tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post4715469642428994304..comments2024-03-27T02:00:49.152-04:00Comments on Kate's Book Blog: A Nancy Drew Mini-ChallengeKate S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16897618197257393697noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-1158189381355633932013-07-23T17:09:24.221-04:002013-07-23T17:09:24.221-04:00Hi!
I have a blog on which I compared the original...Hi!<br />I have a blog on which I compared the original and the revised-<br />Nancy's Mysterious Letter-book!<br />Interesting post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-12861786301898699042010-01-29T07:43:14.840-05:002010-01-29T07:43:14.840-05:00very interesting post, thanks. how can they signif...very interesting post, thanks. how can they significantly rewrite the stories and keep the original titles? it's an insult to the fans!<br />i'll be checking out my local library for some examples to compare and contrastveehttp://www.free-mystery-detective-games.com/2010/01/nancy-drew-computer-games-free-full.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-24971814528506565142010-01-08T23:08:27.370-05:002010-01-08T23:08:27.370-05:00I found this same exact Nancy Drew book from that ...I found this same exact Nancy Drew book from that same year in a used book store. That is my most treasured Nancy Drew books of them all! Hopefully you can find more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-46620191158421093032009-12-14T16:11:51.621-05:002009-12-14T16:11:51.621-05:00I love reading the originals and comparing with th...I love reading the originals and comparing with the 1950's edits. You can definitely see the racial stereotyping that went on. But the stories overall were better; the revisions seem to dumb down the books a lot. I mean, yes, it's a children's book, but let's give kids some credit!Melissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-58913595465269554682009-12-14T13:12:06.869-05:002009-12-14T13:12:06.869-05:00I have a copy of the Ringmaster's Secret with ...I have a copy of the Ringmaster's Secret with the cover like the one you have posted as well as the books that later came out with the yellow spine. My foster aunts (God rest their beautiful souls!) gave me 4 Nancy Drew books for my 10th birthday (I'm now 52) and I continued purchasing those books until they started coming out with the ones in paperback in the 80's. My beloved aunts enhanced my love of reading. I would take you up on your challenge but there is just somethings better left aloone for me. Nothing but the ones that I grew up with will ever be replaced by updated versions in my eyes and I don't think it would make as good as a read.<br /><br />I still haul out those books & read them from book #1 to the last one at least once a year. Best trip down memory lane ever! LOL! Good luck with your research. I will be interested in your findings. Although I did read both copies I have of the Ringmaster's Secret, I did not find any variations between them.singlerose57https://www.blogger.com/profile/05331624793191390493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-36067382737265346972009-12-14T12:50:40.146-05:002009-12-14T12:50:40.146-05:00I've read three versions of The Secret of Shad...I've read three versions of The Secret of Shadow Ranch. I was lucky enough to find an original print from 1930/31 (can't remember for sure) and read that, then I read the glossy yellow-backed version from 2003. Finally, I got to read the version in between, the version from the mid-60's. The variation between the versions is unbelievable. It's like you're reading a completely different story, from 1930 to 2003. All references to guns, or the use of guns were removed from the 2003 version. The ending is different, and there are characters in one version that didn't exist in the others. I would highly encourage anyone to read at least the 1930 version and the 2003 version, just for a comparison.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15150448316416250680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-35533899711313908092009-12-10T17:33:26.993-05:002009-12-10T17:33:26.993-05:00i have that exact book (the one at the top)! :D
i ...i have that exact book (the one at the top)! :D<br />i have read almost all of the ones ppl think of as the original nancy drew and the 1930s ones (the real originals). thankfully one of the libraries in our area has them, which is awesome :D<br />i have also read most of the nancy drew girl detective, which i loved the most.. havent read the most recent ones tho, as my sister, brother and i would read them together and i think they kinda lost interest. i loved them tho, even tho i was too old for them :D altho when they first came out and i started reading them i was the right age lol <br />annnnd most of all, i loooove the nancy drew computer games ^___^ hahaChristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18374270048788320897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-46385988608849099792009-12-10T06:14:02.103-05:002009-12-10T06:14:02.103-05:00Kate, Thanks for post! I'll read it again :-))...Kate, Thanks for post! I'll read it again :-))TwistBookhttp://books-marks.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-47551296067935139042009-12-06T08:42:37.897-05:002009-12-06T08:42:37.897-05:00My Nancy was from the 50s - lol and I was lucky en...My Nancy was from the 50s - lol and I was lucky enough to have some of my aunt's from the 30s. They do change some. Early books don't have Ned (the boyfriend). I think I read he was added in the 50's. My favorite was the Hidden Staircase!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08904816726404617276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-59575778850561405232009-12-06T00:51:37.249-05:002009-12-06T00:51:37.249-05:00I think I read all of the Case Files when I was yo...I think I read all of the Case Files when I was young--I particularly loved when Nancy and the Hardy Boys teamed up!<br />Might take you up on this--once I get past this next week!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-45674733184465486692009-12-05T20:55:19.392-05:002009-12-05T20:55:19.392-05:00I'll be interested to see what you find!
Wend...I'll be interested to see what you find!<br /><br />WendyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com