Victor Appleton es un seudónimo de casa creado por la Stratemeyer Syndicate, una empresa de empaquetado de libros que también produjo franquicias como Nancy Drew y los Hardy Boys. El nombre Victor Appleton está particularmente asociado con las series Tom Swift y Don Sturdy, que caen en los géneros de aventuras para niños y jóvenes.
La serie Tom Swift, escrita bajo el seudónimo Victor Appleton, fue concebida originalmente por Edward Stratemeyer en 1910. La Stratemeyer Syndicate tenía la intención de convertirse en el líder del mercado de aventuras científicas para niños y reunió a varios autores populares de la época para desarrollar la serie. A los autores se les dieron pautas para preparar esquemas de todos los elementos de la trama y luego redactar y editar el manuscrito en detalle, todo bajo el seudónimo de Victor Appleton. La mayoría de los volúmenes de la serie original de Tom Swift fueron escritos por Howard Garis y Edward Stratemeyer, con los últimos tres volúmenes escritos por la hija de Stratemeyer, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. La serie original de Tom Swift se completó en 1941 y, debido a su popularidad, se desarrolló una secuela.
Don Sturdy Books
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Don Sturdy on the Desert of Mystery / Autoing in the Land of Caravans
1925
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Don Sturdy with the Big Snake Hunters / Lost in the Jungles of the Amazon
1925
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Don Sturdy in the Tombs of Gold / The Old Egyptian's Great Secret
1925
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Don Sturdy Across the North Pole / Cast Away in the Land of Ice
1925
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Don Sturdy in the Land of Volcanoes / The Trail of the Ten Thousand Smokes
1925
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Don Sturdy in the Port of Lost Ships / Adrift in the Sargasso Sea
1926
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Don Sturdy Among the Gorillas / Adrift in the Great Jungle
1927
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Don Sturdy Captured by Head Hunters / Adrift in the Wilds of Borneo
1928
9
Don Sturdy in Lion Land / The Strange Clearing in the Jungle
1929
10
Don Sturdy in the Land of Giants / Captives of the Savage Patagonians
1930
11
Don Sturdy on the Ocean Bottom / The Strange Cruise of the Phantom
1931
12
Don Sturdy in the Temples of Fear / Destined for a Strange Sacrifice
1932
13
Don Sturdy Lost in Glacier Bay / The Mystery of the Moving Totem Poles
1933
14
Don Sturdy Trapped in the Flaming Wilderness / Unearthing Secrets in Central Asia
1934
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Don Sturdy with the Harpoon Hunters / The Strange Cruise of the Whaling Ship
1935
Tom Swift I Books
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Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle / Fun and Adventure on the Road
1910
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Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat / The Rivals of Lake Carlopa
1910
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Tom Swift and His Airship / The Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud
1910
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Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat / Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure
1910
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Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout / The Speediest Car on the Road
1910
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Tom Swift and His Wireless Message / The Castaways of Earthquake Island
1911
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Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers / The Secret of Phantom Mountain
1911
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Tom Swift and His Sky Racer / The Quickest Flight on Record
1911
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Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle / Daring Adventures in Elephant Island
1911
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Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice / The Wreck of the Airship
1911
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Tom Swift in the City of Gold / Marvelous Adventures Underground
1912
12
Tom Swift and His Air Glider / Seeking the Platinum Treasure
1912
13
Tom Swift in Captivity / A Daring Escape by Airship
1912
14
Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera / Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures
1912
15
Tom Swift and His Great Search Light / On the Border for Uncle Sam
1912
16
Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon / The Longest Shots on Record
1913
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Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone / The Picture That Saved a Fortune
1914
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Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship / The Naval Terror of the Seas
1915
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Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel / The Hidden City of the Andes
1916
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Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders / The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold
1917
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Tom Swift and His War Tank / Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam
1918
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Tom Swift and His Air Scout / Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky
1919
23
Tom Swift and His Undersea Search / The Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic
1920
24
Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters / Battling with Flames in the Air
1921
25
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive / Two Miles a Minute on the Rails
1922
26
Tom Swift and His Flying Boat / Castaways of the Giant Iceberg
1923
27
Tom Swift and His Great Oil Gusher / The Treasure of Goby Farm
1924
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Tom Swift and His Chest of Secrets / Tracing the Stolen Inventions
1925
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Tom Swift and His Airline Express / From Ocean to Ocean by Daylight
1926
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Tom Swift Circling the Globe / The Daring Cruise of the Air Monarch
1927
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Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures / The Greatest Invention on Record
1928
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Tom Swift and His House on Wheels / A Trip Around the Mountain of Mystery
1929
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Tom Swift and His Big Dirigible / Adventures Over the Forest of Fire
1930
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Tom Swift and His Sky Train / Overland Through the Clouds
1931
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Tom Swift and His Giant Magnet / Bringing Up the Lost Submarine
1932
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Tom Swift and His Television Detector / Trailing the Secret Plotters
1933
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Tom Swift and His Ocean Airport / Foiling the Haargolanders
1934
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Tom Swift and His Planet Stone / Discovering the Secret of Another World
1935
39
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope
1939
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Tom Swift and His Magnetic Silencer
1941
Tom Swift Jr. Books (as Victor Appleton II)
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Tom Swift and His Flying Lab
1954
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Tom Swift and His Jetmarine
1954
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Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship
1954
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Tom Swift and His Giant Robot
1954
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Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster
1954
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Tom Swift and His Outpost in Space
1955
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Tom Swift and His Diving Seacopter
1956
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Tom Swift in the Caves of Nuclear Fire
1956
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Tom Swift on the Phantom Satellite
1956
10
Tom Swift and His Ultrasonic Cycloplane
1957
11
Tom Swift and His Deep-Sea Hydrodome
1958
12
Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon
1958
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Tom Swift and His Space Solartron
1958
14
Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope
1959
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Tom Swift and His Spectromarine Selector
1959
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Tom Swift and the Cosmic Astronauts
1960
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Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X
1961
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Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
1961
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Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar
1962
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Tom Swift and His Megascope Space Prober
1962
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Tom Swift and the Asteroid Pirates
1963
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Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway
1963
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Tom Swift and His Aquatomic Tracker
1964
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Tom Swift and His 3-D Telejector
1964
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Tom Swift and His Polar-Ray Dynasphere
1965
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Tom Swift and His Sonic Boom Trap
1965
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Tom Swift and His Sub-ocean Geotron
1966
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Tom Swift and the Mystery Comet
1966
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Tom Swift and the Captive Planetoid
1967
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Tom Swift and His G-Force Inverter
1968
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Tom Swift and His Dyna-4 Capsule
1969
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Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express
1970
Tom Swift III Books
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The City in the Stars
1981
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Terror on the Moons of Jupiter
1981
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The Alien Probe
1981
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The War in Outer Space
1981
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The Astral Fortress
1981
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The Rescue Mission
1981
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Ark Two
1982
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Crater of Mystery
1982
9
The Gateway to Doom
1983
10
The Invisible Force
1983
11
Planet of Nightmares
1984
Tom Swift IV Books
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The Black Dragon
1991
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The Negative Zone
1991
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Cyborg Kickboxer
1991
4
The DNA Disaster
1991
5
Monster Machine
1991
6
Aquatech Warriors
1991
7
Moonstalker
1992
8
The Microbots
1992
9
Fire Biker
1992
10
Mind Games
1992
11
Mutant Beach
1992
12
Death Quake
1993
13
Quantum Force
1993
Tom Swift, Young Inventor Books
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Into the Abyss
2006
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The Robot Olympics
2006
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The Space Hotel
2006
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Rocket Racers
2007
5
On Top of the World
2007
6
Under the Radar
2007
Tom Swift Invention Books (as Victor Appleton II, with Thomas Hudson, with T. Edward Fox, with T Edward Fox)