newsWelcome 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:
- to allow readers to review, rate, and thus rank, all the Biggles adventures
- to provide a complete reference for all characters and craft mentioned in those adventures
- to provide an accessible and modifiable bibliography
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) |
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random review
From bertie (Mar 2009):
Bertie and Ginger link up with an old RAF colleague, to try and find some treasure in the lost city of Ophir. Of course, things go pear shaped, everyone goes missing, Biggles takes a rap over the knuckles and has to mop up the mess. Entertaining book but very, very similar to Biggles and the Plot That Failed (yes, this one came first) which I'd re-read immediately before this one... desert setting, treasure/archeology, one oily bad guy who doesn't mind a spot of murder, etc. Good book, with a rather limp finale. Lovely illustrations by Stead throughout.
Can you guess what title is being described?
recent site news
Biggles Learns to Fly
The new Norman Wright has arrived (or at least my copy has).
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 :-)
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!