The only Tom Swift I've read was from the mid-century rebooted series. It was quite impressive that his skywriting "Graphicopter" was controlled by a graphics tablet interface.
We had a lot of Tom Swift, Jr. in the house when I was growing up, although I can't remember most of the titles now except for Tom Swift and his Subocean Geotron, because you don't forget a thing like that. I am also fairly certain about Tom Swift and the Caves of Nuclear Fire. I suspect I would find they're extremely Cold War-era books if I went back. Also, probably terrible. It didn't matter; I am fond of saying that I read everything that wasn't nailed down and some things that were, but it's really true. I read Asimov's Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids (1958). And its sequels.
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We had a lot of Tom Swift, Jr. in the house when I was growing up, although I can't remember most of the titles now except for Tom Swift and his Subocean Geotron, because you don't forget a thing like that. I am also fairly certain about Tom Swift and the Caves of Nuclear Fire. I suspect I would find they're extremely Cold War-era books if I went back. Also, probably terrible. It didn't matter; I am fond of saying that I read everything that wasn't nailed down and some things that were, but it's really true. I read Asimov's Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids (1958). And its sequels.