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007InVT wrote: Villiers53 wrote: 007InVT wrote: Right @timmer! I'm booking a flight to Nassau with those 3 in tow. @007InVT, if you are going to Nassau, you must take 'Thunderball' and make sure you visit 'The One And Only Oceon Cl…
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timmer wrote: He looks like a good fit for Illya. I am still trying to come to terms with Cruise as Solo though. But Cruise does manage to surprise. eg he pulled off Anne Rice's Lestat, in Interview With the Vampire, despite Rice envisioning so…
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Eon's grip on the Bond screen rights is clearly all encompassing and sadly for IFP, they will never pay royalties for a book adaptation when they can simply create original material. Defacto, this limits the development of 'literary' Bond. Personal…
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007InVT wrote: Right @timmer! I'm booking a flight to Nassau with those 3 in tow. @007InVT, if you are going to Nassau, you must take 'Thunderball' and make sure you visit 'The One And Only Oceon Club' on Paradise Island. It was the hotel …
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Perdogg wrote: Northern Jamaica, Oracabessa Bay Correct it's just outside of Ochos Rios. Today it's a luxury boutique hotel owned by Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, location scout for Dr.No and son of Fleming's mistress, Blanc…
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Sorry, but even the most ardent Flemingista must acknowledge that CS is head and shoulders above TMWTGG, YOLT & DAF - to name but three? [/quote] Not a bit of it. YOLT is a very good Bond novel, and if not the best, certainly the most fascin…
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@nick_007 you are so right. Every time I go to Jamaica I finish up reading Dr.No and if I can ever persuade my wife to go on 'The Orient Express' be in no doubt I will be brandishing my leather bound copy of FRWL on the platform!
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timmer wrote: I would say Pearson's work is the most Fleming worthy of the bunch. I thought Pearson's 'James Bond: The Authorised Biography' an interesting ruse albeit it is a little rogue as it wasn't commissioned by Gildrose and Pearson …
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Perilagu_Khan wrote: CS is the only continuation novel I've read. I rate it a decent thriller, but hardly a patch on Fleming's work. And if Kingsley Amis cannot pull off Bond, then it's likely nobody can. Sorry, but even the most ardent Fle…
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MajorDSmythe wrote: Now Devil May Care I do consider cannon, but that doesn't mean it's a good addition to the cannon. When DMC was published, I tried to read it, but I just had to give up. In my Bondathon, i'm due to finish NLFE tonight, and i'm …
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TheWizardOfIce wrote: Classic, rip snorting stuff! I think I prefer the film on balance but still a corker and you can see the influence on Fleming in set pieces and keeping the page turning. Has anyone read the others? In on holiday now and…
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Quarrel wrote: The racism, sexism, etc, simply reflected the common attitudes of the times and was in no way a political philosophy that Fleming was advocating. That's no excuse for having those attitudes, of course, but keeping that in mind does …
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The best way to read a Bond book is on a beach in Jamaica with a vodka martini in hand and a Honeychile Rider lookalike by your side. Alternatively they'll still thrill you on the 7:15am to Waterloo. As for all the racism, sexism criticisms — get a…
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In answer to the original question - none but Fernando Verdasco's girlfriend was in 'Skyfall' and needless to say, she's smoking!
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It's great to see people reading this and enjoying it - CS is definitely up there with FRWL , OHMSS & MR. Although I don't agree with @jetsetwilly's assessment of the novel, he makes an interesting point about the lack of branding/lifestyle men…
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Dragonpol wrote: Well this type of thing was rolled out for some previous James Bond continuation novels it seems to me: Licence Renewed (1981) by John Gardner SilverFin (2005) by Charlie Higson Devil May Care (2008) by Sebastian Faulks Cart…
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Thus fare, this thread has given rise to the following ideas: 1) Competition amongst young musicians to compose a new Bond theme with the winning score to be featured in 2 below. 2) Book trailer a la Le Carre's 'Delicate Truth' 3) Competition to …
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TheWizardOfIce wrote: One of the most ludicrous thread titles I've ever seen. Mind you initially I assumed you were talking about the films and I leapt in here to give you both barrels. As its the books I'll cut you a little more slack as the b…
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timmer wrote: I Having read Vince Flynn and Le Carre back to back, the contrast in both style and political sensibility is stark. I prefer Flynn's less murky world view, but Le Carre can be an interesting change of pace. @timmer, you cert…
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007InVT wrote: Beautiful covers you say @Villiers53? Care to share a few? Unfortunately, my IT skills are very limited and I can't do that 'link thing' but if you follow @craterguns amazon chain you can see some great artwork for the serie…
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CraterGuns wrote: I love Sax Rohmer's classic Fu Manchu novels... They're like a cross between Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Fleming's James Bond, spanning the period 1913-1959 (from before WWI to the Cold War). Last year, Titan Books began repri…
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BMT216A wrote: 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: I love Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp novels, and have read a good amount of them. I like Ludlum's The Bourne Identity (one of the greatest espionage novels), but the rest of the Bourne books are horrid di…
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Whilst I agree that you have to concentrate whilst reading Le Carre - his books are not for simpletons - I would never describe him as boring. Naturally, in a career that has spanned fifty years, not all of his works are equal but taken as a body, …
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Penguin have just ran a competition to design the cover of 'The Big Sleep' to celebrate the books 70th anniversary. Some of the submissions were great and the event was featured at the end of the UK's BBC Newsnight TV programme. If only IFP/JC had …
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Perilagu_Khan wrote: The only Le Carre I've read is Russia House, and frankly, it bored me to tears. So far I'm impressed with Cumming, but I'm not sure his style is right for Bond. Perhaps too literal and lacking the requisite flamboyance. …
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Dragonpol2 wrote: Indeed. They need to pull out all of the stops. It is surely quite an event that they are publishing the first Jonathan Cape James Bond novel since John Gardner's No Deals Mr Bond way back in 1987. It will be interesting t…
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Perilagu_Khan wrote: Currently reading Charles Cumming's Trinity Six. Rather a gripping read. Reminds me somewhat of Anthony Hyde's classic The Red Fox although with less atmosphere, action and globe-trotting. Loved 'Trinity Six' and his ne…
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Amazing but true, 'Carte Blanche,' that complete duffer by that Bond saboteur, Mr.Jeffrey Deaver,is the best continuation title by a country mile. It ticks every box. It is romantic, prestigious and dangerous but unfortunately, what lies between th…
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SaintMark wrote: While for Bondfans the release of a new Bond book may something big, I think you are grossly overstating the importance in book terms. Dan Browns' Inferno from a publishers viewpoint was one of this years big launches or next up …
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Three months to go and they haven't even put a count down clock on the micro site - this level of amateurism is unbelievable! Doubtless there will be more winging from publishers about the state of their business - people not reading anymore, e-boo…
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