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Same here. I guess as far as continuation novels go, it's difficult to please everyone. Some will like the tropes, some will feel they're forced.
I really hope Horowitz will get the chance to do another continuation novel.
Horowitz and other sources can be waiting in the wings. And the possibilities for a focused two film execution (period or otherwise but one Bond actor) then taking another contemporary direction (different actor) surely isn't off the table.
The new story may otherwise carry the day, sure. Playing to pop culture suits the success of the franchise and it can mine gold just as good.
I feel they could update and adapt FAAD or TM.
I suppose the skill set involved in "reading" comics is like any other skill. You get better with repeated practice. If you're willing to take suggestions from someone who's had way too much practice over the decades:
It's basically pretty much like reading anything else in English, only you look at the artwork first to get a sense of what's happening. Then read the balloons, starting at the top of the panel and moving from left to right. Panel to panel and page to page you're still following the standard rules: page 1 to page 2 to page 3 until the end, start at the top of each page and move from left to right and then down. Give it another try -- and if you enjoy the Fleming novels then maybe you'll enjoy the hardcover comics adaptations of those. Casino Royale is out now, Live And Let Die is coming soon.
Thanks for the advice.
I still haven't read FAAD. I'm really excited about it but I keep putting it off and reading something else in order to savour my excitement as we only get a new Bond book every three years. Well, I did read the first chapter which read wonderfully but it felt a little rushed.
Seems, unlikely that the continuations will ever be adapted but I wish Eon would use some of the excellent book titles we've had. I don't know how this side of the business all works though...
I thought Trigger Mortis was ok, but FAAD was outstanding, so i would be glad if he returns.
Horowitz is one of my favourite writers, so I'm naturally thrilled by this. Just hope he'll find the time to do another!
According to someone I follow on Twitter Horowitz has said that his next Bond novel would be set at the end of the Fleming Bond novel timeline. This would be something I would greatly welcome, continuing on where Fleming left off in 1964. I suppose that Sebastian Faulks first used that approach with his centenary Bond novel Devil May Care (2008).
He's a huge Bond fan so you can bet if he's asked he will MAKE that time.
Good point!
Guess we can read from this that IFP are positive with him doing another.
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Does anyone have sales numbers of his two books? Especially compared to his predecessors?
Yes, he's kindly replied to me too when I made a charitable donation to a friend of his for the publication of Forever and A Day.
Come to think of it, No More, No Less might even make a good Bond novel title!
Keep this screenshot in case he uses it! :-D
I know the bookend and DB5 in the photo are part of the cinematic Bond, but let me indulge, my picture here of TM Regular 1st, TM Waterstones special edition, FAAD Waterstones signed, and a Goldsboro limited edition signed.
Thsts great they got to meet. It'd have been nice to have a picture of Roger Moore or Timothy Dalton meeting then Bond author John Gardner at the time. I dont believe it ever happened though. The two worlds of Bond colliding.
Agree, it would have been cool to see Gardner and Moore/Dalton meeting up!
Indeed it would have. I've never really thought about it until now strangely. Gardner is on record as saying he didn't watch a Bond film after 1979 so that he could focus solely on the Bond books and not be distracted by the on going film series. Such a meeting with one of the Bond actors of the day might have been slightly awkward as a result! :)
It certainly could have been awkward, haha!
Interesting approach though, not watching the films. I haven't read the Gardner novels, so I don't know how close to the cinematic Bond they were.
Some would say that they're as influenced by the films as they are by the books in places. I think it's perhaps inevitable that the films have some sort of influence over the continuation novels. It all depends on the author I suppose and the briefing they're given by Glidrose/IFP.
Interesting. I certainly need to get around to reading the Gardner novels at some point. As far as continuation novels go, I've only read the two by Horowitz, and Solo by William Boyd.
Re. briefings; I wonder, was IFP particularly on the lookout for an an author willing to keep his novel(s) within the Fleming timeline, or was it just a requirement/wish from Horowitz?