AboutSue Kayton Expertise Engineer who has read thousands of science fiction books and short stories. Can recommend stories on specific subjects and comment on technical feasibility. Especially good at older out-of-print books and authors.
Question A friend at school is looking for this series:
"There were probably about eight to twelve in the
series and I remember checking them out when the Mira Mesa library was in its old location.
They were stories about a boy who went on adventures
with an old man who lived in a old run down house in the
neighborhood that the boy lived in. I remember that there were black and white illustrations that went along with the book and that the illustrations and contentmatter was a bit on the darker side of things. I also seem to
remember that there was teleporting involved, either
via a machine in the old man's house or through some sort of secret door in his basement. The books were suspenseful and they sometimes involved life or death situations."
Answer Sorry - never read these. The premise reminds me of the short story The Big Front Yard, by Clifford Simak. Perhaps he turned it into a series? The short story is collected in the anthology Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 2B, ed. Ben Bova, Doubleday 1973
