Project Gutenberg 2006-03-14 Public domain in the USA. 178 Appleton, Victor, II Kaye, Graham Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X The new Tom Swift Jr. adventures, 17 Produced by Louise Hope, Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X" by Victor Appleton II is a children's science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story follows the intrepid young inventor Tom Swift Jr. as he prepares for the arrival of a mysterious entity from another planet while dealing with a series of devastating earthquakes and lurking enemies intent on capturing this unknown energy source. Readers encounter exciting scientific concepts and thrilling adventures as Tom applies his ingenuity to navigate the conflicts and challenges that arise. At the start of the novel, Tom Swift is introduced already in the midst of chaos when an earthquake devastates the Faber Electronics plant, where he and his friend Bud are helping troubleshoot a device. After narrowly escaping danger, Tom learns of a looming extraterrestrial event that could be monumental for Earth. Meanwhile, the threat of the Brungarian rebels emerges, leading Tom to develop inventions to counter both the earthquakes and the potential dangers posed by the energy entity, dubbed "Exman." As the plot unfolds, Tom's intelligence and quick thinking are put to the test, foreshadowing a race against time to protect Earth from catastrophe while also striving to communicate with the alien visitor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/17985/17985-h/images/swiftcover.jpg en Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction Earthquakes -- Juvenile fiction Extraterrestrial beings -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 267341 266022 2024-09-08T05:33:04.470418 2023-09-08T07:53:34.334904 text/html text/html 262137 2012-05-25T11:07:58 text/html; charset=us-ascii 605995 2012-05-25T11:08:36 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 619335 2024-09-08T05:33:10.059347 application/epub+zip 623773 2024-09-08T05:33:05.461393 application/epub+zip 165020 2024-09-08T05:33:04.905387 application/epub+zip 713002 2024-09-08T05:33:13.219357 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 687554 2024-09-08T05:33:09.585402 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230008 2022-09-08T14:03:29.999099 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229970 229875 2024-09-08T05:33:03.599390 2023-09-08T07:53:33.485895 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 229823 2012-05-25T11:07:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90234 2012-05-25T11:08:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18809 2024-09-08T05:33:13.371325 application/rdf+xml 32303 2024-09-08T05:33:05.002373 image/jpeg 4562 2024-09-08T05:33:04.953390 image/jpeg 610796 2024-09-08T05:33:04.524430 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog