Tom Swifting it 

"I don't care about typefaces!" she said boldly.

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@kelseyhusky Holy shit. You're the first person I've run into who's read those.

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@zetasyanthis @kelseyhusky My Dad used to do these, and point them out wherever he saw them. I'd forgotten completely about them until last night. o..o

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@Soreth @kelseyhusky My local library had the complete set growing up, and they're probably why I'm an engineer today. Love them, even with all their (many many) faults.

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@zetasyanthis @kelseyhusky Mine was Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, I don't think my library had any Tom Swift...

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@Soreth @kelseyhusky It's /extremely/ 1950s sci-fi, with all the pitfalls that come with it. :P

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@zetasyanthis @kelseyhusky Yeah, same with mine. <..<

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