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by throwaway81523 1y ago
No mention of Danny Dunn. Tsk.
https://www.semicolonblog.com/?p=32946 https://www.semicolonblog.com/?p=32946
- AStonesThrow 1y agoAs late as 1984, Danny Dunn shared a place of honor on my bookshelves, along with Encyclopedia Brown. The long list of titles is interesting and almost leads us to a self-referential thought. These series were often known as "boiler-room novels" because they were basic and formulaic, and it was possible to command a team of entry-level writers to churn them out.