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"The Man With The Red Tattoo"


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#1 [dark]

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Posted 20 July 2003 - 01:16 AM

Anyone seen the paperback in stores, yet?

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Posted 20 July 2003 - 04:20 AM

I got the paperback from an Indigo store which is quite big in Toronto. Don't know when it will reach Australia.

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Posted 20 July 2003 - 05:05 AM

its not in stores, and most bookstores wont even order it in. the only place ive found thats willing to order it in is collins bookstores at robina.

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Posted 20 July 2003 - 05:56 AM

I've ordered it today at QBD at Runaway Bay. I ordered The James Bond Legacy there a few months back.

Doesn't seem like they're stocking it, but they had another one on order for someone else.

Should receive it in a few weeks' time.

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Posted 05 August 2003 - 11:56 PM

I was told at Dymocks in Collins St, Melbourne that it was due for release on August 16th. Although Borders may already have it, but I haven't checked.

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Posted 06 August 2003 - 03:54 AM

Mmm, Borders usually stock U.S. releases of books; I collect the U.K. editions.

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Posted 06 August 2003 - 10:08 AM

I found it on shelf in Collins Bookstores the other day (upon seeing it i nearly died of shock). I probably bought their only copy as well.

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Posted 06 August 2003 - 12:23 PM

Which store, Brendan?

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Posted 07 August 2003 - 11:42 AM

Originally posted by [dark]
Mmm, Borders usually stock U.S. releases of books; I collect the U.K. editions.



Yeah, Dark, you're right. i worked at a Borders store for two years in the Genre Fiction Section and I did notice that the U.S. editions of paperbacks were always of inferior quality compared to the U.K. editions. The spines on the U.S. paperbacks were always peeling off and pages would sometimes fall out. You could really only read the book once.
After my last post, I spent my lunch break at a Dymocks Bookstore in Collins St and lo and behold, there was TMWTRT sitting up on the shelf. Eighteen dollars and ninety-five cents later, it was in my hand. So it looks like it has arrived.
I must confess that I have all the Benson books now, but have yet to read any of them.
Read this one slowly, gang. It may be a long time (if ever) before another Bond novel comes out.
Read it and weep.

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Posted 08 August 2003 - 02:19 AM

Have you seen anywhere stock the U.K. paperback edition of The Facts Of Death? After I get The Man With The Red Tattoo, it'll be the only Benson I'm missing.

I'm all but giving up hope on the four or five Gardners I'm missing.

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Posted 08 August 2003 - 02:31 AM

i am glad i have already read the hard cover version, after hearing all this

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Posted 08 August 2003 - 11:23 PM

Originally posted by [dark]
Have you seen anywhere stock the U.K. paperback edition of The Facts Of Death?  After I get The Man With The Red Tattoo, it'll be the only Benson I'm missing.

I'm all but giving up hope on the four or five Gardners I'm missing.


Hey, Dark, which Gardners are you missing? I might just have a spare, since I bought the first six of them in hardcover when they came out. Oh, hell, I'm showing my age here.

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Posted 09 August 2003 - 10:51 AM

Originally posted by [dark]
Which store, Brendan?


It got it at the collins bookstore at robina for $17. I remember a while ago they had both High Time To Kill and Doubleshot on shelf as well. Ive also ordered a few fleming books from there as well (this was before they were re-released :mad:. I remember it took me a year to search and buy the whole collection, and then a few months later i hear they're being re-released)

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Posted 10 August 2003 - 12:39 AM

Spotted The Man With The Red Tattoo at both Borders and Dymocks in Brisbane yesterday, so I picked it up at the former, which surprisingly had the U.K. edition [QBD have taken too long to order it in :)]. Both stores had a tonne of copies, but they had all been immediately delegated to the FICTION section... pity the Bond books simply aren't marketed at all.

Originally posted by Vodka Martino
Hey, Dark, which Gardners are you missing? I might just have a spare, since I bought the first six of them in hardcover when they came out. Oh, hell, I'm showing my age here.


I'm after U.K. paperbacks of Win, Lose Or Die, The Man From Barbarossa, SeaFire, Cold and The Facts Of Death.

Any help in acquiring them would be very much appreciated! :)

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Posted 10 August 2003 - 11:53 AM

Originally posted by [dark]

I'm after U.K. paperbacks of Win, Lose Or Die, The Man From Barbarossa, SeaFire, Cold and The Facts Of Death.

Any help in acquiring them would be very much appreciated! :)



Sorry, Dark, I've got "Licence Renewed" (UK paperback) and "No Deals, Mr. Bond" (US paperback) , but I'll keep my eyes peeled for the ones you need. You just never know.

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Posted 12 August 2003 - 02:48 AM

Thanks, Vodka!

Very much appreciated! :)