Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site inmet.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!cca!inmet!keenan From: keenan@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Re: Looking for obscure juveniles - Message-ID: <8100025@inmet.UUCP> Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 20:40:00 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.8100025 Posted: Tue Apr 30 20:40:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 4-May-85 01:42:50 EDT References: <1765@topaz.UUCP> Lines: 32 Nf-ID: #R:topaz:-176500:inmet:8100025:000:1406 Nf-From: inmet!keenan Apr 30 20:40:00 1985 >From: Joel B. Levin >Usenet: ...{ihnp4,[others?]}!bbncca!levin > >I, too, have been trying to find more about some juveniles I read in >elementary school. > >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. I think the books being refered to are ones that I've often wanted to ask the net about also. Or maybe its another series entirely. Anyway what I remember is that Mushrooms played a big part in the books. The nice little old man grew them in his basement. I think his name was Mr. Bass. Anyone recognize them now? I rember one story where the kids had some glowing stones with markings, and they went to the planet which had giant mushrooms growing on it and then they went into some kind of cave. If you can shead any light, Book name or Author please reply (by mail of course). --keenan ross UUCP: {ihnp4,harpo}!inmet!keenan Intermetrics, Inc. INTERNET: ima!inmet!keenan@CCA-UNIX.ARPA 733 Concord Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 PHONE: (617) 661-1840