Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint

1956 novel by Raymond Abrashkin

Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint

First edition

Author| Raymond Abrashkin, Jay Williams
Illustrator| Ezra Jack Keats
Series| Danny Dunn
Genre| Science fiction

Publication date

| 1956
Pages| 154
OCLC| 17528399
Followed by| Danny Dunn on a Desert Island

Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint is the first novel in the Danny Dunn series of juvenile science fiction/adventure books written by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams. The book was first published in 1956 and originally illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats.

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Reception
* 3 Editions
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Plot[edit]

Through a mishap in Professor Bulfinch's laboratory, Danny accidentally creates an anti-gravity paint. In time, the government constructs a spaceship which uses the paint as a propulsion system. The spaceship is launched prematurely after Danny and Joe follow Professor Bullfinch and Dr. Grimes on a tour of the ship. A mechanical failure dooms the four to a trip out of the Solar System unless they can repair the ship. Should they fail in this, they will drift too far from the Sun and freeze to death.

The book was published in 1956, one year before the start of the Space Age. It explores the aspects of actual space exploration versus science fiction. Danny's teacher, in an effort to get him to stop daydreaming about space adventures, makes him write repeatedly "Space travel is at least one hundred years away". After his teacher congratulates Danny for his spaceflight, he gives her the punishment assignment which he worked on while on board, and she says she will keep it as a souvenir.

## Reception[edit]

Floyd C. Gale wrote in Galaxy Science Fiction that the book "demonstrates a wonderfully brash humor ... let your 8-to-12-year-old find out the rest of the story for himself".[1]

## Editions[edit]

McGraw-Hill

* (Paperback, 1956, illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats)
* (Hardback, 1956, illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats)

Brockhampton Press

* (Hardback, 1959, illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats)

Archway Books

* (Paperback, 1979, #7 in their series)

Pocket Books

* (Paperback, 1983 reissue, illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats)

## References[edit]

* Children's literature portal
* Novels portal

1. ^ Gale, Floyd C. (June 1957). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 107–110. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

* "Space-Boy". The New York Times. November 18, 1956. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
* "Books Illustrated by Keats". Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. Retrieved November 15, 2010.

## External links[edit]

* Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Danny Dunn novels by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams

* Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint (1956)
* Danny Dunn on a Desert Island (1957)
* Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine (1958)
* Danny Dunn and the Weather Machine (1959)
* Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor (1960)
* Danny Dunn and the Fossil Cave (1961)
* Danny Dunn and the Heat Ray (1962)
* Danny Dunn, Time Traveler (1963)
* Danny Dunn and the Automatic House (1965)
* Danny Dunn and the Voice from Space (1967)
* Danny Dunn and the Smallifying Machine (1969)
* Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster (1971)
* Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy (1974)
* Danny Dunn Scientific Detective (1976)
* Danny Dunn and the Universal Glue (1977)

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