Location in The Oz Series
the glass city
Also known as magnificent city of the inner world, the underground glass city.
An underground city in the middle of the earth, built entirely of clear glass and illuminated by six colored suns, with tall spired buildings and domed roofs.
Appears in 3 chapters, first in chapter 71, last in chapter 74.
This encyclopedia covers chapters 1 to 100 of the story and shows the world as it stands at chapter 100, so it contains spoilers up to that point. To read it spoiler free, one chapter at a time, open the interactive codex.
What the story establishes
| Acoustics and tone | Eerily silent except for the voices of the newcomers; no ambient city noise. |
| Appearance | Tall buildings with glass domes and sharp-pointed spires, roofs and walls of clear glass, illuminated with shifting rainbow tints from six colored suns; some buildings cracked or damaged by falling stones. (as of ch. 71) |
| Controlled by | The newly picked Royal Princess of the Mangaboos, who received the Star of Royalty from the deposed Prince and was escorted to her palace as ruler. (as of ch. 74) |
| Physical constraints | The air within the city can support weight, allowing people, animals, and objects to walk or float on it rather than fall. |
Relationships
- contains → the House of the Sorcerer ch. 71The House of the Sorcerer is a big glass palace with a central dome and four spires standing in an open square within the glass city.
- located in ← Dorothy (ended) ch. 71–74Dorothy and the buggy float down and land on a rooftop in the glass city after falling through the earth, and is then led through its streets toward the House of the Sorcerer.
- located in ← Eureka (ended) ch. 71–72Eureka tumbles out of her overturned bird-cage onto a rooftop in the glass city and walks in the air near the roof's edge.
- located in ← Jim (ended) ch. 71–72Jim floats down from the roof into the street of the glass city and lands softly, then pulls the buggy through the city streets.
- located in ← Zeb (ended) ch. 71–73Zeb lands with Dorothy and Jim on a rooftop in the glass city and travels with them through its streets.
- located in ← underground_traveling_party (ended) ch. 71–73The stranded party floats down into and is detained within the underground glass city.
- located in ← the buggy (ended) ch. 71–73The buggy floats gently down with Dorothy, Zeb, and Jim and lands on a broad flat glass roof in the glass city, then is drawn through the streets of the city.
From the text
The houses of the city were all made of glass, so clear and transparent that one could look through the walls as easily as through a window.Chapter 71
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