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Indeed, I'm ready to give myself a good pat on the back with the advent of this most glorious news for the literary James Bond and the Continuation. ;)
All kidding aside, there is real upside potential here.
Indeed - that's one tough nut to crack, plus thanks for liking my avatar @timmer!
Also it was reported that his Bond book would be set in the world of 1950s motor sport. Therefore it takes place in between the Fleming adventures and avoids the whole Bond getting old guff of Devil May Care and the last one.
Indeed, that sounds like very good news. Thanks for sharing, Nap! :)
Good that our man Horowitz agrees with the more discerning Bondologists who haunt this hallowed cyber hall.
I also think it makes great sense that his book is set in the '50s albeit I would have loved him to make it a prequel to Casino Royale. That IMNSHO (in my not so humble opinion) would have been perfect albeit I do find the idea of that era's motor sport incredibly glamorous.
I wonder if Andrew will signal which Fleming adventures his book is between?
Indeed it is encouraging that Horowitz dislikes DMC and CB. I wonder if he's read SOLO. There were some good bits in this book I felt but overall, obviously a pretty lacklustre story.
I like how it will supposedly be set between the Fleming stories. Time for a change from the usual pre and post Fleming adventures.
Mr Horowitz is tumbling down in my appreciation if he really said something negative about his fellow writers, a long time before we can judge his effort. I am just not a great fan of writer who feel that they need to put their colleagues down.
He didn't say anything remotely derogative about them as writers. He merely said that he disliked their Bond books.
How can this be wrong?
In this politically correct world are we not allowed to express our views on anything simply because we are in the same profession?
Personally I have nothing against Faulks, Deaver or Boyd.
From a literary perspective I appreciate most of Faulks and Boyd's work - Deaver is not at all to my taste. I've tried a couple of his books and I failed to enjoy them.
As Bond authors however, they all failed in a spectacular fashion. They all produced complete, unadulterated belly flops of the highest order!
Now I can't understand what is remotely wrong with saying this? Particularly when, like Horowitz, you are an acclaimed novelist in your own right and a Bond afficionado to boot!
What I can't stand is when people express a view about an author or a book when they clearly haven't read the work or works in question.
He might not like them which is his prerogative, but for somebody having the same gig I just find it less classy for him to dump on his direct colleagues before we have seen his product.
As @Villiers53 correctly stated that any quality of the past writing does not guarantee any good product in the future.
I agree that with 007 all three previous writers kinda missed the boat for me and Boyd and Deaver were self confessed Fleming-fans too, perhaps as a professional writer it is tough to write a good continuation novel with the whole IFP and family looking over their shoulders and their view of what would be good.
Given that the silence from IFP is deafening it could be that the partnership with Horowitz has either broken down or on hold.
For many of us, this would be very bad news - TM was absolutely the best since CS.
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As things stand PussyNoMore would recommend either Charles Cumming or Daniel Silva.
They both have the espionage chops for the job and the only caveat he would lay down is that they continue Horowitz's time line. We really need some continuity in our continuity.
IFP are utterly useless if they don't have the sense to renew Horowitz
I couldn't agree more but unfortunately they have form.
He would probably be better than Benson and the latter part of the Gardner catalogue.
On a constructive note, if they have failed to resign Horowitz or if the timing simply doesn't work for him, now could be the time to unleash the FYEO strategy and have four 'names' contribute novellas.
Maybe Alan Furst, Daniel Silva, Charles Cumming and Philip Kerr could be persuaded ?
Commercially I think it could be huge.
Is there some of holdup that Horowitz is causing. I though he was on board and wanted to do another book
If IFP has offered him another book and he's dithering, then I take back my snark.
They usually reveal the new adult Bond novel news in October so there's still time yet.
I don't know anything other than the fact that AH intimated at the launch that he would be open to offers but went on to say that he was busy and had multiple projects lined up. Fingers crossed because I'd much prefer continuity with the continuity rather than risk another misfire.
Quentin Tarantino: the one author that I would trust with a period piece Bond. Whether it would be set in Fleming's timeline or not, I would trust him to get the time period right.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge: A witty modern day Bond would for her. Apparently, some of NTTD's wittier scenes are unsurprisingly hers. A unique voice for literary Bond.
Stephen King: The least likely of choices, sure, but he could bring a horror theme that Bond can often lack.
Charles Soule: A good world building author. He would be good for a villain spinoff.
Claudia Gray: Another good world building author, could focus on partnerships throughout her stories.
Geoff Johns: He could build a shared universe in the Bond world. With some good origin stories throughout for everyone.
Christopher Nolan: If EON doesn't come to terms with him directing, IFP could let him write his own book. I would trust him with that.
Just some fun ideas for now.
Both are also a good ambassadors for IFP.
I second that.
Also I don't really know many thriller authors who I want to write a continuation novel. Mick Herron is fantastic but his books are very much the antithesis of Fleming. Similarly with Charlotte Philby if her work could be compared to any Fleming it would The Spy Who Loved Me and personally I'd love to see to that but I can't imagine anyone else does.
Daniel Cole's Ragdoll trilogy is sensational and bombastic in the way that continuation novels often are but I don't think he'd capture the nuances of Fleming. I really loved Gillian McAllister's 'How to Disappear', but whether she could or would want to write a spy thriller is another question.
Idk, Higson is a renaissance man but Sherwood was pretty much an unknown and knocked it out the park so whatever happens I trust IFP to make the right choice.