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Are you currently reading a 007 novel?


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#1 Righty007

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Posted 08 July 2003 - 11:20 PM

Are you currently reading a 007 novel? If so, which one? I'm currently reading License Renewed by John Gardner

#2 Bond111

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Posted 08 July 2003 - 11:28 PM

Well, I just finished Goldfinger and I am going to start For Your Eyes Only soon.

#3 Blofeld's Cat

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Posted 08 July 2003 - 11:37 PM

Last night I started reading Just Another Kill, by Benson successor Jacques I. M. Stewart.

I wish.

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Posted 08 July 2003 - 11:49 PM

being with my future wife gives me very little time to read these days

#5 Righty007

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 12:09 AM

I see. :)

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 12:21 AM

Halfway into Moonraker (Dinner at Blades) and just finishing my follow up article "Who is this Guy?" based on Live and Let Die.

Hopefully have it up in another week.

#7 License To Kill

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 02:42 AM

Casino Royale :)

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 03:57 AM

Afraid not. I'm currently on a non-fiction jag. Just finished HELTER SKELTER (all about the Manson Family murders and trial). Tonight I'm starting, EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS: HOW THE SEX-DRUGS-AND-ROCK 'N' ROLL GENERATION SAVED HOLLYWOOD (all about Hollywood from 1967 to 1980).

#9 Xenobia

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 05:39 AM

Give it another week Zencat. I think I might have a novel for you to get you through the summer. ;-)

-- Xenobia

PS: I just finished Live and Let Die. I thnik I might start Fleming's Non fiction thrilled called "The Diamond Smugglers." Or I might finally finish AS Byatt's "Possession."

#10 JimmyBond

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 05:43 AM

Hey Righty! How far are you into Licenced Renewed? I got that novel and started reading it a few months ago but never got around to finishing it?

If you're not too far ahead, I suggest a race!!

#11 niggle

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 06:55 AM

Christopher Wood's Moonraker. I also have James Bond the Legacy on the go. I bought loads of books over the last few years and have finally got round to start reading them.

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 09:17 AM

I'm between novels at the moment and have just finished OHMSS. I'm currently looking for a copy of YOLT.

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 10:29 AM

I’m currently reading Just Another Kill (as all literary Bond fans should) and re-reading Live and Let Die.

#14 Righty007

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 03:54 PM

Originally posted by JimmyBond
Hey Righty! How far are you into Licenced Renewed? I got that novel and started reading it a few months ago but never got around to finishing it?

If you're not too far ahead, I suggest a race!!

I will start reading Chapter 12 tonight. I read a chapter every night, so I doubt we would have fair race.

#15 Qwerty

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 03:58 PM

I just finished re-reading James Bond And Moonraker by Christopher Wood. I only need one more book to have read them all, I need
Never Send Flowers.

#16 Simon

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 04:10 PM

Ploughing through Just Another Kill.

Sedately getting through TMWTRT. Actually, this is probably his best book thus far although, while not having actually finished it, his Bond does tend to fall in love rather quickly.

To wit, a couple of kisses and a night spent with his Japanese friend and subsequent to her death, he is lamenting the loss of all his "loved" ones as a result of his job. "Well Bond, this is the job you've chosen so get used to it", I find myself saying.

Anyway, he's now met someone else four pages later and I believe the former flame is now but a distant memory.

For me, the main difference between these two literary experiences is that with Benson, a lot happens that is instantly forgettable and with Jim, comparatively less happens but it is a fuller, broader, richer and more memorable experience. Time will tell if the story is there as well.

I'm not an editor or professional critic so that is a real laymans point of view but hopefully you get the drift.

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 04:35 PM

Originally posted by zencat
Afraid not. I'm currently on a non-fiction jag. Just finished HELTER SKELTER (all about the Manson Family murders and trial). Tonight I'm starting, EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS: HOW THE SEX-DRUGS-AND-ROCK 'N' ROLL GENERATION SAVED HOLLYWOOD (all about Hollywood from 1967 to 1980).


Good book. I was lucky enough to pick it up at an outlet mall about four years ago. Lots of great information on one of the greatest eras of Hollywood and kind of sad at the same time when you consider where it all went, leading to the blockbuster era of today and the fall of some really talented people.

A lot of the information has been put out there in various documentaries and things since, but still a great read. I'd be interested in hearing what you thought of it, Zencat.

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 04:39 PM

I am reading Christopher Wood's The Spy Who Loved Me novelization and am about halfway through. I am also reading Planet of the Apes Revisited about the making of that series.

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 04:53 PM

Originally posted by Turn
...I am also reading Planet of the Apes Revisited about the making of that series.

Hmmm. That's sounds like it could be interesting. Maybe that will be my next book.

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 05:18 PM

I need some help deciding which 007 novel I should read next. Here are my choices:

1. Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming
2. Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis (Robert Markham)
3. Scorpius by John Gardner
4. GoldenEye by John Gardner

Please help me decide, by posting which one you think is the best. Thanks.

#21 zencat

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 05:20 PM

I'd go with Colonel Sun.

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 07:13 PM

Originally posted by Righty007
I will start reading Chapter 12 tonight. I read a chapter every night, so I doubt we would have fair race.


You'd be surprised :) I sometimes read up to 3 or 4 chapters a day. Tell you what, we won't "officially" race, but I'll PM you once I finish anyways.

As for your question about what to read next, I'd go with "Colonel Sun" Not that I've read it, but I hear it's really good and I do plan to read it soon (I own it, in fact, I practically own every Bond novel).

#23 Turn

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Posted 09 July 2003 - 07:54 PM

Originally posted by Righty007
I need some help deciding which 007 novel I should read next. Here are my choices:

1. Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming
2. Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis (Robert Markham)
3. Scorpius by John Gardner
4. GoldenEye by John Gardner

Please help me decide, by posting which one you think is the best. Thanks.


Why not go with LALD since you list that as your favorite film so you can see the differences in the two. Col. Sun would also be a good choice.

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Posted 10 July 2003 - 01:59 AM

Originally posted by Turn
I am reading Christopher Wood's The Spy Who Loved Me novelization and am about halfway through. I am also reading Planet of the Apes Revisited about the making of that series.

the ape movies were great, the tvseries that came next did not make it, but i love all the ape movies. i have and love all of them like crazy ...[those damn dirty apes] lol

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Posted 10 July 2003 - 03:22 AM

Reading TMWTRT and The Legacy.

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Posted 10 July 2003 - 10:43 AM

Read CR last sunday, sitting outside on the lawn under the birch trees in a comfortable chair, having some tunisian mint tea and a small cigar or two. Spent the whole day out there in nice warm weather. Who needs a pool when you have a good book?
Now I'm at the beginning of chapter 5 in LALD and I'm planning to read them all in their consecutive order (including Amis, Wood, Gardner, Benson).

And I have just got a book that accompanied the German '98 exhibition in Ludwigsburg "James Bond - Spieler und Spion" (James Bond - Gambler and Spy) that has some really interesting articles and essays in it which do to my surprise not only focus on the movies but does also cover the literary Bond (you don't get that too often in Germany). It's an interesting read but I think (as most of the articles are original in German) that it hasn't been and will never be translated into English.

#27 Matt Helm

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Posted 11 July 2003 - 01:13 AM

I'm rereading Nobody Lives Forever. I loved this one the first time around, 15 years ago, but now find it pales in comparison to a good Fleming.

As for the "Apes" conversation, try reading the original novel. Although not great, it is a quick read and fun to compare to both the Heston and the Wahlberg movies.

#28 Turn

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Posted 11 July 2003 - 06:13 PM

Originally posted by Matt Helm
I'm rereading Nobody Lives Forever.  I loved this one the first time around, 15 years ago, but now find it pales in comparison to a good Fleming.

As for the "Apes" conversation, try reading the original novel.  Although not great, it is a quick read and fun to compare to both the Heston and the Wahlberg movies.


That's ironic. I first read Nobody Lives Forever around 15 years ago also, when I started at a job that was mostly sitting at a desk and finished it in a matter of days. It was one of my favorites at the time and I am curious as to how I'd like it now.

I'm kinda surprised at the reaction of the apes book. I picked it up on impulse at the library for something to glance through while my daughter played at the park.

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Posted 11 July 2003 - 09:38 PM

I'm on the last chapter of FRWL. Great book. Actually, it's better than the film in some respects.

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Posted 13 July 2003 - 03:32 AM

Originally posted by Double-Oh-Zero
I'm on the last chapter of FRWL. Great book. Actually, it's better than the film in some respects.


Read it two summers ago and count it as my favorite Bond book.