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General Hardy Boys Discussions / Re: Hardy Boys book drought in...

Last post by Bigfootman - November 16, 2024, 09:04:04 AM

According to Series Books For Girls, S&S had said there will be a new Hardy Boys Adventures book coming out in 2025:
https://series-books.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-value-and-scarcity-of-beverly-gray.html?m=1
"There is an obvious crack in the Hardy Boys veneer, since the Hardy Boys Adventures series hasn't had a new title since 2023.  Simon & Schuster has said that the Adventures series will have a new title in 2025."

#2

General Hardy Boys Discussions / Re: Next-gen HBs fan!

Last post by CalvinKnox - November 15, 2024, 08:46:12 PM

Welcome!

#3

Hardy Boys Casefiles / Re: Casefiles 83 Toxic Revenge...

Last post by CalvinKnox - November 15, 2024, 08:42:36 PM

Toxic Revenge is at least a logical mystery, pretty juvenile though.  Poisoned Paradise made no sense.  And the burger baron villain was ridiculous.

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General Hardy Boys Discussions / Re: Next-gen HBs fan!

Last post by Nick_Stevens - November 12, 2024, 02:46:35 PM

Welcome, Nick! Always glad to see both younger and older Hardy Boys fans.  

Thanks Mac!

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General Hardy Boys Discussions / Re: Next-gen HBs fan!

Last post by MacGyver - November 12, 2024, 12:23:18 PM

Welcome, Nick! Always glad to see both younger and older Hardy Boys fans.  

#6

General Hardy Boys Discussions / Next-gen HBs fan!

Last post by Nick_Stevens - November 11, 2024, 09:57:42 PM

Hi all!

I'm a next-gen Hardy Boys fan and a few years back I even wrote a fanfic which I never released... I would have to dig to find it again, maybe worth doing?

Anyway I just wanted to say hi, I probably won't be around much but yeah I'm so glad to see that other people also appreciate good vintage teenager books! Rock on PIs!

#7

Hardy Boys Originals / Digests / Re: #85 The Skyfire Puzzle

Last post by Bigfootman - November 08, 2024, 06:30:22 PM

(The Eskimo's Secret & The Phantom of Venice both have more romance in them)

Mild correction: the two pilot books were The Bluebeard Room and Phantom of Venice, the Eskimo's Secret does have some fileish elements (and is even a Files book in the French series), and it could be one of the pilot books, but the other two were way more romance focused.

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General Hardy Boys Discussions / Re: What's the last book or it...

Last post by MacGyver - November 08, 2024, 05:28:04 PM

Nice! Soon you'll have the whole set!  

#9

General Hardy Boys Discussions / Re: What's the last book or it...

Last post by VLoneWolf - November 07, 2024, 04:00:05 PM

I just got The Flickering Torch Mystery The Short-Wave Mystery The Secret Panel and The WitchMaster's Key

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Hardy Boys Casefiles / Re: Casefiles 83 Toxic Revenge...

Last post by Bigfootman - November 07, 2024, 12:53:23 PM

At this point the Casefiles were pretty much more violent digests. I actually suspect the ghostwriter for Poisoned Paradise wrote "Toxic Revenge" and "Deadman at Deadwood" due to all three books being extremely slow placed, overly preachy, and having obvious mustache twirling villains. "Toxic Revenge" even mentions "Poisoned Paradise".