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It was the ending to the third novel, Double or Die. That was set in 1945 though so Bond was technically an adult but it still wasn't in the Fleming timeline.
Thankyou for posting this link. The Goldsboro books are well worth collecting.
I can respect your opinions on CB. I’m biased as CB was my first time reading Bond, and Jeffery Deaver has liked my Tweets related to Bond and his personal book. At least he looks at his Bond time fondly. Or appreciates his fans. I get where people are not fond of his characteristics of Bond but that I understand. At least he also brought it into modern day. The same as above can be applied to a number of modern Bond authors. They have responded to my Tweets. Sebastian Faulks hasn’t responded to my Tweets or talked about his Bond book and that says something. Be thankful for what we got. Being a Bond author is really a thankless job. A lot of fandoms aren’t as lucky as us Bond fans.
As for Charlie Higson, I trust him to deliver. I think we’ll hear something about him coming back for a second adult Bond novel, or another author by the end of the summer. Kim Sherwood will the official Bond spinoff author for the time being. I still would like some of the characters to get a modern day spinoff novel though.
I haven't read 'Double Or Nothing' but the reviews said that Moneypenny was head of the double O section. Don't like this.
Blofeld is behind it all. Probably not. I do find it odd that we never got much social media from Charlie Higson about it.Anthony Horowitz and Kim Sherwood often Tweeted their progress. Kim even highlighted her characters!
As for bringing characters back, I think we fans are too hard on continuation authors for it. If you have great characters why waste them? Why praise Guy Hamilton and Tom Mackiewicz for thinking bringing back Sheriff JW Pepper was a good idea? Then we can spare the authors for bringing back other characters in different ways!
Goldsboro status is currently out of stock. Orders will ship after the 4 May publication date.
Still not represented on Amazon for the US.
Which seems surprising, given how close we are to publication day and that there's supposed to be an eBook and audiobook release coming in the short term. They're leaving it close to time, to say the least. To the point I wouldn't be surprised if both became available on the day!
If we go by Fleming's timeline, Bond would have been 20 or 21, then. In terms of Pearson's, he would have been 24 or 25.
In the Young Bond continuity Bond's birth year is set at 1920 so he'd be 24/25 in that flashforward. Point is Higson hasn't written for 007 until now which is exciting.
Less than a week to go now. I'm getting hyped but also trying to temper my expectations.
Yeah, same.
It's interesting that Higson used the same birth date that Pearson did in his Bond biography. This is better than 1924. It would make Bond around the age of 32 in Casino Royale instead of 28 which I find to be a bit on the young side.
I've got a 100-page novella which has got a nice dust jacket. I guess it's just a factor of time and cost but that's still not gonna stop me from complaining that the cover is very uninspiring.
Yes, that's it. I know a lot of people don't like dust jackets as they slip around when you're reading the book. I like them on older books though as the cover art is often beautiful. Today dust jacket covers are often much more generic so they're not so essential any more.
Fair enough, could have had one I guess. The gloss finish on the blue maybe looks a little cheap, but never mind.
With no Amazon US presence I'm thinking it may be a limited printing and release. Or else delayed months for the US as with the Sherwood book.
Still my "early release" shipped the 26th will surely arrive after 2nd and even 4th May. I'll be out of town until the 10th so won't be receiving it before then likely.
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Correction or at least addition:
Amazon UK ships to the US.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Majestys-Secret-Service-James-Bond/dp/1915797071
Me too. I never buy Bond books now unless they have good covers. I can’t remember when the last good cover was. Amazon.uk never has kindle Bond for whatever reason…well, at least the new ones.
If Amazon.com don’t get the book for a few months I won’t be reading it for a good while. Disappointing. Hmmm, actually, I’ll buy it in the book store in my home country when I go back in June if it’s still not available on Kindle at this time.
Thanks for the Amazon link i preordered it and cant wait i will be very happy with owning it now to finish Win Lose Or Die before i start this book
This should light the fire under me to get it done
Win, Lose or Die is a good Gardner novel. I was flicking through it again a while ago and the quality of the writing really stood out. It kind of predicted the Islamic terrorism we've seen in the West over the last 25 years or so, albeit the villain's motives were cynically financial rather than ideological.
I know i picked it on your recommendation i have been going through Gardner rather haphazardly again if i had to pick my favorite author it would be Benson (dont shoot me fleming purists I realize he is more important but Benson grabs me faster)
But Gardner sometimes i love him (death is forever and Seafire) and other times well (licence renewed and Icebreaker both were just ok for me)
I will say even Gardner i am not a huge fan i prefer to the slew of authors we got since 2008 with the exception of Deaver
For me ranking the authors currently
Benson
Fleming
Gardner
Deaver
Horowitz
Faulks
Boyd (i couldnt stand solo)
Over all i am hoping the hype is real and Higson’s modern bond thriller sits between benson and fleming ( but who knows maybe Higson will be my favorite)