Lost childhood favorites

astrodad · 12-17-2008, 12:35 PM

When I was ten or twelve, I was turned on to a series of Sci-Fi robot stories called "RoboTech". They're nowhere to be found now. My mother lost my copies and I'm seriously lamenting the loss.

Anyone else read the Robotech series?

Anyone else not able to find their long lost childhood favorites?

Greg Anos · 12-17-2008, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jplumey

When I was ten or twelve, I was turned on to a series of Sci-Fi robot stories called "RoboTech". They're nowhere to be found now. My mother lost my copies and I'm seriously lamenting the loss.

Anyone else read the Robotech series?

Anyone else not able to find their long lost childhood favorites?

Since you have something to go on. Try a search on www.abe.com . This is a marketplace for used books, and you'd be suprised what you'll find there. However, they may be cheap or outrageously expensive, depending on demand. Check 'em out.

Penforhire · 12-17-2008, 12:43 PM

Perry Rhodan was my childhood weakness. Those 100+ books can be hard to find at a reasonable price and I doubt I'd enjoy them as much today.

lilac_jive · 12-17-2008, 12:44 PM

The only one I can think of is :"And This is Laura." My mom had read it when she was a kid and gave it to me. Amazon has some old copies of it though.

igorsk · 12-17-2008, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jplumey

When I was ten or twelve, I was turned on to a series of Sci-Fi robot stories called "RoboTech". They're nowhere to be found now. My mother lost my copies and I'm seriously lamenting the loss.

Anyone else read the Robotech series?

Anyone else not able to find their long lost childhood favorites?

Do you maybe mean BattleTech? I don't recall any books based on Macross/Robotech series (I think there was some manga though). Incidentally, the series were pretty recenttly rereleased on DVD, both the original Macross series and Robotech adaptation.

Edit: okay, turns out there were some Robotech novels. Wikipedia has the details.

Daithi · 12-17-2008, 06:51 PM

Where the Red Fern Grows was my favorite. It was the first book I read more than once, and also the first book I got so into that it made me cry.

Daithi · 12-17-2008, 06:58 PM

The House With a Clock In Its Walls by John Bellairs was the first book I read where I realized that I enjoyed reading. Before that I was always being forced to read, but when I read John Bellairs books it was because I wanted to read them.

When I was a little older S. E. Hinton was another author whose books I really enjoyed reading (this was before they made movies out of them -- crap, I'm getting old. Damn, even the movies are old now.)

astrodad · 12-17-2008, 08:24 PM

I found a bunch of p-copies (though the series is incomplete) online. I ordered a few. There were in fact 18 books written. Wow! I haven't found any stores that are selling ebook versions.

FizzyWater · 12-18-2008, 01:44 AM

My first "real" books were in a series known as "The Happy Hollisters". I wasn't much of a reader up until my parents gave me a membership to receive monthly copies of the Happy Hollisters books (book club).

Lent them to a neighbor's granddaughter and never saw them again.

Laine · 12-18-2008, 05:59 AM

When I was in primary school my teacher read us Susanna Of The Mounties (not sure of spelling). I remember enjoying it but I've never seen a copy.

Around the same time I read from the library (the nearest town library used to loan the school a load of books regularly) a book in which some children had a model of some kind of ship and it used to grow and take them off to adventures - in different time periods I think. This was probably my first introduction to fantasy. I have no idea of the title or the author.

We're talking late 50's in England here.

wayspooled · 12-19-2008, 12:22 AM

My first real books were because of Disney and Classics Illustrated. Somehow I picked up a Classics Illustrated because of the cover in my quest grabbing the Donald Duck, Archie and Veronica, Sad Sack, Two-Gun Kid, GI Combat etc comics and loved it. I remember my favs were Three Musketeers, Lion of the North, Men of Iron and The White Company (Dumas, Henty, Pyle and Doyle)

Then I was over my grandmother's house and she had a bookshelf that had some books on it and I found those titles there and the connection was made between the "Classics" part of Classics Illustrated and the real books I was holding in my hands. (of course she gave them to me since they'd belonged to a long dead relative) And I was off and running

Now most of the classics I read then are available here at Mobileread and at Archive.org and Project Gutenberg (first). (highly recommend G.A. Henty who wrote so many books that got into C.I. - Lion of the North is still a fond favorite)

So then my parents saw me reading "books" not comics and I was off into some books I'll probably never see in legal ebook format

The lost favorites hehe.. The Chip Hilton sports series by Claire Bee, Tom Swift Jr by Victor Applebee (there was even a series of early 1900's Tom Swift books about Jr's father), Rick Brant series by John Blaine, The Black Stallion series by Walter Farley, My Friend Flicka, Bronc Burnett, Tom Quest, Hardy Boys...

LeisureSuitLarry · 12-19-2008, 03:03 AM

The first thing I think of is The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Runaway Ralph, and Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary. I must have read the first two a couple of dozen times and they never get old.

badgoodDeb · 12-19-2008, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by FizzyWater

My first "real" books were in a series known as "The Happy Hollisters". I wasn't much of a reader up until my parents gave me a membership to receive monthly copies of the Happy Hollisters books (book club).

I remember the Happy Hollisters! There was also The Bobsey Twins series.

JeffElkins · 12-20-2008, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jplumey

When I was ten or twelve, I was turned on to a series of Sci-Fi robot stories called "RoboTech". They're nowhere to be found now. My mother lost my copies and I'm seriously lamenting the loss.

Anyone else read the Robotech series?

Anyone else not able to find their long lost childhood favorites?

These books? They're available at Amazon.

Elsi · 12-20-2008, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I remember the Happy Hollisters! There was also The Bobsey Twins series.

I've started formatting the Bobbsey Twins books and uploading them here. I need to get off my duff and finish the job!

12-17-2008, 12:35 PM	#1
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	Lost childhood favorites When I was ten or twelve, I was turned on to a series of Sci-Fi robot stories called "RoboTech". They're nowhere to be found now. My mother lost my copies and I'm seriously lamenting the loss. Anyone else read the Robotech series? Anyone else not able to find their long lost childhood favorites?

12-17-2008, 06:51 PM	#6
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	Where the Red Fern Grows was my favorite. It was the first book I read more than once, and also the first book I got so into that it made me cry. Last edited by Daithi; 12-17-2008 at 06:58 PM.

12-19-2008, 12:22 AM	#11
wayspooled Crab In The Dark Posts: 486 Karma: 2328180 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Device: Tablet PC until a 10" comes out that I like	My first real books were because of Disney and Classics Illustrated. Somehow I picked up a Classics Illustrated because of the cover in my quest grabbing the Donald Duck, Archie and Veronica, Sad Sack, Two-Gun Kid, GI Combat etc comics and loved it. I remember my favs were Three Musketeers, Lion of the North, Men of Iron and The White Company (Dumas, Henty, Pyle and Doyle) Then I was over my grandmother's house and she had a bookshelf that had some books on it and I found those titles there and the connection was made between the "Classics" part of Classics Illustrated and the real books I was holding in my hands. (of course she gave them to me since they'd belonged to a long dead relative) And I was off and running Now most of the classics I read then are available here at Mobileread and at Archive.org and Project Gutenberg (first). (highly recommend G.A. Henty who wrote so many books that got into C.I. - Lion of the North is still a fond favorite) So then my parents saw me reading "books" not comics and I was off into some books I'll probably never see in legal ebook format The lost favorites hehe.. The Chip Hilton sports series by Claire Bee, Tom Swift Jr by Victor Applebee (there was even a series of early 1900's Tom Swift books about Jr's father), Rick Brant series by John Blaine, The Black Stallion series by Walter Farley, My Friend Flicka, Bronc Burnett, Tom Quest, Hardy Boys... Last edited by wayspooled; 12-19-2008 at 12:27 AM.

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12-17-2008, 12:43 PM	#3
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	Perry Rhodan was my childhood weakness. Those 100+ books can be hard to find at a reasonable price and I doubt I'd enjoy them as much today.

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lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	The only one I can think of is :"And This is Laura." My mom had read it when she was a kid and gave it to me. Amazon has some old copies of it though.

12-17-2008, 06:58 PM	#7
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	The House With a Clock In Its Walls by John Bellairs was the first book I read where I realized that I enjoyed reading. Before that I was always being forced to read, but when I read John Bellairs books it was because I wanted to read them. When I was a little older S. E. Hinton was another author whose books I really enjoyed reading (this was before they made movies out of them -- crap, I'm getting old. Damn, even the movies are old now.)

12-17-2008, 08:24 PM	#8
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	I found a bunch of p-copies (though the series is incomplete) online. I ordered a few. There were in fact 18 books written. Wow! I haven't found any stores that are selling ebook versions.

12-18-2008, 01:44 AM	#9
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	My first "real" books were in a series known as "The Happy Hollisters". I wasn't much of a reader up until my parents gave me a membership to receive monthly copies of the Happy Hollisters books (book club). Lent them to a neighbor's granddaughter and never saw them again.

12-18-2008, 05:59 AM	#10
Laine Addict Posts: 341 Karma: 1162396 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cabramatta, Sydney, Australia Device: Aura H2O, Voyage	When I was in primary school my teacher read us Susanna Of The Mounties (not sure of spelling). I remember enjoying it but I've never seen a copy. Around the same time I read from the library (the nearest town library used to loan the school a load of books regularly) a book in which some children had a model of some kind of ship and it used to grow and take them off to adventures - in different time periods I think. This was probably my first introduction to fantasy. I have no idea of the title or the author. We're talking late 50's in England here.

12-19-2008, 03:03 AM	#12
LeisureSuitLarry Member Posts: 11 Karma: 178 Join Date: May 2008 Device: K-bob the Kindle	The first thing I think of is The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Runaway Ralph, and Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary. I must have read the first two a couple of dozen times and they never get old.