... True. In fact today is. Internal dating of article puts it 18 mos or so back. (I WOULD do a TS April Fool, if i could think of one. This is Not It. at...
... Challenge to the scientist-engineer: How would you solve the problem, within the stated parameters, Charlie? [How stringently defined is the term "wood"?...
... Probably salt water would serve as an electrolyte. I recall a 7th grade science class were we were to boil water in a paper cup. The principle is similar...
...has been participating in Tom Swiftdom for years under the name "Scott Dickerson". Naw, won't even try for it. You can't sell an audience on sheer nonsense...
Taken from the site... http://www.google.com/virgle/ "For thousands of years, the human race has spread out across the Earth, scaling mountains and plying the...
... article said flint striker. flint and steel is usual, however flint and Various (other) Stones would work dandy.... ... Hint: sparks, 'lectrics are...
How are the five Toms different from one another? I don't mean in terms of their stories--space travel versus dirigibles, mysteries versus thrillers, etc. I...
Scott's question make me think how poorly developed was Tom's character in all the series. We know much more about the principal supporting characters, Bud,...
Charlie has a good point - all of the Toms kind of run together for me, except some of them (TSIV in particular) seemed so much younger and inexperienced than...
... Jon said something, I actually wrote, but deleted before posting. I was going to say that Tom would not be a good over-a-beer king of guy. But I decided...
As for me, my posting was from lack of knowledge--I've only read the "classic" series, TSS and TSJ. One rather nice thing about this long saga is that the...
For me, because I've only been reading Tom Swift since the mid-1990's, and I was only born in the mid-1980's, this is how I see the different Toms and...
I agree with Charlie in that we find more character development in the support Characters then in TOM and even the immediate family. I think I know more about...
(1) Did I miss the continuation of SANDRA SWIFT AND THE CAVERNS OF THE MOON? As I remember, earth blasters were coming through the ceiling... (2) This group...
A conversation with James Keeline led to my discovery of the following sites, which apparently have some articles of interest to sci-fi book collectors (ie, of...
JSTOR was also digitized a lot of mags and journals... yes costs to belong... many libraries do and you can access it from a library network. check you local...
... From: "Scott Dickerson" <Scodiar@...> (1) Did I miss the continuation of SANDRA SWIFT AND THE CAVERNS OF THE MOON? As I remember, earth blasters were...
I guess that I'm sort of feel the same way that your son feels toward Tom Swift 4, except that I feel that way toward both Tom Swift 3 and 4, since I was born...
... released... It's very understandable, isn't it? They say you always stick with your first love, in one way or another. Whereas I read and enjoyed the Tom ...
... To most people, there's nothing magical about numbers with lots of zeros (or eights in some cultures) in them. I think the quantity, quality, and variety ...
As we all know, 2010 will be the 100th anniversary of Tom Swift. I have been thinking about the merits and work involved in hosting a convention to celebrate...
These questions seem related to me so I'll put them in this thread. My favorite Tom Swift series is the first one. As Scott suggested, the likely reason for...
With Tom Swift III (the Wanderer series, 1981-1984), the series was mostly set in space. The characters would call home to Earth every now and then, and at...
... I hate that with a fiery passion. DisneySub loses members all the time because they don't want to 'apply' -- so does my Supercar group. This group simply...
Hi James, A Tom Swift Convention to celebration 100 years is an inspired idea. I think that your place would be great. There may be interest in NYC or Boston...
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... While Chaos on Earth and Microworld were not published, the manuscripts exist at NYPL. I note that the word processor file that has been circulating for ...
-I agree with many of the suggestions of George, except maybe the "costumes", I guess only most of them are time period clothes. We could do a "best" guess...
Simon & Schuster holds any remaining trademarks and copyrights. Some texts are public domain, of course, especially TS 1-25. The 2005 Nancy Drew Sleuths...
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