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Agreed
Everyone knows that Fleming is Fleming and he remains incomparable but surely what is of interest - for the thinking literary aficionado - is how the spirit of his work can be embodied in new stories that are exciting in their own right?
In this regard, The Pussy thinks Horowitz did an excellent job with his debut and has high hopes for FA&D.
After the combined damage inflicted by Faulks,Deaver and Boyd, literary Bond was on life support. Horowitz has single handily rescued our hero and for that, PussyNoMore is eternally grateful.
The Pussy also thinks that the movies stopped having a positive effect on the literary franchise after GF and if book Bond is to survive, IFP will have to continue to develop an independent sustainable and consistent strategy.
A great continuation author is a key component in this. They have him in Horowitz and they should hold on to him.
For those of us who love thrillers, it has also been of interest to see the positive effect that Sophie Hannah has had on the Christie legacy with her excellent Poirot continuation novels.
Really looking forward to Forever and a Day. Now that Horowitz has the first book under the belt, I'm sure he can take that experience and do an even better job on this one.
An interesting question. When looked at in the raw, 'Murder On Wheels' was really just a rough outline for the abandoned TV series and perhaps other writers weren't interested because having to weave it into the story added complexity.
Doubtless the original material for F&AD will be from the same source
PussyNoMore recently listened to an interview with Hercule Poirot continuation author, Sophie Hannah, and she talked about the complexities of pleasing the different stakeholders - the family, the publisher and the fans !
Clearly not an easy gig and The Pussy is full of admiration for the way Horowitz approaches it. He knows Bond inside out and is an accomplished author in his own right.
This gives him the edge over his immediate predecessors who although successful in their own right clearly had zero understanding of Fleming's Bond.
If I were EON, I would seriously be considering obtaining the rights to his novels and ask for his input on the scripts. I also respect him for stating publicly that Bond in SF is not the character.
Agree. Writing a continuation of a well-known book series must give an added pressure that's not there in the same way as an original/own creation. This is why I found it noticeable that the unused Fleming material hadn't been used before Horowitz came along. As you mention, it is very likely the case of the other writers not being interested in weaving the material into their own work. At the same time, having the opportunity to use original material from the creator himself, that hasn't been published before, is almost too good to be true.
Luckily we will have the opportunity to read some of it now. :-)
Horowitz is very familiar with writing for TV, and could very well write a fantastic Bond script. I see on IMDB he'll be writing the upcoming The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun, with Peter Jackson directing.
Fifth? What’s before it?
CS & Wood's TSWLM were masterful IMO.
Colonel Sun and Trigger Mortis are the best of the continuation novels for me.
I’m very curious about Wood being held in such esteem. I bought TSWLM last year but still haven’t read it. Looking forward to it though. I find it hard to believe I guess that there’s a good book in the novelization of MR, but again haven’t read it...
I get the end criticism of TM but some of Fleming himself feels cinematic so it doesn’t take me out of it. I didn’t feel like his trying to be Fleming was straining either. It felt fairly natural and at times as I say, inspired. Now some of it falls short to be sure, so I’m hoping he’s able to write a better one the second time out.
PussyNoMore understands the respect accorded to Wood as he managed to make a silk purse out of a sows ear by turning the abominations that were the TSWLM & MR scripts into remotely readable novelisations. No mean feat!
But, for a Fleming fan, surely this is the equivalent of professing to like a perversion of two great novels by enthusing over the fact that they were less of a perversion than the movies ?
Ultimately aren’t there are two acid tests for a continuation novel - does it respect and embody the zeitgeist of the original ? And is it a good story in its own right ?
PussyNoMore thinks that CS and TM did this - Gardner came perilously close with a couple of his early efforts and the rest have missed by some considerable measure.
https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/129054-anthony-horowitz-james-bond-2018
(thanks to @mybudgetbond for the heads up!)
Bravo to Agent_99 & mybudgetbond.
Thanks to them we know the name and we know the number : It's the RFH on 1/6 - PussyNoMore will be there !
So just to clarify you have ordered 57 back of venue tickets for The Lion King. ;)
That's a little quote from Fonejacker by the way. Not sure if you're familiar with it.
Ha ha! Quite the coincidence then! I should be a psychic! :))
Providing they aren't too expensive, this is the boat i'm in. I have no qualms about buying multiple editions of one book.
Me too, I collect different editions of all of the Bond novels and sometimes even the same ones! As you say, provided they aren't crazily expensive.
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Mrcoggins a visit to ‘specsaver’ might be in order.
The great Agent_99 advised us about this some time ago albeit you are excused for not noticing because Dragonpol went off at some bizarre tangent.
Agreed on the first three. But solo? I found Bond quite boring in that one (and also pretty creepy in some scenes)