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'''Matthew Looney''' is the [[title character]] in a [[book series|series]] of four [[science fiction]] books for children by [[Jerome Beatty Jr]] (c. [[1918]]—[[2002]]). Matthew's sister '''Maria Looney''' is the title character in Beatty's three subsequent books. The entire Looney series is illustrated by the renowned cartoonist [[Gahan Wilson]]. |
'''Matthew Looney''' is the [[title character]] in a [[book series|series]] of four [[science fiction]] books for children by [[Jerome Beatty Jr]] (c. [[1918]]—[[2002]]). Matthew's sister '''Maria Looney''' is the title character in Beatty's three subsequent books. The entire Looney series is illustrated by the renowned cartoonist [[Gahan Wilson]]. |
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== Series overview == |
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The Matthew Looney books chronicle the adventures of a brother and sister, Matthew and Maria Looney, who live in the town of Crater Plato, on the [[Moon]]. The inhabitants of the Moon are, for all intents and purposes, ''people'', but they are not human beings. They "breathe" [[Vacuum#Vacuum in space|vacuum]], instead of air, and they look up in the sky at the [[Earth]] and wonder if indeed anyone is living on it. |
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Like most kids, the Looney kids have parents, friends, and rivals, with the normal array of school-age joys and concerns. Their father works in the powder factory, but Matthew is captivated by the notion of an exciting career in the military like his uncle, Rear Admiral Looney. Maria, his younger sister, prefers playing sports after school and getting in trouble with her best friend and rival, Hester. |
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During their adventures, the Looney kids face [[Space Pirate|space pirates]], a war between the Moon and [[Mars in fiction|Mars]], the discovery of life on Earth, and the invasion of an Earth circus. |
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Revision as of 13:49, 25 September 2007
Matthew Looney is the title character in a series of four science fiction books for children by Jerome Beatty Jr (c. 1918—2002). Matthew's sister Maria Looney is the title character in Beatty's three subsequent books. The entire Looney series is illustrated by the renowned cartoonist Gahan Wilson.
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Matthew Looney is a special boy.
Series titles
- Matthew Looney's Voyage to the Earth (1961)
- Matthew Looney's Invasion of the Earth (1965)
- Matthew Looney in the Outback (1969)
- Matthew Looney and the Space Pirates (1974)
- Maria Looney on the Red Planet (1977)
- Maria Looney and the Cosmic Circus (1978)
- Maria Looney and the Remarkable Robot (1978)