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So when we find ourselves in the situation of continuation writers, the prerequisites are completely different. Here we want to come as close to the experience of reading the original author. Because whilst reading the author we form the 'film'as it were in our heads. If a contunuation writer then doesn't write in the same style, doesn't give the same qualities to the protagonists, we end up with not Bond but some other story. A sort of surrogate tea (or coffee, if that's your preferred choice). It can range from, let's say riesling instead of champagne, to bubbly lemonade.
For me, as an example how it might work well, is Eoin Colfer's 'ANd another thing...', the sixth installment of Dauglas Adam's 5-part trilogy. Here it may have been not the same champagne house, but it definately was champagne. The experience was very similar to Dauglas' writings.
For me the Bond continuation novels have never exceeded Riesling status (Cl. Sun), and too often ended up beeing lemonade, not even with bubbles (looking specifically at you 'Devil May Care').
So when you learn the product at least has a few of the grapes of the right estate in it, it's worth a try. That and it's a way to get some more Original Fleming material into the collection which you wouldn't be able to obtain in any other way.
Great points from The Commander albeit PussyNoMore does think that both Amis and Horowitz captured the zeitgeist and are worth way more than a Riesling rating (although there are great Rieslings out there).
With regard to the 'original Fleming material', The Pussy thinks that what has been released to date has limited literary merit and the problem can be that it puts yet another constraint on the author to shoehorn them in.
The 'Murder On Wheels' episode in TM, although exciting enough, came across as out of context with the rest of the plot and the casino episode in FAAD was not remotely the highlight of the book and came across as forced.
With all the constituents to please; IFP, the publisher, the movie buff, the literary aficionado and the new reader. The continuation game is truly a poisoned chalice !
At the moment i would say this is my favorite continuation novel, and i am not saying that lightly.
I was a bit surprised, that it was much shorter than Trigger Mortis.
I liked it, but there should be more chapters with the villan. It's definitely better than the weakest Fleming Novels (like DAF) but I prefer Trigger Mortis.
Anyway, I would definitely read a third bond novel of Anthony Horowitz.
I would read a third novel by Anthony Horowitz as well. I would like to see him challenge himself and set in the modern day. It would be a real treat and interesting challenge for both sides to see if he could handle Bond in the modern day. There’s no limit of ideas Horowitz can work from, he’s a smart writer.
Do yours have this odd smudging effect where the pages corner on the bottom
If not, crap. It must've gotten wet or something.
I think this might be a sign he's coming back for a third go. Look at the little details.
Maybe he shouldn't be searching at all.
Thank you.
It´s frustrating that such a hope for literary Bond has be such a political whore.
I wouldn't necessarily be offended by 'girl'; it depends on the circumstances and who's saying it. But it can be demeaning, and I think he's right to avoid it (though not necessarily to have a big media splurge about it).
The best way I've seen of explaining the problem: if the novel The Girl on the Train had been called The Boy on the Train, you'd think "well, where are his parents, poor little lad?"
+1
What's more interesting is the possibility that he may be coming back. I for one hope so!
Ah, that's why I was confused - I thought the issue was already settled!
I'd love him to get a third crack at it. Fingers crossed.
Either that or: 'the little scoundres is skipping school again!'
Either way though, as youth is supposed to be a quality in women and a vice in men (or at least used to be) the age range to which women and men are considered boys and girls differ greatly.
So far the post Benson novels have been ranked like this for me
Carte Blanche (which I still have serious issues with but it’s the best of a bad bunch)
Trigger Mortis (the pussy galore stuff felt like teen mom or some claptrap chick flick affair after a while)
Devil May Care (Bond does opiod the villains plot was weak and the twin thing was annoying)
Solo (oh dear god I though Goldfinger was a painful book this one... wow just how IFP let this one out I will never know)
I still for the life of me don’t get why IFP can’t have their cake and eat it too with either two authors or Horowitz pulling double duty and having Bond novels set both in the past and in the present. I may be way off base but if Ian Fleming could see our world he would not be writing Bond in the 50’s but in today’s environment.
Shrugs I will let everyone know how I feel post Forever and a day
I do enjoy the Bond comics though
Quite. For a while now I've said that I think Horowitz should have been given a trilogy right from the off. (Or at least once the first proved to be good.) I think a problem with the 'author of the month' approach that the estate has been taking for the past many years is that no author really gets the chance to settle into the role.
Give Horowitz the mandate and a long leash to write a series of 3 cracking books and I'm quite confident he wouldn't disappoint.