and this guy, an artist, bought a lot of my cheap paperbacks for their cover art. I asked him his name. He said, “Doug Smith.” I didn’t recognize it and apologized, He smiled and said that he’d done the dust jacket for Wicked.

I got to tell him a story about an Ebay find RingotheScorpio got, where someone thought the dj was damaged as it had a hole in the center. He was amazed that someone didn’t know about cutaway dust jackets….

I’ve never read the book. I started collecting Oz books when I was in grade school. I’ve been sort of afraid to!

jkd