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• Or Talk of the Devil.

  in The name's 25. Bond 25, or rather, it's NTTD. Comment by bbartlettbooks August 2013
• LTK is certainly the most Fleming-esque original story (some LALD bits notwithstanding) ... on the page. But Dalton's performance/literary take made the other performances (from some miscast, cheezy '80's TV actors) seem wildly uneven. So I can't …

  in Pure Fleming? Comment by bbartlettbooks August 2013
• The novel is classic, and the Hitchcock film an improvement on it, but check out the recent (2010) BBC version - a bit more faithful to the novel and nicely done.

  in Anyone like the novel The Thirty Nine Steps Comment by bbartlettbooks August 2013
• Don't forget about Per Fine Ounce! One assumes he has access to it...

  in Should Boyd Novel Reference "Colonel Sun" or "Devil May Care" Comment by bbartlettbooks August 2013
• Myself excluded, I like going back to the roots of Bond: John Buchan, Sapper, Eric Ambler, Sax Rohmer. Fascinating seeing where Fleming came from: literary archeology.

  in When not reading Fleming - I would recommend ? Comment by bbartlettbooks August 2013
• YOLT. Needed a fix of the Fleming Sweep.

  in Which Bond novel are you currently reading? Comment by bbartlettbooks August 2013
• Not really directors, but I'd love to see Moffat and Gatiss -- or at the very least Gatiss -- have a go at Bond. What they did with Sherlock, specifically A Scandal in Belgravia, The Last Enemy, and The Blind Banker ... airtight, character-driven w…

  in What Directors Should Helm A Bond Film? Comment by bbartlettbooks August 2013
• Continuity.

  in Spectre wish list Comment by bbartlettbooks August 2013
• A Whisper of Love, A Whisper of Hate

  in The name's 25. Bond 25, or rather, it's NTTD. Comment by bbartlettbooks August 2013
• After reading about the breakfast description, I'm actually kind of looking forward to this one over the last two Bond novels, even with the godawful cover(s). (I mean, is it that obvious: can't they at least try to follow the continuation theme by…

  in SOLO - 'The Mystery Of The Incompetent Marketing Campaign' Comment by bbartlettbooks August 2013