WITH A MIND TO KILL by Anthony Horowitz (May 2022)

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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Yeah I had to go signed, feels like it's more special.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited May 2022 Posts: 18,325
    I take it that the signed and exclusive editions have the same content, only one is signed and the other is not? Or are there differences beyond that? I couldn't find out from the descriptions.
  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
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    As far as I understand it the signed edition is just a standard edition but signed (obvs) but the exclusive edition isn't signed but has a stencilled "007" bullet shattered design on the edge.
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    Has anyone got a paperback copy? Is it the same size as the previous two?
  • Posts: 6,011
    The paperback is not available yet. Probably next year. It was the case for the other books, after all.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited May 2022 Posts: 18,325
    As far as I understand it the signed edition is just a standard edition but signed (obvs) but the exclusive edition isn't signed but has a stencilled "007" bullet shattered design on the edge.

    Ah, I see. I sadly expected as much. I had hoped that the Exclusive edition would have had something at the back to make it worthwhile. Waterstones Exclusive editions usually always do have some extras at the back. I know there's not meant to be any new Fleming material but I expected more than that such as, say, an interview with Horowitz on the writing process.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Delivered on Thursday. Looking forward to reading at the weekend 👍
  • Posts: 2,402
    There was some kind of kerfuffle on Twitter earlier of how Horowitz had done something with this book to make Colonel Sun non-canon, or something. What's that about?
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    As far as I understand it the signed edition is just a standard edition but signed (obvs) but the exclusive edition isn't signed but has a stencilled "007" bullet shattered design on the edge.

    Ah, I see. I sadly expected as much. I had hoped that the Exclusive edition would have had something at the back to make it worth while. Waterstones Exclusive editions usually always do have some extras at the back. I know there's not meant to be any new Fleming material but I expected more than that such as, say, an interview with Horowitz on the writing process.

    Hence, I will wait for the paperback.

    There was some kind of kerfuffle on Twitter earlier of how Horowitz had done something with this book to make Colonel Sun non-canon, or something. What's that about?

    Well, if this is supposedly his first assignment post-TMWTGGG, that would do it.
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    Red_Snow wrote: »
    Has anyone got a paperback copy? Is it the same size as the previous two?
    I’ve got the paperback in the post now , as soon as it arrives I’ll report back!
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    There was some kind of kerfuffle on Twitter earlier of how Horowitz had done something with this book to make Colonel Sun non-canon, or something. What's that about?

    I don’t know, but Horowitz has openly said that he thinks CS is better than some of the non Fleming books. Even to the point of questioning why EON never filmed it.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    I see the special edition is still saying 'pre-order'. C'mon Waterstones!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Red_Snow wrote: »
    Has anyone got a paperback copy? Is it the same size as the previous two?
    I’ve got the paperback in the post now , as soon as it arrives I’ll report back!

    There’s a paperback?
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    A paperback is out this Thursday in Germany.
    Amazon has the details: https://www.amazon.de/Mind-Kill-Anthony-Horowitz/dp/1787333493/ref=monarch_sidesheet

    269 pages
    Size: ‎ 15.3 x 2.1 x 23.4 cm (Hardcover is marginally larger: 16.2 x 2.8 x 24.0)
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited May 2022 Posts: 18,325
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    As far as I understand it the signed edition is just a standard edition but signed (obvs) but the exclusive edition isn't signed but has a stencilled "007" bullet shattered design on the edge.

    Ah, I see. I sadly expected as much. I had hoped that the Exclusive edition would have had something at the back to make it worth while. Waterstones Exclusive editions usually always do have some extras at the back. I know there's not meant to be any new Fleming material but I expected more than that such as, say, an interview with Horowitz on the writing process.

    Hence, I will wait for the paperback.

    There was some kind of kerfuffle on Twitter earlier of how Horowitz had done something with this book to make Colonel Sun non-canon, or something. What's that about?

    Well, if this is supposedly his first assignment post-TMWTGGG, that would do it.

    I don't tend to get too hung up on continuity between continuation Bond novels any more, especially since the Fleming-Amis-Gardner-Benson continuity ended twenty years ago. There's no longer any attempt at keeping everything within the same continuity and linking all of the books together as Gardner and especially Benson did. These new post-2008 Bond authors seem to work to their own continuity either set just after Fleming or before or during his run. Devil May Care was set in 1967 and said to be Bond's first mission since the one reported in TMWTGG too as I recall. I think like the films there is very much a rolling continuity when it comes to the literary Bond now, but even more so. Whatever happens Colonel Sun will always be canon to me as it came first, was actually written in the 1960s and feels more authentic than many of the newer Bond novels do. For me it's still the best Bond continuation novel of the lot. I imagine it's unassailable at this point as time has moved on and short of hopping into a time machine the 1960s and its style and attitudes have long since passed into history.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited May 2022 Posts: 16,558
    Just received my Waterstones signed edition; which nicely is the version with the 007 edge printing on the pages, and the 'exclusive content' too.

    The exclusive content does actually feature some original Fleming content (a short section of quoted dialogue, followed by a synopsis of 'Bond Goes To Jail'), but that's part of an essay on why Horowitz found that the Fleming story he wanted to feature wouldn't fit into his book as he planned. I haven't read the essay as I think it would spoil what happens in the book if I did :)
  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
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    Oh that is nice, hopefully that's the same with all of them then, I'll have to find out when I pick mine up.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited May 2022 Posts: 18,325
    Yes, I noticed from a photo of the book someone had shared online that the signed edition also had the shattered bullet and 007 design on the edge so hopefully that's what we'll all get. As such, getting the signed edition seems to be the wise decision as you get the best of both worlds, as it were.
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    zebrafish wrote: »
    A paperback is out this Thursday in Germany.
    Amazon has the details: https://www.amazon.de/Mind-Kill-Anthony-Horowitz/dp/1787333493/ref=monarch_sidesheet

    269 pages
    Size: ‎ 15.3 x 2.1 x 23.4 cm (Hardcover is marginally larger: 16.2 x 2.8 x 24.0)

    Cheers, @zebrafish
  • edited May 2022 Posts: 2,161
    mtm wrote: »
    Just received my Waterstones signed edition; which nicely is the version with the 007 edge printing on the pages, and the 'exclusive content' too.

    The exclusive content does actually feature some original Fleming content (a short section of quoted dialogue, followed by a synopsis of 'Bond Goes To Jail'), but that's part of an essay on why Horowitz found that the Fleming story he wanted to feature wouldn't fit into his book as he planned. I haven't read the essay as I think it would spoil what happens in the book if I did :)

    That's enough for me to go ahead and get it. Could you please post the link so I am sure to get the correct edition?
  • edited May 2022 Posts: 2,919
    I believe it's this edition. I went ahead and ordered it. Shipping to the US is £12.50, order total was £29.49.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Revelator wrote: »
    I believe it's this edition. I went ahead and ordered it. Shipping to the US is £12.50, order total was £29.49.

    Yes, that's the one I ordered myself yesterday.
  • mybudgetbondmybudgetbond The World
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    I have the paperback (all my bookshop had) but I will get the hardback too to go with my others.

    And having read it I don’t see anything in it that negates Colonel Sun personally.
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    Revelator wrote: »
    I believe it's this edition. I went ahead and ordered it. Shipping to the US is £12.50, order total was £29.49.

    That's the edition I received. The Fleming content is brief.
  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
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    vzok wrote: »
    Revelator wrote: »
    I believe it's this edition. I went ahead and ordered it. Shipping to the US is £12.50, order total was £29.49.

    That's the edition I received. The Fleming content is brief.

    Could anybody share it, please? You can PM me, of course... ;)
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Is that the Hardcover copy without its cover? That won’t go with my Folio hardcover collection haha

    For what it's worth I received the US hardcover and it has dark blue boards, no image or design inlaid.

    This is a good weekend for a good read.


  • mybudgetbondmybudgetbond The World
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    Is that the Hardcover copy without its cover? That won’t go with my Folio hardcover collection haha

    For what it's worth I received the US hardcover and it has dark blue boards, no image or design inlaid.

    This is a good weekend for a good read.


    Oh that’s good to know, thanks!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,558
    Birdleson wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Just received my Waterstones signed edition; which nicely is the version with the 007 edge printing on the pages, and the 'exclusive content' too.

    The exclusive content does actually feature some original Fleming content (a short section of quoted dialogue, followed by a synopsis of 'Bond Goes To Jail'), but that's part of an essay on why Horowitz found that the Fleming story he wanted to feature wouldn't fit into his book as he planned. I haven't read the essay as I think it would spoil what happens in the book if I did :)

    That's enough for me to go ahead and get it. Could you please post teh link so I am sure to get the correct edition?

    Sorry, I preordered it so long ago and my email confirmation doesn’t seem to link to the sales page. It’s just listed as ‘signed edition’.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    With a Mind to Kill is getting great reviews.

    https://markoconnell.co.uk/catching-the-cold-bullet-reviewing-anthony-horowitzs-new-bond-novel-with-a-mind-to-kill/

    https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2022/05/25/a-sampling-of-with-a-mind-to-kill-reviews/

    I think Anthony Horowitz is a rarity among Bond people: he’s going out on a high note.
  • MaxCasino wrote: »
    With a Mind to Kill is getting great reviews.

    https://markoconnell.co.uk/catching-the-cold-bullet-reviewing-anthony-horowitzs-new-bond-novel-with-a-mind-to-kill/

    https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2022/05/25/a-sampling-of-with-a-mind-to-kill-reviews/

    I think Anthony Horowitz is a rarity among Bond people: he’s going out on a high note.

    That's good to hear. Has it been announced this is his last one?
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