Yet Another Biggles Site (YABS)

Welcome to Yet Another Biggles Site (YABS)

Yet Another Biggles Site (YABS to its friends) is one of many sites for James Bigglesworth, the intrepid pilot hero of Capt W.E. Johns.

YABS' aims are:

As a result, this is most definitely a reader's site. And that's because I'm sure, like me, most of us are readers first, collectors second.

review top 10

Sergeant Bigglesworth CID (9)
The Camels are Coming (9)
The Black Peril (8.8)
Biggles and Co (8.7)
Biggles Flies East (8.7)
Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter (8.7)
Biggles Secret Agent (8.6)
Biggles Takes Charge (8.6)
Biggles of the Camel Squadron (8.5)
Biggles Defies the Swastika (8.5)

reviewer top 10

reviewernum. reviewsfavourite books
bertie97Biggles Fails to Return, Sergeant Bigglesworth CID
jason73Biggles Takes Charge, Biggles Flies West
Steve64The Black Peril, Biggles Sees it Through
CraigMiles47Biggles Secret Agent, Biggles and the Plane that Disappeared
Lach24Biggles Flies East, Biggles Learns to Fly
Kim13Biggles Defies the Swastika, Biggles Hits the Trail
KAM13The Cruise of the Condor, Biggles in the South Seas
Brian11Biggles Defies the Swastika, Biggles and Co
Tiptoeturtle (DBT)8Biggles Hits the Trail, Biggles Fails to Return
redbirdpete6Biggles of 266, Biggles Charter Pilot

random review

From Kim (Jun 2005):

Another one that could be reviewed as an older Secret Seven plot line. Enough historical background for a little interest but its scaping the barrel

Can you guess what title is being described?

recent site news

Jan
25

Biggles Learns to Fly
The new Norman Wright has arrived (or at least my copy has).

As delicious as ever. Particularly like the train-spotting details around the stories' original publication details, and the history of variations in the reprints thereafter.

Nov
9

Next Norman Wright
Feel a little like a scoop reporter. Thanks to CraigMiles, one of the regulars, the news is that the next Norman Wright title will be Biggles Learns to Fly. As for Biggles in France, the edition will reflect the original illustrations and text from Modern Boy.

ETA is early 2010. Here's hoping the GBP stays in the financial toilet until then so us Australians can buy these books in bulk :-)

Oct
21

Biggles the read-along book
Via Boing Boing have found out about one chap's intention to collate all the Read-Along Adventures in a single site. Complete with the original audio and flash-based perusal of the pages.

Of interest to us here because one of the titles is Biggles. Although, sadly that's one he's still after.

So watch this space. And either wait for Biggles to appear. Or if you've got a copy, send it in!

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