A Mystery for Mr. Bass
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A Mystery for Mr. Bass is a 1960 children's science fiction
novel
by Canadian
author Eleanor Cameron
. The novel followed The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet
(1954), Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet
(1956), Mr. Bass's Planetoid
(1958), and was illustrated by Leonard Shortall.
s on the cliffs where no such bones should be, prompting Tyco Bass to reveal some of the history and customs of the Mycetians, the Mushroom People of Earth
. After Tyco's departure, the boys' discovery of the ailing Prewytt Brumblydge's unexpected Mycetian connections leads them to attempt a new, unscheduled trip to Basidium.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
author Eleanor Cameron
Eleanor Cameron
Eleanor Frances Butler Cameron was a Canadian children's author. Her first book was The Unheard Music, published in 1950.-Life:...
. The novel followed The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet is a science fiction/fantasy children's novel written by Eleanor Cameron in 1954. It is set in a beach community in California, as well as on a tiny, habitable moon, "Basidium," in an invisible orbit 50,000 miles from Earth...
(1954), Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet
Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet
Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet is the second in the series of Mushroom Planet books by Eleanor Cameron, and was published in 1956, two years after the original....
(1956), Mr. Bass's Planetoid
Mr. Bass's Planetoid
Mr. Bass's Planetoid is a 1958 children's science fiction novel by Canadian author Eleanor Cameron. The novel followed The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet and Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet .-Plot introduction:...
(1958), and was illustrated by Leonard Shortall.
Plot summary
After a record-breaking storm, David and Chuck discover half-million-year-old fossilFossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
s on the cliffs where no such bones should be, prompting Tyco Bass to reveal some of the history and customs of the Mycetians, the Mushroom People of Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
. After Tyco's departure, the boys' discovery of the ailing Prewytt Brumblydge's unexpected Mycetian connections leads them to attempt a new, unscheduled trip to Basidium.
See also
- Jewels from the Moon and the Meteor That Couldn't StayJewels from the MoonJewels from the Moon and The Meteor That Couldn't Stay is a 1964 children's science fiction book by Canadian author Eleanor Cameron. It followed The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet , Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet , Mr. Bass's Planetoid , A Mystery for Mr. Bass , and was illustrated by...
, the sequelSequelA sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
volume to this story.