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OHMSS and YOLT rank as some of my favourites (CR being my fave and Moonraker is in there too) so I can't wait to finally get my hands on Thunderball.
Edit: Forgot to mention FRWL! Clearly one of the best!
@socaljon3: I have the same question :-) Don't know if I should bother with non-Fleming books. Though I probably should give it a try. However, I have no real interest in young James Bond.. or is that a mistake?
Whilst I'm here how about Charlie Higson to write a new bond book for IFP views welcome !
For Your Eyes Only comes between Goldfinger and Thunderball - which is my next Fleming, a great collection of short stories, with the excellent From A View To A Kill to start. Don't miss out the short story collections, some great little nuggets of Bond in there!
Agree with Lancaster, don't neglect the nine short stories by Fleming, especially "The Living Daylights." But after finishing Fleming I would strongly recommend Kingsley Amis' "Colonel Sun." By far the best Bond continuation novel!
Without a doubt. I ended up taking a break in NY during the damn hurricane and reverted to reading the only book I had taken, OHMSS. I think it's still probably my favourite Fleming. I particularly like the description of Blofeld being thin with long silver hair complete with green tinted contact lenses. I really wish there had been an incarnation of this ilk in the films. I recently purchased a hardback with Richard Chopping cover, it was a third edition.
In addition to the five FYEO short stories there are four more in "Octopussy and The Living Daylights." All nine short stories were also published under the title "Quantum of Solace."
I love this little gem.
Fleming writes; "the Government had a big export programme with Cuba for taking more Cuban sugar than they wanted"
Does anyone notice parallels with the Bolivian "oil" and the U.K, in the movie? I.e. the speech from the Foreign Minister is a great little scene which explains the stance of the British and Americans. “Right and wrong doesn't even come into it.”