What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Prisoners of Space
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SOLVED. Brother and Sister in the future, have grown up on the Moon, get to visit Earth. [s]
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Jan 28, 2013 11:41PM
I read this when I was a child, and it was an older book then, so probably published in the late 1950s or early 1960s. The brother and sister are part of a colony on the moon, and they badly want to visit Earth. They exercise like crazy, and are eventually allowed to visit. I remember that they try to run and they get exhausted. That everything smells too strong---I remember the phrase about the grass being cut smelling strongly of death, of dying grass. They are relieved when they go back to live on the moon.
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Matthew Looney and Maria Looney? I don't see all of the books on Goodreads, but I think I read them all when they were new.Matthew Looney's Invasion of the Earth: A Space Story
No, not that one, but thanks so much! In the book I'm thinking of, they get to visit Earth by winning a contest, I think. They are escorted around by a game show host type of person, they visit a high school, etc.
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I think I remember reading a book like the one you describe, but I have no idea what it's called.
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Yes, I am. I still cannot remember the name of it. It wasn't a short story, it was a regular book for about age 10 or so. It was in our church library (and so, probably withdrawn from some public library) when I was a child---so we're talking 35 years ago. I would imagine it was published in the 50s, because I can sort of remember the illustrations.
I remember whole sections of the book, too. Like I remember that they walk through a park and they are struck by strength of the smell of "dying grass."
Sometimes short stories for adults are reprinted as children's chapter books. I know one for sure, by Asimov, but of course can't remember the title now. (It's the one where we have instant transportation, but one day a boy decides to actually open the door of his house and *walk* to school, horrifying everyone. But no matter if we can't remember, because it's not the OP's book.)Anyway, I'd love to read this book, so here's a free bump. Kris, you are still looking, right?
Cheryl in CC NV wrote: "Sometimes short stories for adults are reprinted as children's chapter books. I know one for sure, by Asimov, but of course can't remember the title now. (It's the one where we have instant trans..."You're thinking of Its Such a Beautiful Day http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It'...
Kris' book does sound familiar; if I remember it I'll post it.
That's the one for me, Andy, thanks!But Kris is no longer monitoring this thread, so... Abandoned.
but I hadn't heard anything from anyone in months :(
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Kris wrote: "...I can sort of remember the illustrations..."Can you describe them? Were there lots of them scattered about, or only on the first page of a chapter?
There weren't lots, but they weren't just at the beginning of the chapters, I don't think. Maybe one or two per chapter.
I dont know if this helps, but ive read this and at least remember the illustrations...black and white lineart, kind of early 80s late 70s style. The girl had bangs, the boy had a bowlcut. feel like it was in a magazine, like Cricket...? I remember they were running up a hill and were having difficulty, not being used to the gravity!
It was a book, though, and It had to be in the late 70s or so. I remember it was in our church library, and I hated going to church and would hide there, reading.
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Cover: www.amazon.com/Prisoners-Space-Lester...
Worldcat.org: "Two young people, born on the moon and permanent exiles there because their bodies cannot withstand Earth's atmosphere find a small alien fuzzy creature in one of the moon tunnels."
Amazon reviewer: "The plot revolves around a 17-year-old girl and her friend and semi-adopted brother, an 18-year-old-boy. They live in the mining colony Diana in tunnels and bubbles on the Moon, which rumor holds will be shut down because of lack of ore. The problem is that the boy and girl were both born on the Moon and could not live on earth, so they would have to move to a space station which doesn't appeal to either of them. The boy, feeling adventuresome, goes exploring in the far tunnels and thinks he hears something alive. Together the boy and girl befriend "Fuzzy", a creature that reminds me of the alien pet the Jetsons have, but without the springy suction-cup legs. The origin of the creature is a mystery which is solved as the plot thickens."
I read this one too. I remember the part about how the freshly mowed grass is too strong and they can smell it as death. It was definitely a book.I think it may have been illustrated by Leonard Shortall?
Some of the authors I remember reading were Gordon Dickinson, Lester DelRey, HM Hoover and a husband and wife team named Jean and John...something.
Thank you! This is really helpful! I will look up the illustrator and see if I can find anything further :)
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Kris wrote: "Illustrators/authors mentioned by Kelly - Gordon Dickinson (or is that Peter Dickinson?."Or maybe Gordon R. Dickson
Guesses from the '50s through '70s....Down To Earth
A Warning to Earth
The Moon Twins and the Treasure
None of these strike me as *the one*, but I thought I'd suggest them just in case. Was it definitely a moon colony and not some other planet or a space station?
Maybe still Isaac Asimov - The Best New Thing?Rada and her brother Jonathan are the only children on "a little world, far out in space." Used to the weightlessness of their world, they are excited about the prospect of a visit to Earth, of seeing grass, and of being without a space suit and feeling the wind. The first thing they do alter arriving is run happily up a hill and roll down and that, they decide, is the best new thing of all.
"The Saturday Review", 1971
Ayshe wrote: "Maybe still Isaac Asimov - The Best New Thing?Rada and her brother Jonathan are the only children on "a little world, far out in space." Used to the weightlessness of..."
This could be it! I think it might be! Thank you so much!
Darn, the children are too young in this book. In the book I'm thinking of, they were teens. I remember them visiting a high school on Earth.
Rainbowheart wrote: "Guesses from the '50s through '70s....Down To Earth
A Warning to Earth
The Moon Twins and the Treasure
None of these strike me as *the one*, but..."
Thanks so much for the try. The brother and sister definitely lived on the moon, by my memory.
Jean Karl was probably the other author someone was trying to recall. https://www.librarything.com/author/k...For Leonard Shortall try searching worldcat.org
bookel wrote: "Jean Karl was probably the other author someone was trying to recall. https://www.librarything.com/author/k...For Leonard Shortall try searching worldcat.org"
Thank you!
Still trying to find out what this book is. I'm encouraged that someone else remembered it, especially the catch phrases that I remembered, but I'm now doubtful that this will ever be solved ;(
Now, now, don't be defeatist. Our current record is about 7 years. Patience and persistance will win out. 2 other people remember the book and that's very encouraging.Brother and sister from moon thread.
Bargle wrote: "Now, now, don't be defeatist. Our current record is about 7 years. Patience and persistance will win out. 2 other people remember the book and that's very encouraging."Hear,hear!
Crisis on Conshelf Ten has a teenage boy from a moon colony visiting Earth, but the rest of the story doesn't seem to match.
Looking for something else, I came across this: Rocket Away, by Frances Frost, illustrated by Paul Galdone.I think it might be the book I was remembering in a n earlier post...is it the one you're looking for? :)
I can't find it on Goodreads, but I read a story like this in middle school...
Good-Bye To The Moon?
Here's a summary. It doesn't mention a sister, so maybe it's a long shot.
http://butlergms.sharpschool.net/clas...
Good-Bye To The Moon?
Here's a summary. It doesn't mention a sister, so maybe it's a long shot.
http://butlergms.sharpschool.net/clas...
Raevyn wrote: "I can't find it on Goodreads, but I read a story like this in middle school...Good-Bye To The Moon?
Here's a summary. It doesn't mention a sister, so maybe it's a long shot.
http://butlergms.shar..."
I did a bit of hunting and found it's part of the "Crisis on Conshelf Ten" series. I'll look further, but it doesn't look promising.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/7567...
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