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I'd like to read some more John Gardners; but not the two latest novels by Faukes and Deaver as I got the impression from fan reviews that they were a bit bland.
Were they to find a missing manuscript written by Ian Fleming, there would be a lot of critism as well. It is just the nature of the internet.
"Doctor No will see you now" "The Girl With The Golden Bouffant" ""Kiss the Girls And Make Them Spy"
and Agatha Christie's "The Listerdale Mystery" which has a character called...... "
Haven't read any of these. Who wrote the spoofs? Are they worth reading?
I have not read Pearsons autobiography (I only got a few chapters, but thought it was rubbish), Woods novelisations and Weinbergs Moneypenny-trilogy.
Am I missing something?
Fleming:
Casino Royale
Live and Let Die
Moonraker
Diamonds are Forever
From Russia with Love
Dr. No
Goldfinger
Thunderball (in progress)
Faulks:
Devil May Care
Deaver:
Carte Blanche
Higson:
Silverfin
Bloodfever
Short Stories read:
Fleming:
From a View to a Kill
Novels I own:
Fleming:
From Russia with Love
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Man with the Golden Gun
Deaver:
Carte Blanche
But have you read Rudyard Kipling's .007?
[aka 007] ;)
I loved all the Fleming novels. Colonel Sun was good, if not very exciting. I enjoyed most of the John Gardner novels, except for Brokenclaw, which was rubbish. Although you have to take with a pinch of salt the fact that the literary Bond was still in his peak in the 80s and 90s, most of the stories were pretty interesting, and for several years the annual Bond novel by Gardner was the only new Bond material available at all.
Bensons books were, on the whole, quite enjoyable, but it was very difficult not to picture Pierce Brosnan when I was reading them; the books seemed to be very much based on Bond's cinematic persona. Devil May Care was great, although it was obviously written with a hindsight that Fleming could not possibly have had. I bought all the Young Bond books simply because I wanted to read more Bond material; I can take them or leave them. I didn't bother with the Moneypenny books.
Possibly my all time favourite was Moonraker; it was different because it was set solely in England, and for a change Bond DIDN'T get the girl in the end....
Casino Royale
Live And Let Die
Moonraker
Diamonds Are Forever
From Russia With Love
Dr. No
Goldfinger
For Your Eyes Only
Thunderball
The Spy Who Loved Me
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
You Only Live Twice
The Man With The Golden Gun
Octopussy And The Living Daylights
Colonel Sun
Licence Renewed
For Special Services
Die Another Day – Raymond Benson
Devil May Care – Sebastian Faulks
Carte Blanche – Jeffery Deaver
Own these but haven't got them read yet
Icebreaker
Nobody Lives Forever
No Deals Mr. Bond
Christoper Wood to be exact. :D
My favorites were: Casino Royale, Moonraker, You Only Live Twice, and from the short stories, The Hildebrand Rarity, Quantum of Solace and The Property of a Lady.
The Spy Who Loved Me surprised me because it was far better than what I thought it was and what the critics said about it. It is undoubtedly unorthodox but very interesting.
I have no interest in reading continuation novels. My literary 007 ends with Fleming.
Casino Royale
Diamonds Are Forever
From Russia with Love
For Your Eyes Only
Thunderball
The Spy Who Loved Me
Octopussy and the Living Daylights
For Special Services
Icebreaker
Nobody Lives Forever
No Deals, Mr. Bond
Scorpius
Licence to Kill
Win Lose or Die
Death Is Forever
SeaFire
Doubleshot
SilverFin
Devil May Care
Carte Blanche
Dr. No (2005)
From Russia With Love (2005)
Licence Renewed (2006)
Icebreaker (2006)
Casino Royale (2006)
For Special Services (2007)
No Deals, Mr. Bond (2007)
Silverfin (2007)
Thunderball (2008)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (2008)
Colonel Sun (2008)
Licence To Kill (2008)
Live and Let Die (2009)
Blood Fever (2009)
The World Is Not Enough (2009)
The Spy Who Loved Me (2009)
James Bond and Moonraker (2009)
And since then I haven't read a single James Bond book. Maybe it's time to me to read the original versions. No more translations. I'm very much in need of improving my English ;)
FYI here's the list if you want to try and read them all
14 Fleming originals
1 Kingsley Amis (Robert Markham's Colonel Sun)
1 John Pearson ( The fictionalized Bond authorized bio)
7 screenplay novelizations ( Two by Chris Wood, TSWLM and MR; 2 by John Gardner, LTK and GE and three by Ray Benson, TND, TWINE and DAD)
14 Gardner original novels
6 Benson original novels
5 Charlie Higson Young Bond novels
3 Samantha Weinberg Moneypenny Diaries ( yes these are Bond novels as Bond figures in all of them)
1 Sebastein Faulks (Devil May Care)
1 Jeffrey Deaver ( Carte Blanche)
53 total plus short stories.
Looking forward to it having seen its held in high regard by many here.