THE TOM SWIFT Jr. SERIES
By VICTOR APPLETON II

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This Grosset & Dunlap series, published between 1954 and 1971, depicts the adventures of Tom Swift, Jr -- son of the protagonist of the original Tom Swift series, and an inventor like his father. 

The majority of the series was written in the post-Sputnik, space-race/cold war era and space travel and atomic energy both feature prominently in most of the books, which are filled with retro-futuristic terms like "repelatron" and "atomicar."

 

  
  1. Tom Swift and his Flying Lab -- "Tom Swift and his father travel to a South American country in their flying space lab to look for uranium and keep it from falling into the hands of a group of dangerous rebels." -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1954, Grosset & Dunlap.

  2. Tom Swift and his Jetmarine -- "Tom Swift, Jr., and his associates try to unravel the relationship between the dog coins and the mysterious blackouts near Spaniel Island" -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1954, Grosset & Dunlap.

  3. Tom Swift and his Rocket Ship -- "Tom Swift, Jr., and his friend, Bud Barclay, enter an international space race hoping to orbit the earth in two hours." -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1954, Grosset & Dunlap.

  4. Tom Swift and his Giant Robot -- "Tom Swift, Jr., and his associates hunt the mastermind who is sabotaging a robot which is an integral part of an atomic energy plant." -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1954, Grosset & Dunlap.

  5. Tom Swift and his Atomic Earth Blaster -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1954, Grosset & Dunlap.

  6. Tom Swift and his Outpost in Space -- "Tom Swift, Jr., aided by his friend Bud Barclay, overcomes several sabotage attempts while trying to design and build the first solar-operated space station." -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1955, Grosset & Dunlap.

  7. Tom Swift and his Diving Seacopter -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1956, Grosset & Dunlap.

  8. Tom Swift in the Caves of Nuclear Fire -- "Tom goes to Africa to track down the origin of a mysterious gas." -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1956, Grosset & Dunlap.

  9. Tom Swift on the Phantom Satellite -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1956, Grosset & Dunlap.

  10. Tom Swift and his Ultrasonic Cycloplane -- "Tom finds himself involved in a dangerous adventure trying to track down the origins of a small statue made of a rare and valuable metal." -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1957, Grosset & Dunlap.

  11. Tom Swift and his Deep-Sea Hydrodome -- "Tom and his father return to an underwater city of gold to do further exploration and discover a new source of helium." -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1958, Grosset & Dunlap.

  12. Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1958, Grosset & Dunlap.

  13. Tom Swift and his Space Solartron -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1958, Grosset & Dunlap.

  14. Tom Swift and his Electronic Retroscope -- "While on an expedition to the Yucatan, Tom Swift discovers records of a space armada that flew to the earth 3000 years ago" -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1959, Grosset & Dunlap.

  15. Tom Swift and his Spectromarine Selector -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1960, Grosset & Dunlap.

  16. Tom Swift and the Cosmic Astronauts -- "When his latest invention is stolen, Tom Swift, Jr., and his associates pursue a ruthless scientific pirate." -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1960, Grosset & Dunlap.

  17. Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X -- illustrated by Graham Kaye. 1961, Grosset & Dunlap.

  18. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung -- illustrated by Charles Brey. 1961, Grosset & Dunlap.

  19. Tom Swift and his Triphibian Atomicar -- illustrated by Charles Brey. 1962, Grosset & Dunlap.

  20. Tom Swift and his Megascope Space Prober -- illustrated by Charles Brey. 1962, Grosset & Dunlap. 

  21. Tom Swift and the Asteroid Pirates -- illustrated by Charles Brey. 1963, Grosset & Dunlap.

  22. Tom Swift and his Repelatron Skyway -- illustrated by Edweard Moritz. 1963, Grosset & Dunlap.

  23. Tom Swift and his Aquatomic Tracker -- illustrated by Edward Moritz. 1964, Grosset & Dunlap.

  24. Tom Swift and His 3-D Telejector -- illustrated by Edward Moritz. 1964, Grosset & Dunlap.

  25. Tom Swift and his Polar-Ray Dynasphere -- "Tom and his friends travel to a small Himalayan country as guests of the friendly ruler and discover a secret rocket base run by enemies of the government." -- illustrated by Edward Moritz. 1965, Grosset & Dunlap.

  26. Tom Swift and his Sonic Boom Trap -- illustrated by Edward Moritz. 1965, Grosset & Dunlap.

  27. Tom Swift and his Subocean Geotron -- "Tom must recover a valuable capsule left on Earth on the ocean floor off Easter Island thousands of years ago by colonists from another planet." -- illustrated by Edward Moritz. 1966, Grosset & Dunlap.

  28. Tom Swift and the Mystery Comet -- illustrated by Ray Johnson. 1966, Grosset & Dunlap.

  29. Tom Swift and the Captive Planetoid -- illustrated by Ray Johnson. 1967, Grosset & Dunlap. 

  30. Tom Swift and his G-force Inverter -- illustrated by Ray Johnson. 1968, Grosset & Dunlap. 

  31. Tom Swift and his Dyna-4 Capsule -- illustrated by Ray Johnson. 1969, Grosset & Dunlap. 

  32. Tom Swift and his Cosmotron Express -- illustrated by Ray Johnson. 1970, Grosset & Dunlap.

  33. Tom Swift and the Galaxy Ghosts -- "With the help of his latest invention, a device that can atomize objects, send them great distances, and reassemble the
    atoms, Tom Swift, Jr., and his father locate a frozen mastodon and transport it to the United States    ." -- illustrated by Bill Dolwick. 1971, Grosset & Dunlap.

 

Source:

WorldCat Holdings

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