Science Fiction Book Club Editions: where can I find the older ones and are they worth it?

I looked on the Wook and all they have is a stub but is there any sort of comprehensive list of SFBC special editions? I know they did HCs of all the paperback volumes of the Legacy of the Force and currently have the Dark Nest 3-in-1 but are there any other multi-volume editions out there? I think a lot of the SFBC editions have smaller dimensions but if I could eliminate 3 paperbacks for a single hardcover I would definitely be interested. I have scoured eBay but have not been able to find much of anything beyond what is currently on the SFBC website.

 

Outside of LOTF, here are the SFBC exclusive hardcovers that I have. I think this is the entire list, but I could be mistaken:

Republic Commando v1 (Hard Contact and Triple Zero)
Republic Commando v2 (True Colors and Order 66)
Medstar 2-in-1
Han Solo Trilogy 3-in-1
Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Osseon (no HC version of book #3)
Tales 3-in-1 (Mos Eisley, Bounty Hunters, Jabbas Palace)
Bounty Hunter Wars 3-in-1
Jedi Academy 3-in-1
Corellian Trilogy 3-in-1
Black Fleet Crisis 3-in-1
Young Jedi Knights (all stories in a 3 volume set)
NJO: Dark Tide 2-in-1
NJO: Agents of Chaos 2-in-1
NJO: Edge of Victory 2-in-1
NJO Dark Journey
NJO: Enemy Lines 2-in-1
NJO Traitor
NJO: Force Heretic 3-in-1
NJO Final Prophecy
Dark Nest 3-in-1

 

Wow, I would love to get my hands on these and start clearing out my old paperbacks that are starting to yellow. After further searching on ebay I have found a few but most of the NJO ones are in 'complete sets' of EU books going for way way to much $ imo.

 

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Wow, I would love to get my hands on these and start clearing out my old paperbacks that are starting to yellow. After further searching on ebay I have found a few but most of the NJO ones are in 'complete sets' of EU books going for way way to much $ imo.[/quote]

The hardcovers look GREAT when they are all displayed together. See what I mean...

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I replaced a few paperbacks, but fortunately, i didnt own most of the books in the first place. I bought all the NJO books one by one, which probably cost me more $$ in the long run. They will eventually come up on eBay, but it may take a little time for some of the rarer ones (eg Force Heretic, Traitor).

 

Wow, great bookshelf. Yeah, when I first started reading through the EU I would get new HCs as they came out and went back and got all the older stuff in paperback. Over the last few years I have cleared out as many of the paperbacks as possible and picked up the hcs for all the Bantam stuff I had in paperback. Now I have discovered the SFBC and another way to clear out even more of my paperbacks. I used my new member special order to get all the LotF exclusive HCs. Next order will be for the Yoda: Dark Rendevous HC, the Dark Nest HC and the second volume of the Republic Commando HC. I already have Order 66 in HC but I can sell it on eBay or at the used bookstore or something. I have found one seller on eBay who has most of the collections you mentioned above but is asking way way way to much for them.
I emailed the SFBC to see if they are going to collect the Coruscant Night Trilogy and the Karent Traviss Clone Wars books in a similar fashion as I have not purchased those yet.

Thanks again for the info!

 

I emailed SFBC about Coruscant Nights and they said "it was not planned at this time" (but it read like somewhat of an automated response). The Clone Wars books are available as UK-exclusive hardcovers. I have HC copies of Wild Space and No Prisoners which I bought off amazon.co.uk. Not sure if SFBC plans on ever collecting those...

 

I really enjoy my Black Fleet Crisis 3 in 1. I am not a member but have a local used book store where they sometimes pop up. I think they are worth tracking down.

 

In addition to the omnis, there's also the "mini" editions of the regular hardcovers. The RC and Dark Nest omnis are still available on the site; click here for a full listing of their currently-in-print editions.

They also pop up at used bookstores; I picked up MedStar that way and my local Half Price Books recently scored most of the NJO as well as Jedi Trial, Millennium Falcon, and some of LOTF.

 

Yeah, I am going to begin scouring the local Half-Price books; unfortunately they all seem to have the same 5 or 6 Star Wars books every time I go in. I am still looking for an HC of Death Star and the second Bane novel. For whatever reason I did not purchase those when they came out. I will have to add these SFBC editions to my search list.

 

Try the Amazon Marketplace for the Death Star and Bane HCs. I don't think they'd be any good for the SFBC editions though. You might check on eBay or in the Rebelscum Book and Classified forums. You have to register to post but it's free. You could put up a Wanted to Buy thread for what you want.

 

Thanks for the advice. I was not worried as much about the Bane and DS HCs; like you said they are plentiful on eBay and Marketplace. I only was hoping to get the SFBC editions for where they could replace existing paperbacks in my collection. I will definitely try out the Rebelscum forums and hope for the best.

Thanks again.