la WFA en 1992 del autor canadiense Geoff Ryman, centranda en los temas de El Maravilloso Mago de Oz de L. Frank Baum, y en la versión cinematográfica musical, que abarca el tiempo y el espacio desde el Kansas de 1860 hasta el California de finales de los ochenta.​ El libro profundiza en la importancia de una infancia sana y estable, y explora la vida de Judy Garland mientras interpreta a Dorothy Gale en la película de 1939. La novela cuenta las historias de los personajes y cómo están conectados entre sí sin darse cuenta. (es)
  • Was (or Was... in the UK edition) is a WFA nominated 1992 novel by Canadian author Geoff Ryman, focusing on themes of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and the 1939 musical film version, ranging across time and space from 1860s Kansas to late 1980s California. (en)
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  • Was (o Was... en la edición de Reino Unido) es una novela nominada a la WFA en 1992 del autor canadiense Geoff Ryman, centranda en los temas de El Maravilloso Mago de Oz de L. Frank Baum, y en la versión cinematográfica musical, que abarca el tiempo y el espacio desde el Kansas de 1860 hasta el California de finales de los ochenta.​ WAS es un adulto paralelo a la mágica Tierra de Oz, que nunca existió como un lugar real. La novela explora la trágica, pero muy conmovedora vida de "Dorothy Gael" en el 1800 en Kansas, cuyas traumáticas experiencias con la tía Emily y el tío Henry después de la muerte de su madre la llevan a crear un mundo imaginario e idealizado en su mente basado en algunas de sus experiencias de la vida real como una forma de hacer frente a su sombría realidad. El libro profundiza en la importancia de una infancia sana y estable, y explora la vida de Judy Garland mientras interpreta a Dorothy Gale en la película de 1939. La novela cuenta las historias de los personajes y cómo están conectados entre sí sin darse cuenta. (es)
  • Was (or Was... in the UK edition) is a WFA nominated 1992 novel by Canadian author Geoff Ryman, focusing on themes of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and the 1939 musical film version, ranging across time and space from 1860s Kansas to late 1980s California. Was is an adult parallel to the magical Land of Oz that never existed as a real place. The novel explores the tragic but very moving life of "Dorothy Gael" in 1800s Kansas, whose traumatic experiences with Aunt Emily and Uncle Henry after her mother's death leads her to create an imaginary and idealized world in her mind based on some of her real-life experiences as a way of coping with her bleak reality. Due to a tragic and unfortunate upbringing in Kansas, Dorothy's terrible life turns her into a Vile, "wicked" girl, who is unable to be saved. Unlike Baum's fairy tale book, she never gets to experience the magic of Oz, thus turning her into an insane and bitter old woman. The book goes into depth about the importance of a healthy, stable childhood, and the heartbreaking consequences of the lack of one. The book also explores the life of Judy Garland as she plays Dorothy Gale in the 1939 movie, a homosexual obsessed with the Wizard of Oz and dying of HIV/AIDS, and tells the stories of these characters and how they are all connected to one another without even realizing it. (en)
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