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I think it's just us three currently.
It’s one of my favourites as well, and sits as my number one Bond novel (followed by FRWL, CR and OHMSS, with a real tender and soft spot for TMWTGG).
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That stated, would somebody please try to convince me that Moonraker the novel isn't one of Fleming's weaker offerings? I have a hard time with two aspects of this storyline: (1) The first third of the novel is....a very nice meal, followed by a card game. Not a punch is thrown, not a babe is bedded... yes, it introduces an interesting villain, but structurally, it just falls flat for me. And (2) why in the world does Bond go through most of a novel filled with Germans -- obviously ex-Nazis, less than a decade after these guys were actively trying to bomb London into rubble -- giving them all the benefit of several doubts, over and over again. C'mon, James, they're Nazis! Bad guys, case closed! But no, he keeps on trying to find reasons NOT to believe that they mean England harm. Again. It just doesn't work for me, and as compelling as much of this novel is, I just can't get behind it the way many of you can. What am I missing here?
Is that it?
Yes, but isn't tempting people to commit suicide still an awful, despicable crime? Small-scale perhaps in comparison to nuclear blackmail, but still profoundly evil. And the idea of creating an entire suicide garden, lovingly created with specially researched deadly plants, takes that evil to a twisted extreme.
First, it's called character development, as we haven't really seen Bond's personal life in Casino Royale and Live And Let Die. Second, Bond knows he's in with the bad guys, it's called building the suspense. I hope this helps you.
Oh. I've just always heard him referred to as Dr Death. My bad.
It did strike me as how close the Craig-era Bond is to this novel though. At the start he's not the super-human spy of the Moore era. He screwing up missions, lost his mojo. He's almost on the scrap heap.
Have you READ the book? Bond is continually IGNORING the fact that they're bad guys. He's inventing reasons to believe that they're NOT bad guys. That's my objection!