In a similar manner as in Jimmy Neutron where he and Cindy Vortex swapped minds and had to exist in each other's bodies for a short period of time? Of course,...
... The understanding (to a point) is that the repelatron emiited the "special" radiation in the form of EM. By definition, most EM is at the speed of light,...
On 12/1/2010 12:14 PM, Victor wrote: In a similar manner as in Jimmy Neutron where he and Cindy Vortex swapped minds and had to exist in each other's bodies...
I'm not on Facebook, but there's a page, just started, whereon the name is given as "Tom Swift Lives". No comments as of yet. I don't know anything about it,...
I guess someone might be trying to use facebook as an alternate to yahoo or google groups. There are more "younger" people there if anyone can get their...
... The only person there is Victor Maslar. Well, now him, and me. There doesn't seem to be anything else there at all, but I'll let you know if anything...
Newly discovered Arsenic-based microbe raises possibility of new types of life on Earth, or elsewhere Los Angeles Times | December 2, 2010 | 10:58 a.m. The...
Some collectors make specific mention of ISBN numbers when they talk about particular printings, editions, etc. I've never quite figured out what the...
... Be careful what you ask for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isbn -- TOM SWIFT 100th Anniversary convention! July 16-18 2010, San Diego, CA TS100 Convention...
The ISBN stands for the International Standard Book Number. These replaced the SBN (Standard Book Number). The first type was seen around 1966 and the ISBN ...
Thanks, guys--great info. All this is prompted because, when I tried to donate a couple TSL's to an organization that supports "Friends of the Library" used...
... It's probably something arbitrary to keep people from donating diaries or something. Or hand-written religious tracts. -- TOM SWIFT 100th Anniversary...
Most likely they have an inventory system that uses this to keep the items unique. Also, with an ISBN they can pull catalog data from Amazon or another ...
I know a general notice goes out whenever something new is posted to our files section. But such notices pop up frequently, and if you're like me you may not...
I've circulated this to twenty "probables" on my own list, but there's no reason not to announce it here, too. This concerns the hand-bound hardback editions...
Of course, it makes you wonder why in the late-80's, early-90's Simon & Schuster was issuing a new ISBN number for every Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew book...
My kids are getting to the age where they could read and enjoy TS jr. As much as I enjoy the original TS, I think they will need to be a bit older before they...
... Rich, I am someone who grew up in an extremely liberal household in the 1960 and was very aware of race relations. But when I first read Tom Sr at about...
On the "should-read" side, I would point out Heinlein's juvenile works (Rocket Ship Galileo, Have Space Suit—Will Travel, Farmer in the Sky, Starman Jones,...
... ... My list of unreadable Sci-fi starts with E.E Doc Smith, just because he is unreadable. I know many here will differ. Charlie Campbell ... And I thought...
... I started reading "The Skylark of Space" once, and only got about half way through it. I suspect that it's one of those things that you can only read when...
... Yes and no. I find the Lensman stuff boring, but love me some Skylark. -- TOM SWIFT 100th Anniversary convention! July 16-18 2010, San Diego, CA TS100...
I had exactly the same experience of trying to read Smith. The writing just didn't carry me along. To be controversial, my attempts to read Doc Savage and,...
... You got FIVE books in? Wow. I got the Barsoom stuff for free on my KindleDX. It relies entirely on contrivances of "John Carter decided to go for a walk...
... There are HUNDREDS of Doc Savage books, by different authors, some awesome, some horrible. You may have sampled poorly. Or, it might just not be for you....
... In my case it was Skylark of Valeron. As I remember the book opens in the middle of a space chase. Our hero gets his ship lasered in half and while being...
