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https://www.waterstones.com/book/with-a-mind-to-kill/anthony-horowitz//2928377080983?awaid=3787&utm_source=redbrain&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=css&gclid=CjwKCAjwrfCRBhAXEiwAnkmKmTAHGXN4Wf7gVghmTEAUyrYFshLx6dT-PFvQaWGci-r_UmHa1acAihoCEVIQAvD_BwE
EDIT - I see that has the 'special edition' link that says... Whether beautifully bound, signed by the author or bursting with exclusive content, these collectible editions make exquisite gifts and are the perfect adornment to any bookshelf.
So definitely the best bet for a nice signed 1st edition Bond novel with possible exclusive Fleming content, for less than twenty sheets!
Go for it!
I see Waterstones have released an "Exclusive Edition" as well, with a stencilled edge.
Also, and I haven't seen this until now, but it's a nice touch if the dust jacket reveals a book cover with the bullet.
Goldsboro signed and numbered, (with 'sprayed edges'), limited to 1,000
Waterstones signed edition.
Waterstoned special edition with stenciled edges, (looks nice)
Std hardback (that you'll be able to get in supermarkets etc)
Yet unless I've missed it, no mention of Fleming exclusive content yet. The two Waterstones edition are advertised at 304 pages each.
If they're anything like FAAD, there's little difference except the page that's signed having a number and 'Goldsboro Special Edition' on the page that's signed. The Goldsoboro versions are more collectable, but there's little difference. And if the Waterstones editions have the Flaming stuff that the Goldsboro don't (as was the case with FAAD), then most fans would prefer a Waterstones version.
Oh that is fun.
I know I’ve ordered a signed one; can’t quite remember from who! I’m hoping it’s a 1st Ed but I’m not sure it’s always guaranteed with these things.
I don't think anything's been confirmed, and I'm starting to think perhaps not, as they'd surely have said by now, if they're giving away details like the stenciled edges.
I started a thread on the TV scripts but it didn't really take off, but you can see the previous special editions.
https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/20696/lost-bond-adventures-the-ian-fleming-tv-stories#latest
Thanks. I got the last 2 from Waterstones and was hoping for more of the same this time.
Thanks for the info @ColonelAdamski! I've already ordered the Waterstones signed edition, so it's unlikely that I will get another edition unless there's some additional Fleming material. The sprayed edges on the Goldsboro edition is a nice touch though.
I tend to agree otherwise IFP would surely have marketed to the skies the fact that Fleming content was included. That is a shame but like yourself I hope we're given something extra Fleming related to sweeten the deal.
John Gardner indirectly references Colonel Sun in his Bond novel Win, Lose or Die (1989) by having the murdered Hammonds be replaced by the Davisons as M's housekeepers at Quarterdeck. Gardner states that Davison "had replaced the faithful ex-Chief Petty Officer Hammond."
Back in 2002 I asked Gardner in an email if he had read Colonel Sun and he confirmed to me that he had. There is at times a pleasing level of continuity between the continuation Bond novels (especially those of Amis, Gardner and Benson) which is always good to see.
The novelisation of LTK meant the literary Leiter had to be maimed by a shark a second time, and if I recall, Gardner felt he had to acknowledge that Leiter had been shark-food once before. I think he had Bond thinking 'oh no, not again!' or something.
I don't have the book here, and I may be miss-remembering.
Thank you.
Maybe it's gone to number 1 in preorders already though, I don't know.
Unless they're referring to Horowitz himself, as in "The number one bestseller (author) Anthony Horowitz"?
That's what I was thinking too. It could mean that too and it would be more logical as the book hasn't been put to the test yet, as it were. It's also positioned above the author's name which further supports this view.
Which is the one with the girl who at dinner starts talking to bond about her ex lover. Think it’s the same one where bond breaks into her house which is a little Seedy tbh.
I’m not a fan of bond posing as a journalist in an imaginary African state either.
Fleming is so brilliantly distinctive he really is hard to emulate
That all sounds like William Boyd's Solo (2013).
The Bond novels are basically a window into Fleming's mind, his thoughts, his inner feelings, his Etonian values, his WW2 military experience and Colonial opinions. They are almost autobiographical, and which is why it very difficult for any other author to emulate authentically.