It's been well over a week since I finished my latest re-read of "The Blue Ghost Mystery" but this is the first chance I've had to post on it. So here goes... ...
Hi Steve! Sounds like you've been having fun! :) Blue Ghost has always been one of my favorite Brant titles and may well be my favorite series book period. It...
... coke is a generic in the south. (also home of sweet and unsweet to describe iced tea). What kind of coke do you want? orange. in the midwest it's pop...
I'm reading the Body of Secrets by James Bamford about the history of the NSA. He says in there that the first bouncing of a radar signal off the moon for...
Yeah. This is one that has been discussed by the group before. I wonder what happened? Did Hal put off writing Flaming Mountain or was it Publisher's choice? I...
... There's some interesting info at: http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2002/01/21/1/ 1960 was when moonbounce was first used for communications (i.e., someone...
AS Jim says, the idea of moonbounce communication has always been a fascinating idea. It was so appealing to me that it spurred me to get my Ham radio license....
Very nice review, Steve. It's always a pleasure to read your thorough commentary on a book. Valerie wrote: a mention in "The Veiled Raiders": Rick and Scotty...
... finished my latest re-read of "The Blue Ghost Mystery" but this is the first chance I've had to post on it. So here goes ... First of all, as I had earlier...
I thought the Blue Ghost Mystery was a very good book, but of all the Rick Brants I've read it was the one that for some reason -- its mood or basic...
Re "coke" versus "Coke": I'm away from my collection at the moment, but I recall the boys drinking Coca-Cola in "The Caves of Fear" -- they're in that dive...
I'm a longtime Rick Brant fan, but am just recently trying to get some reading copies of the books I am missing. Specifically, The Feathered Cape, Deadly...
I would agree that would be the teenage Scotty, however I presume he eventually went to college and studied something more advanced... I would think that he...
At the end of The Magic Talisman, I believe it is stated that Scotty is going to major in Mechanical Engineering in college. Vern Dewees Carrolton, Texas ...
I have been listening to the radio on my commute to work and they are promoting The Masters Of Disaster thrill show at the Rt 66 speedway in Joliet, IL. The...
When is this? I live downstate but maybe can make it. If I am not working or out of country. dennis ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
As a SciFi, Rick Brant and Tom Swift fanatic as a child, back then I figured (dreamed) we'd all be travelling by rocket pack by 2000;) We're still stuck with...
If the 20th century is any indication, the rocket packs & flying cars will probably not arrive until 2025. Paul Mular ... Paul Mular [Non-text portions of this...
I was at the Star Wars Celebration 4 at the Los Angeles convention center, they had a man come-- Dan Schlund, and he was dressed as Boba Fett and flew with a...
Hi, all. It's been a while. Just been sitting back and reading the exchanges. Here, though, I have to interject that unless we get back the "Right Stuff"...
It's frustrating to me that we don't have bases on Mars and regular travel to/from it, in this futuristic-sounding year of 2007. And it seems unlikely to...
More than likely it will be the Chinese leading the way into space...Not a happy moment for USA when they do either...I doubt if India will be able to afford...
Yeah, so much for Space 1999. I really thought by the year 2000 I would have a rocket pack of my own. I remember watching Lost in Space too and thinking I...
... would have a rocket ... couldn't wait to the ... like on Star Trek! ... Yes, I thought we'd have rocket packs by now, too, but when I look at myself and...
I'm reading (for the first time) The Magic Talisman. Does anyone know how much it was revised from the original manuscript that was rejected? I'm getting a...
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