Nancy Stratemeyer/Nancy Drew

AnnieJones

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Ok, as you all know I'm a huge fan of the Nancy Drew Adventure computer games and I'm so excited because there is a new game coming out called Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen. It is the 26th game in the series and it is set to be released May 8, 2012. I was waiting for a Nancy Drew Adventure computer game to come out that had to do with Ancient Egypt and now it has finally happened. According to Wikipedia it has to do with Nancy going to Egypt and finding Queen Hatshepsut.

Here is a preview.
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There is one other computer game that has to do with Egypt called Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses (2008), but I don't like the Nancy Drew Dossier game series only the Nancy Drew Adventure game series.
 

InexorableTash

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AnnieJones said:
In this episode,there are two scenes that Stratemeyer's books appear in.In the one scene,it shows Indy reading Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift_and_His_Electric_Runabout )

Since I needed something to lull me to sleep and this book is in the public domain now I downloaded it and made my way through it. The good news is that it's a better read than Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates - I could stay awake for more than two pages at a time with the young inventor. But it's not a literary classic for good reason; the characters are poorly developed, the plot is weak, and there's not much of an adventure.

Three things stood out to me. First, Tom is not the young boy adventurer that I remembered and that later analogues like Jonny Quest portray - he's in his late teens, at least; a much better fit for an Indy about to go off to fight in WWI. Second, there's the strong implication that he and his sweetheart, Mary Nestor, are up to some serious hanky-panky off-screen.

Lastly, though - the book features some whip cracking as a pivotal plot element! No, it's not the young Mr. Swift doing it, but it's one more tie to our favorite adventurer.
 

AnnieJones

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Her Interactive (the company that makes the Nancy Drew games) just released what the characters look like in the new Nancy Drew game, Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen. One named Dylan Carter, is dressed just like Indiana Jones. Yay, an Indy reference!
 

AnnieJones

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Here is the latest trailer for the Nancy Drew Tomb of the Lost Queen game. Enjoy. :whip:
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AnnieJones

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Here is a better picture of Dylan Carter who is the Indiana Jones looking character from the Nancy Drew Adventure computer game Tomb of the Lost Queen. The game comes out today (May 8, 2012).
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First preview of Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen.
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Second preview of Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen.
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keylan

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My wife and I just finished watching the episode with Nancy Stratemeyer in it. After it was over I asked if she knew who Nacy Stratemeyer was. I then informed her that she was probably the idea for Nacy Drew. Then I found this thread talking about it.
 

AnnieJones

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Yes, in a way you are correct. Nancy Stratemeyer is strictly fictional. She was only made up for the show. She was put in the show to make it look like she was the inspiration for Nancy Drew. Even though, in reality she wasn't because she was never real, but fictionally speaking, just for the show, she was made to look like she was. However, Edward Stratemeyer did have two daughters named Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (1892-1982) and Edna Camilla Stratemeyer (1895-2002). They are a little bit older than the Nancy Stratemeyer character.

In reality, Edward Stratemeyer came up with the characters then hired ghost writers to write his stories for him and the first person to write Nancy Drew was a woman by the name of Mildred Wirt Benson. Mildred Wirt Benson's pen name was Carolyn Keene. Other people would later write the Nancy Drew books also under the same pen name including Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.

More information here:
Nancy Drew Sleuth.com Mildred Wirt Benson
YouTube Storied Life of Millie Benson
YouTube The Original Authors of Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys
 
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