I'm glad you enjoyed the story! Thanks for the comments. Toward the end of the book I planted a few small hints about where the next adventure was going to go...
... It seemed to me he was Tom Swift in name only. Not that I thought he was bad, just not really Tom Swift. Kind of like the time Wally (Kid Flash) West took...
I finally had a chance to read through Jon's short story. The wit is distinctive, the "voice" is perfectly true to the many worlds of the Toms. And it's mighty...
As we praise Jon's accomplishment in both Book 34 and his sweet short story of "Dinner at Tom's", may I remind everyone that Jon is a visionary as well. I...
Hi Michael, I like the movie ZULU as well. One of my favorite scenes is where the Zulu beat their shields and Chant before they attack. This is before the one...
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Quote: 2a. TS-III Posted by: "Scott Dickerson" Scodiar@... scottthedickerson Date: Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:46 am ((PST)) Trevor, you mentioned "elsewhere" that...
... Trevor, I'll promise to chat about Tom III with you. I don;t have entirely the negative feeling some people have. In fact I thought the first 4 books were...
Trevor: I thought Benjamin Franklin Walking Eagle, Tom III's "faithful Indian companion" sidekick who replaced Bud/Ned was kinda old-fashioned cliche. What...
Charlie touches again on my main points regarding Tom III. I didn't dislike him at all. In fact I rather liked the cover art. The heroic pose on the first book...
Trevor, don't forget that many of us are kinda "up there" and were barely conscious of the post-TSJ Toms. That's exactly why, IMHO, we need to start hearing...
... I'll bet a few of you tried emailing Mr. Tolliver. I did too. Anyone get a response? I didn't. I'm beginning to think that some people have lives that...
Chapter Twenty-Three: Finally Slowing Down. "Now here's a pleasant change. For once I'm not the one lying in a hospital bed." Tom looked up wearily from the...
With Benjamin Franklin Walking Eagle I actually found to be a really fun character in the series. Now then, personally, whenever I read a Tom Swift III book,...
... Indian from Zorro or other Western stories, then yeah Ben is that type of character, but I think that with the Tom Swift Wanderer line, the Stratemeyer...
I want to be the first to thank Michael for another great contribution to the greater Tom Swift world. It going to be a let down, now that both Jon's and...
Tom Swiftand electric runabout must have made money for Tom Swift Sr. In fact ALL of Tom Swifts iventions(Tom Swift Jr etc) seem never to have been a failure!...
Sorry to hear that about Tesla, but not surprising. Last I heard, they had not delivered a car. Furthermore, I believe that the majority of the construction,...
... III's "faithful Indian companion" sidekick who replaced Bud/Ned was kinda old-fashioned cliche. What are your thoughts on the character? ... One thought...
... really fun character in the series. Your enthusiasm has convinced me that I ought to give a look at TS- III. Though it may not be what I "think of" as Tom...
I wonder if you could decrease the among of fuel used to get from Earth to Venus by using the gravitational pull of the Sun? If our friend Einstein is right,...
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As long as you don't care how long it takes to get there, it might work. James ... I wonder if you could decrease the among of fuel used to get from Earth to...
... The trouble is that getting lower down in the bowl than the orbit of Venus costs more fuel than just getting down to Venus The Earth stays in its position,...
Geroge, In a larger sense this is done already. Paths between planets are chosen to make use of the gravity and motion of all the planets to find low energy...
George, I have read many stories that used the idea of accelerating toward a planet or sun and then using the advantage of a close orbit to 'slingshot' and...
... The lower you burn your fuel in a gravity well, the more oomph you get out of it, so there is an advantage to dropping down into a gravity well before you...
... Well the purpose of a slingshot is to pick up some of the motion of the body you are trying to slingshot around. In most cases this is the orbital motion...
Quote: Posted by: "Scott Dickerson" Scodiar@... scottthedickersonDate: Tue Dec 2, 2008 10:53 am ((PST)) Trevor, don't forget that many of us are kinda "up...
George and Lenny. Sound like "Of Mice and Men" to me.The name "Negative Zone" reminds me of The Fantastic Four. As for evil twins and parallel worlds...
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