Tom Swift in Captivity
Gelesen von Tom Weiss
Victor Appleton
(4,562 Sterne; 112 Bewertungen)
Tom Swift is approached by Mr. Preston, the owner of a circus, and begins to tell the story of Jake Poddington, Mr. Preston's most skilled hunter. As it turns out, Jake went missing just after sending word to Preston that Jake was on the trail of a tribe of giants, somewhere in South Africa. That was the last Preston has heard of Jake Poddington. Preston would like Tom to use one of his airships to search for Poddington, and if possible, bring back a giant for the circus. Listeners are forewarned that some elements and characters included in Tom Swift books portray certain ethnic groups in a very dated manner that modern readers, and listeners, may find offensive. Despite the racially stereotyped behavior and pronunciation in the books, the Reader believes it makes sense to read what’s written in order to be faithful to the author’s intent.(Introduction by Wikipedia and Tom Weiss) (4 hr 17 min)
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I like this series
mikezane
(5 Sterne)
Tom Swift is a smart young fellow who loves to get into new adventures. This is another in a long series of them and does not disappoint. If you were a fan of Hardy Boys teen style of story-telling, this is right up there with them. I enjoy the series as a light reading and fun book. This time the boys are off trying to capture a giant while rescuing a missing man. Of course, Tom's enemies are all around and trying to one-up Tom while beating him to the prize. Reader is excellent, enjoy!
The Inimitable Tom Swift January 2021
Rred22rred
(5 Sterne)
I love the stories of our Hero Tom Swift who takes on every situation whether or not if with experience or little to go on with vigor and vim. I have listened to this particular story twice now and it still gave me the same enjoyment as when I first heard it. I just wish that there were more T/S stories read by Tom Weiss, who might I add is a most wonderful narrator. Thank you LibriVox
Brett Miller
(4 Sterne)
can we be rid of Andy Foger yet?
awesome
Jmorri2011
(5 Sterne)
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
cool story about BIPOC oppression
Bill Cosby
(5 Sterne)
This story was written from the perspective of implicit white male privilege. There are no gay orgies. The protagonist , a white male, takes credit for every invention under the sun. In actuallity all his inventions were created by his 'servant' Irradicade Smith, who is a BIPOC who actaully creates all the cool things Tom gets credit for. Irradicade is always keeping the hapless Tom Smith out of trouble. Also Tom is always keeping technology away from immigrants who need to feed their family. Because it was written so long ago, all the evil things Tom does are either white washed or openlly applauded
John Price
(3,5 Sterne)
after a couple tom swift novels they become very predictable and loose a lot of there charm. thanks anyhow Libervox you didn't pick the book for me I did. and will always think LIBERVOX ROCKS⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
RJKara
(5 Sterne)
Very great story and narration excellent.
(3,5 Sterne)
dated morals more than others in this series