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SaintMark wrote: Bentley wrote: Bond would no more drive a Jensen wear a Crusader's outfit in Saudi Arabia! The very idea is risible. As one who is old enough to have driven said vehicle when launched, I can tell you that they couldn't make i…
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Ytterbium wrote: Ytterbium wrote: The problem with this not so surprising nor thrilling story is that it leaves us with Boyd's description of Bond's way of life, so much that it becomes at some point really repetitive. I will keep this book o…
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Bond would no more drive a Jensen wear a Crusader's outfit in Saudi Arabia! The very idea is risible. As one who is old enough to have driven said vehicle when launched, I can tell you that they couldn't make it around the corner without terminal m…
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TheWizardOfIce wrote: Bentley wrote: Higens is a slam dunk. It would be a natural continuation for him and pre Casino Royale would prove to be a very fertile era that Charlie could mine ad nauseum. Hmm. A quick google seems to suggest…
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4EverBonded wrote: chrisisall wrote: The pastiche and smoke and mirrors of a bad Bond novel are nauseating at three in the morning. Brilliant! Love it, @chrisisall. Love it and it describes completely my state at 3:00 am on Frid…
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Bounine wrote: Perdogg wrote: Please let Ken Follet write a Bond novel before he dies. Yeah, if they IFP do continue with the celebrity writers then Follet would be a good choice. I've read a few of his books. 'Eye of the Needle' is s…
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. Boyd did say his plotting would be better than Fleming's, but I think all of us can admit that plots were not Ian's forte. [/quote] No we most certainly can't - Fleming was a superb plotter. The likes of Moonraker, FRWL, OHMSS, and Thunderbal…
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TheWizardOfIce wrote: Only these figures despite me passing posters advertising it on the tube and there being articles in the papers (not just reviews) - how many of those 300 books had that? The bottom line though is if you keep selling shit …
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hthomas20 wrote: Hey guys thanks for the info. I just finished the Fleming novels last night! Going to read Solo when it comes out here in the US Tuesday. Prepare for dispair!
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harkaway wrote: Bentley wrote: Now the truth is out, SOLO has only sold a little over 9000 in the first week. 48% down on Deaver and 82% down on Faulks - not a sales decline. A clunking great disaster! @villieurs53 was correct, they are work…
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Now the truth is out, SOLO has only sold a little over 9000 in the first week. 48% down on Deaver and 82% down on Faulks - not a sales decline. A clunking great disaster! @villieurs53 was correct, they are working with the law of diminishing retur…
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1) Fleming in order. 2) Colonel Son. 3) The first five Gardner's in order - do NOT go further. 4) Young Bond books in order (they are fabulous and absolutely NOT just for kids.) 5) The Moneypenny trilogy in order. They too are amazing. After th…
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Villiers53 wrote: People will read it and make there own mind up but when it comes to a number of the 'official' reviews, there is little doubt that they are put out by the literati rushing to friend Boyd's defence. GQ review is a classic example…
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SaintMark wrote: I did read the book and this is my review, without any spoilers I believe. I gave it a two-sar rating on Goodreads. As Bondnovel a failure for me, although it is quite an easy read. But of the celebrity trilogy it is sadly the …
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Villiers53 wrote: As we reflect on the catastrophic third instalment in the 'Bond Celebrity Trilogy Disaster' , I sometimes wonder if the bar is too high for Bond in today's spy fiction market and I would love to hear the views of other on this, a…
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Gerard wrote: Let's not forget The Secret Generations. Frankly, why hasn't somebody filmed it as a prestige TV mini-series yet, I'll never understand. I'm talking about the first volume, of course. I still reread it from time to time, so good it i…
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@Th TheWizardOfIce wrote: Creasy47 wrote: I don't read much any more, sadly, but why is it I've only heard mostly-superb things about Gardner's novels, and like @TheWizardOfIce stated, you never hear anything about him when the time comes alo…
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BAIN123 wrote: Sadly the person we REALLY need has been dead for 50 years :( Yes @BAIN123 - we'd be in the best of hands! Failing the resurrection, we have to go on bended knee to Charlie Higson or rather IFP have to. He demonstrated over…
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TheWizardOfIce wrote: Villiers53 wrote: Absolutely. Interestingly enough, at the RVH meeting a fan asked Boyd if he'd read any of the other continuation novels? Being a fully puffed up member of the literati, he acknowledged reading Amis' C…
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Villiers53 wrote: Creasy47 wrote: Perhaps instead of always resorting back to Fleming (because with these past three books, it appears that hasn't gone well whatsoever), why not have the next author revert back to the previous three books and …
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Villiers53 wrote: Pegasus007 wrote: Moved to post to this forum for the first time despite having a regular mi6-hq reader for years, but I have just finished "Solo" and I must say I am so disappointed. The book feels rushed and, in places, con…
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retrokitty wrote: @Bounine, the positive reviews I've read seem to be from generic reviewers and not Bond experts or fans. Also, they seem to want to pet and massage Boyd, which I find sickening. You aren't wrong there @retrokitty. Some s…
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Villiers53 wrote: Bounine wrote: Villiers53 wrote: I also attended Thursday's launch event and although I felt Boyd's interview with Olivia Cole was a little mechanical and didn't bring anything new, it didn't dampen my enthusiasm and by t…
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Dragonpol wrote: Bentley wrote: Bentley wrote: I agree with @Villiers 53. Judging by the extracts in the Times, I think Mr.Boyd has found the right equilibrium by respecting the Bond code whilst maintaining his own style as a writer. The f…
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Bentley wrote: I agree with @Villiers 53. Judging by the extracts in the Times, I think Mr.Boyd has found the right equilibrium by respecting the Bond code whilst maintaining his own style as a writer. The fact that his natural style is not so far…
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0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: I agree, @Wizard. What I continually fail to understand is why people consider Fleming to be a sexist, sadist, and racist when they have no actual quotes from the man himself saying such "controversial" things. Just b…
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SaintMark wrote: Villiers53 wrote: Bounine wrote: SaintMark wrote: Villiers53 wrote: His work was very much the work of a man with an open mind and a terrific zest for life - neither are the hallmarks of a racist and I can only won…
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0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: Boyd: 'It's unbelievable to read now. I think if you were of that privileged upper class, born at the beginning of the 20th century, you were probably racist, sexist, right wing and anti-Semitic.' Oh, for Fleming'…
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I agree with @Villiers 53. Judging by the extracts in the Times, I think Mr.Boyd has found the right equilibrium by respecting the Bond code whilst maintaining his own style as a writer. The fact that his natural style is not so fare from Fleming's …
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TheWizardOfIce wrote: SaintMark wrote: And as for the car if the Saint did drive it, it should be good enough for 007. imho ;) Totally refute this. I don't mind the Saint but at the end of the day he's just a poor man's Bond. R…
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