Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:20:59 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: BAD movie science, irony, etc.
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

The description of the preview of THE CORE reminded me of something =
similar:

Furious Antarctic storms and ruthless
enemies stalk Tom Swift Jr. And his latest
atomic invention, the earth blaster, in book
number five of this thrilling
science-adventure series.

When Tom chooses the South Pole as the
spot to hunt for molten iron with his earth
blaster, his closest friends raise their
eyebrows. Even Chow Winkler, the
expedition's genial Texan cook, says, "Brand
my thermopile, if the young inventor ain't
plumb loco!"

First Tom has to convince the skeptics
about the value of his earth blaster.
Preliminary tests prove that it is one of the
greatest inventions the world has ever                                     =

known.

When spies of the Kranjovian government
learn about the project, it becomes a race to
see who will reach the South Pole first.
Tom risks his life and al the funds of Swift
Enterprises to launch the expedition. With
his pal Bud Barclay, Chow, and a group of
op-flight technicians, he braves the white
fury of the Antarctic ice barriers to set up
operations. But the Kranjogians seem to
have beaten him to it!

In the nerve-racking and chill-packed days
that follow, the young inventor is faced with
one of the greatest challenges in his career.
The outcome hangs in the balance down to
the last page of this dynamic story. Read it
to see how Tom Swift Jr. startles the world
when his atomic earth blaster starts the
most phenomenal gusher known to man

(This and more at: http://www.geocities.com/jmkc80/aearth.html)

mjw