2004-08-31

  • i need your help.

    yes, you too.

    i'm looking for a
    series of books from a loooong time ago, back when i was in elementary
    school. i can't remember the name of them (hence needing help), and i
    don't remember much for the details, besides being glued to them when
    we went to the library. what i do remember:

    it was an
    adventure-like idea, and there was a kid who was the main character
    (no, not encyclopedia brown). in one of the books, they went to visit
    his friend who was a professor... he had invented a shrinking ray, and
    of course it shrunk the group of them (this is waaaay before "honey, i
    shrunk the kids"). the kid ended up falling really far (like off of a
    table) and not being hurt, and the professor explained that it's
    because they were so small, gravity affected them differently. he also
    rode on a dragonfly or a butterfly, and was "steering" it by making a
    shadow over the opposite eye (making it think there was something to
    that side)... that's all i really remember about that one.

    there
    was another one where someone (i'm guessing the same professor)
    invented a fly- or dragonfly-robot that was remote controlled by a
    glove, and the user could "feel" what it felt, and see what it saw...
    there was a part where something lit on fire, and the kid almost got
    burned by the glove because he lost control of it.

    yeah, i know
    it's not a lot to go on, but i want to find them, and i'll put more up
    as i remember. what kind of incentive, you ask...? well, i was thinking
    that i'll give an invite to gmail, if you'd like it... or something else if you already have one (or don't want one). just help me find those books! thanks.

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