I've been thinking about something for those of us who grew up with the Tom Swift's of the 1980's and later. In this group we already have a "Spotlight Book Of...
Hi Trevor, We are new to the group. Just thought you might want to know that my 12 year old is devouring the Tom Swift series, a book in two days. A flashbook...
Siri Betcher
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That is a good question, since the Tom Swift books are so popular. Simon & Schuster still list the 6 books from the recently released "Tom Swift Young...
I also want to chime in that my three kids are devouring the books. It started with my oldest son who is ten. He zoomed through the current series. We...
Linda, Tom Swift And His Aerial Warship is from way before World War 2. In fact, that book was origianlly published in 1915 during the First World War. I know...
Sorry, I didn't run out to the van to check the title. This is the story where he builds a tank. Is that WWI also? Thanks! Linda ... From: "trevthurlow"...
Yes, it's WWI Been a while since I've read it, but some of the problems he has with it (once particular scene comes to mind) were problems the folks in the...
It is also unusual in the original series for having a bit of social commentary. There is a lot of speculation about whether Tom is a "slacker"--one who is...
Ah! I forgot that. Good point. WWI was a bit different from WWII in that regard, I think. So many people were sure at the onset of WWI that it would be over in...
I recently finished Tom Swift and his Ariel Scout, and I noticed a few things. In the story, Tom invents a silent motor for an airplane. Yet, back in Tom...
I, too, just finished "Tom Swift and His Air Scout" in January 2009, and I had just read "Tom Swift And His Giant Searchlight" over Christmas/Boxing Day 2008,...
You say "Aerial Scout" but I think you mean "Aerial Warship". "Air Scout" was the volume after "War Tank." In fact Tom invents three silent aircraft. The...
... ...Giant Cannon was independent of WWI, strictly Panama Canal based. Up until close of WWII there was a set/series of Coast Defense fortifications, now...
... I think you can tell there just how different it must've been for kids growing up in the 1914-1918 timeframe, if they had friends on both sides of the...
with the permission of the rework artist Too much cookware is a pandemic. http://www.myspace.com/feralduck [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I've greatly enjoyed the original Tom Swift series, having downloaded the public domain books available online. I've just finished Tom Swift Among the...
... Rich, I'm afraid you will have a long wait indeed for more Tom Swift stories to enter the public domain thanks to the Sonny Bono memorial copyright term...
There are still two other Tom Swift Sr. books that are in the public domain, "Tom Swift and his Electric Locomotive" and "Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope"....
... Hi Rich- In my experience, the Tom Swift Jr. books are some of the least expensive series books to be had. The first 25 or so can easily be purchased for...
I have just finished reading Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X. It was a public domain version from durendal.org. I also found another site with many of...
That's because the Tom Swift Lives website contains Fan Fiction retellings of the Tom Swift stories...superb adaptations, BUT not the originals!!!!!!! ... ...
The public domain copy of Visitor from Planet X is from the Tom Swift Jr. series. It was published in 1961 by Grosset & Dunlap. That and another Tom Jr....
... Swift Jr. series. It was published in 1961 by Grosset & Dunlap. That and another Tom Jr. title, Electronic Hydrolung, I believe entered into the public...
This turned up on eBay a few weeks ago: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320343895688 I rec'd it today. Don Sturdy On The Desert Of Mystery ...
No. It was just a British reprint from the 1950s of the 1925 G&D story. I have a copy of this in jacket and see it listed on eBay from time to time. I also...
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