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An Atomic-age revival of the franchise starring his son reached 30 or so volumes between 1954 and 1971, and expanded out of what was basically the [[Diesel Punk]] setting of the original series into more distinctly "Golden Age of SF" devices and stories, starting with a giant atomic-powered airplane and eventually going into space with antigravity. An intriguing thread running through the books was the continuing effort of the Swifts to establish meaningful communication with a distant race of [[Starfish Aliens]] who had contacted them. |
An Atomic-age revival of the franchise starring his son reached 30 or so volumes between 1954 and 1971, and expanded out of what was basically the [[Diesel Punk]] setting of the original series into more distinctly "Golden Age of SF" devices and stories, starting with a giant atomic-powered airplane and eventually going into space with antigravity. An intriguing thread running through the books was the continuing effort of the Swifts to establish meaningful communication with a distant race of [[Starfish Aliens]] who had contacted them. |
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Revived IN SPACE! in the early 1980s, in [[Hollywood California|Southern California]] in the 1990s and [http://tomswift.bobfinnan.com/ts5.htm in the first person] in the 2000s. However, none of these series showed nearly as much staying power as the first two |
Revived IN SPACE! in the early 1980s, in [[Hollywood California|Southern California]] in the 1990s and [http://tomswift.bobfinnan.com/ts5.htm in the first person] in the 2000s. However, none of these series showed nearly as much staying power as the first two. |
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Although generally believed to be the origin of the "[[Tom Swifty]]" joke (such as ''"Pass me the shellfish," said Tom crabbily'' or ''"How was your colonoscopy?" asked Tom probingly''), this is something of a [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] (or "Play it again, Sam") situation. While Stratemeyer was [http://www.fun-with-words.com/tom_swifties_history.html eager to employ adverbs] and [[wikipedia:Tom Swifty|reluctant to use]] [[Said Bookism|the plain verb "said"]], actual "Tom Swifty" puns were rare. |
Although generally believed to be the origin of the "[[Tom Swifty]]" joke (such as ''"Pass me the shellfish," said Tom crabbily'' or ''"How was your colonoscopy?" asked Tom probingly''), this is something of a [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] (or "Play it again, Sam") situation. While Stratemeyer was [http://www.fun-with-words.com/tom_swifties_history.html eager to employ adverbs] and [[wikipedia:Tom Swifty|reluctant to use]] [[Said Bookism|the plain verb "said"]], actual "Tom Swifty" puns were rare. |
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