Hello lovely friendly endlessly helpful forumites.
As it seems unlikely that any of my current group are likely to start running SR anytime soon, I'm thinking of just biting the bullet and running myself if there's enough interest. Due to RL commitments, I don't really have the time to prepare that I'd like however, so I'm thinking of using pre-published adventures/campaigns. I'd be looking to run in around 2070 and I know there are a few options available to me, so I thought I'd check what the opinion of the people on the boards was before forking out my hard earned cred.
I know there are a number of official adventure books available (most seeming to be around the goings on with Horizon or around the Artifacts race), but how have people found these products? Are they well laid out and easy to use for a very busy GM? Which ones have people found most fun/interesting? Will they work okay for relative new-comers (both in terms of karma and RL experience)? What's with the "Campaign Books" - do they contain adventures, or just background info for the adventure books?
I've also seen the Missions PDFs, which sound like a real possibility for me (I'm keen on running in Seattle and if they're designed to fit in a roughly four hour slot, that sounds ideal), but what's the opinion on these? Is either one of the broad story arcs better in people's opinions? Again how easy are they to use and what's the opinion on appropriate level of players/characters?
Anyway, sorry to ask so many questions - I'm not expecting anyone to answer all of that , but any opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!