I'm currently reading 'Tom Swift and his Sky Racer' and the first 5 chapters have been interesting with Andy Foger being up-to-no-good and the mysterious...
... It's always risky to post a reply before reading all of the messages but in the past 24 hours there have been over 25 in the forum. So, if this has...
... I know. I'll have to go back and check, but I seem to recall one of the books having Chow sitting on a motor scooter (presumably shut off) while riding...
... The "Tomorrowland" set of "Walt Disney Treasures" on DVD features MAN IN SPACE, MAN IN THE MOON, MARS AND BEYOND, EYES IN OUTER SPACE, OUR FRIEND THE ATOM...
... It strikes me as very "Jetsons" I wonder where the idea of people riding slidewalks inside and out originated? Obviously TSJR predates The Jetsons. Ah,...
... off) ... Slidewalks are fun (I always ride them at airports, where all of them seem to be), but I'm always put in mind of that classic "Born Loser" cartoon...
... One assumes a slidewalk could rip off your Crocs-clad foot just as easily as an escalator does. I can see the security guards at the main gate having to ...
... easily as ... Guess I'll work my way backwards down the list. Has "slidewalk" become a common expression very recently? I never once ran across it before...
Fantastic!!! art work almost looks like bonestel (spelling?) the use of colors etc.... great rocket ships thanks! our friend the atom...... my first book...
this is good! That said, here is the description for Swift Enterprises from the series bible: "Swift Enterprises: A gleaming four square mile stretch of shiny...
the trick may be to find something is.... close... or sections of something that exists that can have scenes shot in separate parts of it so that it appears...
I am still trying to figure out how this happens do you have to insert your foot at a weird angle? I have crocks I wear at the house and sometimes wander...
... have ... I looked back on what I had of the old group archives, and this is what I came up with (order of postings approximate): ...when Swift Enterprises...
... For me at least, Larry Niven popularized the term in RINGWORLD. I have no idea if the earlier authors used that word for them or not. ... It goes to Tom's...
... Well, the description is pretty vague. It is no wonder that we know little about it. James was this description available at the start of the series? It is...
... Airports are still built with multiple runways running in different directions, because crosswinds are still a problem. A Boeing 747 has a crosswind limit...
... Maybe I'm not remembering Shopton correctly, but I don't recall Enterprises being anywhere near Lake Carlopa. I would imagine the Swift Construction...
Aliens get a new switchboard: a SETI radio telescope in Northern California ... An array at Hat Creek near Mt. Shasta points an ear to the cosmos. If E.T. ...
... I'm amazed Tom didn't invent a serious defoliant and pave Shopton flat, just so nobody could sneak up on him. ... I don't think they were ever consistent...
... Enterprises ... house in ... Either ... think of ... IIRC there was a mention in one of the latter TSSR that the original house was no longer the best...
... something ... that it ... we may need a ... can pass off ... I was thinking along the lines of what Derek Meddings did for the shots of Drax Industries in...
... One imagines a lab tech or someone walking by the lab, then going HOLY SHIT as a whacking big jeep appears on the slideway. Presumably there was some form...
