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The nice folks at Thalia Book Store were helpful to confirm they did not have it, but checked another location within two miles that ordered the English version to arrive Wednesday or Thursday that week. I checked Wednesday and it hadn't, and so did return travel without it Thursday.
I will abide.
The link is gone. My guess is a title for book 2. Or a possible character introduction or comeback. Or another spinoff book for a iconic character. Another idea is a 70th anniversary celebration edition of Casino Royale. A big deal would be Dynamite Comic’s Moonraker adaptation. Or just another Dynamite Comics storyline.
I don't know if they're trying to hint something with the eyes/see you thing.
A possible joke.
Definitely a joke. It's a spoof Eon employee account referring to the extortionate prices Eon charge for their official Bond merchandise. Would make one think that SPECTRE was involved somewhere in the pricing. Extortion is their business, after all.
You sound like Nick Nack. :)
There is something we haven’t had before. I wonder what it be. It is true regarding this trilogy of books. A spinoff of 00 agents in any media.
Nick Nack cracks me up. Such a lovable rascal.
Well to be honest there are by my count only 4 options
1. Kim Sherwood second book: a meh for me to be honest as we already know there will be one so it’s a non announcement
2. Anthony horrowitz is doing a 4th bond novel: which is a meh and half for me I get he has his fans here but all 3 books are just ok to me
3. Another writer is doing 60’s or 70’s bond . Which ok I guess that might be interesting I just don’t love period piece bond to be honest
4. A writer is going to do a modern James Bond novel: now this would fill me with the most joy
That's espionage, friend.
Yes, would love that.
This is the first in a series set in what I guess we should call the Bond Expanded Universe. 007 is offstage but integral to the plot and frequently mentioned. The story focuses on three 00 agents and on the staff back at headquarters (some of whom will be familiar, in name at least, while others are new).
I found the tone and narrative a perfect update of Fleming, with just the right levels of violence, technology and weirdness, and, of course, a great deal of product placement. The action scenes were really well done, especially the car chases, and I ended up heavily invested in the plot and the characters (particularly the one who shares my surname).
My one gripe: I loved all the references to previous Bond adventures, but they tended to be overexplained. Let those of us who are going to get them, get them with just the one clue and feel clever, and move on for those readers who are less obsessive about Fleming's back catalogue.
Finally, a warning: James Bond is (we hope) sacred and off limits, but anyone else is fair game...
“Duncan I thought I would be home for dinner an hour ago but this is all very impressive”
'What do you know of honour?'
(ironically, under breath) 'Ah, great...'
I thought I was the only fan of endgame
“Honor is not in the weapon it’s in the man”
Just don’t ask me to quote anything from it.
(Though I have one or two from the pilot of the Tv series that stay with me.)
A new short story collection could be fun. You'd imagine you could get a few well-known writers to contribute a short 007 story as it's a bit less of a commitment.
I’ve been reading The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes stories. It has multiple short stories by big named authors over a century. While Bond couldn’t get as big as Holmes’s book, I would love a similar book for Bond.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_uncollected_short_stories
You could even go a bit inventive with it. Have a couple of authors do totally straight Fleming-style short stories, one set in the present or future, meta ones with one eye on the films, one with an old Bond, a comedy one etc. Why not? Play around with it a bit.
Yeah it could be fun to do a Bond collection, couldn’t it?