Comments on: Fun Fantasy Adventure Young Adult Novel: The Other Normals

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 05:53:00 +0000

Question for Commentariat –

This BB post is the first I’ve heard of this book, _The Other Normals_. Reading its brief description here, I thought of another book, one of my favs as an grade school kid (and in like, tops say 200 even now) was the Mushroom Planet Series by Eleanor Cameron.

I will eventually read _The Other Normals_. But in the meantime I’m curious –if anyone has read both of these, you see any similarities? No need for an analysis, just even a yes, no, kinda would be cool.

TIA

WikiP link to first MushP book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Flight_to_the_Mushroom_Planet

By: strugglngwriter

strugglngwriter — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:02:00 +0000

I’m really enjoying this book. I’ve slowed down reading it because I don’t want it to end.

At first I wanted the story to stay in the real world because the characterizations there were so strong, but I eventually got into the fantasy elements too.

By: Mark_Frauenfelder

Mark_Frauenfelder — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:59:00 +0000

Thanks for pointing it out!

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:34:00 +0000

Well, now I see it was only a typo. And in the age of the post ‘zine, even those can’t be collected and sold on eBay years later…. Ennui, ensue.

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:18:00 +0000

“I interviewed Ned Vizzini on Gweek in September 2102.” I know you are cool, Mark; but, I didn’t know you have the gear to do interviews across the space-time continuum! Geez!