The for ''Club Dread'' has been reveled on SimonandSchuster.com (http://books.simonandschuster.com/Club-Dread/Franklin-W-Dixon/Nancy-Drew-Hardy-Boys/9781416978718). ''Club Dread'' is the third novel in the Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery and is due out May 5, 2009.
QuoteSometimes, being an ATAC agent doesn?t seem so bad. When Frank and Joe are sent to a eco-resort in paradise to investigate a string of thefts, they?re not complaining. But once they get there, something seems off about the mission . . . soon the brothers feel like missing jewelry is the least of their concerns. Meanwhile Nancy Drew, Bess, and George are staying at the hotel as guests. They, too, sense something off about this particular paradise, and when they run into Frank and Joe it seems that no one--not even an old friend--is above suspicion.
Yes! Awesome! Finally! :D :D :D
Yeah, sounds a lot better then the next "trilogy".
Whos this Old Freind? :-\ Some one from book 1 or 2?
Are they not referring to the Hardys or Nancy?
Quote from: 003Robin457 on January 20, 2009, 08:48:12 PM
Whos this Old Freind? :-\ Some one from book 1 or 2?
I would assume that "Old Friend" is referring to the Frank, Joe, Nancy, Bess and George.
But, why are Nancy and her friends always on vacation in these books, and yet the boys are never on vacation from ATAC?
Quote from: SDLagent on January 21, 2009, 04:34:50 AM
Are they not referring to the Hardys or Nancy?
It says "when they" refering to Nancy and frinds "run into Frank and Joe it seems that no one--not even an old friend--is above suspicion." So "friend" can't be F&J because they are plural. And judging by the sentence structure it is unlikely that it means ND and friends.
That plot sounds familiar. Maybe because elements of it have been used in other books or on TV episodes or something.
I feel like I've heard it before *shrugs*
Quote from: 003Robin457 on January 21, 2009, 04:43:18 PM
It says "when they" refering to Nancy and frinds "run into Frank and Joe it seems that no one--not even an old friend--is above suspicion." So "friend" can't be F&J because they are plural. And judging by the sentence structure it is unlikely that it means ND and friends.
I can't think of anyone else in the previous super mysteries, that could be the 'Old friend', but I'm guessing that it's probably Nancy,Bess and George referring to F&J, and vice versa.
It could just be Frank, or just Joe.
True, you never know about that Joe!
I just picked up Club Dread today. I haven't started to read it yet, since I'm currently reading Warpath by David Mack. But I did look through Club, and I noticed that S&S is advertising The Hidden Theft, along with both White Wolf of Icicle Creek for the Wii, and Treasure On Track for the DS. Plus there are sample pages for both the Nancy Drew Girl Detective trilogy : Identity Theft, and the Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers trilogy: Double Trouble.
Wow. A lot of "bonus features"...or whatever you call it.
Hopefully I'll get my copy on Monday.
I forgot to pre-order my copy, so when I picked up Star Trek New Frontier: Treason by Peter David at Coles's yesterday, I also picked up Club Dread. But the funny thing is that with Club Dread, Coles had that book in the Hardy Boys section, while all the copies of Terror On Tour & Danger Overseas where in the Nancy Drew section. Weird.
Oh yeah, I also reserved my copy of the novelization of the new Star Trek movie, by Alan Dean Foster, at the same time, and the cashier told me that they had the book in the store, but they couldn't sell it till May 12, otherwise they would get fined. UHHHHH!!!!
CDs out! Man time flies! Well I'm going to B&N Tuesday so I just have to wait... man I hate waiting!
Quote from: tomswift2002 on May 03, 2009, 01:10:57 PM
Oh yeah, I also reserved my copy of the novelization of the new Star Trek movie, by Alan Dean Foster, at the same time, and the cashier told me that they had the book in the store, but they couldn't sell it till May 12, otherwise they would get fined. UHHHHH!!!!
I've run into that before. I sugest black mail.
I suggest stealing.
Yeah. And don't worry. If both of those don't work, you'll only go to jail. :P
Well, that's better than being recruited by ATAC...
Just kidding!
So to those who have read it (and for others who can answer this after they?ve read it) how do you rank the first three super mysteries from best to worst?
1.
2.
3.
Me first! Me first!
1. Danger Overseas
2. Club Dread
3. Terror on Tour
But I love all of them.
Quote from: Rainbows & Lollipops on May 06, 2009, 07:55:55 PM
Well, that's better than being recruited by ATAC...
WAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
For me, I rank them:
1.Danger Overseas
2.Club Dread
3.Terror on Tour
I do like them all, though.
Edited because I changed my mind.
I rather be arested then be stuck on boring cases. :D JK
::) :P
I picked-up my copy yesterday. I plan to read it soon, but who knows? I haven't read a UB since...wow...November 2008! That's longer then I thought! Time flys when your not read UB (having fun), I guess.
Ha ha, very funny.....
I got my copy in the mail yesterday and finished reading it. The storyline was good but for those of you who don't like the HB/ND crossovers due to feeling that Nancy seems to take over....in this one she does. As for the "friend" that is mentioned in the synopsis....it's not anyone that Frank,Joe or Nancy know!
I enjoyed the storyline of the book but felt that Joe and Frank were put on the back burner plus I figured out who the bad guy was pretty quickly.
It says an old friend because F&J said that Matthias was an old friend.
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on May 13, 2009, 10:31:29 PM
It says an old friend because F&J said that Matthias was an old friend.
I know but without giving away the plot..........
I just finished Club Dread this morning and here's what I think:
1. This was a better story than all of the recent trilogies combined. I kept thinking that, had it not been for ATAC, this could've fit right in with the Hardy Boys & Nancy Drew Digest series, albeit, sometime in the post-1987 part of the series.
2. Considering that the main criminal was revealed way too early, and was a reused plot device, it was nice to finally see a gang of more than 1 person in this story.
3. Even though at times I felt that the author, especially early on, was just sending the characters to various rooms for no reason, I think the author could've moved the action out into the everglades more than he/she did. If you want to read a really good Hardy Boys story that takes place in the Florida everglades read Mystery At Smuggler's Cover.
4. ATAC was a real handicap in this story. I think the author should've just dropped ATAC right from the story in the first place and just had the Hardy's maybe go on vacation and stumble into the mystery, rather than having the fake ATAC storyline.
5. With the fake ATAC storyline, I think it would've made it more intersting had Fenton Hardy called the boys in the middle of the story, and been surprised by the boys saying that the recent ATAC mission was really odd and not working out like it should've been, and Fenton telling the boys that no one at ATAC had sent them. Plus the attack by the Hardy's "friend" should've been kept till later in the book, since the author didn't explain why the Hardy's were out in the kayak's when Nancy stumbled upon them.
Rating: 7.0 out of 10
As for ranking the Super Mystery'07 books, here's how I rank them:
1. Club Dread
2. Terror On Tour
3. Danger Overseas
Wow, that's a lot different than mine.
1. Danger Overseas
2. Club Dread
3. Terror on Tour
Mine is:
1.Club Dread
2.Danger Overseas
3.Terror on Tour
But I liked them all.
I don't like how Nancy always seems to be in control during the SM.... But if I were Frank, I'd totally ask her out... despite dumb Ned.
The Hardy Boys like you've never seen them before...
Modernized for the 21st century...
"Hey, Nancy lets cheat on your boyfriend!''
Well, we are talking about a subset of the (unpredictably stupid) UBs here. And they are trying to modernize the Hardy Boys and make them more like normal teens. Don't normal teens cheat on the whole bf/gf equation frequently? And besides, have you seen Nancy on the cover of those books recently? Would you let a dim-bulb college kid keep you from that girl?
Their the freaking Hardy Boys! End of the story.
Quote from: SDLagent on July 25, 2009, 12:06:29 AM
The Hardy Boys like you've never seen them before...
Modernized for the 21st century...
"Hey, Nancy lets cheat on your boyfriend!''
Frank and Nancy already, sort of did that back in 1989-1990 with
The Last Resort and the cabin in the mountains...
Quote from: SDLagent on July 25, 2009, 09:27:04 PM
Their the freaking Hardy Boys! End of the story.
I don't care
what you say. The
real Hardys died in 2005, when S&S decided to start publishing the UBs. So, as far as I'm concerned, they could start dating
married women, bbecause these are not (and I doubt that they will
ever be) the real Hardy Boys. >:(
About Nancy seemingly in more control: it?s because it?s more of the HBs joining ND - she gets half the book as one person, and they get the other half as two people.
As for Ned: he won?t be able to keep up with her in a few years, anyways. But Frank doesn?t have any guts when it comes to girls in the UBs.
And cheating is not normal behaviour despite the rise of lower standards. People just shouldn?t be exclusive, then. Once you?re committed, you should stay that way or break up. Simple.
All the same, I think that FRank is waay better for Nancy.
Others here think so too (including me).
All the AIC too.
hoo, boy! have you guys made a mess!
1. the network vs. ATAC war is supposed to be over, but here you guys are, congregating together to badmouth the UB's >:(
2. will the guest please keep all negative comments about teens and the UB's off the forum. write them in a diary for goodness sake! >:(
3. frank and nancy >:(DO NOT >:( belong together! you might as well have tom swift dating alex from the totally spies! :P
I'm mad, too! >:( >:( >:(
So let me get this straight: negative comments about Nancy/Frank are allowed, but opinions about ATAC are not?
RevWolfX, we used to get along so well! You even sent me one of my first PMs like a year and a half ago! lol. Don't let difference of opinion determine who you like and don't like.
Quote from: LIGHTS on September 15, 2009, 03:37:26 PM
So let me get this straight: negative comments about Nancy/Frank are allowed, but opinions about ATAC are not?
RevWolfX, we used to get along so well! You even sent me one of my first PMs like a year and a half ago! lol. Don't let difference of opinion determine who you like and don't like.
*sigh* look, what i'm saying is, if one of you guys say something about the UBs, i'm pretty sure i can handle it. but this guest guy shows up and is worse than even tom! as for frank 'n' nancy...say what you like. i can't stop you. :( >:(
Well, he wasn?t a guest at the time...
And understand that people will state their opinions. It will probably get even more intense when you get older.
UBs suck!
You're a week older.
LOL. Exactly.
Quote from: RevWolfX on September 14, 2009, 09:24:36 AM
hoo, boy! have you guys made a mess!
1. the network vs. ATAC war is supposed to be over, but here you guys are, congregating together to badmouth the UB's >:(
2. will the guest please keep all negative comments about teens and the UB's off the forum. write them in a diary for goodness sake! >:(
3. frank and nancy >:(DO NOT >:( belong together! you might as well have tom swift dating alex from the totally spies! :P
1. Interesting, so stating your opinion is against the rules now?
2. Will RevWolfX please stop trying to stop people from stating their opinions on the UBs, it's getting really annoying now! >:(
3. So whining about the Frank/Nancy pairing is allowed, yet stating your opinion about the UBs isn't? ???
Quote from: Dinosaur Dan on June 02, 2010, 11:19:55 AM
1. Interesting, so stating your opinion is against the rules now?
2. Will RevWolfX please stop trying to stop people from stating their opinions on the UBs, it's getting really annoying now! >:(
3. So whining about the Frank/Nancy pairing is allowed, yet stating your opinion about the UBs isn't? ???
what i'm saying, dino dan, izzat you guys can state your opinion. if fact, if i remember correctly, you guys have stated your opinions. many times, very undiplomatically. just don't get mean about it or put down the UBs. you aren't going to change anyone's minds if that is your intention. as for the frank/nancy thing: as i said before, stating your opinion is fine. just be a bit nicer about it, eh? and what can i say? i was younger and had less experience about being diplomatic then.
Just to offer a quick observation here- it only stands to reason that different demographics of Hardy Boys fans are going to appreciate different series of books differently. Some fans grew up reading the original books with the original text and can be purists about holding to those over the revised versions that started rolling out in 1959. Some fans grew up with the revised editions and are familiar with those more so than the original text. (And considering that these revised editions are the ones that are still in print today- outside of the titles Applewood has reprinted for the original text- many people are going to be most familiar with them and accept them as the "canon".) Then there are other fans who have grown up with the Digests series and The Hardy Boys Casefiles. And those fans are probably going to hold to those series over others. Obviously as the name of this very site indicates, some folks are mainly fans of the Casefiles over any other Hardy Boys series. And then- like it or not- there are some fans who are mainly fans of The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers series because this is the main series that they have grown up with. If you go look at the shelves of Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million and Borders, etc. - this is the main Hardy Boys series, along with the original revised books, that is still in print and on the shelves.
I'm not trying to be sarcastic here; I'm just saying that whether some of the older fans who are familiar with older Hardy Boys series like it or not- some people are just going to be more familiar with the Undercover Brothers because it is the definitive Hardy Boys series at this point. (I don't think it has to worry about the Secret Files for competition on that position, since the two series are aimed at two different age ranges. ;))
And then there are some fans who have been through every single one of these. In my case, I grew up reading the revised original Hardy Boys stories. (Although I also read a few original text books without realizing it- mainly because Armada apparently printed the original text for at least two of copies of the books- "The Clue in the Embers" and "The Secret of Pirates' Hill".) I kept reading through this series as I was also reading the later Digests and the Casefiles as they were all coming out. And I've also read most all the other short-lived various spin-off series. I don't think the Undercover Brothers are as bad as they are made out to be by some. I'm not saying they're my favorites necessarily either, but I pretty much enjoy all of the Hardy Boys books. I think there's always something good there to enjoy if you look hard enough. (This is pretty much why I can never choose a favorite since I enjoy all of them to at least some degree.)
Everyone is free to state their opinions of course- but I would hope we could always find a nice way of stating them, without coming across as constantly bashing someone's favorite series. I can understand if some of the Undercover Brothers writers have paired Frank with Nancy in the Supermystery '07 series- the writers did the same in the Supermystery '88 series. It was also hinted at on the 1970s The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries TV show. It wouldn't be canon within the Original/Digest/Casefiles series but I'm cool with it if it is canon within the Undercover Brothers series, at least for now. Honestly, it wouldn't be an issue if Callie Shaw and Ned Nickerson had not already been established as Frank and Nancy's respective girlfriend and boyfriend in these earlier series.
I like watching the various Frank/Nancy videos on Youtube anyway- there are some great ones that are really well done- particularly the ones set to perfect music choices that I like- "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon, "First Time" by Lifehouse and "Must Have Done Something Right" by Relient K :) (I've posted the links to these and many others in another thread. 8))
In other words, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." (The Golden Rule as Jesus taught us in Luke 6:31 :) 8))
:'( Well said, Mac. I salute you. ;)
The UB suck. The end.
i know this isn't quote war but...
Quote from: SDLagent on July 16, 2010, 04:37:27 AM
I suck. The end.
QuoteWell said, Mac. I salute you.
Thanks. :D
QuoteThe UB suck. The end.
Exactly- that's sorta what I was trying to say...um, not really- but... lol.
Nice way to cap it all off. Ha ha.
ok, ok. sorry for the quote. what i realy should have said was, sdl, we kinda already know you opinion so would you kindly zip it?
You kinda know. Now, you really know.
ha ha. and now that we know, you can...yes, well you know already. :)
Quote from: RevWolfX on July 15, 2010, 09:22:47 AM
what i'm saying, dino dan, izzat you guys can state your opinion. if fact, if i remember correctly, you guys have stated your opinions. many times, very undiplomatically. just don't get mean about it or put down the UBs. you aren't going to change anyone's minds if that is your intention. as for the frank/nancy thing: as i said before, stating your opinion is fine. just be a bit nicer about it, eh? and what can i say? i was younger and had less experience about being diplomatic then.
Sorry about my post, I looked over this "Guest guy's" posts, and I see why you were annoyed with him, but:
"will the guest please keep all negative comments about teens
and the UB's off the forum."
Sounded to me like:
"Only say good things about the UBs or else"
This is the internet, please remember that posts can be taken the wrong way.
ok, sorry, dino dan. (man! i can't believe i said that! ;)) i really meant that you don't have to say good thing about the UBs. just don't bash them. that hurts other people's feelings *cough*me*cough* ;D
Quote from: RevWolfX on September 05, 2010, 02:18:23 PM
ok, sorry, dino dan. (man! i can't believe i said that! ;)) i really meant that you don't have to say good thing about the UBs. just don't bash them. that hurts other people's feelings *cough*me*cough* ;D
How does it hurt your feeling's if we bash the
UB? Are you the ghostwriter? Do you write the
UB books?
noooo, but i LOVE the UB books. so yes, bashing them hurts my feelings. deal with it.
Dealt with.
good. and while you are doing the dealing thing, deal with the fact that you could keep bashing the Ubs and i'd still tolerate you (kinda!) ;D ;D
If you tolerated me, bashing the UB wouldn't be funny.
ah. i see. i won't tolerate you then.
Quote from: MacGyver on July 15, 2010, 10:25:14 AM
Just to offer a quick observation here- it only stands to reason that different demographics of Hardy Boys fans are going to appreciate different series of books differently.
Yeah, I think there's truth to that. And also in what series you read first, sometimes. There are also a lot of special cases too.
A long time ago, my first HBs book was a '88 Supermystery, and I only read one or two of those. My next experience, years later, was when the UBs came out.
Then I think I started on all the other HBs series. (There may have been like one inbetween there, but I can't recall).
Anyways, the UBs aren't necessarily high up on my list even though I was fairly young when they started up (17ish?) and was the most familiar/closest to them.
Quote from: SDLagent on July 16, 2010, 04:20:50 PM
You kinda know. Now, you really know.
ALOL.
maybe so, but i first read a casefile and i still like the UBs better!
Exactly. And I'm guessing you've probably grown up with both available. For those who might remember when The Casefiles were the big new thing back in the late '80s, they might tend to hold to the Casefiles merely for the fact that it's what they grew up enjoying. That's not to say that it's true for everyone- it seems some folks either hold stubbornly on to nostalgia and refuse to admit that anything else could be better or is better (which is still subjective since it IS their own opinion) and then there's others that might look back at their past with some disdain and feel like what they enjoyed as a child is now beneath them and admittedly kinda cheesy and/or corny. I think I tend to sway in the middle as I still thoroughly and genuinely enjoy many things I grew up with as a child but I'm still also open to newer things as well- so I try to give everything a fair try and see the good in it. (Obviously it doesn't always work for everything, but it does make me fairly flexible to most things. And in any case, as Ecclesiastes 1:9 says- there's nothing new under the sun anyway. 8))
I read the a Undercover Brothers before I read a Casefile and I've read more Undercover Brothers than Casefiles and I think the Casefiles are a lot better than the Undercover Brothers.
maybe it's pyschological...you know, it's only logical to psychos. ;D ;D
Quote from: MacGyver on October 05, 2010, 02:41:39 PM
so I try to give everything a fair try and see the good in it.
Me too. Although I do hold some classic stuff in high esteem (particularly movies/films, not necessarily HBs since I was basically with the UBs first), I'm aware of how I
could be.
However, I give credit where credit is due, and I always point out anything I think is good/positive when it comes to the UBs too.
Quote from: DarkMist on October 11, 2010, 05:56:44 AM
maybe it's pyschological...you know, it's only logical to psychos. ;D ;D
Wow. I'm surprised I haven't heart that one before :D
ha! that's because the mind of DARKMIST is superior to any other! JK! ;D ;D