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Published 1991
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Good Show Sir Comments: I’m from the future to tell you about Monster Energy Drink!
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Published 1991
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September 13th, 2022 at 12:09 pm
“Is that my clone?” Tom Swift asked repeatedly.
September 13th, 2022 at 12:34 pm
That’s a bit crap, isn’t it?
Reed Richards would have had Annihilus or Blastaar (or both at once) coming through a negative zone portal without batting an eye. Tom Swift, on the other hand, looks like he’s wet himself with fright because an alternate Tom has popped over to borrow some of his hairspray.
Meh, I say! Meh and thrice meh.
September 13th, 2022 at 1:08 pm
I’m from the future with great news! George RR Martin finished writing the books!!!
September 13th, 2022 at 2:31 pm
“Whatever you do don’t remind people of Back to the Future. I don’t think the comparison would be in our favour”.
September 13th, 2022 at 2:34 pm
So Tom Swift’s responsible for those godawful Grammarly adverts that wrecked YouTube?
(Typing in ‘annoying grammarly advert’ leads to about three hundred complaints or parodies but I can’t find the one I specifically meant – I may be the only person actvely looking for it. But here’s a smug ‘making of’ piece to give you the gist, assuming that the time-travelling berk hasn’t already ruined your day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjoAgVRiKGY )
September 13th, 2022 at 2:45 pm
Imagine Tom’s disappointment when it isn’t Kelly LeBrock appearing. Or for that matter any reasonably attractive woman. Or a passable trap.
If this was a Jr. book the cover would be a lot more exiting.
September 13th, 2022 at 4:15 pm
The Kool Aid Man, the early years.
September 13th, 2022 at 4:18 pm
@JuanPaul:
“Which books?”
“ALL the books! Nobody needs to read or write ever again!”
*shoves computer off the table*
September 13th, 2022 at 4:58 pm
“Gosh darn it, Negative Tom! The Multics computer is designed for high availability, but your crashing-through-time-portal has disarranged all the access control lists.”
September 13th, 2022 at 7:48 pm
“I didn’t shave off a goatee”, Negative Tom Swift lied barefacedly.
September 13th, 2022 at 11:50 pm
@Max: Meh to the infinite power.
@Tat: In 1991, it would have been that annoying kid who did the TV ads for… was it encyclopedias?
@Ryan: GSS!
Particularly as the Negative Zone seems to have a lot of static electricity, which is hell on computers.
But maybe it’s just a wall painting, because by 1991, we didn’t use computers like that any more, even in data centers. That much space would fit a whole lot of rack mounts.
September 14th, 2022 at 12:04 am
Speaking of anachronisms, it’s interesting to contemplate that Tom Swift novels have been in production since _1910_, with interruptions between the six different series never more than 13 years. Does that make it the longest running Boys Adventure series?
1911: https://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Grosset-Dunlap-Publishers-1911-600×859.jpg
1956: https://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/29490911-5965892246_822488800e_o1-600×872.jpg
September 14th, 2022 at 5:12 pm
@GSS ex-noob
Maybe that’s the control panel for a nuclear reactor. In which case there’s a city somewhere that’s screwed.
September 14th, 2022 at 11:52 pm
@FB: Ah, that explains why book #3 was called “Tom Swift: The China Syndrome”.
September 15th, 2022 at 3:27 am
@Tat Wood: Oh, I thought I was the only one plagued by the Grammarly ads as punishment for silently, smugly correcting my GM’s grammar… seems I’m not alone here…
@Max: We are the Knights who type “Meh!”
September 15th, 2022 at 6:23 am
If there’s anyone who isn’t annoyed by the Grammarly ads (regardless of their own personal grammar/spelling), I do not want to meet them.
I would say things much stronger than meh to them.
October 7th, 2022 at 11:54 pm
“Gosh!” said Tom exclaimingly. “Who are you?”
“I am Tom from another dimension!” exclaimed the stranger excitedly. “A world opposite of yours!”
“Opposite how?” asked Tom askingly.
“In my universe, Tom Swift books don’t suck!”