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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 ...
fwdixon
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Mar 9, 2009
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2288
So, this is a fraud, scam? In the posting the seller seems knowledgeable, presents a strong rating, etc. What do you think is going on? Phil ...
Phil Christman
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Mar 15, 2009
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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...
James Keeline
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Mar 15, 2009
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... The early Sturdy stories are in the public domain. It would seem likely that this reprint was made after the initial copyright protection ran out (c....
fwdixon
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... It appears that the copyrights were renewed on schedule for all 15 of the Don Sturdy books. http://www.incopyright.org/?r=%22Don+Sturdy%22 This is probably...
James Keeline
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Mar 15, 2009
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I'm currently rereading "Tom Swift Planet Of Nightmares", book 11 in the Tom Swift series. After the first 3 chapters, the story is really getting interesting....
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Mar 17, 2009
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I just got an email that The Electronic Mind Reader was available at Project Gutenberg now. http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/8/8/1/28813/ -- Greg Weeks ...
Greg Weeks
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May 14, 2009
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... My first reaction was: how could this bee, wasn't the copyright renewed? After grabbing the file, I checked http://incopyright.org to see what sort of...
James Keeline
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... Yep. Except that number 18 was a 1963 copyright claim and not subject to the automatic renewal. There are 11 total in the list of possible non-renewals....
Greg Weeks
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It has been a while since I have posted an update about the goings on at Applewood Books. This information is accurate as of 5/15/09. HARDY BOYS: #1 through...
Paul Mular
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May 15, 2009
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Has anyone ever written a book or put up a website about the science in the Tom Swift books? My son and I have by now read about fifteen of the books in the...
ElsaHaas
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May 26, 2009
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I have a copy of Electric Locomotive (Tom Sr.). I have not read it and I am not a train buff, but my brother has been into model railroading all of his life....
Terry Bunting
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May 26, 2009
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... Not to my knowledge: there's much I don't know... ... I'll assume this refers to Tom Sr as we sometimes call him? ... I count myself an amateur student of...
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May 26, 2009
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... Probably the most complete discussion of individual books and the state of then-current technology in them appears on the pages linked on this site: ...
James Keeline
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May 26, 2009
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... Most of it is quite unworkable, of course. So few details are given that it's almost impossible to say whether any TS invention woud even be feasible. I'm...
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May 29, 2009
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Variety reports that a re-imagining of the Tom Swift novels picthed by Men in Black directer Barry Sonnenfeld and BenDavid Grabinski has been picked-up by...
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Jun 2, 2009
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http://www.filmschatten.org Has old films in low-def including many 1950's science fiction and monster movies. ~~~ RWF...
fwdixon
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Jun 6, 2009
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Thanks! I have been looking for "gog" for years.   Russ Wolstencroft ... From: fwdixon <fwdixon@...> Subject: [TomSwift] Somewhat OT: SciFi films online...
Russell Wolstencroft
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Jun 7, 2009
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Excellent website.  We watche two movies last night.  Love oldtime movies.  Much better than what is playing nowadays. Warren ...
warren young
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Jun 7, 2009
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Just wondering if anyone knows where I can get my hands on some, if not all, of the Tom Swift III (Wanderer) series on computer. PDF or text files would be...
Matthew
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Jun 21, 2009
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... I haven't seen the books available in a legal digital format. You have to remember that pdf and other digital versions of books would have to be issued by...
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Jun 22, 2009
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I've made the decision to sell part of my book collection so that I can pay off a hospital bill (and other nuisances). Anyone interested in the list should...
kevinadenis
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Jul 2, 2009
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Boy there hasn't been that much talk on this forum for quite a while. Anyway, this month I've decided to read a Tom Swift Adventure that is really a science...
trevthurlow
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Jul 9, 2009
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If still available, I would be interested in the list. Thanks, Phil ________________________________ From: kevinadenis <kevinadenis@...> To:...
Phil Christman
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Jul 11, 2009
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All- Joy of Tech, which is a webcomic, has several mock rejected Tom Swift covers recently: http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1267.html Michael...
Michael Brown
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Jul 15, 2009
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... All 11 of these are in progress, or already at PG. There are two already there. http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/b#a33540 -- Greg Weeks ...
Greg Weeks
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Jul 17, 2009
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... That should do a lot to keep the series alive. Of course, the minute they hit PG there will be opportunistic print-on-demand people who will "publish" it...
James Keeline
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Jul 17, 2009
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I just wanted to thank everyone who responded. Everything on my list has found a home. I also want to apologize if I haven't responded to e-mails in the past...
kevinadenis
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Jul 20, 2009
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Kevin said: I just wanted to thank everyone who responded. Everything on my list has found a home. And thank you Kevin for the four Three Investigators and one...
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Jul 20, 2009
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I know this question has been answered before but I accidentally  deleted the email. Which Rick Brant's are going to Gutenberg? I started to order them from...
Russell Wolstencroft
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