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  • 007InVT wrote: I gotta get me some 'Colonel Son'. Who would be your choice for continuation authors after Boyd? Oh yes you must! As for my choice for the next author, in my not so humble opinion, it should be one Charlie Higson. He has…
    in Rank your continuation Bond authors. Comment by Villiers53 May 2013
  • 007InVT wrote: Sir_James_Moloney wrote: I think it's odd to count Fleming as a "continuation" author as surely the term refers to the continuation of Fleming's series? Well yes, that's what I thought/meant. 007InVT wrote:…
    in Rank your continuation Bond authors. Comment by Villiers53 May 2013
  • Amis was reflecting the era. Fleming started the series in '53. Colonel Son was published in '68. In the interviening 15 years the spy thriller genre had move on. Perhaps more than Fleming reflected in his own own work. Particularly post OHMSS. Fo…
    in The increased level of violence as a key factor in Kingsley Amis's Colonel Sun (1968)? Comment by Villiers53 May 2013
  • 1. Fleming (sorry OO7InVT but if you write fourteen, you are a continuation writer). 2, Higson (Young Bond shows that he is the clear spiritual descendant of Fleming and if IFP had a brain between them they'd have made him the adult Bond continuat…
    in Rank your continuation Bond authors. Comment by Villiers53 May 2013
  • Brilliant stuff - I just hope IFP look in and get some inspiration for "SOLO" !
    in My tribute to Richard Chopping, the original Bond dust jacket artist. Comment by Villiers53 April 2013
  • chrisisall wrote: Sure it'd be a big plus to have a cover produced by an actual ARTIST, but really, I'm not gonna be reading the cover. b-( For us collectors, the cover art is an essential part of the tactile experience. Your intellectual …
    in Boyd Cover Art - A Petition Comment by Villiers53 April 2013
  • tomjcull this is fantastic and so interesting. In my opinion, I think it deserves a thread all of it's own. It's rare we find stuff as stimulating as this appearing! For my part, I loved his work and find it such a shame that ultimately the two men…
    in Boyd Cover Art - A Petition Comment by Villiers53 April 2013
  • delfloria, you are so correct - my first reaction was to connect the title with Fleming's association with "The Man From U.N.C.L.E
    in William Boyd to Write Next James Bond Novel Comment by Villiers53 April 2013
  • tomjcull - good luck with your project! Now we know that the name of Boyd's novel is to be SOLO we may get some creative ideas from JC as to what the cover may look like?
    in Boyd Cover Art - A Petition Comment by Villiers53 April 2013
  • Evidently, today is the day when we will learn the title - let's hope it's a good title for a great story with a fantastic cover!
    in Boyd Cover Art - A Petition Comment by Villiers53 April 2013
  • Happy anniversary Casino Royale and thanks a million Mr.Fleming for giving us all those thrills and spills over the years. I was born in 1953 - the year of Bond - and first read the novel in 1963, aged 10, and have never looked back since. Shame I…
    in 13 April 1953 – Casino Royale, the first James Bond novel, is published Comment by Villiers53 April 2013
  • @brainisnotbigenough I am afraid that what you typed is not what you meant - this leads to confusion. I'm sure your teachers will educate you on this. In the interim, be sure to spray the P&G fly killer liberally before all kindergarten session…
    in The Bond Fragrance Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • Ludovico wrote: YOLT might actually be one of Fleming's best, certainly the deepest. It is not only a spy thriller, in fact it is not so much a thriller than a story about identity: Bond ceases to be Bond after his wife's death, losing himself dri…
    in Worst Fleming Bond Novel? Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • . It's fifty years on, there's more to Bond than just Fleming and his books.[/quote] It's not fifty years you ignoramus - it's sixty - stick to your P&G fly spray and leave the serious stuff to the proper aficionados.
    in The Bond Fragrance Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • Ludovico wrote: I think TMWTGG was rushed, I thought YOLT seemed pretty well crafted, although very different from the rest of his work. @Ludovico makes a very good point when he says that "YOLT seemed pretty well crafted, although very dif…
    in Worst Fleming Bond Novel? Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • @myworldisenough it was you that denigrated the debate, now you must bite that pillow swathed no doubt in P&G's mist. Fleming would turn in his grave!
    in The Bond Fragrance Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • myworldisenough wrote: Villiers53 wrote: myworldisenough wrote: Villiers53 wrote: Bentley my friend, you aren't wrong. This bilge would go down well with the false tan brigade in "TOWIE". No Bond afficianado worth his salt would be se…
    in The Bond Fragrance Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • I'm sorry, but this man is an impostor. Bond looks like Hoagy Carmichael and has black hair falling down over the right eyebrow. Whereas this man is clearly follicle challenged! Furthermore, Bond would consider this tie too loud (he only wears bla…
    in MR Bond's clothing Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • Having finished the excellent "Secret Generation" I was nervous as to what to read next - you know the feeling, when you've read something great you know that the next one has a high risk of disappointing. Happily I struck gold and picked up a phe…
    in When not reading Fleming - I would recommend ? Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • Frankly I'm concerned about these threads. Let's be clear, Bond is no metro sexual. All you need is a serge blue single breasted suit, a white sea island cotton shirt, a black knitted silk tie and a pair of black slip on shoes with re-enforced stee…
    in MR Bond's clothing Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • myworldisenough wrote: Villiers53 wrote: Bentley my friend, you aren't wrong. This bilge would go down well with the false tan brigade in "TOWIE". No Bond afficianado worth his salt would be seen wearing it stiff! Thankfully it looks like it…
    in The Bond Fragrance Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • Ludovico wrote: Because it is being reprinted, Tremor of Intent, by Anthony Burgess. Who wrote a script for TSWLM, by the way. I heartily recommend it. @Ludovico, to each their own. For my part, I read this back in the day and thought it wa…
    in When not reading Fleming - I would recommend ? Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • Excellent thread from @jetsetwilly who articulates so well the Flemingesque moments that made the movie so great. IMHO had it not been for the bloated aspects of the opening chase and the final scene (when will we ever learn that less is sometimes …
    in 10 Flemingesque moments in Skyfall Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: Villiers53 wrote: TheWizardOfIce wrote: Hopefully it's probably more about timing. I don't think Mendes was keen to go straight into B24 so with a bit of luck it means we are full steam ahead for a 2014 release, alth…
    in Sam Mendes to direct Bond 24? Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • TheWizardOfIce wrote: Hopefully it's probably more about timing. I don't think Mendes was keen to go straight into B24 so with a bit of luck it means we are full steam ahead for a 2014 release, although this means we will need to have a director a…
    in Sam Mendes to direct Bond 24? Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • This is very sad news. Sam Mendes succeeded to completely reboot the franchise when so many had failed or only partially succeeded. He's proved to be this generation's Terence Young and I certainly hope he'll come back and do another. That said, t…
    in Sam Mendes to direct Bond 24? Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • Great news for fans of John Gardner. I've just read on www.john-gardner.com that his "Secret Generations" trilogy has been published by Kindle. Gardner made a phenomenal contribution to the espionage genre and I always found it somewhat ironic tha…
    in When not reading Fleming - I would recommend ? Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • mikeninja008 wrote: For my money I always felt Donald Hamilton's Matt Helm's books were a bit better than Bond. @mikeninja008 I tried a couple back in the day (The Silencer & The Wrecking Crew) but I just couldn't get those silly Dean M…
    in Who out Bonded Bond? Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • Jarrod wrote: I've never seen the series, I've only ever seen the film "Callan" with Edward Woodward, directed by Don Sharp (who also directed the spy film "Bang! Bang! You're Dead!" with "Odd Couple" Tony Randall). Despite the strange casting of …
    in Is any one a fan of classic era spy cinema? Comment by Villiers53 March 2013
  • Matt_Helm wrote: Villiers53 wrote: matt_Helm you are 100% correct regarding. TSWCIFTC is a brilliant movie and like all true classics it stands the test of time well. I think that Burton is brilliant as Leamus. As fare as Deighton is concerne…
    in Is any one a fan of classic era spy cinema? Comment by Villiers53 March 2013