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Subject: Re: obscure juveniles
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Date: Fri, 26-Apr-85 09:27:14 EST
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From: Joel B. Levin <levin@BBNCCT.ARPA>

>The second one might have been called "Rusty's Spaceship". . . .
>they go cruising around the solar system trying to figure out where
>our friendly ET came from.  Magic pills take care of little problems
>like vacuum decompression, oxygen & food starvation, etc.

I, too, have been trying to find more about some juveniles I read in
elementary school.  Gary Fritz's request goads me to make one of
my own along the same lines, although what phase I may be going through
to arouse this interest I do not care to guess.

I have been trying to remember about a certain series of 'novels' (i.e.
4th grade equivalent) about a peculiar inhabited planet which orbits
Earth or orbits the sun near Earth.  A very special type of lens was
required to see this planet, which was why real astronomers didn't know
about it; but somehow a kid found such a lens or ran into a visitor from
this planet (whom I remember as a nice little man) and got involved in
various problems on this planet.

Gary's mention of little magic pills reminds me of something in this
vein, but it may have been another book I recall.  Nothing else in his
synopsis rings a bell, unfortunately, but I am interested in being
reminded of any stories which featured such pills.

	Thanks / JBL

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