Hello!
The Zinc Mine? It was first mentioned in "The Big Kerplop" which
largely sets the stage for the club, and also explains more of why
Harmon found himself out on his ear regarding his conduct. Let's just
say it wasn't pretty.
It is in back of the Lake so from there they (the club) were able to
see what the military was doing right and wrong and finally right to
find the bomb and get it out. It again gets mentioned in "The
Unidentified Flying Man of Mammoth Falls" where the thing eventually
lands.
Charlie never explained why the mine went bust, so I suspect he did
not know, and the author didn't bother to expand on that one. For
example the cave the boys use in that one, was one of those mines that
literally never went anywhere.
And yes I posted both back then. I found all four on Amazon a while
ago, starting with the two collections in the middle, and based on a
notation inside the site the son runs I'd found out about the first
story, and even the very last one was an interesting one.
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On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 12:40?PM Stephen Servello via groups.io
<steveseg@...> wrote:
Hi Greg. I did see your posts from 2021, but I thought you were referring to more recent posts. My bad!
To be honest, it has been about a decade since my last re-read of the Mad Scientists' Club series. Back then I read all four books but soon I'll do just the first two, those I read as a young teenager.
Here is your post on the cannon:
"The cannon that Homer is interested in, and Charlie describes in
Memorial Point, has an interesting connection to New York State. The
Foundry was in Cold Spring New York near the railroad tracks. I say
was because it was eventually demolished and probably became a parking
lot."
The cannon as I recall is a recurring feature of this series and I appreciate your thoughts on it.
As to the zinc mine, I just don't remember it. Which book(s) was it mentioned?
On a somewhat related topic, I had written as essay on the geography of the first two books. This was back in the Yahoogroups day. I found it on a thumb drive but it was corrupted. I always print out hard copies of my reviews, essays, etc. but I'll be damned, I can't find this one! I'll keep looking but Greg, I think you would have enjoyed it.
Right now I am re-reading H. G. Wells' "The Island of Dr. Moreau." The premise horrifies me more now than when I was a lot younger...
S.J.S.
On Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 02:21:06 PM EDT, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8@...> wrote:
Hello!
Okay.
I just checked the list, (Mad Scientists Club list), and I saw two of
mine, both on 1/22/2021. One concerned the Old Zinc Mine, and the
other the cannon. That' why I asked in here,
See here /g/Mad-Scientists-Club/message/1 and
/g/Mad-Scientists-Club/message/2 that one I posted a
note describing some trivia on the cannon. The first one discusses the
zinc mine, it seems it had ceased working years before the stories
were written. I had hoped Charlie would mention that in his stories,
or the author would contribute. I mean he would have done so during
the writing period of the story, but the very first one only came to
light rather recently.
I'm not sure how many members the list has, but as with this one, I'd
hope to cause a discussion.
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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@...
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 10:07?PM Stephen Servello via groups.io
<steveseg@...> wrote:
Hey there Greg!
I've included the Mad Scientists Club on Groups.io.
I am unaware of your attempts to post there. I would like to hear your questions and both of these groups are good ones to post to.
I'm very interested in your thoughts!
Steve (SJS)
On Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 05:10:25 PM EDT, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8@...> wrote:
Hello!
There is, or there's supposed to be a group on them, but I've gotten
nothing but static from them.
Essentially I've got about a dozen questions regarding the small town
they live in, and even the circumstances behind what shaped the town.
Oh and what about what happened to one of its money makers.
"Skinamaroo!"
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