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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Dragonpol wrote:
    SaintMark wrote:
    All of them

    Quite an achievement, that. Well done, sir. =D>

    As if you have not.
  • JuraquagmireJuraquagmire Canada
    Posts: 41
    Fleming- All
    Amis- Colonel Sun
    Wood- reading James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me
    Pearson- The Authorised Biography of 007
    Faulks- Devil May Care
    Gardner- Order all + License to Kill. Will start on it as it's get here
    Benson- All (not novelisations)

    Hesitating to buy Solo.. Is it's worth to?
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 14,822
    I read Agatha Christie's The Rajah's Emerald. Short story with James Bond as the hero. Seriously. Check it up.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    SaintMark wrote:
    All of them

    Quite an achievement, that. Well done, sir. =D>

    As if you have not.

    Would you believe there are some I still need to read when I get a chance?

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Which are those? I have only read 16.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Which are those? I have only read 16.

    The Young Bond novels and some of the new ones.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    SaintMark wrote:
    All of them

    Quite an achievement, that. Well done, sir. =D>

    As if you have not.

    Would you believe there are some I still need to read when I get a chance?

    You surprise me there, I always thought you were the one who read them all considering your contributions to this site and your own blog.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 17,800
    SaintMark wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    SaintMark wrote:
    All of them

    Quite an achievement, that. Well done, sir. =D>

    As if you have not.

    Would you believe there are some I still need to read when I get a chance?

    You surprise me there, I always thought you were the one who read them all considering your contributions to this site and your own blog.

    Yes, it is surprising, but I'm working on reading those I have missed.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Dragonpol wrote:
    SaintMark wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    SaintMark wrote:
    All of them

    Quite an achievement, that. Well done, sir. =D>

    As if you have not.

    Would you believe there are some I still need to read when I get a chance?

    You surprise me there, I always thought you were the one who read them all considering your contributions to this site and your own blog.

    Yes, it is surprising, but I'm working on reading those I have missed.

    It took me a long time as well, firstly in collecting all Gardners and collecting the Bensons which was much more difficult. The Flemings, colonel Sun & Woods I had read several times while I was a teenager.

    Higson I collected when they were published, the Moneypenny diaries later, The Gardner were available up to a point in the series the rest was Ebay and such. The Benson novels were all Ebay and hardcover.

    The newer books like Higson on day of publishing.

  • timmertimmer
    Posts: 4,622
    Isn't everything just available on Amazon. I ordered all the MP Diaries from Amazon as I missed their original publication. Just wasn't trolling the web enough at the time, I guess, at least not for the first two installments.
    It was this site that clued me to the existence of the series, so I knew about the third book, Final Fling, when it came out. Its the only one of the three that I have in HC.
    All the other recent stuff, I just picked up in bookstores as it came out. Only exception being "Solo" which I ordered from library, with intention of buying when the hardcovers hit the bargain bin. I just wasn't that excited to read it right away, given the negative early fan reviews, which were quite on the mark, I'd say.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Amazon was not available when I started reading the James Bond books and for the first 35 years of my life. Amazons greatness has only blossomed in recent years.

    A lot of my great purchases came from Ebay and way cheaper than Amazon could manage these days as well I might add.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    Not sure about amazon, but I'm pretty sure you can find all of them on eBay. I've bought 95% of my Bond books on eBay, because they're pretty rare to find in my country.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Walecs wrote:
    Not sure about amazon, but I'm pretty sure you can find all of them on eBay. I've bought 95% of my Bond books on eBay, because they're pretty rare to find in my country.

    I had the same problem so Ebay solved a lot of problems.
  • ChiefTannerChiefTanner Wilmington, DE, USA
    Posts: 34
    I read all of Fleming's original novels.
    I read Fleming's short stories as well.
    I read Carte Blanche by Deaver.
    I read Devil May Care by Faulks.
    I am currently reading John Gardner's books. I have finished: License Renewed, For Special Services, Role of Honor, Ice Breaker and I'm currently reading Nobody Lives Forever.
  • jobojobo
    edited March 2015 Posts: 7,500
    I have only read the ones written by Fleming. Should I bother with any of the others? If so, which ones are worth it? (I tried reading Carte Blanche ones, but gave it up midway through...)
  • JCRendleJCRendle
    edited March 2015 Posts: 1,552
    I've read all the Flemings - full length and short stories, Colonel Sun, The Authorised Biography of 007, Licence Renewed, For Special Services, all The Young Bond novels (Higson and Cole), Devil May Care, Carte Blanche and Solo.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    I've read all Fleming, Colonel Sun, Christopher Wood's novelizations & Devil May Care. I have many Gardners, but haven't read all of the first one yet.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Of what I've read, the weakest would be Wood's Moonraker & Faulk's Devil May Care, but I actually did enjoy them both quite a bit anyway.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Wood's MOONRAKER has one exceptional scene. Where Bond has to go outside the space station to turn off the cloaking device. That is a very intense and strong piece of writing, go back and look at it.
    I just read it last summer, and yeah, that was good- in fact the way he wrote the novelization makes MOST of the stuff seem more plausible & interesting. I liked the Amazon part as well. It was however a small letdown overall (that I expected) from his awesome TSWLM.
  • timmertimmer
    Posts: 4,622
    So have the Fleming novels actually been hard to find in some places.
    I can't think of any time when they weren't readily available on bookstore shelves in Toronto.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    All the Flemings and most of the inferior continuation novels. I recommend the audio Fleming novels on cd and red by ruffs Sewell, hen is excellent. Annoyingly ohms and and tb are excluded though...?
  • JCRendleJCRendle
    Posts: 1,552
    suavejmf wrote: »
    Annoyingly ohms and and tb are excluded though...?
    Which is strange, because he did record them and they're available on audio cassette?

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Majestys-Secret-Service/dp/0141802952/ref=sr_1_15?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426452428&sr=1-15
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thunderball-Ian-Fleming/dp/0141802979/ref=sr_1_16?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426452428&sr=1-16
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Ah right. Need then on Cd for the car though. From the Cd's, I summise that Sewell would have made a good bond???
  • JCRendleJCRendle
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    Ah right. Need then on Cd for the car though. From the Cd's, I summise that Sewell would have made a good bond???
    He can act, he has the height and he isn't unattractive. I would be surprised if he wasn't at least considered when Brosnan left.

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  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    I agree. I believe he was linked in the press in the past.
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
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    In the sixties I read
    TMWTGG

    I've read these back in the Seventies:
    DN
    FRWL
    DAF
    YOLT
    LALD
    GF
    MR
    As you can see my literary Bond is pretty light weight compared to others here. I daresay that FRWL has some of Fleming's best writing, while I really enjoyed the heck out of YOLT. I did enjoy most of them but if I had to pick one I did not care for it would be TMWTGG. Kinda a blase book. I don't remember much about it, it has been more than 40 years since I read it. I just barely remember that the book did not do much for me.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Fleming was ill when he wrote TMWTGG so it isn't his finest hour. I've always loved DN, fast paced, great story and exotic locations.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    I am ashamed to say I've only read MR. However, this error is about to be repaired, as I bought on amazon all the Fleming books and even the continuation novels (from Casino Royale to Solo) and received them via mail this week!
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Thanks, @Birdleson! I'll be sure to finish Fleming with TMWTGG.
  • Risico007Risico007
    Posts: 9,770
    Fleming All
    Amis All
    Pearson None yet
    Wood None yet
    Gardner I have read a few of his (License Renewed IceBreaker Never Send Flowers License to Kill and I believe Win Lose or Die) Currently Reading Seafire and I am enjoying it immensely
    Benson All except the novelizations
    Faulks Dreafully I Read DMC such a bad bond novel
    Deaver Read Carte Blanche and I plan on rereading it at somepoint
    Boyd Solo Read it hated it

    I will pick up Horowitz novel Trigger Mortis.
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