YMMV / The Land of Green Ginger

• Audience-Coloring Adaptation: Some elements of the Aladdin-based backstory to the novel, such as the depiction of Aladdin's mother, may come more from British Pantomime treatments of the story than from the Middle Eastern source material.
• Genius Bonus: Supporting cast member Omar Khayyam is based on a Historical Domain Character, a Persian poet (and philosopher, mathematician, and astrologer) whose work is known in the west thanks to Edward Fitzgerald's rather free Victorian translation, the Rubáiyát. That in itself might be no more than a Parental Bonus, even though Omar is in the middle of composing that work when first encountered, but it's also worth noting that (a) Omar is clearly quite tipsy when first encountered, and the Rubáiyát is noted for its favorable references to wine, and (b) he promptly tries to sell Abu Ali a tent, and as "Khayyam" means "tent-maker" in Arabic, it's widely assumed that the historical Omar's family were in that line of work.

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