Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom Swift Jr. 1954-1978 by Victor Appleton II The son of Victor Appleton I Neither people never having existed. But were in fact a group of hacks. I picture a retro episode of my favorite TV show "Community" sitting around a table coming up with stirring ideas. Tom Swift and His Flying Lab - 1954 Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship - 1954 Tom Swift and His Giant Robot - 1954 Tom Swift and His Ultrasonic Cycloplane - 1957 Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope - 1959 The originals which I've never seen have an ever so slightly retro sound to them Tom Swift And His Motorcycle - 1910 Tom Swift And His Motor Boat - 1910 Tom Swift And His Airship - 1910 Tom Swift And His Submarine Boat - 1910 (that's a boat which goes under water the very idea!!) 14: Tom Swift And His Wizard Camera - 1912 - or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures Written by Howard Garis Illustrated by H. Richard Boehm Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap I always thought the writers of this series may have actually invented these things! Maybe not. Most real scientists stealing from Science fiction kids books. Or certainly from the garbage bins outside the Grammer schools. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner and his Atomic pixel writer > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:56:56 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Shipping info on Leica Compendium > > I'm really showing my age. I read all of the original Tom Swift books, and > read them out in the open on the front porch in an old rocking chair. I > never heard of Tom Swift, Jr. until you mentioned him, and I had to look > him > up. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 4:46 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Shipping info on Leica Compendium > > >> Its going to have a lot more pitchers this time and be an even much better >> book than it was last time which was a groundbreaking book in that Erwin >> as >> a way have making one aware of what the optical designer is up against at >> a >> much higher level than anyone before and I don't think any one has come >> close. >> The book now I think will have a nicer balance of text vs. illustrations. >> Me I like to turn the page and keep reading but also have a pitcher >> somewhere to be looking at. Or at least the page after that. >> >> It all started with reading the tom Swift Jr. books under my covers after >> lights out. I got real excited when I was coming to an illustration. And >> those were about one a chapter. >> >> >> -------------------- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> >> >> >>> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:34:53 +1000 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Shipping info on Leica Compendium >>> >>> Especially if Erwin has pre-sold all 1000 copies that he said he would >>> publish ;-) >>> I have the original and find it an extremely good resource on Leica >>> Camera >>> and Leica lenses. The new one covers much more. Quite a lot of people are >>> interested in those things as well as photography itself. >>> Certainly it is not a book of beautiful photographs taken with Leica >>> equipment. It's not meant to be of course. >>> I ordered the new one too. >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> Geoff >>> >>> *Life's not black and white, except at both ends* >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:........... And I doubt >>> having >>> said that I'm going to be sent a free one. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information