Kharis2000 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 For a look at materials dating back to the age of the pulps and a bit later, either for reading pleasure of idea mining, take a look at: http://durendal.org:8080/books.html Durendal has a large collection of public domain works (cleared by Project Gurenberg) that includes a growing set of the original Tom Swift series from 1910 through the mid 1930's, updated as the works come into public domain. Other highlights are some early sci-fi by writers like E.E. 'Doc' Smith, John W. Campbell, and more. They have a minimum of page images for all of the works they archive, and provide links to Project Gutenberg e-texts and the few items still in print where available. The Tom Swift series is a standout, in that it has page scans, HTML text, ASCII text, PG HTNL text, zlib cspotrun Palm doc, Rocket ebook, and iSilo 2.0 formats for the texts that they have. Take a look - the early Tom Swift novels pretty much have an entire adventure contained in just their titles alone: Tom Swift and His Magnetic Silencer, Tom Swift and His Sky Train, Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent 13 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Re: Early Pulp Classics Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle Which, some 50 years later, inspired scientist and inventor Jack Cover to give his new stun gun the acronym TASER - "Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Re: Early Pulp Classics "Tom Swift and his Photo Telephone". And now, less than 100 years later, I own one. Early scifi coolness rep. EDIT: Can't rep you again yet, but it's on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Re: Early Pulp Classics I remember when watching the T V series "M A S H" Hawkeye referred to Major Burns as "Tom Swift and his Electric Paranoid" ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kharis2000 Posted May 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Re: Early Pulp Classics The older Tom Swift books have always held a special place for me since my father's copy of 'Tom Swift And His Sky Train' was the first 'pulp' work that I read as a child - in some ways, that experience is to blame for my fascination with it still. On another note, I did not know that about the TASER acronym - very cool indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Re: Early Pulp Classics Hmmm... Tom Swift and his Electric Potato... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Re: Early Pulp Classics Slate has done a week on Pulp Fiction (and other fiction). http://www.slate.com/id/2142392/?nav=ais Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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