Jul 16
J Greely Comments: I’d love to snark about Saa the ancient fish-man, but the truth is that I loved this book so much that I stole it from my second-grade teacher.
Published 1972
J Greely Comments: I’d love to snark about Saa the ancient fish-man, but the truth is that I loved this book so much that I stole it from my second-grade teacher.
Published 1972
July 16th, 2019 at 9:57 am
Someone’s just told him he’ll be on GSS in 47 years’ time.
July 16th, 2019 at 12:01 pm
If I had a cool area rug like that, I wouldn’t let anyone else sit on it either.
July 16th, 2019 at 1:53 pm
Aerial view of someone in a very singular hat.
July 16th, 2019 at 2:39 pm
Hi! My name is Gil.
July 16th, 2019 at 2:48 pm
Looks like Harold from Harold and The Purple Crayon
July 16th, 2019 at 3:32 pm
His expression suggests he is watching scuba diving pirate monkeys.
July 16th, 2019 at 4:04 pm
The rare unabridged hardcover edition had a wraparound cover. I’ve never found a copy, and it tends to be priced at $200-$300 online.
-j
July 16th, 2019 at 5:07 pm
Just trying to figure out why anyone would go to the trouble of editing and abridging this in the first place. Did they delete all the watersports scenes?
July 17th, 2019 at 1:58 am
Why choose this one to edit and abridge? Most likely because he had previously sold some of his non-SF children’s books to Scholastic, making him a safe, affordable choice. My guess is that most of the edits were to hit their target page count and reading level.
-j
July 17th, 2019 at 5:49 am
@J Greely might have liked the content, but I’m thinking this artwork might have scared some of the less brave 7-8 year olds!
I don’t remember this at all, and I must have seen it back then.
The wraparound cover is pretty effective.
GSS to comments #1-6. We’re not always vicious, sometimes we only poke gentle fun.
Someone on Amazon said they found the unabridged version in a library.
July 18th, 2019 at 2:57 am
Ugh! Who spilled all this 1960s into my sea?
July 30th, 2019 at 6:50 am
Is anyone else reminded of Teeva from the French animated classic Fantastic Planet?
November 8th, 2019 at 7:51 am
Are we SURE this art isn’t borrowed from some 19th-century Japanese print?