# Danny Dunn and the Random Futuristic Widget

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danny-dunn-and-the-random-futuristic-widget/299694>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 17, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danny-dunn-and-the-random-futuristic-widget/299694 "2005-04-17T00:23:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danny-dunn-and-the-random-futuristic-widget/299694/61 "2005-04-21T22:21:51Z")

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> [@MaxTheVool](#):
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> Did anyone else read **The Magic Grandfather** , by the same author as the DD books?
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> I remember liking it a lot.

No, but my introduction to Fantasy was Jay Williams’ “The Hero From Otherwhere”, which I doubt is still in print.

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**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danny-dunn-and-the-random-futuristic-widget/299694/62 "2005-04-22T01:56:29Z")

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> [@MaxTheVool](#):
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> Did anyone else read **The Magic Grandfather** , by the same author as the DD books?
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> I remember liking it a lot.

Oh, heck yeah. I saw that book at the public library and noticed that it was the same guy who wrote Danny Dunn, so naturally I picked it up and read it. It was even better than the Danny Dunn series in some ways. Great book.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danny-dunn-and-the-random-futuristic-widget/299694/63 "2005-04-22T11:49:36Z")

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Nostalgia overtook me, & I requested a couple of DD books from the library.

They had to dig them out of storage in the Annex. ☹

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**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danny-dunn-and-the-random-futuristic-widget/299694/64 "2005-04-27T11:30:20Z")

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Did anybody see the TV show _Las Vegas_ on Monday night? There was a security and surveillance convention at the Montecito, and the beginning of the show featured a guy remote-flying a robot dragonfly with a tiny camera and microphone built in; he was using it to peek at cleavage and the like.

I wonder if the person who wrote the script for this episode was a fan of Danny Dunn…

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