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  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    One more day for CASINO ROYALE and then it's Live and Let Die-Wednesday December 19-Saturday December 29
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Did anyone struggle to meet the cutoff date for finishing CR? If not, I'd elect that we change it to 5-7 days, if everyone was in agreement and their schedules would allow it.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    We can leave it as is then, I don't want to force anybody to read faster than their free time allots. Just figured I'd check and see.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Well in that case, let's go with five to seven days, provided everyone else is in agreement and @PropertyOfALady doesn't mind tweaking the schedule. We could always start the new schedule tomorrow, with LALD.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    SCHEDULE (7 DAYS)

    Live and Let Die-Wednesday December 19-Wednesday December 26
    Moonraker-Thursday December 27-Thursday January 3 2019
    Diamonds Are Forever-Friday January 4-Friday January 11
    From Russia with Love-Saturday January 12-Saturday January 19
    Dr No-Sunday January 20-Sunday January 27
    Goldfinger-Monday January 28-Monday February 4
    Quantum of Solace-Tuesday February 5-Tuesday February 12
    Risico-Wednesday February 13-Wednesday February 20
    The Hildebrand Rarity-Thursday February 21-Thursday February 28
    From a View to a Kill- Friday March 1-Friday March 8
    For Your Eyes Only-Saturday March 9-Saturday March 16
    Octopussy-Sunday March 17 ( Saint Patrick’s Day )-Sunday March 24
    The Living Daylights-Monday March 25-Monday April 1
    The Property of a Lady-Tuesday April 2-Tuesday April 9
    007 in New York-Wednesday April 10-Wednesday April 17
    Thunderball-Thursday April 18-Thursday April 25
    The Spy Who Loved Me-Friday April 26-Friday May 3
    On Her Majesty’s Secret Service-Saturday May 4-Saturday May 11
    You Only Live Twice-Sunday May 12 ( Mother’s Day )-Sunday May 19
    The Man with the Golden Gun-Monday May 20-Monday May 27 ( Memorial Day )
    Colonel Sun-Tuesday May 28-Tuesday June 4

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    SCHEDULE (5 DAYS)

    Live and Let Die-Wednesday December 19-Monday December 24 (Christmas Eve )
    Moonraker-Tuesday December 25 (Christmas Day )-Sunday December 30
    Diamonds Are Forever-Monday December 31(New Year’s Eve )-Saturday January 5, 2019
    From Russia with Love-Sunday January 6-Friday January 11
    Dr No-Saturday January 12-Thursday January 17
    Goldfinger-Friday January 18-Wednesday January 23
    Quantum of Solace-Thursday January 24 -Tuesday January 29
    Risico-Wednesday January 30-Monday February 4
    The Hildebrand Rarity-Tuesday February 5-Sunday February 10
    From a View to a Kill-Monday February 11-Saturday February 16
    For Your Eyes Only-Sunday February 17-Friday February 22
    Octopussy-Saturday February 23-Thursday February 28
    The Living Daylights-Friday March 1-Wednesday March 6
    The Property of a Lady-Thursday March 7-Tuesday March 12
    007 in New York-Wednesday March 13-Monday March 18
    Thunderball-Tuesday March 19-Sunday March 24
    The Spy Who Loved Me-Monday March 25-Saturday March 30
    On Her Majesty’s Secret Service-Sunday March 31-Friday April 5
    You Only Live Twice-Saturday April 6-Thursday April 11
    The Man with the Golden Gun-Friday April 12-Wednesday April 17
    Colonel Sun-Thursday April 18-Tuesday April 23
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Thanks for doing that, @PropertyOfALady!
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    I decided to do both because I'm not sure which you want.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    It's not so much about what I want as it was me trying to get a feel for how many of us were finished already and how many weren't. If most of us were done, I figured the 10 day schedule could be tweaked since it was unnecessary. Sadly, nobody really chimed in so it's in limbo.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Even if I don t participate, I have a suggestion. Seven days for the novels, five for the short stories.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    That'd work for me, it just depends on what the consensus is.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    That'd work for me, it just depends on what the consensus is.

    Just make up some consensus. It isn t unheard of.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Seven days it is then, since nobody has chimed in. I don't think there's many of us taking part, anyway, and those that have seem to have finished by now.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    I'll sit out LALD as I'm not especially fond of it and it's by far the longest. Looking forward to everyone's thoughts though!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    LALD's definitely not the longest - not sure which is, but MR is longer than it by several pages.
  • RevelatorRevelator
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    Goldfinger might be the longest Bond novel.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Revelator wrote: »
    Goldfinger might be the longest Bond novel.

    It is.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Well it feels like the longest to me :)

    (In my Pan copies, LALD is 245 pages, GF is 222 and MR just 189, but maybe the print's bigger.)
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Ahh, it's likely the print then, as my Penguin Edition of MR is 247 pages long.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    How's everyone doing with LALD?
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    Well it feels like the longest to me :)

    (In my Pan copies, LALD is 245 pages, GF is 222 and MR just 189, but maybe the print's bigger.)

    Yes, the print I'd bigger and more spaced out in the Pan paperback editions of LALD, making the page count higher if not the word count.
  • RevelatorRevelator
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Mr. Big remains one of my favorite literary Bond villains. I don't think he could have been recreated visually as he was portrayed in the novel; double-sized head and all of that. I don't trust CGI.

    True. Funnily enough, Geoffrey Holder would have been excellent for the part! The film of LALD made a mistake dividing the role between him and Kotto. Holder's voice would have marvelously suited those monologues about accidie and Cellini...

  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    I'm really sorry, but Geoffrey Holder is who? I know he's in LALD, I just can't think of who he plays.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    What? LOL. There's only 30 of them in there.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    What? LOL. There's only 30 of them in there.

    He played Baron Samedi.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Oh, yeah.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Apologies, was pretty sick last week so I was dead to the world and wasn't doing any reading, but I'm halfway through MR and have been biding my time, waiting for others to catch up. But yes, would love to see some more LALD talk going, and agreed on Mr. Big; he makes for such an enigmatic yet simple and grand villain, I really couldn't imagine them having been able to pull off an exact adaptation of the novel character back then without it looking a bit too goofy, or now without them going overboard with CGI.

    I also love how delightfully gory his demise is, too; a behemoth of a man with an unfathomable amount of influence cut (and chomped) down to size.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Chomped, haha.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I've heard his name echoed around these parts many a time, but I've sadly never been one for YouTube vloggers/reviewers, it's not my thing. Having said that, I really enjoy LALD, and while a lot of these Fleming installments are fantastic, it definitely ranks up there high for me. It's a cracking good adventure, and the finale is one of my favorites.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    I do like the train bit.
  • BeatlesSansEarmuffsBeatlesSansEarmuffs
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    Thanks for letting us know that Calvin is reviewing the novels, @Birdleson. It's been awhile since I checked out his YouTube channel & will have to do so shortly.
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