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I won't be surprised if his contract is for 3 books. I'd be interested in him setting Bond in the modern day. Perhaps to face Blofeld. He did sneak in Professor Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes: The House of Silk.
I did buy the book, but could not finish the book.
FAAD just got a nomination for best thriller. Evidence enough for Horowitz to come back for a third book? Or to have him adapt his book for a screenplay for the next Bond actor's first outing? Considering it's a origin story, this is where EON should go next.
Maybe... Better have him back to write it than P & W again.
Anthony Horowitz favorite Bond books. I'm surprised at the lack of OHMSS, any John Gardner or Raymond Benson.
Yes, I’ve found this, shall we say, interesting. A handful of members in the past have stated that the literary Bond should be put to bed permanently but are all for the cinematic Bond continuing despite some very lackluster entries, post Dalton era. Well, maybe they’re fans of all the Brosnan and Craig films. Some cinematic enthusiasts refuse to read anything that isn’t Fleming. If it ain’t Fleming it’s fan fiction...apparently. If this is the case then why not refuse to watch any Bond film not produced by Albert R. Broccolli?
I’m trying to decide whether I should finally start reading Forever and a Day or savour the excitement for a little longer and read another non Bond book. Trigger Morris was a great read and certainly Flemingsque to me and I’ve read all the Fleming books seven or eight times. I’ve just finished all the Young Bond books. Red Nemesis was a good read but not quite up there with Heads You Die in terms of Cole’s very solid entries in the world of Young Bond.
I’d recommend reading the young Bond books; great Flemingsque yarns. If you have trouble picturing a young boy experiencing all these adventures so close to each other then picture him as a chap in his late twenties, who is working with the service and is obviously still inexperienced. :)
I'm also a fan of the young bond books. But only the ones of Higson.
Some say that Horowitz doesn't have the writing quality as Fleming does. This may be. Nevertheless, I enjoyed Trigger Mortis much more than a lot Fleming's novels and FAAD was a good read, too. Not great, but nice to have it in the collection.
I can't imagine that the book works as a movie. For example the torture scenes are strong but wouldn't have the same evilness on film, because this kind of pain is easier to dedcribe in words...or the second torture scene would lead to a movie only for 16+. Scipio is a cool villain, but he wouldn't work in a movie...it would be too...much.
Too bad - imho it does not reflect the quality of the book but maybe an overall lesser interest in James Bond ... also due to the last film being not that well-received as Skyfall was? Dunno, really but maybe these things affect each other ...
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_romans_et_recueils_de_nouvelles_de_la_s%C3%A9rie_James_Bond
In terms of Horowitz not having the same writing skills as Fleming, I’m not sure. I don’t dispute what you’re saying as the only Horowitz book I’ve read is Trigger Mortis. All I’ll say is that Fleming today, unfortunately, couldn’t get away with the writing he did in the 50’s and 60’s. Nowadays, everything mainstream, has to be faster paced with less description and bigger words. :)
Out of curiosity, are there any non Fleming Bond novels that you don’t think read like fan fiction except for maybe Colonel Sun?
The continuation authors have to acknolwedge some things though like the literary Bond’s liking for Bentleys and bourbons...
Oh I didn't mean to imply that Colonel Sun is a fan fiction. By a long shot it's not. I just happen to find it overrated, placing it on the same level as Solo. The lesser is said about both Carte Blanche and Devil May Care, however, the better.
True, Trigger Mortis was definitely faster paced. Surprsingly, FAAD was more chatty and the action kicked in late.
I had the same problem. As I realized that no translation was announced after a few months, I decided to read it in english. It really seems that Trigger Mortis wasn't a success, at least no the german translation. The same happend with the Gardner translations...
I generally think emulating another writer is a bad Thing, unless the Emulator really does so already by nature. All other Writers should stick to their own language and make something out of it.