Tom Swift and His Sky Racer


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(4.4 stars; 104 reviews)

A $10,000 prize lures Tom into competing at a local aviation meet at Eagle Park. Tom is determined to build the fastest plane around, but his plans mysteriously disappear, which means Tom must redesign his new airplane from the beginning. (Summary by Wikipedia) (4 hr 30 min)

Chapitres

01 - The Prize Offer 13:33 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
02 - Mr. Swift Is Ill 10:18 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
03 - The Plans Disappear 13:48 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
04 - Anxious Days 10:23 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
05 - Building the Sky Racer 13:06 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
06 - Andy Foger Will Contest 17:23 Lu par Ric F
07 - Seeking a Clue 10:49 Lu par Ric F
08 - The Empty Shed 12:53 Lu par Ric F
09 - A Trial Flight 8:30 Lu par Ric F
10 - A Midnight Intruder 8:42 Lu par Ric F
11 - Tom Is Hurt 8:50 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
12 - Miss Nestor Calls 10:27 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
13 - A Clash with Andy 14:06 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
14 - The Great Test 10:49 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
15 - A Noise in the Night 9:32 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
16 - A Mysterious Fire 6:21 Lu par Theresa Sheridan
17 - Mr. Swift Is Worse 8:33 Lu par Theresa Sheridan
18 - The Broken Bridge 12:05 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
19 - A Nervy Specialist 8:30 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
20 - Just in Time 8:18 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
21 - "Will He Live?" 6:20 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
22 - Off to the Meet 9:16 Lu par Logan West
23 - The Great Race 12:19 Lu par Logan West
24 - Won by a Length 10:08 Lu par Logan West
25 - Home Again—Conclusion 15:02 Lu par Logan West

Critiques

awesome


(5 stars)

awesome book and great narration, I just wish that there were more books by this author there are well over 100 books between Victor Appleton and Victor Appleton II (Victor Appleton II however is actually various different authors) Here's the wiki link to the Tom Swift Jr page: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift,_Jr. The link to the main wiki entry for all of Tom Swift: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift Lastly the link to all of the Tom Swift books written including both public domain and non PD books: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift (yes this review is from my phone and the link's are .m. for ease the of those on tablets and phone's) Better than half of the series aren't in the public domain. However books #1-#25, and #39 of the original series are in PD, and a few others of the "Tom Swift Jr." series are also works in the PD


(4.5 stars)

how much more Andy Foger do we have to deal with? The entire series could be negated with a good fence and dog.

Did you know...?


(4 stars)

if I remember correctly I heard this in an interview with the inventor; the only reason the word "taser" has an A in it is so it rhymes with - and makes us think of - the phaser from Star Trek. The original name was an acronym: TSER standing for Tom Swift's Electric Rifle.

Fun and goofy


(4.5 stars)

Hearkens to those youthful days of unlimited possibility. Read in part by David Lynch...

very good book pretty bad readers


(4.5 stars)

good book,however, slightly repetitive. good narration.


(4 stars)

coooooool


(5 stars)

This book was pritty pretty

Expresses ideas that are contrary to DEI


(5 stars)

First, it portrays a white person as being capeable of inventing machines to help humanity. If there is anything the early 21 st century has taught us, it is that white people are incapable of inventing anything. Instead the whites steal all their ideas from smarter BIPOcs. If they were to invent something it would be used to enslave humxns. Secondly it is written from an inherently phalogocentric cis gendered white perspective that enslaves BIPOCs. Lastly, trans voices were not included in this discourse. Therefore it needs to be banned along with the works of Dr Suess, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass all of whom expressed contemptuous ideas now known to be anti-progressive