Bergman.SoftArts@MIT-MULTICS@sri-unix.UUCP (09/22/83)
I would like to plug for A Wrinkle in Time, as well as The Arm
of the Starfish, by Madleine L'Engle. Also most of Andre
Norton's stuff. There is a bookstore in New York City that
specializes in sf/fantasy for young readers. I have their
catalog somewhere, when I find it, I'll post their address.
Oh yeah. The Phantom Tollbooth. I don't recall the
author's name, but I think the illustrations were done
by Feiffer, the political cartoonist.
--mike bergman
bergman.softarts@mit-multicslmc@denelcor.UUCP (09/26/83)
When I was in 4th or 5th grade I read as much of Tom Swift (and Tom Swift Jr)
as I could find. The science seemed good to me at that age, and the
plots all ran fast.
I understand from talking to some who are more in the "know" than I am
that Victor Appleton (and VAppleton II) are pseudo's for an ever-increasing
number of SF writers. Does anyone know who specifically may have
written any of the TS or TSJ books?
Lyle McElhaney
...{hao,brl-bmd}!denelcor!lmcariels@tekecs.UUCP (Ariel Shattan) (09/26/83)
The Phantom Tollbooth was written by Norman Juster, with illustrations by Jules Feiffer. There was also an animated movie with animation by Feiffer, and that stuck very close to the story. It was one of the few movies that didn't ruin the book for me. Has anyone mentioned the OZ books yet? L. Frank Baum wrote a whole bunch of them, then, when he died, J. J. O'Neill (the original illustrator for the Oz books) and Ruth P. Thompson wrote a bunch more. Anything by Andre Norton makes good kid reading (for kids over 10, that is). The Last Unicorn makes for good reading for those youngsters with an melancholy turn of mind. Steve Perry just wrote a book for younglings. I remember him complaining that after gearing it to his 12 and 15 yearolds, the publisher made him cut all the sentences to six words each. Most of my childhood favorites have already been mentioned, so I won't be redundant redundant. Ariel Shattan decvax!tektronix!tekecs!ariels