Starting with an introduction by Ralph Steadman explaining his thought process on writing this book while sitting outside of a small cafe in Paris. This is very interesting because Mr. Steadman wrote the introduction 35 years after publishing the original book.
So he seems to have a deeper thought process on looking back and seeing why he had the idea to come up with a children’s book on computers, even when he had yet to see one himself.
This is the story of a Little Red Computer, painted red to hide that fact that he blushes easily.
Not being able to compute math sums correctly like the other computers, he was “thrown out and forgotten” into a field amongst the grass and flowers. But he was OK with that, as he knew and understood things better from there.
Then one day workmen come to clear the field to build a rocket site, and notice The Little Red Computer hidden under all the grass and weeds. He is taken to a group of scientist’s who discovered that all though he may not be able to calculate sums, he is able to think on his own. They decide to send him in a rocket ship to a place he has always dreamt of seeing, Hunters Moon.
A quote from the introduction by Ralph Steadman:
“Flowers From The Moon became the sequel which was equally obscure as a classic children’s book. This may well be another rare little book…”
Ralph Steadman. Paris.
Spring – 29th April – 2004…
The book is filled with illustrations by Ralph Steadman.
Bound in red cloth with an Asahi cloth rear panel and a red leather spine label, stamped in silver. All hand-made, one at a time, by Walt Bartholomew of Sylph Publications.
The workmanship is outstanding. All of the artwork is super bright and detailed.
If you love Ralph Steadman’s art and writing, then this is a great book to add to your collection.The Little Red Computer was originally published in 1968 by Dobson and in the US in 1969 by McGraw US.To be resurrected into this awesome Chapbook in August 2004.
