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I'm just waiting for that call!
With Casino Royale’s 70th anniversary next year, I wonder if IFP is doing anything similar that EON is for Dr. No’s 60th anniversary. If there would be a short story collection, I would like to see other characters get a story about themselves, like Dynamite Comics’ Case Files collection.
The plot is easy to follow despite how many plates are spinning, and there's some wonderful imagery. The broken Buran at Baikonur particularly, but image of Bond and Harwood being shot at while she performs an emergency tracheotomy is something that will stick with me. The only part I think doesn't quite come off is the villain, Sir Bertie isn't characterised as deeply I think he could've been, he doesn't feel like a true Bond villain but neither does he feel like a compelling "Double O Trilogy" villain and consequently he's the weakest part of the story for me.
Overall, I think Sherwood's writing was excellent, and I'm just so grateful that the door has been open to a woman and that there is a Bond story which is unashamedly diverse. I'm looking forward to seeing how the trilogy develops.
That did take me off guard but I like it, makes it feel more real, more modern I suppose and set it apart from other Bond novels. But I know people have different thresholds for this sort of thing, I hope you can enjoy the rest of it regardless.
(As a general question though: Does Tanner have the honour of having the first fully written f-word in the literary Bond series?)
I think he did, yes. I'm going to keep going and try to just ignore that word in the text.
I remember in Solo’s ending that Bond and Leiter dropping f-bombs and laughing like Beavis and Butt-head at the book’s events. Talk about making a depressing story more depressing.
Happy to see another fan. I’m happy she’s coming back. Hopefully so will the surprise classic characters that we got in the book as well!
I think that Felix Leiter uses the f-word in Raymond Benson's The Facts of Death (1998). I know the swearing was remarked upon at the time as being atypical of Bond. That said, both Fleming's Dr. No and Goldfinger contain blanked out swear words. This was pre- the Lady Chatterley trial in 1960 so I'm not sure if obscenity laws allowed the f-word to be fully written out in a novel in those days. I myself don't like the trend towards swearing in Bond but it seems to be increasing given the Craig era's use of the f-word. Of course it's merely reflecting the increased use of profanity in novels, films and TV shows across the board but something doesn't quite sit right with me about profanity in Bond's world. The general civility of language and sophistication was one of the things that set Bond apart from other more blue collar or thick ear heroes and it would be a shame to lose that in a misguided attempt to be contemporary.
I see. I still have that to look forward to, or not as the case may be.
Yay, I'm happy there are more Double O fans, although it's given me a greater appreciation of James Bond. Now there's double the fun 😆. I was so surprised there were so many classic characters that the fact she spoiled a major one at the book launch didn't bother me. But also Mrs Keator is one of my new favourites and I would read a whole book about her.
I really enjoy how the Craig era has done it, of course they're only allowed one f-word, so it never feels too much and giving it to M in Skyfall is great at punctuating her desperation and Mallory's in NTTD is such a perfect comedic beat and I love when it's done in any piece of media.
Still I never felt it was gratuitous in Double or Nothing, maybe because Bond's not there I wasn't as critical of it, and it enhanced the world rather than taking me out of it. But like I say it part of the tightrope the novel walks between being tied to Bond while also doing its own thing.
I'm sure the much missed @Strog would approve of that villain name.
US Cover. I like it better than the other one. Also, she confirms that she’s almost done with book 2. Possible announcement coming soon!
I think we’ll get a title when DON releases in the US. At least we’ll have one new adventure of Bond related material. Not including Dynamite Comics stories. 2023 should be a good year for Bond fans, in many unique ways.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09KX6YFMT/
She’s currently editing the second book in the 00 trilogy. I’d guess a title reveal will be April.
That was a good interview, most of the stuff I read elsewhere but the tease of books 2 and 3 being more experimental in style is interesting it's certainly what I liked most in the Fleming series and I suppose we did get a lot of bold character choices in Double or Nothing. But I think that's easier to deal with when there are a dozen books, the detours like FRWL or TSWLM felt special. I don't know how well that would work with a planned trilogy. But she does say it continues on from book 1 so as long as Harwood and Dryden are back and ideally working together I'll be happy, I don't want them to end up like Poe and Rey in the Star Wars sequels.