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[killkenny kid]

Damn, Mrs. K, just came home with the new Alex Cross book. bye.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

atm, nothing...I am waiting on a copy of The Diamond Smugglers by Fleming - should be here in a few days.

[Qwerty]

Have you ever read it before? It's pretty good.

[Qwerty]

"Spies, Vixens, amd Masters of Kung Fu: The Art of Paul Gulacy." Quite enjoyable so far.

[Matt O'S oo4]

What am I reading?

Hmmm.

words.....words.....

WORDS.

(Hamlet. Act 3 S 1)

Blah.

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[Bond_Bishop]

I'm currently reading Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six right now

[Qwerty]

Death Rays....Fantastic Physics of James Bond.

Eh. Really cannot bring myself to recommend this one compared to many other Bond books so far. It just doesn't have alot of spark and seems redundant.

[killkenny kid]

The Man with the Red Tattoo.

[Johnboy007]

"The Big Sleep" - Raymond Chandler. Good, but somewhat hard to follow.

[Gabe Vieira]

I'm currently reading Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six right now

One of the best books ever. It's number three on my list.

[Qwerty]

"The Big Sleep" - Raymond Chandler.  Good, but somewhat hard to follow.

Don't worry John, it does get better.

[Pam Bouvier]

Melancholy Baby, by Robert Parker. Parker is always a good read. I like his Spenser books alot, but this one is about Sunny Randall. Very nicely done. If you like mysteries, check it out!

[Qwerty]

"James Bond's London"

[jwheels]

Star Wars: Lybrinth of Evil. It's set right before Episode III.

[Matt O'S oo4]

Gray's Anatomy.

(yawn)

Great stuff

(sigh)

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[Qwerty]

Death Rays....Fantastic Physics of James Bond.

Eh. Really cannot bring myself to recommend this one compared to many other Bond books so far. It just doesn't have alot of spark and seems redundant.

Finished. Opinion hasn't changed.

[TortillaFactory]

Chuck Palahniuk's Stranger Than Fiction. Juliette Lewis interview is a highlight, as well as the interesting/disturbing anecdotes from Chuck's traumatizing life. I continue to be impressed by this guy.

[ACE]

1) Commuter book: Sabre-Tooth by Peter O'Donnell - my first ever Modesty Blaise book!
2) Bedtime book: Billy Joel: The Life & Times Of An Angry Young Man by Hank Bordowitz - unbelievably, the first proper biography on one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th Century
3) A slow burn tome for dipping: The Great Beers of Belgium by Michael Jackson

The Fantastic Physics of Film's Most Celebrated Secret Agent by Barry Parker is OKish, intriguing spin-off reading.

The biography of Caroline Munro, From Brighton To Bond And Back Again by Graham Groom is a slim, light but entertaining volume.

And a slightly reduced pile of scripts. One I have read is quite good and I shall be meeting the writer next week to talk about developing it further. But changing it radically.

Looking forward to Blood Fever.

ACE

[Qwerty]

1) Commuter book: Sabre-Tooth by Peter O'Donnell - my first ever Modesty Blaise book!

What do you think of that, ACE? Based on the Bond books and Titan books I've bought off Amazon, I keep getting the Blaise books as recommendations.

[mccartney007]

I've got several books in my "Currently Reading" pile:

- THE TAO OF PHOTOGRAPHY
- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S FIELD GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY
- JOHN
- FILM STUDIES
- DYLAN THOMAS: SELECT POEMS

There are a few others that I can't recall at the moment. I am also doing a very thorough reading of CASINO ROYALE with notes and translations and all sorts of things.

[Icephoenix]

Started reading "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" by Le Carre, a laborious read, but after watching Patriot Games on TV the other night I've switched to "The Hunt For Red October".

[ACE]

- DYLAN THOMAS: SELECT POEMS

Innerestin'

Where Bond and Thomas meet - the Andrew Lycett biography

FYI

http://books.guardia...1078963,00.html

[mccartney007]

Innerestin'

Where Bond and Thomas meet - the Andrew Lycett biography

FYI

http://books.guardia...1078963,00.html

Well that's just aces, ACE! Thanks!

[Byron]

Is this good Qwerty? Does it focus more on the books or films?

Also have you finished reading James Bond: The Man and his World? What did you think?

"James Bond's London"

[ACE]

James Bond's London is one of the single best reference books on 007 ever published. It is truly magnificent and has gems for even the most die-hard fans.

I totally agree with this review here:

http://commanderbond...ies/798-1.shtml

The Henry Chancellor book is excellent too. An absolute must have.

IMHO

[Byron]

Thanks ACE my good man. I may try and track down a copy.

James Bond's London is one of the single best reference books on 007 ever published. It is truly magnificent and has gems for even the most die-hard fans.

I totally agree with this review here:

http://commanderbond...ies/798-1.shtml

The Henry Chancellor book is excellent too. An absolute must have.

IMHO

[Qwerty]

Is this good Qwerty? Does it focus more on the books or films?

Also have you finished reading James Bond: The Man and his World? What did you think?

"James Bond's London"

Loved 'Man and his World'.

'London' focuses equally on the films and the books; I definitely recommend picking it up.

[ACE]

1) Commuter book: Sabre-Tooth by Peter O'Donnell - my first ever Modesty Blaise book!

What do you think of that, ACE? Based on the Bond books and Titan books I've bought off Amazon, I keep getting the Blaise books as recommendations.

I'll let you know when I have finished it.
My commuter books live in my briefcase and I have been working from home for the last few days.
Will gobble it up and let you know.

[spynovelfan]

If anyone here has read and enjoys Graham Greene, kindly let me know which are his best books. Just getting into them.

Well, it's subjective, naturally. It depends what you like. A lot of people dislike THE HUMAN FACTOR, but I think it's great. I also like THE HEART OF THE MATTER, THE QUIET AMERICAN, THE HONORARY CONSUL, OUR MAN IN HAVANA. THE CONFIDENTIAL AGENT is tough to get through in parts, but worth it. I couldn't finish DOCTOR FISCHER OF GENEVA, and I'm not a huge fan of THE END OF THE AFFAIR. BRIGHTON ROCK and THE THIRD MAN are perhaps Greene's most famous works. He also compiled a book of spy fiction with his brother Hugh in 1957 - THE SPY'S BEDSIDE BOOK. Lovely book, that, with passages from a lot of very obscure old spy authors long forgotten (not just Le Queux and Oppenheim).

Google Books has several of Greene's works in their entirety, including THE POWER AND THE GLORY and THE MINISTRY OF FEAR, as well as his collected short stories and a very interesting book in which he is interviewed (CONVERSATIONS WITH GRAHAM GREENE) and says:

"I've got no admiration for people who like Ian Fleming."

Which is a bit of an odd one, because he seemed to admire him himself - he included several Fleming excerpts in THE SPY'S BEDSIDE BOOK, for example, and in the introduction mentions that he finds Fleming more believable in places than some of the non-fiction excerpts.

[Loomis]

Curious. I'm pretty sure that the Fleming Bond books also get a brief mention in "The Human Factor" (although that obviously doesn't automatically imply approval).