Lawrence, Jim

Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.

Working name of US teacher and author James Duncan Lawrence (1918-1994), active from 1941 until the 1980s; he was one of the main authors in the Second Series of Tom Swift books (see Children's SF), comprising the Tom Swift Jr sequence as by Victor Appleton II (see Victor Appleton); Lawrence's contributions begin with #5: Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster (1954) and end with #30: Tom Swift and His G-Force Inverter (1968), all as by Victor Appleton II (for list of titles by other authors see Tom Swift). Lawrence also revised various Hardy Boys titles as by Franklin W Dixon for 1960s reissue: see John Button for an example of mild genre interest. His remaining sf output consists of the unremarkable, mildly erotic Man from Planet X sequence – The Man from Planet X #1: The She-Beast (1975), The Man from Planet X #2: Tiger by the Tail (1975) and The Man from Planet X: The Devil to Pay (1975), all as by Hunter Adams – and two novels tied to Shared-World franchises: ESP McGee and the Haunted Mansion (1983 chap) for the ESP McGee series, and The Cutlass Clue (1986) for the A.I. Gang series. [JC]

James Duncan Lawrence

born Detroit, Michigan: 22 October 1918

died Summit, New Jersey: 19 March 1994

works

series

Tom Swift (Second Series)

There is conflicting evidence as to #30, which may have been written by Thomas Mulvey. We list it here until further evidence comes to light.

• Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1954) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #5: see Tom Swift: hb/J Graham Kaye]
• Tom Swift and His Outpost in Space (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1955) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #6: see Tom Swift: hb/]
  • Tom Swift and His Sky Wheel (New York: Grosset and Dunlap/Tempo, 1978) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): vt of the above: #6: see Tom Swift: pb/Ken Barr]
• Tom Swift and His Diving Seacopter (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1956) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #7: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift on the Phantom Satellite (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1956) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #9: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His Ultrasonic Cycloplane (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1957) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #10: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His Deep-Sea Hydrodome (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1958) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #11: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1958) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #12: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His Space Solatron (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1958) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #13: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1959) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #14: see Tom Swift: hb/]
  • Tom Swift in the Jungle of the Mayas (New York: Grosset and Dunlap/Tempo, 1972) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): vt of the above: #14: see Tom Swift: pb/]
• Tom Swift and His Spectromarine Selector (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1960) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #15: see Tom Swift: hb/]
  • Tom Swift and the City of Gold (New York: Grosset and Dunlap/Tempo, 1972) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): vt of the above: #15: see Tom Swift: pb/]
• Tom Swift and the Cosmic Astronauts (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1960) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #16: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1961) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #17: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1961) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #18: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1962) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #19: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His Megascope Space Prober (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1962) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #20: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and the Asteroid Pirates (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1963) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #21: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1963) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #22: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His Aquatomic Tracker (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1964) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #23: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His 3-D Telejector (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1964) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #24: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His Polar-Ray Dynasphere (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1965) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #25: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His Sonic Boom Trap (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1965) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #26: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His Subocean Geotron (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1966) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #27: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and the Mystery Comet (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1966) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): #28: see Tom Swift: hb/]
• Tom Swift and the Captive Planetoid (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1967) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): see Tom Swift: #29: hb/]
• Tom Swift and His G-Force Inverter (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1968) as by Victor Appleton II [tie to Tom Swift (Second Series): see Tom Swift: #30: hb/]

Man from Planet X

• The Man from Planet X #1: The She-Beast (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1975) as by Hunter Adams [Man from Planet X: pb/Bruce Minney]
• The Man from Planet X #2: Tiger by the Tail (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1975) as by Hunter Adams [Man from Planet X: pb/Bruce Minney]
• The Man from Planet X: The Devil to Pay (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1975) as by Hunter Adams [Man from Planet X: pb/Bruce Minney]

individual ties

• ESP McGee and the Haunted Mansion (New York: Avon Camelot, 1983) [chap: tie: to the Shared World series: ESP McGee: pb/]
• The Cutlass Clue (New York: Signet Vista, 1986) [chap: tie: to the Shared World series: A.I. Gang: pb/]

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