We *loved* your review of The Space Child! Thanks so much for taking the time to write it and letting people know it is available for their children.
No, we couldn't send hemos an autographed copy because they aren't ready yet. BTW, Marian Parry (the illustrator) was thrilled to see the book reviewed here. Her son and son-in-law are both big fans of slashdot.
We'd like to continue the series if the first book does well, and all the nice slashdot people sure are helping things!
The third book was limited to a printing of 1000 copies and so the story is not as well known. I've seen exlibrary copies of it go for hundreds of dollars on ebay. The fourth is still in manuscript form.
This email mentioned above was intended as a private letter and was never intended to be placed online. If you do happen to read it, you will notice I am polite while the other guy is quite rude in several replies. Some people never bother to think that there is a real person on the other side of the email.
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron is in print in paperback. The remaining four books in the series are out of print. The new book does have different cover illustration.
Thanks for the nice notes, it is great to see how many people remember these wonderful, unique books. To clear up any confusion, there are four books in the series: The Mad Scientists' Club, The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club, The Big Kerplop and an unpublished manuscript titled The Big Chunk of Ice. The first two books contain a total of twelve short stores. The two other books are full length novels.
Our edition of The Mad Scientists' Club marks the 40th Anniversary of The Strange Sea Monster of Strawberry Lake appearing in Boys' Life magazine in 1961.
The seven stories you show are in the first book which we are republishing. The second book, The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club, has 5 more short stories. A third book, which is a full length novel, is sort of a prequel to the first book. In it the Mad Scientists try to remove a bomb (the Big Kerplop) from Strawberry Lake. The fourth book is an unpublished manuscript titled The Big Chunk of Ice. I think it takes place overseas, but I haven't read it, YET!
Jill Morgan
Slashdot Mirror
Hello chromatic!
We *loved* your review of The Space Child! Thanks so much for taking the time to write it and letting people know it is available for their children.
No, we couldn't send hemos an autographed copy because they aren't ready yet. BTW, Marian Parry (the illustrator) was thrilled to see the book reviewed here. Her son and son-in-law are both big fans of slashdot.
Jill
We'd like to continue the series if the first book does well, and all the nice slashdot people sure are helping things!
The third book was limited to a printing of 1000 copies and so the story is not as well known. I've seen exlibrary copies of it go for hundreds of dollars on ebay. The fourth is still in manuscript form.
This email mentioned above was intended as a private letter and was never intended to be placed online. If you do happen to read it, you will notice I am polite while the other guy is quite rude in several replies. Some people never bother to think that there is a real person on the other side of the email.
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron is in print in paperback. The remaining four books in the series are out of print. The new book does have different cover illustration.
Hi All,
Thanks for the nice notes, it is great to see how many people remember these wonderful, unique books. To clear up any confusion, there are four books in the series: The Mad Scientists' Club, The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club, The Big Kerplop and an unpublished manuscript titled The Big Chunk of Ice. The first two books contain a total of twelve short stores. The two other books are full length novels.
Our edition of The Mad Scientists' Club marks the 40th Anniversary of The Strange Sea Monster of Strawberry Lake appearing in Boys' Life magazine in 1961.
The seven stories you show are in the first book which we are republishing. The second book, The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club, has 5 more short stories. A third book, which is a full length novel, is sort of a prequel to the first book. In it the Mad Scientists try to remove a bomb (the Big Kerplop) from Strawberry Lake. The fourth book is an unpublished manuscript titled The Big Chunk of Ice. I think it takes place overseas, but I haven't read it, YET! Jill Morgan