Never Send Flowers Again
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Posted 27 April 2001 - 10:05 AM
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Posted 03 August 2001 - 03:31 AM
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Posted 05 June 2001 - 06:38 PM
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Posted 23 June 2001 - 03:47 AM
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Posted 02 August 2001 - 07:51 PM
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Posted 27 April 2001 - 10:53 AM
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Posted 28 April 2001 - 09:09 AM
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Posted 11 June 2001 - 12:23 PM
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Posted 11 June 2001 - 01:47 PM
But now, with the 007 renaissance in full swing, I can re-read the Gardner books and accept them for what they are. Weak Bond...but still Bond.
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Posted 01 May 2001 - 11:41 AM
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Posted 08 August 2001 - 09:46 AM
Jim (02 Aug, 2001 08:51 p.m.):
The novel plumbs a pre-Benson depth with the comment about Bond's admiration for the Disney corporation, which is one of the oddest things I've read in any of the books and doesn't seem to fit in with the 007 of (say) Diamonds are Forever and his views on American culture
I guess having secured Disney's assistance in the research phase, Gardner felt obliged to give Disney an endorsement, no matter how out of character the sentiment is.
But Gardner's Bond is mostly out of character anyway.
Whatever Benson's literary limitations compared to Fleming, at least he makes a genuine effort to keep "his" Bond consistent with Flemings.