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Advice on how to read a Fleming novel

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  • nick_007nick_007 Ville Marie
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    My favourite thing to do is read the novels while travelling.
    Airports, train stations, the metro are all places I love to read Fleming.
    Furthermore, reading a bond book while on holiday is just fantastic.

    One of the great strength in Fleming is the feel of every location Bond visits while in the novels. Reading that while on the move, for me, brings out the excitement even more.
  • Villiers53Villiers53
    Posts: 802
    @nick_007 you are so right.
    Every time I go to Jamaica I finish up reading Dr.No and if I can ever persuade my wife to go on 'The Orient Express' be in no doubt I will be brandishing my leather bound copy of FRWL on the platform!
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    Yes, my Fleming read bucket list would be:

    FRWL on The Orient Express
    FYEO in Vermont (done that!)
    DAF in Saratoga Springs (doing that soon!)
    Goldfinger in Miami
    OHMSS in Switzerland
    CR in Montenegro or France
    YOLT in Japan
    LALD in NYC or New Orleans
    Moonraker in London
    DN in Jamaica
    TB in Nassau or Sussex (Sussex most likely)
    TSWLM in the Adirondacks (very possible)
    TMWTGG in Jamaica
    TLD in Berlin
    QOS in Nassau
    Risico in Rome
    AVTAK in Paris
  • timmertimmer
    Posts: 4,622
    Villiers53 wrote:
    @nick_007 you are so right.
    Every time I go to Jamaica I finish up reading Dr.No and if I can ever persuade my wife to go on 'The Orient Express' be in no doubt I will be brandishing my leather bound copy of FRWL on the platform!

    This is awesome. If I ever go to Jamaica I am bringing LALD, DN and Golden Gun.
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    Right @timmer!

    I'm booking a flight to Nassau with those 3 in tow.
  • PerdoggPerdogg
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    timmer wrote:
    Villiers53 wrote:
    @nick_007 you are so right.
    Every time I go to Jamaica I finish up reading Dr.No and if I can ever persuade my wife to go on 'The Orient Express' be in no doubt I will be brandishing my leather bound copy of FRWL on the platform!

    This is awesome. If I ever go to Jamaica I am bringing LALD, DN and Golden Gun.

    From what I understand, eastern Jamaica is not safe.
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    What part of Jamaica is Fleming's Goldeneye bungalow?
  • PerdoggPerdogg
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    Northern Jamaica, Oracabessa Bay
  • Villiers53Villiers53
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    Perdogg wrote:
    Northern Jamaica, Oracabessa Bay

    Correct it's just outside of Ochos Rios.
    Today it's a luxury boutique hotel owned by Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, location scout for Dr.No and son of Fleming's mistress, Blanche Blackwell.
    You can stay in Fleming's original bungalow. It's a great location albeit I've never stayed there because I prefer Roundhills up the road at Montego Bay.
    If you visit Goldeneye, make sure you go to Noel Coward's house in the hills behind. It is open to the public and Connery, Coward, Fleming and Princess Margeret all partied there. It was also a lookout point for Captain Morgan, the pirate, and has fabulous views of the bay.
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
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    007InVT wrote:
    FYEO in Vermont (done that!)
    DAF in Saratoga Springs (doing that soon!)
    Please share these experiences. Don't be shy now. Also, I hope that you did more than just read a book when you were there!
  • hullcityfanhullcityfan Banned
    Posts: 496
    007InVT wrote:
    Yes, my Fleming read bucket list would be:

    FRWL on The Orient Express
    FYEO in Vermont (done that!)
    DAF in Saratoga Springs (doing that soon!)
    Goldfinger in Miami
    OHMSS in Switzerland
    CR in Montenegro or France
    YOLT in Japan
    LALD in NYC or New Orleans
    Moonraker in London
    DN in Jamaica
    TB in Nassau or Sussex (Sussex most likely)
    TSWLM in the Adirondacks (very possible)
    TMWTGG in Jamaica
    TLD in Berlin
    QOS in Nassau
    Risico in Rome
    AVTAK in Paris

    Never actually read any of the Fleming books but I hear about some of the locations but why TB in Sussex is it because of the start of the book and why MR in London?
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
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    hullcityfan wrote:
    Never actually read any of the Fleming books

    Could you do us a favor then and restrain yourself from commenting until you have read them? Just a thought.
  • 00Hero00Hero Banned
    edited July 2013 Posts: 121
    This is just my opinion @Pachazo but I think this thread is more for new comers to the books then to congratulate others who read them already. Just a thought mate.
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
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    00Hero wrote:
    This is just my opinion @Pachazo but I think this thread is more for new comers to the books then to congratulate others who read them already. Just a thought mate.
    Normally I would agree but he's notorious for spewing nonsense all over the place. Which is something that you seem to be developing a talent for as well.
  • 00Hero00Hero Banned
    edited July 2013 Posts: 121
    Your develeping a talent too but I wont say what. Lets let it go.
  • RecipeRecipe Banned
    Posts: 56
    Ummmm....friends?

    Lets keep the personal attacks to a min. Pachazo I'm looking at you too.
  • PerdoggPerdogg
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    007InVT wrote:
    Yes, my Fleming read bucket list would be:

    DAF in Saratoga Springs (doing that soon!)

    Why not read DAF in C-C-C-C-Cario ;)
  • Villiers53Villiers53
    Posts: 802
    007InVT wrote:
    Right @timmer!

    I'm booking a flight to Nassau with those 3 in tow.
    @007InVT, if you are going to Nassau, you must take 'Thunderball' and make sure you visit 'The One And Only Oceon Club' on Paradise Island. It was the hotel used at the beginning of 'Casino Royale' (the DC movie not the book) and its a great spot. I've stayed there a couple of times and I loved it. There is also a tour of the 'Thunderball' location spots.

  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
    Posts: 893
    Perdogg wrote:
    Northern Jamaica, Oracabessa Bay

    Here it is!

    http://www.greatsmallhotels.com/ocho-rios-boutique-hotels/goldeneye#description
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
    Posts: 893
    hullcityfan wrote:
    007InVT wrote:
    Yes, my Fleming read bucket list would be:

    FRWL on The Orient Express
    FYEO in Vermont (done that!)
    DAF in Saratoga Springs (doing that soon!)
    Goldfinger in Miami
    OHMSS in Switzerland
    CR in Montenegro or France
    YOLT in Japan
    LALD in NYC or New Orleans
    Moonraker in London
    DN in Jamaica
    TB in Nassau or Sussex (Sussex most likely)
    TSWLM in the Adirondacks (very possible)
    TMWTGG in Jamaica
    TLD in Berlin
    QOS in Nassau
    Risico in Rome
    AVTAK in Paris

    Never actually read any of the Fleming books but I hear about some of the locations but why TB in Sussex is it because of the start of the book and why MR in London?

    Shrublands (from Thunderball) was based on a spa in a small town of Washington in West Sussex, England. Not far from where my mother lives.

  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    pachazo wrote:
    007InVT wrote:
    FYEO in Vermont (done that!)
    DAF in Saratoga Springs (doing that soon!)
    Please share these experiences. Don't be shy now. Also, I hope that you did more than just read a book when you were there!

    I've stayed at the Gideon Putnam hotel in Saratoga Springs, but have not done the spa baths. It's a great racing town and only a few hours from where I live in Vermont.

    Of course, FYEO was set in Northern Vermont. Enosburg Falls appears in it.
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    Villiers53 wrote:
    007InVT wrote:
    Right @timmer!

    I'm booking a flight to Nassau with those 3 in tow.
    @007InVT, if you are going to Nassau, you must take 'Thunderball' and make sure you visit 'The One And Only Oceon Club' on Paradise Island. It was the hotel used at the beginning of 'Casino Royale' (the DC movie not the book) and its a great spot. I've stayed there a couple of times and I loved it. There is also a tour of the 'Thunderball' location spots.

    Oh, I'd love to. How much is it to stay per night?

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  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    @hullcityfan - Homework for you old chap is to start reading Fleming beginning with Casino Royale!
  • RecipeRecipe Banned
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    I tried to read a Fleming novel once - i think it was 007 in new yorrk???? anyway, it was sooooo boring i just had to put it down. i'll stick to the films thanks starting with skyfall the best yet.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @Recipe, then why do you post here if you have nothing to contribute? This thread isn't open for comments like these.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    Just a heads up to @007InVT, please don't multi post.
    You've posted five comments consecutively over the course of six minutes above. We have an edit button for a reason.
    Thanks.
  • RecipeRecipe Banned
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    Sorry Dimi
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
    Posts: 893
    Benny wrote:
    Just a heads up to @007InVT, please don't multi post.
    You've posted five comments consecutively over the course of six minutes above. We have an edit button for a reason.
    Thanks.

    Wilco.

  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
    Posts: 893
    Perdogg wrote:
    007InVT wrote:
    Yes, my Fleming read bucket list would be:

    DAF in Saratoga Springs (doing that soon!)

    Why not read DAF in C-C-C-C-Cario ;)

    I'm headed to the Saratoga Springs racetrack end of July. I'll keep my copy of DAF handy for the overnight.

  • hullcityfanhullcityfan Banned
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    007InVT wrote:
    @hullcityfan - Homework for you old chap is to start reading Fleming beginning with Casino Royale!

    I am reading Casino Royale not read it in ages up to the bit just after he won the money I keep seeing it and feeling guilty I'll read it later when watching the film.
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