Editing Arthur's Computer Disaster

{{Book
|image = Arthur's Computer Disaster.png
|author = [[Marc Brown]]
|illustrator = Marc Brown
|date = September 1, 1997
|publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]]
|isbn =  0316105341
|previous = ''[[Arthur Writes a Story (book)|Arthur Writes a Story]]'' (1996)
|next = ''[[Arthur Lost and Found]]'' (1998)
}}
'''''Arthur's Computer Disaster''''' is the 23rd book in the ''[[Arthur Adventure]]'' series. It was written and illustrated by [[Marc Brown]], and published by [[Little, Brown and Company]]. It is based upon the first half of "[[Arthur the Wrecker]]", and it is also the second ''Arthur Adventure'' book based on an episode, but the first to be published ''after'' its episode counterpart's original airdate.

In the story, Arthur Read plays a game, and accidentally breaks his mother's computer. In the end, he finds that it is not, in fact, broken, but he gets into trouble for disobeying his mother's orders to stay off the computer.

==Characters==
*[[D.W. Read]]
*[[David Read|Dad]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Jane Read|Mom]]
*[[Kate Read]]
*[[Pal]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Mrs. Powers|The Brain's mom]]
*[[Alan Powers|The Brain]]
*A [[Computer expert (Arthur's Computer Disaster)|computer expert]]

==Trivia==
===Notes===
* There's also a version of the book called ''[[Arthur's Computer Adventure (game)|Arthur's Computer Adventure]]'' that's a computer game.

===Differences from the cartoon===
* When [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] started playing ''[[Deep Dark Sea]]'', he was wearing his pajamas. In the [[Arthur the Wrecker|cartoon]], he was playing on the computer before changing into his pajamas.
* When [[Jane Read|Jane]] tells Arthur and [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] that it's tax season that she needs to use the computer all day, she was in the kitchen. In the cartoon, she was on the computer when she told them.
** Also, in the book, after she tells the boys she needs to run to the office, she adds "And don't touch my computer", which she didn't exactly say in the cartoon but meant to remind them.
* Mrs. Powers told the boys that the Brain was not home instead of Mr. Powers.
* After the Brain couldn't find the problem with the computer, Arthur and Buster then go to the computer repair shop. In the cartoon, they didn't go to the computer repair shop because Jane came home right away, thus making Buster and the Brain leave.
* After the computer supposedly breaks, D.W. tells Arthur and his friend Buster that they're both in big trouble. In the cartoon, she rambles on to them about how her and Arthur's mom could get fired and that their family could become homeless and suffer poor health conditions, but she says it later in the book after Mom comes home and shortly before she decides to go use the computer.
* After the computer incident, Arthur's mom calls to check and see how he's doing, and he lies to her about not touching the computer. In the cartoon, she doesn't call, but later mentions he could have called her and asked her for help.
* The main character in the game ''Deep Dark Sea'' is a bear wearing goggles, a snorkel, air tanks on its back, a swimsuit, and flippers. In the cartoon, the character in the game was wearing a metal diving suit.
* When Jane uses the computer once again (but decides to play ''Deep Dark Sea'' instead of working on her taxes), she grounds Arthur by telling him, "No computer games for a week". In the cartoon, she said, "I'm forbidding you from the computer for a week. Fair?".

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