The Danny Dunn books were sf adventures written in the 1950s and 1960s for children, about the adventures of impulsive Danny Dunn, whose mother was the housekeeper for the all-purpose scientist professor Bullfinch, gloomy Joe, and sensible Irene. (Irene was my favorite ( Read more... )

I had originally planned to write about these novels in the same entry merely because I read them in quick succession, and also because they're both utterly obscure novels by writers who are better-known for other books, so most likely no one but me has read them. But as I began to write, I realized that they do have some interesting parallels and ( Read more... )