AS A COLLECTOR OF THE HARDY BOYS FOR MANY YEARS, I FIND IT A SAD NOTE THAT THIS PARTICULAR TITLE IN THE HARDY BOYS CASEFILES IS THE FINAL ONE BEING PUBLISHED BY POCKET BOOKS. I FEEL THAT THESE BOOKS HAVE GREAT ACTION AND A LOT OF HUMOR AS WELL, AND I FEEL THAT THIS MARKS THE END OF AN ERA IN JUVENILE FICTION. THE HARDY BOYS HAVE BEEN AROUND SCINCE 1927 IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, AND ITS A SHAME THAT THE PUBLISHERS ARE CONSIDERING ABANDONING THE OTHER SERIES AS WELL, SUCH AS THE NANCY DREW AND HARDY BOYS SUPERMYSTERIES, WHICH ARE DISCONTINUING IN APRIL, 1998. THE FUTURE OF THE DIGEST SIZED "HARDY BOYS MYSTERY STORIES" IS ALSO ON SHAKY GROUND. THAT SERIES MAY VERY WELL DISCONTINUE AS WELL NEXT YEAR. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF PEOPLE WHO READ THIS COULD WRITE TO THE JUVENILE DEPARTMENT OF SIMON AND SCHUSTER TO TRY AND CONVINCE THEM TO RECONSIDER KILLING OFF THE HARDY BOYS. THE HARDY BOYS, IN MY OPINION, REDEFINED JUVENILE FICTION DURING THE LAST 70 YEARS. TO DATE, THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SERIES OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS THAT EVER EXISTED. ITS A REAL SHAME TO SEE THEM COME TO AN END.