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What about Trigger Mortis, which incorporates Fleming material?
I'd definitely be up for seeing another Bond novel set in modern day. I also don't mind the novels that take us back to the 50's or 60's.
Thats your choice and I'm sure regular readers of this haunted cyber hall are well aware of your specificity.
I've read some (Solo and a couple of the Benson stories), but I'm not in a rush to read the continuation books put it that way.
Reading Fleming should be the main priority..,obviously.
Carte Blanche well a modern piece of literature Was just one novel if IFP said look we are going to release one bond novel each year odd years will be set in the Carte Blanche Modern Era and even years set in the 50's/ 60's I would be 110 % on board with that sadly this is not the case.
I might read it. But the problem remains: it is a retro novel, the author is not contemporary to the story he is writing, unlike Fleming. And it is difficult to ignore the large and dark shadow cast by the movies.
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the reason on the Doomsday clock right now that is the exact time and it kind of sounds cool.
No, I say. Despite what many may think, reading is still taught in schools and many people need to have a good familiarity with their native literature and language to obtain qualifications. However, despite this, there are a lot of people that don't particularly like reading and prefer entertainment of a more passive nature, so they watch movies instead. However, like them or loathe them, the Bond movies (due to the more universal appeal of passive entertainment) will always keep the literary Bond alive and well, whether his adventures are set in the present or the past.
It is my hope that for every hundred people who go to watch SP in the coming weeks, at least one will be tempted to buy a Bond novel, whether Fleming or otherwise. When one considers the hundreds of millions likely to watch SP, whether on the big screen or on DVD/TV, this adds up to some pretty good book sales -- all of which help to keep the literary Bond alive. Okay, so many will borrow library books or get cross-platform transfers from friends, but at least it keeps the literary Bond in the public sights.
My own preference is for the literary Bond to stick to his Cold War roots, because that's what I grew up with and reading stories of Bond set in this era remind me of my formative years. But for all that, I had no real problem with Jeffrey Deaver's Bond, although I did find Carte Blanche terribly bloated and slow paced. As a professional writer myself, I feel I could have edited out at least seventy pages and not lost a great deal. However, Deaver's modern Bond is far better than no Bond at all -- which probably would be the case if it weren't for the movies.