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Perdogg wrote: Bentley wrote: Villiers53 wrote: There is an interesting little piece on William Boyd's own website were he gives slightly more insight into SOLO. Specifically he says; "In SOLO Boyd returns to the classic, literary Bond: J…
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Villiers53 wrote: There is an interesting little piece on William Boyd's own website were he gives slightly more insight into SOLO. Specifically he says; "In SOLO Boyd returns to the classic, literary Bond: James Bond the human being, not James B…
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Heavens above, I'm even starting to like the cover. Very Hawkeyesque. Shame the designer didn't give him a mention but it was such a dire interview.
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[/quote] @saintmark the objective of this thread was to challenge the complete lack of marketing for the SOLO launch. Happily it has solicited a multiplicity of creative contributions and some thoroughly justified and well thought through critici…
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Villiers53 wrote: JamesPage wrote: Bentley wrote: The Mi6 interview with Suzanne Dean posted in this hallowed cyber hall is so lacklustre it beggars belief ..... No question of note about anything really! Get and interview with …
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Villiers53 wrote: 007InVT wrote: Here it is: http://www.thejamesbonddossier.com/news/solo-cover-revealed.htm I quite like the red cover, but I'm not blown away. My take — it's mediocre. Technically it has all the correct pro…
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Villiers53 wrote: SaintMark wrote: I just want the book to be a great read and if that is so and he happens to have left out some stuff I am fine with it. As Mr. Mcdonald said in an interview in 2002, “I’ve told my family and so forth t…
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Dear Coggins, Delighted that you are enjoying it. Its a truly amazing book - unfortunately it was released a bit late for this years 'Ian Fleming' Silver Dagger Award'. Shame because it would have been a most worthy winner. The old boy himself (F…
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Villiers53 wrote: Perdogg wrote: The US edition, according to Amazon are going to have Deckle Edge paper. Normally, as a hopeless completist, I would buy both the UK & US hard cover first editions but not this time. I'm going to giv…
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Villiers53 wrote: Perilagu_Khan wrote: Ah, how great it must have been to soak up both literary and cinematic Bond at the height of Bondmania. It was unbelievable! The cultural impact of Bond can't be over estimated. It literally chang…
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Is it surprising that the very best of Fleming's novels (FRWL,OHMSS,CR & Dr.No) made the best films? Many others failed to achieve greatness because they deviated way too fare. Now that eon are creating their own, strongly Flemingesque, plots …
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The involvement of space per se doesn't alarm me. Particularly if it is built around historic events. There is zero danger of Boyd going into pastiche. Having read some of his other works notably 'Ordinary Thunderstorms' and 'Waiting For Sunrise' I…
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Kronsteen wrote: Villiers53 wrote: He's not wrong. If this was a cover for one of Ian Banks' sic-fi epics it would be quite at home. The more I look at it, I just don't know how Suzanne Dean thinks it appropriate for a novel set in 1969. IFP …
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Interesting reaction from my son (he works in film production) - he said; 'looks like a sci-fi cover. Star Trek or something'. I wonder what Boyd thinks? The cover art for his previous novels has been quite good. 'Waiting For Sunrise' was particul…
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Apologies everybody - I've told my son to write under his own name albeit this is about all we agree on regarding Bond!
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Bentley wrote: All remaining copies of 'Double Shot' should be incinerated out of respect for Fleming and the ashes forwarded to IFP to remind them of their absolute stupidity on foisting this stuff on unsuspecting, discerning Bond aficionados! …
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All remaining copies of 'Double Shot' should be incinerated out of respect for Fleming and the ashes forwarded to IFP to remind them of their absolute stupidity on foisting this stuff on unsuspecting, discerning Bond aficionados!
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Flemingistas can I remind you that this is the literary category and that Benson shouldn't be discussed here. His MI6 section is unique to his work and is titled 'crap'!
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Fellow Agents, If you haven't read 'I AM PILGRIM' by Terry Hayes, you are in for a real treat. It is possibly the best book since 'The Day Of The Jackal' — it's that good. Bond fans will adore it. I was attracted by the cover but read the 'Amaz…
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Bounine wrote: Yeah, great cover designs! Keep them coming! If the SOLO cover art turns out to be rubbish, I'll print one of these fan made designs off, if it's possible, and use it for my SOLO book jacket...if no one minds of course. How…
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DB5 wrote: Villiers53- Some of your questions regarding "SOLO" were addressed in this thread: http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/5018/should-boyd-novel-reference-colonel-sun-or-devil-may-care With regard to your specific quest…
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Fellow Agents, I think Villiers53 has more or less nailed it. CHARACTERS 1) 'M' has to be featured the key question is will his kidnapping by CS be referenced? 2) 'Moneypenny' - no Bond novel would be credible without her. 3)'May' - If the nove…
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Fellow Agents, I think Villiers53 has more or less nailed it. CHARACTERS 1) 'M' has to be featured the key question is will his kidnapping by CS be referenced? 2) 'Moneypenny' - no Bond novel would be credible without her. 3)'May' - If the nove…
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Fellow Agents, With the unprecedented success of Mendes' fabulous "Skyfall" clear for all to see and the espionage/thriller category revived under Hollywood's nose, it will be interesting to see if Tarantino or somebody else gets behind the "Blaise…
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saunders wrote: I have always held the opinion that the quality of John Gardner's Bond novels started fairly well but about half way through his tenure they began to decline rapidly. Putting them in a ranking order has more or less confirmed my su…
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Fellow Agents, Fresh from my viewing of the fabulous "Skyfall" I can't help but reflect on the importance of a good story. No doubt, Sam Mendes is an amazing director that understands completely the formula for a 007 cocktail and he had a good sto…
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Bentley wrote: Fellow Agents, I'm a huge DC fan and CR is my second favourite Bond movie behind FRWL and after a disappointing QS, I'm extremely optimistic that "Skyfall" will top them all. I have complete faith in Sam Mendes. That said, I'm bec…
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Fellow Agents, I'm back from my "Skyfall" viewing (fabulous film) and have to report that the CHAVS infiltrated the cinema and advertised their P&G poison in advance of the screening. That said, I'm pleased to say they failed to impress. DC wa…
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Fellow Agents, At last we've got the Bond movie we deserve. As a Fleming aficionado, I've always preferred the novels and the only four movies that I have had any affection for are Dr.No, FRWL,OHMSS & CR and in truth, I'd pretty much given up …
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Ytterbium wrote: I hope this discussion does not exists already. So what is your favourite Book about the James Bond phenomenon ? For me, "Licence to thrill" by James Chapman has been my favourite for years. But I'm currently discovering "Th…
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