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• Prior to Fleming's death, this book was quite difficult to acquire in the UK. Evidently, following initial feedback, Ian had asked Jonathan Cape not to promote the book and to restrict print runs. He also had prohibited publication in paperback. C…

  in The Spy Who Loved Me novel Comment by TriggerMortis June 2015
• Birdleson wrote: » Here's a piece I recently wore about it on a different thread: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1962) A very interesting piece. It won't happen because of the strangle hold eon have on the character rights but TSWLM would make a g…

  in The Spy Who Loved Me novel Comment by TriggerMortis June 2015
• Ludovico wrote: » I thought people would ask what I mean by Beethoven of spy fiction. But anyway, basically, Ian Fleming made the perfect genre novels in the 50s, he knew its tropes, its themes, its commonplaces and used them perfectly. In the …

  in Do you prefer the 50's or the 60's Fleming novels? Comment by TriggerMortis June 2015
• I recently re-read this and was surprised at how well it holds up. Aspects of it make it feel positively fresh and way ahead of its time and I'd love to know if Samantha Weinberg read it before writing 'The Moneypenny Diaries'. I think it was the …

  in The Spy Who Loved Me novel Comment by TriggerMortis June 2015
• HASEROT wrote: » DrGorner wrote: » :)) Welcome Trigger Mortis, I agree Solo was a load of crap. All the Signs seem to be that TM, is going to be a great read. :) if it does turn out to be a great success... do you think the Fleming e…

  in Anthony Horowitz's James Bond novel - Trigger Mortis Comment by TriggerMortis June 2015
• My name sake looks like it's set to be a huge success. The advance reviews have been very favourable. Evidently Charlie Higson loves it - a great omen and everybody who has been lucky enough to preview it says that Horowitz has completely nailed it…

  in Anthony Horowitz's James Bond novel - Trigger Mortis Comment by TriggerMortis June 2015