The novel reprints are out
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Crack that whip
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I finally saw the reprints yesterday at Borders; they had Indiana Jones and the:
... Seven Veils
... Genesis Deluge
... Sky Pirates
... White Witch
... Philosopher's Stone
... Hollow Earth
... Secret of the Sphinx
I haven't seen the other five, but I also have other bookstores to check (though I'm just looking out of curiosity; I already have old printings of all of them, and I don't want to pay full price for a complete set of them again just to have extra copies - if I can find nice used copies, though, I'll snatch them up).
I find it a little odd that they had three or four copies of each of these, yet not a single copy of any of the other five. To me, that implies they've gotten just these in and not the others, but why would they not stock the full series (especially when it is a series, with continuing storylines from book to book, at least within each author's run)?
... Seven Veils
... Genesis Deluge
... Sky Pirates
... White Witch
... Philosopher's Stone
... Hollow Earth
... Secret of the Sphinx
I haven't seen the other five, but I also have other bookstores to check (though I'm just looking out of curiosity; I already have old printings of all of them, and I don't want to pay full price for a complete set of them again just to have extra copies - if I can find nice used copies, though, I'll snatch them up).
I find it a little odd that they had three or four copies of each of these, yet not a single copy of any of the other five. To me, that implies they've gotten just these in and not the others, but why would they not stock the full series (especially when it is a series, with continuing storylines from book to book, at least within each author's run)?
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scottbravesfan
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Peril at Delphi is now back in print I saw it at Waldenbooks yesterday. Amazon also has it in stock as well now.
Indy fan 235
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metalinvader said:My Borders had a nice Sky Pirates display for the books.I already have them so there is no need for me to purchase them again but I do need to get that display.
That's a nice display, I wound up getting it from the Borders where I live.
Billy Ray
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Somehow I missed out on these books when they were originally released...didn't even know they existed until the other day when I saw them at Wal-Mart. Are they worth picking up? Which ones would you guys reccommend?
Are they better than the Star Wars books? After the "Thrawn Trilogy", there were only a few of them that I thought were really good and had the "Star Wars feel" to them. Do these book shave the "Indy feel"?
Are they better than the Star Wars books? After the "Thrawn Trilogy", there were only a few of them that I thought were really good and had the "Star Wars feel" to them. Do these book shave the "Indy feel"?
Crack that whip
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Short answer: yes, IMO they're good, and very Indy-esque. Slightly longer answer: again IMO, the Martin Caidin ones aren't as good as the others, but they're still worth reading, and the others are really good. Do note they have a continuing chronology, so you're probably best off reading them in order.
I do think they're truer to Indy than a lot of the Star Wars novels are to Star Wars.
I do think they're truer to Indy than a lot of the Star Wars novels are to Star Wars.
Agent Crab
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I saw some at my local Hy-Vee the other day. I may consider in picking up a couple. Though, the Sky Pirates one has my intrest, as well for the Dinosaur Eggs one.
BlackSleep
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Stay away from the Martin Caidin novels (Sky Pirates and White Witch) and you'll do fine. Also steer clear of the final MacGregor novel, Interior World. Those are examples of crappy Indy novels. The rest are great, especially the later ones by Max McCoy. My personal favorite is Secret of the Sphinx by McCoy.
Billy Ray
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I picked up Philosopher's Stone by Max McCoy tonight as everyone seems to agree that his novels are the better ones. I almost got Secret of the Sphinx...not sure what prompted me to put it down and pick up Philosopher's Stone. Well, I'll give it a go...I'm sure I will pick up some more.
BlackSleep
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The thing with McCoy's novels is that there's a running sub-plot that arcs across his novels in the prologues and epilogues (oddly enough, involving a crystal skull)...so that part will make more sense if you read them in order. However, I didn't originally read them order, and still got the overall picture (and enjoyed them immensely).
Billy Ray
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Ok, well I saw the other thread about the "Reading order of the novels", but that just links to a chronological order of all of the books. Is there a list somewhere of the order they were released? I started looking at the copyright dates in the various novels, but my wife was getting impatient so I just picked one Is the list inside the cover in any kind of order?
Is the list inside the cover in any kind of order?
Lao_Che
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Billy Ray said:Ok, well I saw the other thread about the "Reading order of the novels", but that just links to a chronological order of all of the books. Is there a list somewhere of the order they were released? I started looking at the copyright dates in the various novels, but my wife was getting impatient so I just picked one
Release order and reading order are the same with the adult novels.
(Delphi, Giants, Veils, Deluge, Legacy, Interior, Sky Pirates, White Witch, Philosopher's Stone, Dinosaur Eggs, Hollow Earth, Secret of the Sphinx)
You can read the four McCoy ones in order without spoiling the previous ones but as said they have their own sub plot, and the MacGregor/Caidin books have spoiler references to previous stories but are stand alone quests for the most part.
Way of the dodo
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Have they discontinued the individual novelizations? (I only need Crusade and Doom, don't wanna buy the three-in-one)
TeamAndino
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After I saw Indy 4 that passion for Indiana Jones that I had as a kid came back. I wanted to read up on every single possible story I could find and when I found out about the novels from the 90's I got excited to try and track them down, almost like my own Indy adventure, but since they re-released them Ive thankfully been finding them a little easier then if I were tracking down originals. The only books I haven't seen yet are Unicorns Legacy, Interior World, White Witch, Dinosaur Eggs, Hollow Earth, and Secret of the Sphinx. Im still looking for them so if anyone finds a specific book at a certain store please let me know.