Sujet : Re: Request for a recommendation.
De : lynnmcguire5 (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Lynn McGuire)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 05. Oct 2024, 03:11:35
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On 10/2/2024 1:46 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
In article <vdk2tj$t76$1@panix2.panix.com>,
Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>
I am looking for a book which will interest a 12 year old kid who is
fascinated by things mechanical.
>
A fiction book or nonfiction?
>
When I was... younger than 12, might have been about seven... I got my
father to buy me the Chilton's engine rebuilding annual. I still have
it. I spent months poring over it.
--scott
L. Sprague deCamp actually wrote a non-fiction book about engines.
Huh, it's actually called _Engines_:
https://www.amazon.com/Engines-L-Sprague-Camp/dp/B0006BZMX8
That is a wild picture. I can tell you from experience, working on a outboard engine in the middle of a lake or river is not fun when you drop whatever you were working on in the drink. In my case, it was the propeller after we ran over a log and broke the prop key. One should always have a spare prop and several keys on board.
Lynn
Request for a recommendation.
Re: Request for a recommendation.
