Haruhi Suzumiya "New" Episodes - What the hell is going on?

I'm going to actually contain my thoughts on this in the comments, as this deals with spoilers. But I don't want that to turn you (if you don't want Haruhi spoilers) away, though. This is...well, whenever you do get to see episode 13+, you'll see what I'm ranting about.

Book Review: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya light novel

Well, I just finished reading the recently released English version of the first Haruhi Suzumiya light novel that I borrowed from my sister. Haruhi has been one of my favorite anime series from the past few years, so of course when I heard they would be releasing these original books stateside, I was interested. That said, this book covers familiar ground, namely the first six chronological episodes of the anime. That means I can't say it was that much more interesting from the series, but that's not necessarily a bad thing since the series was plenty interesting to begin with. The printed format also gives you more of Kyon's internal monologue, which is so much fun to read, and some of the more complicated parts of the anime's plot are a little easier to understand, particularly the technobabble-laden parts of the dialogue.

If you saw and enjoyed the anime, you'll probably also enjoy this light novel since it's easy to read and provides a little more insight to familiar events from the series. And even if you haven't picked up the anime yet, this seems to be a good, cost effective way of getting into the franchise as a whole. The novels were the original source material after all, not the anime, so it's not like anything in this book will fly over the head of anyone not familiar with the series. The next book in the series comes out in October, so I'll be picking that one up as well. Should be more than enough while we're waiting for them to create and license a proper second season of the anime.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

We finished it up last night! We're going to buy it in June (or at least, some time soon), and we don't buy just any anime we come across. If you haven't seen this one yet, you are missing out on something unique, hilarious, random, and addicting.

For those who have seen it, I remember Combat mentioning that this story might be fun to discuss. I'll leave that to the comment section.

Finally, I read up a little online after completing the series. There is really too much information for me to sort through with any sort of efficiency, so I thought I'd ask if anyone knows anything about future seasons, the light novels, or the manga. If you do, please let me know!