Oh, goodness...and here I thought it was going to be about some other Lone Wolf that I'd never heard of.

I'm pretty excited now...may have to order those myself!

They've also got the mega deal for $600, which will get you every collectors edition of the books when they come out. Given that the collectors editions (hardcover) are $20, plus $5 for shipping, that's a pretty decent savings. I also know that I would never be able to order that. I would actually be pretty satisfied just getting the first two parts of the series, the Kai and Magna-Kai cycles.

I remember Steve Jackson published a series of Choose your own adventure like books with stats.... I forget the titles though... Sorcery?

Steve Jackson did the "Fighting Fantasy" series, which included the 4 book Sorcery! line. Also note that Steve Jackson and Steve Jackson are not the same person.

Umm, yeah, that is confusing, and amazingly wiki is there to clear it up.

(Note to self: When launching my fantasy game writing career, do not use the pen name Steve Jackson, instead go with Jeve Stackson or Steve Jacksonian)

A very useful ability.

My collection of these books takes up several shelves. Fighting Fantasy, Steve Jackson's Sorcery, Lone Wolf, D&D Super Endless Quest, GrailQuest. Loved em. Like the rest of you, I had perfected the ability to mark 5 or 6 pages with my fingers, so that I could backtrack as necessary.

I still have trouble beating City of Thieves... *grumble*.

I heard they re-released the old FF series, and started putting some new books in there. There were a lot that apparently never came out on this side of the pond.

I adored the Lone Wolf books as a kid/teen, and I'd love to pick these up (if not for me, then for when my kids get older), but that's some seriously batsh!t crazy pricing. $15 for the paperback? That thing better be graphic novel quality at that price.

If anyone buys any of these books, please do report back on the quality for the price. Otherwise, my venture down nostalgia lane will have to be via Project Aon.
---Todd

I've got the first book ordered, I just couldn't pass up getting it in hardcover. Hopefully it'll show up next week sometime and I'll post my initial impressions of the book. $15 for the paperbacks is rather disappointing. Then again, if the hardcover is awesome, I think I'd be more than happy to pick up at least the Kai series (1-5).

Jack Stevenson.

On topic: I think I have some of these books packed away. Bought them all at Goodwill, if I remember correctly. Can't remember how many of them I have, but I don't think I ever got very far in them. I'll have to pull them out again, now that I'm older and can understand the mechanics better (got them ages ago).

EDIT: Yup, found them. Turns out I have the first 12 books, book 14, and all four books of the World of Lone Wolf series. Guess I better get reading.

Hah! I just found my Magnamund Companion that I picked up at a book sale many, many years ago...

History, backstory, a whole bunch of places that are never mentioned in the series once!

Wonder if they'll re-release this one as well...

Anybody pick up one of these new editions yet? I'm really curious as to whether or not the paperbacks are worth $15.
---Todd

I'm still waiting on the collectors edition of the first one that I ordered. The mail is just killing me these days; Bioshock still not here, Lone Wolf still in limbo. Sad panda.

Initiate of Kai! I remember these! My local library had a bunch of these. The dagger of vashna and helshezag comments above stood out too.

Let us know how they hold up years later.

Just got the first book yesterday. If you recall, I ordered the Flight from the Dark collectors edition. The thing that makes it a collectors edition is that it is hard cover, no pewter figures or music CDs along with it. The collectors edition rings up at $20, plus shipping, so I think I shelled out $23 in the end for it.

The book is the same size as a paperback, but is hard backed. The quality is decent, but the pages feel a bit light, more glossy than I am used to. So in terms of production, the book is pretty good. The interior art is pretty nice to look at, I'm pretty sure all the illustrations have been updated. The other nice thing is that the text has really been expanded. In the original, the book started off with you being punished for inattentiveness. While out collecting wood you see the Kai Monestary get attacked and you run into a tree and knock yourself out. This time around you're actually part of the battle. It adds quite a bit of gameplay to the book and was pretty fun. I've just gotten through it and am starting off with the rest of the book now.

Nostalgia can only go so far, but the book is quite fun to run through. It is holding up pretty well so far, and is making me anxious to get to my parent's house so I can dig for my old copies. The price tag is a bit too steep, if the book was $15 I think I'd be more inclined to pick them up, but $20 is just a bit too much. Even $15 for the paperback version is a bit too much for my wallet, so the books will be added to my Christmas list. I'm not disappointed with the book itself, but just don't feel that shelling out $20 for each one is worth it.

How much do you guys normally pay for your paperbacks?

Standard price over here is AU$15-20, which equates to roughly US$18-23.