caedocyon's review against another edition
I mostly remember the absurdity of reading this book as a kid in the 1990s and trying to wrap my head around this being a "scientific" depiction of what space travel was going to be like, in *checks notes* 1956. You know, just casually making a gravitational slingshot around Saturn after accidentally launching my weird grandfathery stepdad's spaceship.
Also, Danny has to write "Space travel isn't possible" 500 times for his teacher at the beginning of the book. On what planet is this considered educational??
Super duper pulp, I bet it would be a fun reread.
Also, Danny has to write "Space travel isn't possible" 500 times for his teacher at the beginning of the book. On what planet is this considered educational??
Super duper pulp, I bet it would be a fun reread.
cdraney's review
Danny Dunn helped me get comfortable in my nerd skin. I didn't know it at the time, of course, because nerdiness was definitely NOT cool then, but to be interested in the life of the mind and how the world works IS a marvelous, very viable way to spend a childhood.
silver_valkyrie_reads's review
4.0
I think this one was my favorite of the series (at least, of the ones I could find at my library or in used book sales) when I was little. I suspect the fake science is less cool than I thought it was at the time though...
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