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Well I'm nearing the end of Fleming's list of books but at least the quality hasn't dropped. Thunderball is by Ian Fleming based on a screenplay by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham and Ian Fleming. Its a good book but some of the characters are a little bland. The plot is great and the return of Leiter in a big role is greatly appreciated.
1. From Russia With love
2. Moonraker
3. Dr. No
4. Casino Royale
----5. Thunderball
6. Solo
7. Carte Blanche
8. SilverFin
9. Goldfinger
10. Quantum of Solace
11. Live and Let Die
12. Blood Fever
13. Risico
14. From A View To A Kill
15. The Man With The Red Tattoo
16. For Your Eyes Only
17. Never Dream of Dying
18. The Hildebrand Rarity
19. High Time To Kill
20. Diamonds Are Forever
21. The Facts of Death
22. DoubleShot
23. Per Fine Ounce (Extract)
24. Devil May Care
The End of "THUNDERBALL"
Weston McKay Will Return In:
Icebreaker by John Gardner
I've posed the question before if it is time to remake a couple of the films. No surprise at the overwhelming negative response. I am one of the original Bond fans, but it still wrankles when I think of the missed opportunities in terms of filming sequence and story.
Now that the series has been rebooted, no one really knows if the past is prologue.
We now have an entirely new generation of viewers who haven't even seen some of the early Bond films. TB and NSNA are the same film with the same actor, and they both work for me (except the crap music in NSNA.) I don't even pretend to rationalize that or any kind of chronology in the Bond films.
As far as I am concerned, several of the original Fleming novels have yet to be filmed.
It's high time they were.
CR and LALD seem to be of a higher standard than the previous books I've read (DR, GF, TB and YOLT) though I will revisit these as I work my way through all the novels!
Now onto Diamonds are Forever!
It is very apparent that his books were heavily influenced by the films (multiple girls, one of which dies, megamaniacal villain, big shoot out in the end)... b-(
That's why I can't get into the Gardner books - trying to please both camps and failing!
Re-reading Thunderball and enjoying it much more than before. A funny parallel with disappearance of the Malaysian flight and the Vindicator ;)
And I did find the opening of this book easily the best part it is later the book continues to find his way down the sh*tter. imho of course.