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Danger in Deep Space

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I read this book in class one day and was amazed to find that it was a really good book! It talks about space, other planets, Etc. THis book really intrigued me and it held somekind of hypno ray on me making me read and read until I read it all. theres nothing else to say but "REAd! REAd! READ!!"

Tom Corbett Space Cadet: Danger In Deep Space

In this second book the series book you meet Major Connel, one of the strictest officers in the Solar Guard. Alfie, a replacement for Roger Manning, and some dastardly villains

Tom Corbett is the main character in this series of Tom Corbett -- Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books and comic strips, punch-out books and View-Master reels in the 1950s. The stories followed the adventures of Tom Corbett, Astro, and Roger Manning, cadets at the Space Academy as they train to become members of the elite Solar Guard. The action takes place at the Academy in classrooms and bunkroom, aboard their training ship the rocket cruiser Polaris, and on alien worlds, both within our solar system and in orbit around nearby stars.
The Tom Corbett universe partook of pseudo-science, not equal to the standards of accuracy set by John W. Campbell in the pages of Astounding magazine. And yet, by the standards of the day, it was much more accurate than most media science fiction. Mars was a desert, Venus, a jungle, and the asteroids a haunt of space pirates, but at least planets orbited stars and there was no air in space., years after that, where a spaceship could be passing "Jupiter and Andromeda" at the same time. Before Star Trek, Tom Corbett -- Space Cadet was the most scientifically accurate series on television in part due to official science advisor Willy Ley, and later due to Frankie Thomas. Thomas read up on science and everyone on the set turned to him for advice on matters scientific.
This book is the second in the series of eight and deals with the three cadets coming together overcoming some problems and getting their space ship, the Polaris.
Highly recommended for fans of science fiction, teenage boys, and Tom Corbett fans.
* The other books in the series are:
1) Stand By For Mars (1952)
3) On the Trail of the Space Pirates (1953)
4) The Space Pioneers (1953)
5) The Revolt on Venus (1954)
6) Treachery in Outer Space (1954)
7) Sabotage in Space (1955)
8) The Robot Rocket (1956)


Highly recommended for Tom Corbett fans and young adults.
Gunner June, 2009

Tom Corbett Space Cadet: Danger In Deep Space

In this second book of the series book you meet Major Connel, one of the strictest officers in the Solar Guard. Alfie Higgins, a replacement for Roger Manning, and some dastardly villains, Mason and Loring. I'll let you decide if Shinny, er,excuse me, Mr. Shinny belongs in that category.


Tom Corbett is the main character in this series of Tom Corbett -- Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books and comic strips, punch-out books and View-Master reels in the 1950s. The stories followed the adventures of Tom Corbett, Astro, and Roger Manning, cadets at the Space Academy as they train to become members of the elite Solar Guard. The action takes place at the Academy in classrooms and bunkroom, aboard their training ship the rocket cruiser Polaris, and on alien worlds, both within our solar system and in orbit around nearby stars.
The Tom Corbett universe partook of pseudo-science, not equal to the standards of accuracy set by John W. Campbell in the pages of Astounding magazine. And yet, by the standards of the day, it was much more accurate than most media science fiction. Mars was a desert, Venus, a jungle, and the asteroids a haunt of space pirates, but at least planets orbited stars and there was no air in space., years after that, where a spaceship could be passing "Jupiter and Andromeda" at the same time. Before Star Trek, Tom Corbett -- Space Cadet was the most scientifically accurate series on television in part due to official science advisor Willy Ley, and later due to Frankie Thomas. Thomas read up on science and everyone on the set turned to him for advice on matters scientific.
This book is the second in the series of eight and deals with the three cadets coming together overcoming some problems in their first mission to deep space in ther space ship, the Polaris.
Highly recommended for fans of science fiction, teenage boys, and Tom Corbett fans.
* The other books in the series are:
1) Stand By For Mars (1952)
3) On the Trail of the Space Pirates (1953)
4) The Space Pioneers (1953)
5) The Revolt on Venus (1954)
6) Treachery in Outer Space (1954)
7) Sabotage in Space (1955)
8) The Robot Rocket (1956)


Gunner May, 2009