Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for posting that! I have a first edition of "Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers". It was pretty feeble compared to Tom Swift Jr's flying lab. Ohhhhhh I remember the "Caves of Nuclear Fire"....No wonder my mind is so messed up! Adam On 3/23/07, Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org> wrote: > 2007-03-23-01:09:18 Mark Rabiner: > > I was more partial to Tom Swift Jr. and there were more of them and there > > were pictures. I'll never forget where ever they went to the dark side of > > the moon or the center of the earth the dreaded Bulgarians were never far > > behind. Their idea of a more vague red menace. > > "...but I never thought I end up > on this old space wheel." > > Remember when the loyal chuckwagon-style cook sang a song to the tune of > "The Yellow Rose of Texas", while they were all up in the family space > station? > > Such an enterprise Edward Stratemeyer > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Stratemeyer > > set in motion... the original (WWI-era? the first one I encountered, > having before only been reading the Tom Swift Jr. series with titles > like "Tom Swift and his Repelatron Skyway", was the product of a > different era: "Tom Swift and his War Tank.") > > Most of the first series, and some of the Junior, are now available from > Project Gutenberg: > > http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/a#a8600 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >