@RUTGERS.ARPA:Slocum.CSCDA@HI-MULTICS.ARPA (04/30/85)
From: Slocum@HI-MULTICS.ARPA The books you describe about a planet that can only be seen with certain lenses is "Mr. Bass's Planetoid", and other books. I don't remember the author. I was just thinking about these books while reading your message. strange coincidence. What I remember about these books is Mr. Bass who was a charming old man that some kids meet. He shows them in his telescope this strange little planetoid orbiting real close to Earth. Later on they travel there in a space ship. It turns out that Mr. Bass is a native, I think. I don't remember much about the place, but I did enjoy them while in 5th Grade. I seem to recall reading them shortly after I started reading SF. Probably after reading A Wrinkle in Time by M. L'engle, my favorite juvenile book. Brett Slocum (arpa: Slocum@HI-MULTICS) (UUCP: ...!ihnp4!umn-cs!hi-csc!slocum)
herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) (05/01/85)
In article <1838@topaz.ARPA> @RUTGERS.ARPA:Slocum.CSCDA@HI-MULTICS.ARPA writes: >From: Slocum@HI-MULTICS.ARPA > >The books you describe about a planet that can only be seen with certain >lenses is "Mr. Bass's Planetoid", and other books. I don't remember >the author. I was just thinking about these books while reading your >message. strange coincidence. What I remember about these books is Mr. >Bass who was a charming old man that some kids meet. He shows them in >his telescope this strange little planetoid orbiting real close to >Earth. Later on they travel there in a space ship. It turns out that >Mr. Bass is a native, I think. I don't remember much about the place, >but I did enjoy them while in 5th Grade. I seem to recall reading them >shortly after I started reading SF. Probably after reading A Wrinkle in >Time by M. L'engle, my favorite juvenile book. > >Brett Slocum (arpa: Slocum@HI-MULTICS) (UUCP: >...!ihnp4!umn-cs!hi-csc!slocum) hmmm. i remember these as the "Mushroom Planet" books, of which i have only seen two. i still have them around somewhere. either that or i gave them to my little brother. Herb Chong... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble....