Books like Jonny Quest and Tom Swift

[Trike]

Are there any current adventure books in the vein of the Jonny Quest cartoon series or the Tom Swift book series?

If I were to categorize them, I'd call them "teenage boys science fiction adventure" stories.

[Steph]

Are you only looking for new books? I recall Patrick Moore published a fair few juveniles back in the '70s in a similar vein.

[Paul]

I loved the Tom Swift, Jr. series. It was an updated science fiction adventure series set in space. The first book was The City in the Stars.

Good stuff.

[Scott]

Love Jonny Quest and Tom Swift! I can't add much to the conversation since I don't know of any current books but I wanted to share my love for Tom Swift and would also like to know if anyone knows of any current books in that vein.

[Dale]

They aren't exactly the same, but try bother the "Lensman" series and "Skylark" series by E.E. "Doc" Smith. They were written about the same time as the ORIGINAL Tom Swift, i.e. 1930's and are easy reads. Again, not exactly Swiftian, but go catch the earlier SF by Andre Norton.

[Cheryl]

I don't normally read this sub-genre, but I was given Jump Boys: SOS and it seems like it might be on track. (I did read and review it, anything negative I said is *my opinion.*)

[Tom]

Wasn't there another series at the same time as Tom Swift Jr. called Rick Brant? I think it was a Tom Swift knock off but pretty popular. My first "sci fi" books were seven Tom Swift senior books that my dad had from his childhood. I think the first one Tom Swift and his Motorcycle came out about 1912. Those were the books that got me hooked on adventure stories. I think they influenced me in the Bartholomew the Adventurer series I'm writing. There's a character named Oliver T. Rabbit who is an inventor and builds a different vehicle for them in each book. Such fond memories of reading those first Tom Swift books! Anyway, try Rick Brant. Probably can get digital files of them free online from somewhere...

[Tom]

Here's the Rick Brant books on Amazon. Has 11 books in one. There was also a series called Tom Corbett.

http://www.amazon.com/Brant-Science-A...

[Trike]

Thanks, Cheryl and Tom, I appreciate it. This is an itch that's hard to scratch. Your book sounds like a hoot, Tom.

[Tom]

Trike wrote: "Thanks, Cheryl and Tom, I appreciate it. This is an itch that's hard to scratch. Your book sounds like a hoot, Tom."

Send me your email address and I'll send you a free copy if you'd like. You can't be all bad if you like Tom Swift! HA!