After some consideration, I felt I needed more snap at the end of the recent chapter. Here's the revised version: "Especially since they've still got eighteen...
Oddly enough, I never encountered either the Mad Scientists' Club stories or Brain Benton. The Time Machine stories, on the other hand, were not only enjoyed...
Chapter Nineteen: The "Maybe" Gambit. "Bud! What?" Even as Sandy shrieked, Bud's hands were at her shoulders and he was violently throwing her aside....
... To Sandy's shock he reached out for her, his hands lunging for her throat. ... But you could add-- "...Pain surged through her from a sharp blow on the...
... Man, I've heard of tough audiences. But you guys are vicious! ... I'm so tempted to say yes. I don't automatically see her as a redhead although, in...
Some folks have said they don't see many TS JR in used book stores and I agree they are certainly less common than HB or ND. In fact I'd say even less common...
... This is something I've wondered about, and I'm still wondering. The TSJ's were printed, over the years, in the tens of thousands. That's a lotta books to...
Let's say for a moment that there were 15 million Tom Swift Jr. books sold by 1961. The total, including the 1970s paperbacks might take it up to 20 or 30...
Your analysis seems correct, James. I still wonder about two specific things. 1) In 1961 or so--and in general--what happens to the shelf stock of unsold...
I don't know what was done in the 1960s, but I know in more recent times, at least, excess paperbacks would have their covers torn off, to ruin them. The...
I think the practice of returns on books and especially returning paperback covers started in the 1980s when barcodes began to appear on the books. This was...
Interesting that you should mention the dumpster. The first time that I ever saw - and actually believed in its existence - a TSSr, was in a trash fire....
Great comments on this thread. I can see were used book stores get and hold books thinking they are valuable. And there the frequency of series books takes...
We talk about TS here and often other G&D series. But are there good figures in circulation for how many books in the various series were produced? Some folks...
Unless it is news-worthy to include in a press release, publishers have typically not released information on how many copies of books they have printed and...
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James Keeline
james@...
Feb 4, 2012 10:52 pm
Thrift stores are about the bottom of the food chain for books. There's no question that they can occasionally get something good but if they are scanned...
Back in 2000 I was in a used bookstore in Winnipeg where I picked up "Hydrolung", and I asked the owner If he had any other Tom Swift books, and the owner told...
I agree that Tom Swift is a bit different from many series. They are often the favorites for a collector so when they pass on, it is the one series they...
I've moved into my new, very tiny, rented house and if I was sure I would be here for 6 months then I'd bring more of my books. But since I might move in 2-3...
Admitting that we don't really need for Tom Swift to be a world celebrity for those of us on this group to enjoy talking about him--that is, hims-- I sure...
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Teslaedson1@...
Feb 5, 2012 6:56 pm
Cant say if Tom Swift is even KNOWN by the Youth of today! Or if he is do they think TS Jr. is just an Old Fogie ?! Ok a question Keeline are there Cd or tape...
Scott, et al… I recently sent copies of a couple of my Toms to the 16 year old son of a friend in Scotland. They live on a remote island and have a sheep...
Chapter Twenty: The Wisdom Of Solomon. Everything was happening too fast for Sandy, and she couldn't imagine how the others were taking it. On the other hand,...
I think this was discussed not too long ago but I was in one of the big box book stores and used their computer to see what current TS books were available....
Those are books that are in the public domain, and multiple publisher's can print them. And Dodo Press, I've bought one of their TS books before and they have...
