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Finding Books on the Education of Randy Morrow?

Posted by Cliff on from the passing-down-something-from-your-past dept.

Not Randy At All asks: "In an effort to get my young sons interested in some sort of science subject I am trying to find some books which I read as a child in England. Written for kids rather than adults, this was a series of books where a Father who (I think was some sort of technical journalist) always got his kid interested in the stories he covered. The only one I remember clearly was the book where the kid studied for his ham radio license. All of the books covered one science subject, I'm pretty sure that they included geology, and the only other thing I remember was that the kid was called Randy Morrow. Do you Slashdot readers remember these books and can you point me towards some of the titles? Obviously I've tried the usual sources, including Amazon and Google, but they have all turned up blank."

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  1. I thought you said you tried Google? by floydigus · · Score: 4, Informative

    Try here

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  2. Some answers by alexjohns · · Score: 5, Informative
    A quick search on google reveals that these were probably published by 'Popular Mechanics Press' with titles starting 'There's Adventure in...", followed by 'Rockets', 'Atomic Energy', 'Geology', etc. Some were authored by Julian May. They were evidently some sort of 'Career Books'.

    Here's one. That's about all I can help you with. Note: This took me about 15 minutes on Google. Might want to bone up on your searching skills.

    Why is this on /.? They do stuff like this on rec.arts.sf.written. There's probably a similar newsgroup for non-fiction. The guys on r.a.s.w. could probably have pointed you there.

  3. Since nobody else will... by pythorlh · · Score: 2, Informative
    I'll try to give a real answer, instead of just complaining.

    I'm not familliar with the titles you're discussing, but if you use Amazon.com to look for the Author: Julian May, Publisher: Creative Education you'll find This List. Which is what I think you're looking for. Not many reviews on Amazon, though, so I can't Tell. Oh, and I limited results to pre-1980... Not sure if that helps or hurts.

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  4. Try rec.arts.books.children by dpbsmith · · Score: 3, Informative

    Use a subject line like "ID: Randy Morrow."

    At least 10% of the traffic on this newsgroup is people trying to identify books they read as a kid, and the ability of the group's readership to identify them is absolutely phenomenal.

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  5. Re:Is it the same Julian May by RobertEdwards · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Is this the same author that I remember from the Pliocene novels (Non-Born King, Adversary, Golden Torc et al)?"

    I believe so. She had a long career writing children's books and non-fiction before hitting it bit with SF & Fantasy.