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Title: Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint by Jay Williams ISBN: 0-07-070531-3 Publisher: McGraw Hill Consumer Products Pub. Date: June, 1964 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: First in the series, a good harbinger
Comment: First off - Irene wasn't in the series yet. She wouldn't show up until the third book (Homework Machine.) It may well be that's why this and Desert Island were first, to get them out of the way.
According to my parents, space flight did indeed seem a hundred years away in 1956. I'll have to take their word on that. But all the same, the way they got the ship to fly doesn't seem all that outlandish (though like Star Trek-style beaming, it would require a LOT of energy) particularly for when it was written.
And like most of the rest of the series (read my review for Smallifying Machine) it did a wonderful job of explaining basic science to its audience. I still remember (my mother had the original hardback from her childhood) the illustration of the ship over Mars - looking at its surface, with Phobos a jagged rock in orbit above it, and being awed by that and other things out in space.
You can forgive the bang-up ending - the authors would get better with time on that. It may be a bit dated now but it offers an interesting perspective.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Classic Story
Comment: Few stories, much less story series, can be remembered as vividly over the years as can the Danny Dunn books - a tribute to the authors and their product. In this story Danny and the usual cast (less Irene, who no doubt was absent due to morality standards of the day) are inadvertently launched into space through the an accident with the wondrous anti-gravity paint. Despite the initial mishap, all seems to be going well until the spacefarers discover that they cannot activate the switch that will return them to Earth! Once again Danny must rise to the occasion and save the day before it is too late.
As with all the Danny Dunn books, readers are painlessly introduced to science concepts while reading an absorbing tale. Although some of the ideas in the story seem a bit dated now, the plot development and characters make this story an excellent selection.
Rating: 4
Summary: Oh, Danny, where have you gone?
Comment: Danny Dunn! One of the best children's book serieses of all time. I guess I'll review all of them that I can remember. They are indeed Hard To Find these days. But I recommend them all, if you can find 'em.
This one is about a trip to space via Anti-Gravity Paint, with Professor Bullfinch, Danny, Joe, and the irascible Dr. Grimes. You sort of feel the lack of Irene to complete the chemistry, but oh well. I love this stuff.
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Title: Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine by Jay Williams ISBN: 0070705208 Publisher: McGraw Hill Consumer Products Pub. Date: June, 1964 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Danny Dunn Invisible Boy by Jay Williams, Raymond Abrashkin, Paul Sagsoorian ISBN: 0671450689 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: August, 1983 List Price(USD): $1.95 |
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Title: Danny Dunn Scientific Detective by Jay Williams ISBN: 0070705496 Publisher: McGraw Hill Consumer Products Pub. Date: April, 1976 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Danny Dunn&the Homework Machine by Williams ISBN: 0070705194 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Danny Dunn and the Fossil Cave by Jay Williams ISBN: 0070705267 Publisher: McGraw Hill Consumer Products Pub. Date: June, 1964 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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