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Yes.
Yes I think it's very handsome. I wasn't expecting anything very complex given the time constraints, as you say.
I have ordered a signed one. I have a good feeling about this story.
I might read it all in one go. I don't usually do it but I think it'll be good, plus it'll add to it as it's kind of happening 'live' on the days it's published.
“ eBook & audio (read by Charlie himself) versions will be released in North America on 4 May, and we hope to have news on physical editions soon...”
As long as he keeps it in the modern era I agree
Why the modern era?
We’re still waiting on US pre-order links. But, per what IFP said on Wednesday:
On more Bond books from him.
Heartening that he's not ruling out any more though.
Yes, @TheWizardOfIce has found a new home on #BondTwitter where he is one of the most prominent members.
I have him on mute. He just seems to appear to try and start arguments. Can't be bothered with him.
Very rude to reply to a thread Mr Higson is tagged in to say it's a 'cash in'. Ironically it's the one Bond product (potentially ever?) that's actually being produced for charity, so he's stupid as well as rude.
I don't see US options like Amazon available to date.
Do see two online UK sources shipping to the US. And limited printings mentioned.
This is going to cause me a lot of grief in the bond fan community but I hate the idea of Bond being a period piece character. Fleming never intended him to be that and honestly apart from the From Russia with love game there hasn’t been a period piece Bond I liked (I love the earlier films obviously but those aren’t period pieces they reflect what was at the time the current views )
I read through the three Horowitz and hated all three Boyd was boring and Faulks was bland
Honestly give me Benson, Deaver or heck even Gardner over those three any day of the week..
And again there is enough political and intrigue that Bond belongs as much in the modern era as he did in any other
I can respect your viewpoints and I agree. I do like the Anthony Horowitz books, though. He knew what he was doing with the character and the setting. For now though, IFP should keep Bond in the modern day.
I think part of it is, if you're just doing Bond adventures as Fleming did them, what's the point? He did them pretty well and he invented it- no one else will do it as well. So if you have to bring Bond back, do it differently to Fleming: add something to it, do something Fleming didn't do. I think, to be fair to him, Horowitz did do that, in that he found some gaps in the beginning, middle and end of Fleming's stories and filled them in. But another way to have a USP, to make it worth doing, is to set them in the modern day, because Fleming can't do that.
OHMSS 2023. OHMSS 23. OHiMSS.
I liked Horowitz's and Gardner's books but wasn't a fan of Deaver or Benson. Benson's books were colourful but for me they read like fan fiction for a good part. Obviously you're very much a fan of contemporary Bond. I don't mind them being set in modern day as long as the author remains faithful to the character. Chauvinism and smoking aren't necessary as long as there is no specific comment as to why Bond doesn't smoke and regarding how women are men's equals, bla, bla, bla... These kinds of blatant PC comments are tacky, annoying and unnecessary.
In fact, something I would like to be different from Fleming's books is for Bond to have a bigger wardrobe of suits.
The rest of the book shows Deaver is by now too reliant on cliffhangers and twists. I’ve read many books by him and by know you just know to expect pretty much the exact opposite of what he writes until the last 20 pages and Carte Blanche is very guilty of that.
Also agreed about the restructuring of the Double O section, it makes sense. The idea of the head of the entire secret intelligence service personally briefing a field officer does seem a bit silly nowadays.
It'll be interesting to read a Bond novel set in the present day by someone who seems to have a knowledge of the character, this obviously being Charlie Higson.
I do expect Higson to nail him much better, yes. It'll be interesting to see as he's not actually written adult Bond before: was there an epilogue on the last one maybe?