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[zencat]

Higson reveals details of his Young James Bond #1.

Main page story here ==> Pussy Galore...make way for "Wilder Lawless"

[Qwerty]

Fantastic catch.

She sounds somewhat interesting. However this friend of Bond's has to go. Whoever he may be. (Felix Leiter? ) Bond is the centerpiece for the love interest's attention.

Nice to see at least some of the customary sensuality and violence looking to be included. You gotta have it.

[Johnboy007]

I suppose them wrestling is the only way to have some sort of a sexual encounter. "He knows he likes it, but doesn't know why". HAHAHAHAHA.

He's thirteen, if he's a straight male, shouldn't he be taking interest in things like that already???

[deth]

uhhhh....... I think he know why........ unless well....... I don't even want to think about the possibilities......

[Qwerty]

I suppose them wrestling is the only way to have some sort of a sexual encounter. "He knows he likes it, but doesn't know why". HAHAHAHAHA.

He's thirteen, if he's a straight male, shouldn't he be taking interest in things like that already???

Bond meets Wilder.

Bond battles nasty villain.

Bond encounters puberty.

[Righty007]

I was farther along with girls than Bond at thirteen. Thats hard to believe.

Wilder Lawless? Sounds like a cowboy.

[Athena007]

You're so right Righty... Wilder Lawless does sound like it came out of the Old West.

[Qwerty]

Why did they have to be that cheeky about it?!? Lawless?

[Athena007]

Bad writer?

[Righty007]

Wilder Lawless sounds like my kind of girl. She is wilder than the others and law-less meaning laws don't apply to her. She is bad.

[Qwerty]

Bad writer?

I don't know, maybe. While Bond girl names can have that innuendo touch to them, this just sounds silly.

[[dark]]

He's now written the first (its title firmly under wraps) to be published by Puffin next March. In it, the 13-year-old Bond is at Eton in the 1930s, and is drawn into an adventure on a remote Scottish island. There's a villain, and a villain's henchman.

Sounds bad.

There's even a love interest. "She's called Wilder Lawless. But it's a fairly chaste relationship. She's older than him, and he's got an older friend who fancies her. There's a lot of confused pre-sexuality. She wrestles him to the ground and pins him down with her thighs, and he likes it but he doesn't know why ... "

Sounds good.

I'm still dead against the idea of a young Bond having adventures.

These books are only going to be able to go so-far in terms of violence and sex, and I'm worried that's going to be what bogs them down.

In any case, I'll probably end up buying them anyway.

I'm curious as to how long these things'll be. I don't expect them to be the epic length of the later Harry Potters, but I'm hoping for the standard 300-page affair.

[Willie Garvin]

Wilder Lawless.Hmm...Maybe the next of the adolescent Bond's femmes will be named Nashty Goyle.

Edited by Willie Garvin, 10 July 2004 - 02:16 AM.

[Tarl_Cabot]

groan.

[[dark]]

By the way, is it me, or is this Higson fellow the spitting image of Chandler from Friends?

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

Edited by [dark], 10 July 2004 - 12:33 PM.

[Tarl_Cabot]

Both should not write "Young James bond" novels.

[rafterman]

wow, all this just makes me so unexcited for this piece of crap....James Bond as young Indiana Jones....gee neat....and wow, chaste adventures....wow, when does Dumbledore show up.....I'm sorry, but this is just Harry Potter with the name of James Bond, he's away at some school in the UK, there's some villain and he's 13.....

[Bryce (003)]

Indeed Rafterman. This whole bit does seem to scream "Harry Potter". I'm not liking it.

BTW - the best female Bond girl name is still my own creation from years ago.

Lotta Goodstuff

Wilder Lawless Yeah, it does sound like something from a rejected "Wild Wild West" draft.

Nice to see you on the boards again Rafterman.

[marktmurphy]

I prefer 'Philomena Quick'. She likes to be called Philme for short.

Oh look; lots of people insulting Higson even though they know nothing about him or this book. Goodness- I've heard of judging a book by its cover, but even this is a bit too pre-emptive, no?

[zencat]

I actually sort of like the name Wilder Lawless.

Whataya wanna bet she's American?

[Loomis]

It's very encouraging that Higson has re-read all the Flemings.

[marktmurphy]

He'd be pretty dumb not to, though surely? I mean it's not exactly hard work and it would pay off quite well. It is pretty much expected to do so I would have thought.

[SPECTRE ASSASSIN]

Oh god, the book sounds bad already! Wilder Lawless? That's the worst name I've heard of. Higson, just make the the book simple, no girl, no villians! Make it more realistic, he didn't save the world at 13 you know.

[Loomis]

He'd be pretty dumb not to, though surely? I mean it's not exactly hard work and it would pay off quite well. It is pretty much expected to do so I would have thought.

Yeah? When your target readership is in the 9-12 range?

[Icephoenix]

It's very encouraging that Higson has re-read all the Flemings.

While wearing a blind-fold?

[Johnboy007]

Bond encounters puberty.

The most diabolical villian of all.

"My name is Bond *Bond's voice cracks*, James Bond."

[Qwerty]

Bond encounters puberty.

The most diabolical villian of all.

"My name is Bond *Bond's voice cracks*, James Bond."

Just sickening to think we'll be reading about that. Be even more off the wall if they made these future books into films.

[Harmsway]

If they haven't made the Amis/Gardner/Benson novels into films, they're probably not going to touch the YJB series. And if they ever do, I'm going to hate EON forever and ever.

[Qwerty]

If they haven't made the Amis/Gardner/Benson novels into films, they're probably not going to touch the YJB series. And if they ever do, I'm going to hate EON forever and ever.

I don't think it will come to that also. It's just kind of annoying to hear film rights mentioned with these stories, but not for the other novels Amis, Gardner, or Benson ones.

[DLibrasnow]

It all sounds very Enid Blyton-ish, especially her ISLAND OF ADVENTURE, VALLEY OF ADVENTURE series of books -- well of course Blyton was sans the sexual subtext, but I bet Higson is aiming for that feel - especially given the whole 1930s era stuff.