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Title: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: Bigfootman on November 05, 2011, 10:53:48 AM
A 6th Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys (http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/store/index.php?isbn=1442456817) crossover book title Stage Fright, is due to be released July 10, 2012 according to Amazon.com.

(http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/images/comingsoon/GDUB006.jpg) (http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/store/index.php?isbn=1442456817)
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: SDLagent on November 05, 2011, 03:32:40 PM
Hm. Untitled. I wonder if it'll disappear like the last UB book.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on November 05, 2011, 03:59:58 PM
Interesting- it may be the last gasp for the series or just disappear off the listings eventually as SDLAgent said...
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on November 07, 2011, 01:52:57 PM
By the way, Amazon has it listed with 176 pages.

I was also wondering if anyone knows if the Nancy Drew: Girl Detective series is supposed to be ending as The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers series evidently seems to be doing soon. Perhaps if the NDGD series was still running, I could see a reason to continue with the Supermystery ('07) series, though it would seem awkward without the accompanying HBUB series running too...
But maybe someone already had a fantastic story already plotted out for the book and they didn't want to waste it so they figured they may as well publish one last one for the series before it ends as well...
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: tomswift2002 on November 07, 2011, 06:13:27 PM
Nancy Drew Girl Detective is also ending, with Nancy Drew Diaries suppose to replace it in 2013.  (I posted this in another forum a little while ago.)

But, if you think back to when the Nancy Drew Files and Hardy Boys Casefiles ended in December 1997 and January 1998, respectively, the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperMystery'88 series continued for two more books after it's two spin-off series had ended: Operation: Titanic (February 1998) & Process of Elimination (April 1998).  But considering that with the 88 series the books came out every 3 or 4 months (or at the end every 2 months), it was natural to see the last two books published so close together.  But I don't think we'll see a #7 for the '07 series.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on November 08, 2011, 01:29:14 PM
QuoteNancy Drew Girl Detective is also ending, with Nancy Drew Diaries suppose to replace it in 2013.  (I posted this in another forum a little while ago.)

Oh, okay- I forgot about that. Hmm- Nancy Drew Diaries? If we're taking that literally, the first thing I'm thinking is- "More 1st. person narrating"....  :-\
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 08, 2011, 03:13:43 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 08, 2011, 01:29:14 PM
Oh, okay- I forgot about that. Hmm- Nancy Drew Diaries? If we're taking that literally, the first thing I'm thinking is- "More 1st. person narrating"....  :-\

I like the first person narrating. But it can get rather confusing in the HB's when there's a misprint of whose saying what. :-\
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on November 08, 2011, 03:50:34 PM
Definitely- it's an interesting idea of writing all in 1st. person and in the case of The Hardy Boys, having both Frank and Joe alternate between narrating the story. (But when the narrator is incorrectly identified, that makes it confusing.) Nancy Drew doesn't have that issue usually- outside of one of the Supermysteries (#1 I think) where she has gone missing and George and Bess are narrating, I think...
   Anyway, I also find it a bit weird to read 1st. person from the opposite gender's viewpoint. But I can understand how it draws readers in and helps them even further identify with the characters as they are reading it as if the adventures are happening to them.
But for the most part, 3rd. person works just fine for me. Of course, either one would be better than 2nd. person- now that is just awkward, he says. ;)
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 08, 2011, 05:58:19 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 08, 2011, 03:50:34 PM
Definitely- it's an interesting idea of writing all in 1st. person and in the case of The Hardy Boys, having both Frank and Joe alternate between narrating the story. (But when the narrator is incorrectly identified, that makes it confusing.) Nancy Drew doesn't have that issue usually- outside of one of the Supermysteries (#1 I think) where she has gone missing and George and Bess are narrating, I think...
   Anyway, I also find it a bit weird to read 1st. person from the opposite gender's viewpoint. But I can understand how it draws readers in and helps them even further identify with the characters as they are reading it as if the adventures are happening to them.
But for the most part, 3rd. person works just fine for me. Of course, either one would be better than 2nd. person- now that is just awkward, he says. ;)

Couldn't have said it better myself. ;)
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on November 08, 2011, 05:59:52 PM
um...well, thanks. :)
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: SDLagent on November 08, 2011, 08:16:01 PM
I think first person works better for Nancy Drew than it does for The Hardy Boys.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on November 08, 2011, 08:20:55 PM
Is that mainly because it's generally only Nancy narrating in her books versus Frank and Joe narrating in theirs? Or something else?
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: SDLagent on November 09, 2011, 01:29:40 AM
Yeah. Switching between bros can be confusing.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on November 09, 2011, 09:05:37 AM
Agreed- which is why I hope they go back to a more traditional 3rd. person writing style that's much easier to understand...
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 09, 2011, 10:53:34 AM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 09, 2011, 09:05:37 AM
Agreed- which is why I hope they go back to a more traditional 3rd. person writing style that's much easier to understand...

I like the first person style of writing as long as it's done without mistakes. ::)
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on November 09, 2011, 11:29:57 AM
Well, even if the narrator is correctly identified each time, it still can be a little confusing or at least a little unsettling to have to switch between two narrators to begin with. But if you like the style, that's cool. It is something different, so I give them points for experimenting. But it's not my favorite style of writing in general...
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: Bigfootman on December 06, 2011, 09:51:08 AM
The book has been given a title. The title is "Stage Fright", that's also the title of a Nancy Drew Files book
http://books.simonandschuster.com/Stage-Fright/Franklin-W-Dixon/Nancy-Drew-Hardy-Boys/9781442456815

Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on December 06, 2011, 04:48:06 PM
Okay- thanks for the update, Dan. Maybe this title will come through- but I still think it's probably the last gasp for the series. I don't think I would see this series continuing with both the Nancy Drew: Girl Detective and The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers series gone. Unless they are planning to revamp this '07 Supermysteries series as well...
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: tomswift2002 on December 06, 2011, 05:56:57 PM
I just hope that this isn't another reality-show based mystery, or else we could say that the series died from reality.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: SDLagent on December 06, 2011, 06:33:35 PM
Quote from: Santa Claus on December 06, 2011, 05:56:57 PM
I just hope that this isn't another reality-show based mystery, or else we could say that the series died from reality.

Pretty much.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on December 06, 2011, 07:17:29 PM
Video Killed the Printing Star? - that would Bug(gles) me a lot. ;D
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: Bigfootman on December 07, 2011, 07:31:52 AM
"Can Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys stop the curtain from crashing down on a new Broadway spectacular?The producers of a huge new Broadway musical are worried about their star, a TV actress who has been receiving death threats. When the actress gets sick right before opening night, her understudy has to go on for her?and nearly dies in an ?accident? on stage. So the producers call in the Hardy Boys to get to the source of the trouble.
Baffled by all the backstage backstabbing, the Hardys call Nancy and ask her to come to New York and help them out. When she arrives, they realize that Nancy is a dead ringer for the lead actress, so they arrange for her to replace the injured understudy.
Can the three supersleuths put an end to the accidents plaguing the show? Or is the curtain about to come down once and for all?"



Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on December 07, 2011, 08:29:58 AM
At least it's not another reality show.... Broadway is at least something different.
This kind of seems like something the Hardy Boys could handle on their own though...but The Hardys and Nancy Drew have a history of inviting each other to mysteries at times (in the previous '88 Supermysteries series) so that's still in keeping with past tradition.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: SDLagent on December 07, 2011, 03:09:06 PM
Quote from: Dinosaur Dan on December 07, 2011, 07:31:52 AM
"Can Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys stop the curtain from crashing down on a new Broadway spectacular?The producers of a huge new Broadway musical are worried about their star, a TV actress who has been receiving death threats. When the actress gets sick right before opening night, her understudy has to go on for her?and nearly dies in an ?accident? on stage. So the producers call in the Hardy Boys to get to the source of the trouble.
Baffled by all the backstage backstabbing, the Hardys call Nancy and ask her to come to New York and help them out. When she arrives, they realize that Nancy is a dead ringer for the lead actress, so they arrange for her to replace the injured understudy.
Can the three supersleuths put an end to the accidents plaguing the show? Or is the curtain about to come down once and for all?"





Is this for real? Or did you just make it up as a joke?
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on December 07, 2011, 03:18:35 PM
It's for real- Simon & Schuster updated their site with that description...
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: SDLagent on December 07, 2011, 03:24:02 PM
huh. Should have known. I just thought it was a joke because it's so predictable.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: tomswift2002 on December 08, 2011, 07:35:10 AM
With that one line about the producers calling in the Hardy's, I wonder if that means that this will be the only book in the UB continuity that was written and printed by Simon & Schuster to have the Hardy's actually receive a case on their own, and not given to them by ATAC.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on December 08, 2011, 11:03:15 AM
That would be nice...but I imagine the producers would still have to go through ATAC - they're like the Hardy Boys' booking agents. ;D
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: SDLagent on December 08, 2011, 05:02:46 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on December 08, 2011, 11:03:15 AM
That would be nice...but I imagine the producers would still have to go through ATAC - they're like the Hardy Boys' booking agents. ;D

haha. That's one why to look at it.

This wouldn't be the only book in the UB continuity where the boys got a non-ATAC case. It happened at least twice in the graphic novel series.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on December 08, 2011, 07:19:54 PM
QuoteIt happened at least twice in the graphic novel series.
That was a nice respite for the continuity then. I think if the Casefiles had been that way with every single case coming from The Network, it would have gotten to be frustrating. It's one thing if you're writing a James Bond or Mission: Impossible series- that's expected in every case. It would be the rarity (and perhaps fresh change of pace) where Bond or the IMF didn't have a mission assigned to them.
    But with The Hardy Boys, they've always been falling into their own cases (which usually invariably somehow tie in with their father's case by sheer coincidence ;D)- but by the time of the Casefiles as well as some of the Original Continuity and most, if not all the Digests), Frank and Joe were well established on their own as detectives and generally got called on by individuals asking for their services or they fell into a case on their own or just decided to go after a case that had been baffling the police or something.
With the Casefiles, it was an every now and then thing where The Network would assign The Hardys a case (or sometimes the Hardys horned in on the case anyway)- and in those cases, it made the book a little more exciting and interesting (partly because I knew they don't always have the Network on the scene [and/or The Assassins]) and so the stakes were raised a little too. But it wasn't overwhelming because it wasn't all the time. I think the Undercover Brothers continuity might have been done a bit better if they kept more of a balance like the Casefiles did. (Of course, I think there are a number of others things that could help improve the UB continuity- mainly things like keeping The Hardy Boys in character regarding their character, morals and language and improving the writing, pacing and plotting and perhaps maintaining the 3rd. person perspective [though admittedly that's mainly just a preference on my part.]) Anyway, that's a whole different conversation. I hope the new Hardy Boys series will do better with maintaining that kind of balance (if secret agencies like The Network and ATAC or even standard ones like The FBI and the police are involved in the distribution of cases at all.)
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: SDLagent on December 08, 2011, 11:36:40 PM
You pretty much summed-up the worst aspect of the Undercover Brothers. Repetitiveness and recycled plot devices is the main reason I stopped reading the series.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on December 09, 2011, 01:27:36 AM
Just reading the descriptions of some of the UB books, I can get that impression. New mysteries should consist of more than just change of scenery (though that's nice too.) I think the crime itself should be different and even if it's a similar setting and crime, the motives are always going to play a big role and that should be unique as much as possible. Oh well- that's just some of my ideas on that...
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: Olivia on December 10, 2011, 08:52:09 PM
The dangerous theatre stuff reminds me a bit of one of the ND '77 episodes (don't recall the title right now).
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on December 10, 2011, 11:11:14 PM
"A Haunting We Will Go"- if it lives up to this episode of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries- that would be great! :)
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: SDLagent on December 11, 2011, 01:40:04 AM
Quote from: MacGyver on December 09, 2011, 01:27:36 AM
Just reading the descriptions of some of the UB books, I can get that impression. New mysteries should consist of more than just change of scenery (though that's nice too.) I think the crime itself should be different and even if it's a similar setting and crime, the motives are always going to play a big role and that should be unique as much as possible. Oh well- that's just some of my ideas on that...

Exactly. And when the trilogies started we didn't even get a change of scenery!
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: tomswift2002 on December 11, 2011, 08:51:14 AM
Quote from: SDLagent on December 08, 2011, 05:02:46 PM
haha. That's one why to look at it.

This wouldn't be the only book in the UB continuity where the boys got a non-ATAC case. It happened at least twice in the graphic novel series.

I knew that, but if you read my original post, I was referring to the S&S'S printed UB's.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: tomswift2002 on December 11, 2011, 09:03:42 AM
Quote from: SDLagent on December 11, 2011, 01:40:04 AM
Exactly. And when the trilogies started we didn't even get a change of scenery!

Not to mention that they still continued the trend of having gangs of one in the trilogies, so most of the trilogies had an unrelated bad guy in every single book, and that person was comitting the crimes in that book of the trilogy, but weren't involved in the other crimes in the other books.  Plus, the Hardy's really ddn't do any detecting in the series, other than just talking their suspects to confess.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on December 11, 2011, 12:44:03 PM
Quote from: Santa Claus on December 11, 2011, 09:03:42 AM
Not to mention that they still continued the trend of having gangs of one in the trilogies, so most of the trilogies had an unrelated bad guy in every single book, and that person was comitting the crimes in that book of the trilogy, but weren't involved in the other crimes in the other books.  Plus, the Hardy's really ddn't do any detecting in the series, other than just talking their suspects to confess.

That gets old after awhile. ::) I wonder what this new series will be like. :-\
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: SDLagent on December 12, 2011, 02:36:13 PM
Quote from: Santa Claus on December 11, 2011, 09:03:42 AM
Not to mention that they still continued the trend of having gangs of one in the trilogies, so most of the trilogies had an unrelated bad guy in every single book, and that person was comitting the crimes in that book of the trilogy, but weren't involved in the other crimes in the other books.  Plus, the Hardy's really ddn't do any detecting in the series, other than just talking their suspects to confess.

Yeah, it got so repetitive that even people who were originally fans of the series got tired of it.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: tomswift2002 on December 12, 2011, 02:53:32 PM
Quote from: SDLagent on December 12, 2011, 02:36:13 PM
Yeah, it got so repetitive that even people who were originally fans of the series got tired of it.

Plus that first trilogy felt like S&S had walked off a 100 story balcony.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on January 20, 2012, 12:26:56 PM
Quote from: Dinosaur Dan on November 05, 2011, 10:53:48 AM
A 6th Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys (http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/store/index.php?isbn=1442456817) crossover book title Stage Fright, is due to be released July 10, 2012 according to Amazon.com.

(http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/images/comingsoon/GDUB006.jpg) (http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/store/index.php?isbn=1442456817)

Lol I thought it looked like they were wearing like superhero costumes for a second! And hmmm.... Sound like an interesting title! Hopefully it'll be longer than the last one!
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on January 20, 2012, 02:42:43 PM
If anything, I would guess it may well be shorter- I have the feeling this book is the last gasp for this series as well, considering both its parent series are ending now.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: tomswift2002 on January 22, 2012, 12:25:36 PM
Where'd the cover picture come from?  I can't seem to find it on Amazon (.com or .ca), Chapters-Indigo or Simon & Schuster's US or Canadian websites.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on January 22, 2012, 04:10:46 PM
I've been wondering about that myself...
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on January 22, 2012, 04:12:52 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on January 22, 2012, 04:10:46 PM
I've been wondering about that myself...

Must be a fake. :-\
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on January 22, 2012, 04:16:45 PM
It could be a mock-up, I suppose...but I think it's probably the real deal- just not out on sites yet. (Maybe Skywarp got it directly from Simon & Schuster 8))
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on March 12, 2012, 12:08:29 AM
I hope Stage Fright is better than this synopsis makes it sound...
QuoteBaffled by all the backstage backstabbing, the Hardys call Nancy and ask her to come to New York and help them out. When she arrives, they realize that Nancy is a dead ringer for the lead actress, so they arrange for her to replace the injured understudy.

The Hardy brothers are too observant to not already notice that the actress looks just like Nancy, before she arrives there.  ???
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on March 26, 2012, 07:46:02 AM
Amazon.com has released the cover art (http://www.amazon.com/Stage-Fright-Nancy-Detective-Mystery/dp/1442456817/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332765841&sr=8-1-fkmr0) for this book now.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: tomswift2002 on March 26, 2012, 11:44:42 AM
Nancy looks really great on the cover, and Joe does look good to some extant, but with Frank it looks like they're just using a photo from the Killer Mystery days (especially Killer Connections, but just flipped and with a different color shirt, something that wouldn't be hard to do in Photoshop).
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on March 26, 2012, 02:45:06 PM
Well, with this most likely being the last book for the UB/GD universe, S&S probably didn't care too much about this one- but at least it looks pretty good overall I think.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on March 27, 2012, 08:15:09 PM
Hopefully Stage Fright will be a good story. I'm more looking forward to the Hardys and Nancy working together in the new series. 8)
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on May 29, 2012, 08:43:03 PM
Quote from: Hardy Sleuth on March 12, 2012, 12:08:29 AM
I hope Stage Fright is better than this synopsis makes it sound...
The Hardy brothers are too observant to not already notice that the actress looks just like Nancy, before she arrives there.  ???

Excellent point.

The synopsis sounds quite ridiculous. This sounds like a case they've already solved in the UB universe, why would they even need Nancy's help on this one??
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on May 30, 2012, 08:30:15 AM
Well, this will probably be the last entry set in the UB universe, so we'll have something new to look forward to after this one.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on May 31, 2012, 12:35:19 AM
Quote from: MacGyver on May 30, 2012, 08:30:15 AM
Well, this will probably be the last entry set in the UB universe, so we'll have something new to look forward to after this one.

I'm actualy kind of sad that they're ending the UBs... I mean, I know the quality has gone downhill, but still. They were the first series I ever read, I'll still miss them... :( :)
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on May 31, 2012, 12:45:27 AM
There are definitely some good books in the UB series. :) And I love most all of the graphic novels! ;D
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on May 31, 2012, 07:16:14 AM
QuoteI'm actualy kind of sad that they're ending the UBs... I mean, I know the quality has gone downhill, but still. They were the first series I ever read, I'll still miss them... 
Wow- so you were first introduced to The Hardy Boys via the Undercover Brothers books? That gives you an interesting perspective. I grew up reading the Original Series and the Casefiles long before the UB books ever came around. I take it you've since read others in the various series... I know you said you had gotten a number of them as a birthday present recently in any case....
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on May 31, 2012, 09:28:16 AM
Quote from: MacGyver on May 31, 2012, 07:16:14 AM
Wow- so you were first introduced to The Hardy Boys via the Undercover Brothers books? That gives you an interesting perspective. I grew up reading the Original Series and the Casefiles long before the UB books ever came around. I take it you've since read others in the various series... I know you said you had gotten a number of them as a birthday present recently in any case....

Yes, I started by reading the Nancy Drew GDs, then the first book with the Hardy boys in it I ever read was Danger Overseas. I was 10 I think, almost 11.... Anyway, then I read Hurricane Joe and LOVED it, and now I have all the UBs sitting on my shelf. :) the next series I read were the Originals, then the Casefiles, then.. Uhh.. I think I've read a couple digests, then I read the Clues Brothers lol. I'd heard of the HBs before, my dad used to read them as a kid, and I loved when they were in the Nancy Drew CDs. :D
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on May 31, 2012, 09:30:28 AM
*Oops, sorry, not the Clues Brothers but the Secret Files. I can't edit posts on my phone...
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on May 31, 2012, 11:32:59 AM
Quoteand I loved when they were in the Nancy Drew CDs.
Are you referring to the Nancy Drew video games here? Or did you mean the "Girl Detective" series? Have the Hardy Boys been mentioned there or something?
I've read the first of the Secret Files books and maybe I'll eventually read the others too. I have read a few of The Clues Brothers series as well and one of them was shockingly awesome and sadly way better than the impression I've gotten of the UB series. (Of which, I just now finally read the first book in the series earlier this year. No offense but- in my opinion- there are some good elements that I do enjoy with the series- but there are things from the first chapter of this first book that left me quite disappointed. Not a good sign for a new series.) But oh well- I try to look for the good and enjoy what I can, even if there are some things I don't like. It is still the ending of a chapter in The Hardy Boys' career and that is sad. I was particularly saddened when #190 Motocross Madness was announced as the last title in the Digests series in 2005, as that ended the run of a series that started back in 1927! That's a 78 year run! (This is the Original Series canon as far as I'm concerned- from The Tower Treasure to Motocross Madness- and of course, with the first 38 books, we have both an original and revised version on top of that!) That's not to say that I don't enjoy the various spinoff books- but they're not the same as the original running series. Even so, I'm still excited and interested to see how the new spinoff series will run when that starts. Yet another new chapter in the lives of The Hardy Boys! :) 8)
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on May 31, 2012, 07:13:41 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on May 31, 2012, 11:32:59 AM
Are you referring to the Nancy Drew video games here? Or did you mean the "Girl Detective" series? Have the Hardy Boys been mentioned there or something?

No, the Nancy Drew PC games from Herinteractive. They were in 2 games, one of which, Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, is my favorite one. :D you got to play as the boys for a while, but you mainly just talked with them. In several other games you can call them. :)
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on June 01, 2012, 08:31:07 AM
Oh, okay- right. I've goth both of those Nancy Drew PC games, as well as the two Hardy Boys PC games.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on July 05, 2012, 02:44:18 PM
If anyone's interested, I just saw that Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Stage-Fright-Detective-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0067M0BI6/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2) now has most of the 1st. chapter of this book on their site available to read...
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on July 17, 2012, 06:49:48 PM
I JUST REALIZED THIS IS ALREADY RELEASED!! :O

I really wish there was a bookstore here. :'(
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: tomswift2002 on July 18, 2012, 06:45:15 PM
I just picked it up today.  Finally, the last release in the UB series.  It'll be interesting too see if the series ends on a high or low note.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on July 30, 2012, 01:54:02 PM
I checked both the major bookstore chains in my area today and I haven't seen it yet. And it's supposed to have been released for 20 days now (back on July 10th.) I'm thinking I may just have to order this one from Amazon.com .........
On a side note, it's rather sad to see what The Hardy Boys selection looks like at one of my local Barnes & Nobles bookstores- there's literally like maybe 10 books- I think about 4 or 5 from the Grossett & Dunlap paperbacks- #1 of the UB series and a few copies of the first few Secret Files books.
Thankfully, Books-A-Million has a much better selection of the classic Original series and the UB and Secret Files books....
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: tomswift2002 on July 31, 2012, 08:30:43 PM
In my area you only see the G&D versions if you travel to Ottawa and visit the big Chapters box stores, otherwise the mall shops (Coles, Smithbooks ---owned by Chapters-Indigo) just have the UB's and 2002-2005 Mystery Stories.
Title: Re: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Mystery #6
Post by: MacGyver on August 01, 2012, 07:33:21 AM
Okay, I finally found a copy of the book at another branch of Barnes & Noble... It was kinda funny getting the book to add to my collection, as I was thinking this will be the last entry (as far as we know) in the UB universe of books. Hopefully it ends on a good note, though I doubt it would have any kind of finality to the series. I'm looking forward to the new series to see how that goes.