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Roy Rockwood was a pseudonym employed by the
Stratemeyer Syndicate, as the fictitious name of the
author of the Great Marvel series. Some early titles published under
the Roy Rockwood pseudonym may have been written by Stratemeyer himself, but
most of the later volumes in the series were actually written by Howard Garis,
and new books by Roy Rockwood continued to appear, even after the deaths of
both men.
Other series created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate include Nancy Drew,
The Hardy Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, and Tom Swift.
The novels in the Great Marvel Series are a variety of science fiction
that involves the invention of some new machine and then the employment
of that machine to travel to some heretofore unexplored place. The journey
usually involves discovery of various antagonistic characters: conflict
ensues and the heroes emerge victorious.
Five Thousand Miles Underground (1908 - #3 in the series)
The explorers travel to the center of the Earth through a hole in an
island and discover strange inhabitants of the planet's interior.
Five Thousand Miles Underground
by Roy Rockwood |
Size: 146 KB |
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Through Space to Mars (1910 - #4 in the series)
The explorers travel to Mars in a space ship and explore the surface of
the planet.
Through Space to Mars
by Roy Rockwood |
Size: 138 KB |
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Lost on the Moon (1911 - #5 in the series)
The explorers travel to the Moon to discover a petrified city and a field
of diamonds.
Lost on the Moon
by Roy Rockwood |
Size: 148 KB |
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On a Torn-away World (1913 - #6 in the series)
A new planet is created when a section of the Earth's crust is expelled
into space by a volcanic earthquake.
On a Torn-away World
by Roy Rockwood |
Size: 154 KB |
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In addition to the Great Marvel Series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate also
listed the Roy Rockwood pseudonym as the author of other, similar series.
Two of those other series were The Speedwell Boys and
Dave Dashaway, both of which featured innovations
in transportation technology.
Dave Dashaway and his Hydroplane (1913 - #2 in the Dave Dashaway Series)
Dave invents an improved hydroplane and solves a criminal mystery.
Dave Dashaway and his Hydroplane
by Roy Rockwood |
Size: 120 KB |
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