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"Solo", without Han or Napoleon in front of it, makes me think of a solitary flight, and really nothing else. In the same way that "Man" would not make me think of Spider-man or Batman. ;)
Continuity means little when you're talking about Bond.
Ian Fleming's James Bond was born in 1925.
That would mean he's 44, not 45.
Anything you can share?
Thanks for this news though. It should lay to rest the idea of Boyd coming back. A long wait it is then. Who will the baton be passed to next?...
According to the "obituary" that M wrote in YOLT Bond was born in 1924, so yes, he would be 45 in 1969.
That cover for Solo is rubbish. They seem to put in so little effort these days. Still, it's the story that counts.
We need a new adult Bond book atleast every 2 years. no less. By the same author would be wonderful too presuming they can write Bond ofcourse, I remember the good old days when we used to get one every year. The Benson books on the whole were disappointing though. They read like fan fiction. Still, atleast he understood the character. I don't care if it's set in the 60's or in modern day but we need an author who understands Bond and takes him seriously. Deaver clearly doesn't understand Bond (Bond wasn't even recognisable in Carte Blanche) and Faulks didn't take the project seriously. Or atleast that's how his book read. .
Very interesting read! Thanks @doubleonothing
Thanks @Matt. More to come on that interview, too. Stay tuned.
So true how the books are just so superior to the movies in this sense obviously.
He seems to know his stuff Boyd. I have my hopes up. A gritty, realistic, character driven spy novel that is very much rooted in the period in which it is set sounds splendid. I wonder if Boyd will venture into the xenophobic, chauvinistic territory seeing this is a period piece (something I applaud) or if he'll stay away as he's not going back in time and writing the book for a 60's audience. I don't care if these two facets of Bond's character aren' t in there and I'm not X. or C. myself but it would still amuse me if they were present. :)
I hope Boyd doesn't kill Bond off. Punters were making bets on this. Long live the literary Bond! IFP wouldn't do that (I hope) but some suggested he could be killed off for a particular period, in this case the original Fleming timeline and resurrected for other decades but I don't like this. Don't want Bond to die during Fleming's timeline or in any other period.
"...and I think that one of the things that Fleming did with Bond was that he lifted the lid on this world where people gambled for huge sums of money, you could order an iced carafe of vodka with your caviar. You were particular about the clothes you wore, what you had for breakfast, you had your own cigarettes made, and you could tell different types of coffee bean.
Suddenly, this kind of detail, which we take for granted today, was being revealed to readers in the fifties and early sixties, and I think that must have been a revelation."
Interesting. I had never thought nor knew about this. I knew that reading about all these exotic locations was even more fascinating back then as travel was limited but never thought about the fact that the masses were somewhat ignorant on the goings on in high society. If indeed this was actually the case.
After the last two dabacles, I really hope Boyd gets this right. It would be great to have a Bond book that you actually want to go back and re-read like the Fleming books and some of Gardner's.
I don't think that is the cover at the top of the thread? Surely just a PR announcement poster thingy. Unless, the real cover is already out and I've missed it (doubt it; bit early)
Or - going off on one a bit - you could have an in-canon Fleming continuation, a modern Deaver like-series and so on.
Unless, it's budget? Or, they make more from a big one-off release at a time?
September 26th.
I'm not sure if I can stretch my Bondathon that far, and i'd hate to have to start another series, only to put that on hold for Solo. :-?
\m/
I thought this oriiginally too but then people kept going on about the cover so I presumed that this must be the actual one.
"Boyd really gives the impression that he knows what he's talking about and I can confidently say, I have nothing to fear. I just hope my faith isn't misplaced and don't end up burning my fingers like I did with Faulks and Deaver."
"Mmm, I hope it aint just all talk but if it is he's gone to a great effort." :)