wikipedia brown Thursday, Feb 1 2007
Razzle Dazzle 10:01 pm
I loved him as a child, and he’s been given a 21-st century makeover here!
I searched long and hard for Encyclopedia Brown cover art [the Apple Paperback versions] to include in this post, but couldn’t find any. All my childhood books were lost in Katrina, so if anyone sees copies of those in used bookstores anywhere, let me know!
EDITED to include this find:
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:03 am
I haven’t seen Encyclopedia Brown books in AGES! Who reads them anymore? I need to find me some.
I wonder what he’d be called in this Information age of ours? Deep Blue Brown? Wikipedia Brown?
Doesn’t have the same ring to it…
February 3rd, 2007 at 3:30 pm
There are about 3,500 of these available at:
http://www.abebooks.com/
I, too, remember reading them voraciously as a child. I also loved Danny Dunn books…. Does anyone remember those?