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I'm a bit in and so far I love it.
Yes my good sir. Read Fleming first though, it is recommended. CR is pure espionage brilliance, and one of the top espionage novels I've ever read. LALD, ahhh misogynistic and racist as hell, but I love MR so far, so there is far more good novels than bad seeds thus far.
Yes! I'm going on a fortnights holiday to the algarve in the summer so what better time than to kick back relaxing and immersing my self in sun and a few bond novels whilst I'm at it.
Decision made
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Are they hard to come by?
I'd recommend doing what i'm doing and starting them in the correct order though. Enjoy.
Yes, always go in order with novels.
Cheers for the advice fellas :) I can't wait to add to how I allready feel about bond I have an open mind for the novels ...... Although I wonder which if any of the bond actors I imagine when experiencing the books
MR is probably very easy to distance from Roger because I've heard its the polar opposite to the film!
I had read half way through Devil May Care but dropped it because it was just getting stupid when Bond had to smoke from some sort of pipe.
Other than Fleming, I have to say I enjoy Benson's way of writing a lot more... The background details don't seem to drag as long as compared to the last two books that I mentioned.
Another thing that I don't care for in Carte Blanche is the name of the agency Bond joins; it sounds too much like an enemy he would engage. Instead, I would have called the organization 'Zero Oversight', hence the OO origin, a '0' with an 'O'.
DN release in 1962 was a great year after our graduation; but then we continued to buy Fleming’s Bond novels-the last 5 of them, as we had each a few more pennies in our pockets as we started working in proper jobs.
Get into them ENRNST, you really are missing out on a whole new world of Bondian pleasure.
Best I would say to read them in chronological order, unlike the films, they do follow on from each other.
Having read them about 4 times each so far (once in Dutch, my native language, three times in English) I can only say... I will read them again. ;-)
Benny's suggestion is hereby seconded. If they're read in chronological order, the fullest experience is guaranteed!
I'm underway now into MR and absoluteley loving it. You make a good point about the deskwork and few jobs a year part. Fantastic examples of Fleming. I love the down-to-earth realness of this novel so far and even nice little touches like Bond going down to eat in the MI6 canteen.