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RIP Donald J. Sobol
Jul. 16th, 2012 01:40 pmDonald J. Sobol died a few days ago.
The Encyclopedia Brown books were a huge part of my formative years. One of the things I appreciated was that Sally was not just "the token girl" - while she wasn't as smart as Leroy, she was consistenly portrayed as intelligent in her own right, and physically formidable, a rare talent in a girl in children's lit at the time. The Two-Minute Mysteries were geninely scary to me as a kid - probably not their intent, but still affecting.
Safe journey, Mr. Sobol.
The Encyclopedia Brown books were a huge part of my formative years. One of the things I appreciated was that Sally was not just "the token girl" - while she wasn't as smart as Leroy, she was consistenly portrayed as intelligent in her own right, and physically formidable, a rare talent in a girl in children's lit at the time. The Two-Minute Mysteries were geninely scary to me as a kid - probably not their intent, but still affecting.
Safe journey, Mr. Sobol.
