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Title: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Lungbarrow on July 13, 2012, 12:00:10 PM
I just found this: http://series.simonandschuster.com/Hardy-Boys-Adventures (http://series.simonandschuster.com/Hardy-Boys-Adventures)

I'm pretty sure there wasn't a page dedicated to the new series until very recently, nor were there pages for the individual books. I note that (as of 1750GMT) the book pages are noted as having been created "about 6 hours ago".

The page might be worth keeping an eye on for new information - there's already separate ISBNs there for the different formats including ebook, which I hadn't noticed anywhere before. It'd be nice if they had larger cover art though.

There's also a UK version: http://series.simonandschuster.co.uk/Hardy-Boys-Adventures (http://series.simonandschuster.co.uk/Hardy-Boys-Adventures) but no book info on there yet.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on July 13, 2012, 04:29:33 PM
Cool! Nice finds, mate. Thanks. :) 8)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Lungbarrow on July 24, 2012, 06:07:26 AM
And now there's a fairly minimal description up for both titles. It's not available on the individual book pages, only on the scrolling red boxout below the Series Updates section.

Secret of the Red Arrow:
QuoteThe Hardy brothers must dismantle a dangerous crime gang in this first book of a fresh approach to a classic series.

Masked Mayhem
QuoteIn this second book of a fresh approach to a classic series, Frank and Joe track down violent pranksters.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: tomswift2002 on July 24, 2012, 04:44:37 PM
"Masked Mayhem" still sounds like it might be something like "The Masked Monkey".
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Lungbarrow on August 14, 2012, 05:17:15 AM
New synopsis up for Secret of the Red Arrow (http://"http://books.simonandschuster.com/Secret-of-the-Red-Arrow/Franklin-W-Dixon/Hardy-Boys-Adventures/9781442465855"):

QuoteTeenagers Frank and Joe Hardy are supposedly ?retired? from their detective work. But there is a new mystery in Bayport that needs their investigative expertise?and fast!

Starting with a bank heist, a series of alarming pranks have popped up around Bayport. Ultimately harmless, the pranks turn out to be the work of Seth Diller, an amateur filmmaker who plans to make ?zillions? from his reality-horror flick, which he?ll use to help out his brother, a wounded Marine.

But after the Hardy brothers put a stop to the Panic Project, there is a new outbreak of Seth-like pranks?only these have definite victims. All signs point to evidence of a crime gang in Bayport, and Frank and Joe undertake the most dangerous investigation they?ve ever encountered. It?s up to them to save their town?and themselves?before the Red Arrow gets to them first.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on August 14, 2012, 08:07:19 AM
Hmm- sounds interesting and promising. I'm curious about this bit about Frank and Joe being "retired" from detective work, yet they are still teenagers. So I take it we will still have the traditional (at least since the revised original 58 books) ages of 18 and 17, respectively. One thing I like about this book from the start is that at least this first mystery takes place in Bayport- it's nice to a local case and one that Frank and Joe seem to have run into on their own, rather than at the behest of a secret government agency. I'm kinda hoping that we can avoid that scenario for a while, and if they do decide to do that route eventually, that they can keep it rather limited.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: tomswift2002 on August 14, 2012, 06:55:46 PM
It sounds interesting, and I wonder if Simon & Schuster is trying to go after the same crowd that's buying the "Starfleet Academy" series.  I just picked up he latest SA book and it's 30 chapters and over 300 pages long; maybe we'll see that with the Hardy's.

But hopefully the series will be back in he third-person.  And with that "retired" bit, hopefully the boys maturity rate will go up from the UB's.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Bigfootman on September 04, 2012, 09:04:25 AM
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Masked-Mayhem-Franklin-Dixon/9781442422377?b=-3&t=-20#Fulldescription-20
"In this second book of a fresh approach to a classic series, Frank and Joe track down violent pranksters. Rich girl Lindsay Peyton is throwing the biggest and best Sweet Sixteen bash that Bayport has ever seen. But her party planning is off to a bad start when Frank and Joe discover that someone has keyed her very expensive car--an early birthday present--and has put the mean prank up on YouView. Soon after the prank goes viral, a group calling themselves the Scaredevils begin to film themselves committing acts of violent vandalism around town. Broken windows, Dumpster fires, and more threaten the security of Lindsay's party--and of Lindsay herself. Frank and Joe are determined to figure out who is the mastermind behind the videos before Lindsay's Sweet Sixteen turns into a party she will never forget...for all the wrong reasons."

Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on September 04, 2012, 03:38:45 PM
Thanks for the synopsis, Dan. I wonder how they'll amp this up because the plot is sounding something like an in-between stage from the Clues Brothers and Secret Files books to the Digests series. Obviously, they are remembering their elementary school age primary audience and I do appreciate that. It's not aimed at teenagers so it shouldn't be like the Casefiles. I just hope it will be different from the Undercover Brothers series and more true to The Hardy Boys that we've always known and loved... It does seem like the original books had bigger plots than this though- but I don't want to prejudge- I'll have to see what the book is like when it's released.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on September 06, 2012, 02:33:11 PM
Okay, after seeing the synopsis for Masked Mayhem and putting that together with the fact that both this book and the first in the series, Secret of the Red Arrow, are being released on the same day- February 5, 2013- I'm wondering if we're looking at the trilogy format of the later Undercover Brothers books. 'Cause the plots of both books sound very much like it could be the same gang that Frank and Joe are investigating. So that brings two possibilities to mind for me- one is that this may be the start of a UB-like trilogy (or perhaps it's a 2 part thing)- or maybe this criminal prank gang is a recurring villian that The Hardy Boys will fight against. Hmm- I hope that's not the most formidable foe they face in the series.... well, it's just speculation now, but I was just wondering...
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: SDLagent on September 07, 2012, 06:50:49 PM
The plot summaries of these two books don't sound to different from what we saw from the UB... And like Mac said, it seems like they're going for trilogies again.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: tomswift2002 on September 09, 2012, 06:22:19 AM
If it is a multi-part story, hopefully it is only a two-part story designed to kick-off the series and then stand-alones.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on September 09, 2012, 04:01:43 PM
Agreed.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on January 26, 2013, 10:50:48 PM
Looks like Simon and Schuster have posted Chapter one of Secret of the Red Arrow (http://books.simonandschuster.com/Secret-of-the-Red-Arrow/Franklin-W-Dixon/Hardy-Boys-Adventures/9781442465855/excerpt_with_id/23283) and The Phantom Heist (http://books.simonandschuster.com/Mystery-of-the-Phantom-Heist/Franklin-W-Dixon/Hardy-Boys-Adventures/9781442465862/excerpt_with_id/23286) And they're still written in the first person style of the UB books...

Just what I hoped wouldn't happen. ::)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: tomswift2002 on January 27, 2013, 12:44:55 PM
Not good, not good..
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on January 27, 2013, 04:29:11 PM
Quote from: tomswift2002 on January 27, 2013, 12:44:55 PM
Not good, not good..

Yeah, it's so unrealistic. ::)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on January 27, 2013, 10:44:50 PM
Well, maybe I should have held off, but my curiousity got the best of me and I read the first chapter of the first book. First off, it is a bummer that we're back to first person. My understanding is that it was originally decided to do 3rd. Person but for some reason it changed back to 1st. person after all. I don't know that I like this "retired" bit. It seems like this series is meant to be set after the UB books. Some things from the UB books are still in place- the Hardys using modern technology of today (which I do like that they keep the Hardys current, but in some ways I'd rather have the earlier books where all this technology didn't exist.) Anyway, Secret of the Red Arrow does start off with a good level of action and peril and that's pretty neat. And so far the dialogue seems to be better and more mature than the UB books, so that's a plus too. But we're still calling Aunt Gertrude by Aunt Trudy and that gets a bit irksome to me honestly, but that's just a personal thing. Aunt Gertrude doesn't seem like the type to take up a nickname, not given her character from the original books. Anyway, though we do seem to be falling back into the UB mold in some ways, the writing seems to be a bit better so far. Of course, I need to read the whole book before I can really honestly review the direction of the series, but that's my impression so far.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on January 27, 2013, 10:46:58 PM
The only kinda cool thing about Frank and Joe's "retirement" is that when Frank mentions they've been covertly helping a few folks, it makes me think of them like The A-Team. :)  8)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on January 27, 2013, 11:34:58 PM
Okay, it's not that bad, guys. I still have hope for the series!!!

Pros:

1. Like Mac said, there was a good amount of action in it

2. Frank isn't a total dork around girls anymore

3. The personalities weren't ridiculously over-exaggerated

4. Yay! Chet's back!

5. The writing is decent, even if its 1st person again

6. No ATAC ;)


Cons:

1. Right off the bat, "Trudy" irritated me

2. It looks like it's going to be very technology-centric, which dates the books very quickly. Also, it looks like there'll be a lot of pop culture references already. E.g. YouTube, ?ber

3. Yeah, I also agree with Mac, I'm not sure I like the whole "retired" thing
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on January 28, 2013, 01:33:07 PM
Quote4. Yay! Chet's back!
This must be in the second book- haven't seen that preview yet. But yay! Nice to see Chet make an appearance. And I'm also glad we're past the ATAC thing too. I kinda wonder if that's what the Hardys are actually supposed to be retired from though.
I do appreciate the good points you mentioned, JHR- especially with the personalities being back into sync. I hope their high moral character is intact too. (And I particularly hope this book series does not have any cursing or swearing or foul/vulgar language in it at all.)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on January 28, 2013, 04:12:26 PM
Okay- went ahead and read the first chapter of Mystery of the Phantom Heist. I see what JHR means about slang- "Oh snap!" and "Just saying" will at some point be forgotten and looked back on as outdated slang. It would be best to avoid that, but then again- we also look back at the original 58 books and see slang like "Leaping lizards!" and "Jeepers!", etc. that are also now outdated slang.
    However, "uber" is a valid word in the dictionary and I don't have a problem with that. I liked Chet's appearance- that seems to have been well done. And again, the writing is a lot better and Frank and Joe seem more mature- and I do like that. We're also seeing an abundance of technology like tablets and smartphones, etc.- but again, in the original text books, we'd be laughing today at the then-new technology of automats. (Just to help keep it in perspective.)
     Frank and Joe do seem to be pretty well in character and there are some things about this series I already do like a lot! The action wasn't quite as big in this chapter, but it did get things rolling with some intrigue and that's a good approach too- everything doesn't have to be action jammed in your face all the time- as it seems was the approach of the UB books most of the time. The Youtube video was interesting- I wonder if there was going to be something more to that or if it was just a teaser. (I suspect something more will come of it.) But again- I'm still not liking the "retired" thing. That will get old soon, I feel.
       But at least some things are more or less back to the status quo, with some wrinkles here and there to keep it interesting. I'm still excited to read the new series and compare it to previous books. Also, I've heard these books are supposed to be getting back to the 200 page or so length of the Original Text books (these first two have 176 and 160 pages, respectively- so that's close anyway- and still longer than the UB books)- so that will definitely be pretty cool. I'm getting the impression of a blend of an UB book and one of the later Digests so far- and I'm cool with that. We'll have to see how the books up the ante in the rest of the chapters.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on January 28, 2013, 04:17:42 PM
I see the third book is also 160 pages. I wonder if 176 pages was just the length for the kickoff book and the rest of them will settle into a standard 160 pages. That's still a nice increase in page length in any case and I do like that- but it could be that the books will vary here and there as the series progresses. We'll see. It's also encouraging to see Chet Morton in the second book- and nice to see Frank and Joe standing up for him. That's definitely back to the character I expect to see in The Hardy Boys. :) 8)
I just hope we'll see Fenton Hardy, Laura Hardy, Aunt Gertrude (Trudy, apparently in this series), Chief Collig, Con Riley, Biff Hooper, Tony Prito, Phil Cohen, Callie Shaw and Iola Morton as well. (I'd love to see even more long gone characters return as well- like Jerry Gilroy, Sam Radley and Jack Wayne- you never know, it might happen.)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: VLoneWolf on January 28, 2013, 04:43:26 PM
I hope they enclude more of the origanl charters.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: SkyWarp on January 28, 2013, 08:30:23 PM
I noticed the "Trudy" reference right away and was "irked" by it too.   I quit reading after I saw "Trudy".   
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on January 28, 2013, 09:41:21 PM
I thought of something else with this- I wonder if "The Hardy Boys Adventures" title of the series is also referencing the fact that Frank and Joe are "retired" in this series. So maybe they don't solve mysteries so much, but rather have adventures. (Which might or might not involve a mystery.) I hope they push more towards actual mysteries though.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on January 28, 2013, 10:59:57 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on January 28, 2013, 09:41:21 PM
I thought of something else with this- I wonder if "The Hardy Boys Adventures" title of the series is also referencing the fact that Frank and Joe are "retired" in this series. So maybe they don't solve mysteries so much, but rather have adventures. (Which might or might not involve a mystery.) I hope they push more towards actual mysteries though.

That might be interesting, it's definitely not really been done before. Maybe if there are just a couple regular adventures, and the rest mysteries, I'd be okay with that. :)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on January 29, 2013, 04:16:22 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on January 28, 2013, 04:17:42 PMI just hope we'll see Fenton Hardy, Laura Hardy, Aunt Gertrude (Trudy, apparently in this series), Chief Collig, Con Riley, Biff Hooper, Tony Prito, Phil Cohen, Callie Shaw and Iola Morton as well. (I'd love to see even more long gone characters return as well- like Jerry Gilroy, Sam Radley and Jack Wayne- you never know, it might happen.)
Quote from: VLoneWolf on January 28, 2013, 04:43:26 PMI hope they enclude more of the origanl charters.

Me, too, MacGyver and VLoneWolf! 8) Ever since I first heard about the Hardy Boys Adventures I've really been hoping to see the Hardy family, Phil, Callie, Iola, Biff, Chet, Tony, Con, Sam and Ethel Radley, Jack Wayne, Chief Collig, and Jerry Gilroy, written as themselves, not just other people with the same names. ;D 8)

Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on January 29, 2013, 04:49:26 PM
QuoteSam and Ethel Radley
Nice! I'm impressed you remember Sam Radley's wife's name- that's a good Hardy Boys trivia question there. I don't she appears or gets mentioned very often, but I know it's been mentioned at least once somewhere. :) 8)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on January 29, 2013, 04:51:37 PM
Oh yeah! Now I remember the other thing I was going to comment on with the Chapter 1 preview of the second book. I like how Joe comments that he and Frank have been helping their dad with cases and solving mysteries since they were 7 and 8- nice reference to The Hardy Boys: Clues Brothers series and The Hardy Boys: Secret Files series. (Particularly the latter since it's currently the only Hardy Boys series still running- though The Hardy Boys Adventures will soon hopefully slide in next to it as a great companion and exciting successor to the all the Hardy Boys series that have come before it.) :) 8)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on January 29, 2013, 06:35:08 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on January 29, 2013, 04:49:26 PM
Nice! I'm impressed you remember Sam Radley's wife's name- that's a good Hardy Boys trivia question there. I don't she appears or gets mentioned very often, but I know it's been mentioned at least once somewhere. :) 8)

Thanks, but I have to admit, it's not been that long since I've read her name in a book. :) So no amazing feat there. ;) :P She's in The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge, The Four-headed Dragon and maybe other books. :)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on January 30, 2013, 08:41:55 AM
Okay- cool. It's been a while since I've read either of those books, but I remember The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge better than The Four-Headed Dragon right now.....(both good books, by the way- but the latter was definitely not what I was expecting as little kid.......)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on January 30, 2013, 05:56:50 PM
I just hope they aren't swearing like in the UB series. That turned me off. :o
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on January 30, 2013, 08:53:37 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on January 30, 2013, 08:41:55 AM
Okay- cool. It's been a while since I've read either of those books, but I remember The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge better than The Four-Headed Dragon right now.....(both good books, by the way- but the latter was definitely not what I was expecting as little kid.......)

I like 'em both, too. ;D
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Bonekrushur on February 02, 2013, 03:26:34 PM
I feel like I've been left hanging after the first book.  Maybe it's part of a bigger plan to gradually tie things up in later books?
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on February 02, 2013, 03:29:22 PM
I suppose you mean after the first book's chapter preview? Or have you already read the new book somehow?
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Bonekrushur on February 02, 2013, 03:30:32 PM
No, the whole book.  I just got the first and second at Books-a-million in Goldsboro, NC last night.  I haven't read the second yet.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on February 02, 2013, 03:36:11 PM
Oh wow- they must have put out the books a little bit early then. I've seen some bookstores do that sometimes- but technically, those books aren't supposed to release until Tuesday. Thanks for the heads-up on that though- now I'll have to go check my local Books-A-Million. :)
And to answer your question- the second book follows up from the first, from what I understand. Let us know what you think when you get through both of them. :) 8)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Bonekrushur on February 02, 2013, 03:43:21 PM
Okay, that makes me feel better and more excited about going on to #2.  I know this store has been awful the last few years about keeping stock.  Someone else apparently has been getting the books before I do, and they won't order any more for a long, long time.  I just happened to stop by to see if I could get that last super mystery #6, which, of course, they still haven't got, and I happened to see these two.  I guess I need to check early from now on.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on February 02, 2013, 08:33:34 PM
I usually find Barnes&Noble to be much better about having books in on their release date. Thus, I was somewhat shocked to find the new Hardy Boys books at my local Books-A-Million today! So I went ahead and got the first two in the series as well as the first two in the Nancy Drrew series. They only had paperback though- no hardback yet. Still, it was exciting to get the new series. And I flipped through HBA #2 and I saw that Iola shows up! Yay! I know I don't like everything in this series already- but I'm still excited to read these soon. :) 8)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Bonekrushur on February 02, 2013, 09:01:41 PM
As I've gone through the second book, I feel a whole lot better about the storyline and how things are progressing.  There's the continuity and it seems things have settled down a bit.  I'm still not fully understanding of the so-called "Deal" thing, but to give a hint, I don't think that will be as much of an issue as it was to start.  Oh, and you're right, I feel a lot better to see some old friends show up.  It may just be the impression I got, but the second seemed to show a few more glimpses of the old Hardys we love.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on February 02, 2013, 11:55:28 PM
Thanks for the update- sounds good. That makes me feel a bit better about the series. I can't wait to read both books as soon as I can. :)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: tomswift2002 on February 03, 2013, 05:48:44 PM
Well I pre-ordered my copies on Friday.  I stopped into my local Coles, so while they had the newest Star Trek book (Allegiance In Exile), they didn't have either Hardy Boys book in either format.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on February 05, 2013, 09:45:51 AM
I just wanted to make a quick observation here that may not be all that big of a deal, but anyways....
I've noticed that this series is actually officialled called "Hardy Boys Adventures"- it's interesting that this series does not have the traditional "The" in the front.
However, on early cover art, it was in place:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a0_B-3uJTxo/T99AC5xzGwI/AAAAAAAAAVg/QooMXMDQvZs/s1600/HBA01.jpg) (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a0_B-3uJTxo/T99AC5xzGwI/AAAAAAAAAVg/QooMXMDQvZs/s1600/HBA01.jpg)

I just thought it was interesting to note that this is the first Hardy Boys series to not be called "The Hardy Boys", but rather- "Hardy Boys Adventures".
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Judah-Ben-Hur on February 05, 2013, 07:50:44 PM
The "The" is missing??? MacGyver, do you by chance have yours yet? and if so, is it hardcover?

Jennifer Fisher is reporting that the Nancy Drew Dairies volumes have dust jackets, I'm assuming the Hardy Boys do as well?
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on February 05, 2013, 11:48:33 PM
Yeah, I got books 1 and 2 of both The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series- and they're all paperback. I haven't seen the hardbacks yet.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on February 10, 2013, 08:59:01 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on February 02, 2013, 08:33:34 PM
I usually find Barnes&Noble to be much better about having books in on their release date. Thus, I was somewhat shocked to find the new Hardy Boys books at my local Books-A-Million today! So I went ahead and got the first two in the series as well as the first two in the Nancy Drrew series. They only had paperback though- no hardback yet. Still, it was exciting to get the new series. And I flipped through HBA #2 and I saw that Iola shows up! Yay! I know I don't like everything in this series already- but I'm still excited to read these soon. :) 8)

Wow, that's something that they were available early! 8) Cool Iola! ;D 8)


Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: tomswift2002 on February 11, 2013, 09:05:52 AM
The series was announced as being released in paperback and dust jacket hardcover.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on February 11, 2013, 11:39:46 AM
Yeah- I've seen both Amazon.com and Walmart.com have the hardcover editions listed- I've just yet to see the hardbacks in any stores. I think I will wind up ordering a hardcover copy of the first title from Amazon.com when I have the money for it... but I doubt I would bother to get the others in hardcover. I'm sure some hardcore Hardy Boys collectors will get them all in hardcover- but I just don't have the money for it.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: tomswift2002 on February 13, 2013, 04:08:43 PM
The hardcovers are probably going to be like the Wanderer hardcovers---more for libraries than private collections.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Lungbarrow on February 19, 2013, 07:28:36 PM
The hardcovers are actually really nice. Two-tone blue paper with silver embossing on the spine and a dustjacket the same as the paperback cover.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on February 19, 2013, 08:23:45 PM
Quote from: Lungbarrow on February 19, 2013, 07:28:36 PM
The hardcovers are actually really nice. Two-tone blue paper with silver embossing on the spine and a dustjacket the same as the paperback cover.

Sounds very nice-looking! 8) I haven't seen the hardcovers yet either, but I'd like to. :)
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Judah-Ben-Hur on February 21, 2013, 08:00:09 AM
Jennifer's Series Books on FB posted the ND Hardbacks, they're really nice, bound with cloth. I agree with Tom Swift, I think they're going to be done the Wanderer Way, no bookseller in town has the hardcovers in stock.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on February 21, 2013, 01:07:30 PM
Cool- thanks for the info. This is why I'm planning to put in an order on Amazon.com for a hardcover for The Hardy Boys series (though I'll probably just get the first one, I think) when I have the money to spare for it.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Lungbarrow on February 22, 2013, 04:05:17 AM
Quote from: Judah-Ben-Hur on February 21, 2013, 08:00:09 AM
Jennifer's Series Books on FB posted the ND Hardbacks, they're really nice, bound with cloth.

It's not cloth over the boards, it's patterned paper to look like cloth, same as the Hardy Boys ones - I've got all four books.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: Judah-Ben-Hur on February 22, 2013, 04:20:34 AM
That's weird, but I guess it's nicer than plan paper. I guess this is a sort or "Imitation Leather" instead it's "Imitation cloth". ;D
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: tomswift2002 on February 22, 2013, 12:02:04 PM
I haven't received my copies yet, but I would assume that, aside from the picture being on the boards, the hardcover binding, from all the descriptions, would be similar to S&S was doing it's Trek hardcovers a few years ago.
Title: Re: Simon & Schuster's Hardy Boys Adventures page
Post by: MacGyver on May 17, 2013, 08:30:59 AM
In case you need a really awesome Hardy Boys Adventures banner- :) 8)
(http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/149351_505423279515178_205365672_n.jpg) (http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/149351_505423279515178_205365672_n.jpg)