Tom Swift and the Visitor From Planet X by Victor Appleton
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIf you haven't come across the 200-book series about Tom Swift Jr, this book would be an interesting one to start with. The series is aimed at the young adult readership, probably male, and the young adolescent hero, Tom Swift Jr is the son of Tom Swift Sr. The books portray the perennially 18-year-old Tom, a tall and angular youngster, possessed of a very high intelligence and presence of mind. Regular characters include his parents, younger sister Sandy, best buddy Bud Barclay, his regular date Phyllis Newton, and the comic roly-poly Chow Winkler. This star cast features in almost all the novels.
Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X is an exciting sci-fi tale, in which the inventive and scientifically inclined Tom and friends have set up Swift Enterprises, a vast four-mile facility where inventions are conceived and built. They have established contact with intelligent beings on a distant planet and make preparations to welcome the first visitor from there. However, they're unexpectedly drawn into a deadly internecine battle between diabolical forces on the distant planet which aim to sabotage the visit and destroy Earth. Tom's quick thinking and inventiveness come to the fore as he develops a devastating weapon to counter the evil forces. This exciting tale certainly keeps you interested and engaged.
The Tom Swift series is the product of a writing syndicate called the Stratemeyer Syndicate which published a range of packaged children's literature in the 1950s. Other series include the famous Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books, all of which were penned by a host of writers employed by this syndicate. In fact the syndicate employed three PhDs in science and technology to ensure scientific authenticity. The series is still running and the last set was published between 2006-7.
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Episodes
01 – The Earthquake
January 02, 2024 00:00 - 12 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
02 – The Mysterious Hitchhiker
January 01, 2024 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
03 – Report From InterPol
December 31, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
04 – Another Tremor!
December 30, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
06 – Brungarian Coup
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
07 – Wall of Water
December 27, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
08 – A Suspect Talks
December 26, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
09 – The Cave Monster
December 25, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
10 – Energy From Planet X
December 24, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
11 – An Electrical Christening
December 23, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 3.81 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
12 – Exman Takes Orders
December 22, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
13 – Disaster Strikes
December 21, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
14 – Air-borne Hijackers
December 20, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
16 – A Unique Experiment
December 18, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
17 – An Urgent Warning
December 17, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
18 – Earthquake Island
December 16, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
19 – A Fiendish Machine
December 15, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
20 – The Robot Spy’s Story
December 14, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com