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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
 
OriginAlthough 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.''), Thisthis is something of a [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] (or "Play it again, Sam") situation,. as whileWhile 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.
 
The first 25 as well as the 39th Tom Swift Sr. books are in the public domain and available as [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/267 downloadable texts] from [[Project Gutenberg]]. [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42251 Two of the "Tom Swift, Jr." books] are also available there, as well, for fond fans and those who wish to compare the two series.
 
Home pages exist on tomswift.info for both the [http://www.tomswift.info/homepage/oldindex.html "Tom Swift, Sr."] and [http://www.tomswift.info/homepage/index.html "Tom Swift, Jr."] series.
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