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#1 CommanderBond

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Posted 28 September 2003 - 10:40 PM

Whats your opinion......I havent read them all yet but so far i like moonraker.

#2 Loomis

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Posted 28 September 2003 - 10:43 PM

Absolutely no question about it whatsoever: "You Only Live Twice".

I've tried to explain why I rate it so highly in this thread: http://forums.comman...&threadid=11642.

#3 kevrichardson

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Posted 28 September 2003 - 11:00 PM

On Her Majesty Secret Service

#4 Qwerty

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Posted 29 September 2003 - 02:59 AM

To answer your question to the point, Dr. No.
Although, OHMSS is right behind it.

#5 Tanger

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Posted 29 September 2003 - 09:22 AM

The best one I've read is OHMSS. I haven't been able to track down a copy of YOLT but I've just started the DAD novelisation which so far is superb. Far superior to the film and it works better as a book I feel.

#6 Turn

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Posted 29 September 2003 - 07:56 PM

I vote for From Russia With Love. When you become engrossed in a James Bond book and Bond doesn't even appear in the first third or so of it it tells me it must be something special.

I have yet to read YOLT, but the recent enthusiasm for it on the forum is making me want to begin it sometime soon.

#7 Mister Asterix

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Posted 29 September 2003 - 08:22 PM

You Only Live Twice is Fleming’s best. No doubt.

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Posted 29 September 2003 - 09:56 PM

You only live twice and Live and let die

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Posted 01 October 2003 - 12:57 AM

OHMSS

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Posted 01 October 2003 - 01:00 AM

ps, the DAD novelization was not written by Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die is second best book-more dated though.

#11 Tanger

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Posted 01 October 2003 - 11:56 AM

I know it's not written by Fleming! It's written by Raymond Benson, I doubt you've heard of him. :) I was just stating that as I haven't been able to get YOLT I decided to read DAD.