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Yes, that tag line on the front cover immediately opened Sebastian Faulks up to criticism from page one of Devil May Care. It was a terrible marketing decision to append that to any author's name. No one can now channel the spirit or dead hand of the late great Ian Fleming and they should never claim to be doing so either in my opinion.
Having the main villian (but not really) be an "ice cream baron" was about the least sexy thing I can think of. Somehow it's worse than Dr No being a guano baron.
Agreed that was really dumb.
As soon as the character made her entrance I said "wtf" followed by "if Bond bangs her I'm throwing this book in the garbage".
I actually thought this was brilliant. I couldn't figure out how Bond was going to escape and this came as a surprise. I wouldn't be surprised if Bensen got it from a real escape story. I would have preferred Bond having a gadget, but it was definitely creative and seemed realistic ( it didn't have to be a real knife, just something sharp enough to kill the guard).
Your sad devotion to that ancient invention has not helped you avoid spoilers on other threads, or given you the clairvoyance to figure out that some threads don't need them.
I became a Bond fan recently, and I haven't read all continuation novels yet.
He calls people "luv" quite a lot in the post-Fleming comics, a word Fleming wouldn't have been caught dead using. But to be fair, that's the only howler I remember from the admittedly few post-Fleming strips I've read.
Yes, that was the sort of thing I was thinking of - it mentions it in The Bond Files by Andy Lane and Paul Simpson.
I have been since decades and I haven't read any of the continuation novels. I will read Carte Blanche out of curiosity. One day. Maybe.
You're missing out. You need to at least read Kingsley Amis' Colonel Sun and the Christopher Wood novelisations. I think that you would enjoy them.
Maybe, but I am a purist. I don't like continuators in general, whether it is of Fleming, Chandler, Stoker, what have you.
I understand - many people doubtless feel exactly the same. Each to their own and all that jazz. :)