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Re:Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume ... by Darkphibre on Monday February 10, 2020 @08:40PM (#22295225)
For me it was Tom Swift and... Danny Dunn! Can't believe that series is so hard to track down, it's been out of print for ages.

Case in point: Danny discovers the pros and cons of invisibility, by learning how to pilot the professor's telepresence suit that drives a small insect-sized drone. This was in 1974.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Dunn,_Invisible_Boy

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Re:Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume ... by debatem1 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @01:26AM (#22296513)
Danny Dunn and the homework machine was what got me interested in computers! I keep a copy of that and "geometry and the imagination" together on my side table.
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Re:Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume ... by Darkphibre on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @01:27PM (#22301040)
Gosh yes!! The big reveal (he'd actually be learning all along while figuring out how to program the machine) has stuck with me forever. :)
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