For those of you who have read Colonel Sun, can u tell me what u thought of it?
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Posted 05 March 2003 - 11:59 PM
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 12:07 AM
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 12:20 AM
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 01:22 AM
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 01:25 AM
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 02:21 AM
Originally posted by rafterman
It's a good book, but I think it does lack the Fleming sweep.
But certainly has it more than Gardner or Benson. Colonel Sun is a great read with well developed characters. Excellent. I highly recommend it and I wish that Kingsley Amis had written more than one Bond novel.
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 02:28 AM
Do you know why Kingsley Amis didn't write anymore Bond novels?Originally posted by Johnson Galore
But certainly has it more than Gardner or Benson. Colonel Sun is a great read with well developed characters. Excellent. I highly recommend it and I wish that Kingsley Amis had written more than one Bond novel.
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 09:23 AM
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 02:11 PM
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 09:48 PM
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 10:35 PM
Originally posted by Righty007
Does anyone know why Amis didn't write anymore Bond novels?
Well Fleming's widow apparently loathed the book. She even wrote a review of it for the 'Sunday Telegraph' that was so vitriolic the paper decide not to publish it in case Amis brought a legal action against them. Ann Fleming had never been keen on Bond and was even less enamoured by the more modern, brutal style of Colonel Sun. Her negative reaction to what she described as 'counterfeit Bond' may have been what put the final nail in the coffin for the Robert Markham continuation novels.
Shame. Wonder what the sequel would have been?
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 10:59 PM
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 11:03 PM
I may be wrong on this.
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 11:35 PM
Originally posted by Truman-Lodge
Wasn't Fleming always cheating on her though?
Yup, he did. And she had her share of extra marital affairs also.
The hypocritical thing about Ann Fleming is that she was a literary snob, always ready to rubbish Ian's work to her society chums, but equally ready to enjoy the lifestyle Bond brought her.
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 11:48 PM
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Posted 15 March 2003 - 05:04 PM
She was beyond *****.
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Posted 15 March 2003 - 06:10 PM
Wel, the Martial Affairs jazz is not in the point of things here . Yes Anne Fleming was a Elitist . With a snobby group of friend .Noel Coward include ! Still regardless of much she and they look down on James Bond. She enjoyed the money that came with it . And the Fleming family is very "guarded " on Bond . Just look at the Benson fiasco . "Colonel Sun" was not held in high esteem by her . That does not mean she did not enjoy the revenue from her husbands literary creation .Originally posted by Roebuck
The hypocritical thing about Ann Fleming is that she was a literary snob, always ready to rubbish Ian's work to her society chums, but equally ready to enjoy the lifestyle Bond brought her.
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Posted 24 March 2003 - 05:21 PM
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Posted 24 March 2003 - 07:28 PM
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Posted 24 March 2003 - 07:31 PM
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Posted 08 April 2003 - 04:58 AM
Like Raymond Benson, Amis was a fan of Bond. Check out his "James Bond Dossier." It's an excellent read.
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Posted 08 April 2003 - 01:12 PM
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Posted 27 April 2003 - 01:50 PM
There was only one sequel: Colonel Sun. I was deceived, because I didn't find Fleming Sweep.
But many years later, when John Gradner and Raymond Benson have written so many Bond books I consider Colonel Sun better than i did.
The book is really good in fact. The plot is cool, the characters are great and the torture scene is terrible.
The beginning and the end are really well made!! The middle is a bit slow, but it is after all one of the best non Fleming novel.