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[Gabe Vieira]

I just finnished the original Splinter Cell by Raymond "David Michaels" Benson for the 3rd or 4th time (can't remember), and after a chat about The Sum of All Fears by Tom "My American Idol" Clancy in a thread here at CBn, I just might have to start reading that again.

[Roebuck]

Harlequin by Bernard Cornwell. It

[ACE]

1) Commuter book: Sex, Scotch and Scholarship, a hilarious collection of essays by the great Khushwant Singh
2) Bedtime book: Watching The English by Kate Fox - anthropological observation of this strange tribe of people to which I belong. Hilarious, so, so true and required for anyone wishing to understand this charming nation.
3) A slow burn tome for dipping: Woody Allen on Woody Allen - the revised Faber book of interviews. The wonderful Match Point was a life long ambition - to see how Woody Allen would treat London (I actually wrote a script about a love story set in my Woody-esque London haunts - anyone else go to the Monmouth Coffee Shop? - mine and his are very different but I enjoyed the process!). The Woodster lives here now! I remember bumping into Jonny Meyers in a private bar in London and we had a conversation about the process of working on a Woody film.

The Quiller Memorandum - lean, tight, enjoyable. A bit grey.

BloodFever was even better than SilverFin. Great, great stuff. Highly recommended to Fleming purists. I defy you to enjoy it.

Proof reading my friend's new non-fiction book about the film industry and fact checking. A wonderful story.

May be negotiating translation rights for a great book on Bond.

[Athena007]

I've just started "A Gentleman's Game" by Greg Rucka. I'm already hooked. It's about Tara Chace, the head of special operations for Her Majesty's Secret Service. She plays by her own rules. Here's the first line of the book:

The first time Tara Chace was ordered to murder a man, it was in Kosovo, as a favor to the CIA.

http://www.gregrucka.com

This book, like Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, is written by a graphic novel writer. I've begun to find that novels written by graphic novel authors are just so good because they're so descriptive. Not only do I recommend these two books... but defiantly attempt to do the graphic novel author

[Gabe Vieira]

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Not by choice, it's for an school paper. If you ever have a choice, never read this book. It's not that that it a hard book to read, it's just a bad book. Conrad is a major .

I liked Apocalypse Now better.

[Byron]

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Not by choice, it's for an school paper. If you ever have a choice, never read this book. It's not that that it a hard book to read, it's just a bad book. Conrad is a major .

I liked Apocalypse Now better.

Was expecting an exciting read but had trouble reading through and finishing Heart of Darkness. Don't get why its called a classic.

Recently read "No Man's Land" by Graham Greene. The book includes two little known short stories "No Man's Land" a cold-war spy thriller heavy on Greene's trademark moral/emotional ambiguities, and "The Stranger's Hand" a nice little story about a boy who's father gets kidnapped by Yugoslav agents in Italy.

[Qwerty]

The Mirror Crack'd - just started this one.

I watched the 1980 film of this just yesterday. I sat waiting for the film to actually get going and all of a sudden Miss Marple solves the crime and the film ends. It wasn't bad, but I was really disappointed that it never really seemed to go anywhere

I'll be interested to know what you think of the books, Qwerty.

I will definitely let you know, Jordan. I'm hoping it turns out to be a good one as I haven't read a Marple mystery in a while.

Have to put this one on hold for a little bit, but will post a review in here once I pick it up again and finish it!

[TheREAL008]

Dante's Inferno

[Number 6]

The graphic novel V For Vendettaby Alan Moore...

[Harmsway]

The graphic novel V For Vendettaby Alan Moore...

Good choice.

If you like it, I highly recommend WATCHMEN. It's Alan Moore's masterpiece, and in my and many other's opinions as well, it's the greatest graphic novel ever written. It even made TIME's best literary works of the last century list.

[Harmsway]

I'm currently re-reading RED DRAGON. Thomas Harris is quite the exceptional writer, and his Hannibal Lecter trilogy (soon to become a tetralogy with BEHIND THE MASK, due in April) is phenomenal. I can't recommend his books enough.

[spynovelfan]

The Quiller Memorandum - lean, tight, enjoyable. A bit grey.

Glad you enjoyed it. It's meant to be grey!

Proof reading my friend's new non-fiction book about the film industry and fact checking. A wonderful story.

May be negotiating translation rights for a great book on Bond.

These sound interesting.

If you like it, I highly recommend WATCHMEN. It's Alan Moore's masterpiece, and in my and many other's opinions as well, it's the greatest graphic novel ever written. It even made TIME's best literary works of the last century list.

Really? I didn't know that. I agree that it's a fantastic work of literature. I interviewed Alan Moore in 2004, and we actually spoke about Bond a bit. He was working on a new League plot involving espionage - but he swore me to secrecy on the plot!

Here's the interview, if you're interested:

http://enjoyment.ind...rticle64407.ece

[ACE]

If you like it, I highly recommend WATCHMEN. It's Alan Moore's masterpiece, and in my and many other's opinions as well, it's the greatest graphic novel ever written. It even made TIME's best literary works of the last century list.

Really? I didn't know that. I agree that it's a fantastic work of literature. I interviewed Alan Moore in 2004, and we actually spoke about Bond a bit. He was working on a new League plot involving espionage - but he swore me to secrecy on the plot!

Here's the interview, if you're interested:

http://enjoyment.ind...rticle64407.ece

Great Innerview, SNF.

Alan Moore, knows the score!

[rogermoore007]

Finished the Inferno by Dante last year, just finishing up Purgatorio, and soon on to Paradiso (I recommend them to anyone who has the time--don't just read the inferno)

[Doctor No]

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith(novel)

[TortillaFactory]

Lullaby, Chuck Palahniuk.

Oh, Chuck, you bad man.

[Johnboy007]

Background to Danger - Eric Ambler

[Genrewriter]

Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King-Great book with a nice slow build that works up to a wonderfully crisp action sequence at the end. Very good entry in the series.

[Number 6]

The graphic novel FABLES.

[The Admiral]

Casino Royale... again...

[Jim]

Casino Royale... again...

What happens?

[Blofeld's Cat]

Casino Royale... again...

What happens?

Don't spoil the movie!

[mccartney007]

Casino Royale... again...

What happens?

Don't spoil the movie!

WOAH!?

CASINO ROYALE is a book? Are there other James Bond books?

[hcmv007]

Dark Lord-The Rise of Darth Vader By James Luceno-Every major SW character appears in this except for Han, Lando and Yoda! Vader kills some Jedi! This novel sets the stage for Ep 4 much better than EP 3-a must read for any SW fan!

Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn-If you read his Thrawn trilogy, this is the tale of Master C'baoth before he became an insane clone who tried to kill Luke in that trilogy. Zahn is my favorite SW author, and this is a whopper of a book, but it does explain a lot, and Obi-Wan and Anakin play a part in the story asa well, set 5 yrs befor Ep 2.

For my business class-Bullies, Tyrants and Impossible people by Ronald Shapiro and Mark Janokowski with James Dale. I have to read it, no choice there . But from what i have read, it is interesting .

[Bon-san]

Finished John Le Carre's A Perfect Spy.

It was a bit of a hurdle getting past the first 75 pages, but for the remaining 400 I was hooked. Le Carre managed to spin quite a yarn considering there is practically no "action" in the sense that one usually associates with a spy thriller.

Magnus Pym was a wonderful character, as so many were in this story. Jack Brotherhood was cool, cool, cool. And how exciting, yet scary would it be to have a wife who used to be a spy. I developed a little crush on Mary.

A worthy read, IMO, but let the uninitiated be warned that Le Carre's writing style is VERY far removed from Fleming's.

[TheREAL008]

The Art and Technique of Fencing, a book dated 1900 I borrowed at the Seattle Public Library Sorry, but Boarders didn't have a contemporary study aid.

Along with Dante's Purgatory

[Lazenby880]

Background to Danger - Eric Ambler

Superb choice, perhaps my favourite of the Amblers. Dark gritty atmosphere, plenty of suspense, wonderful use of language and memorable characters abound, truly a book for anyone interested in spies and the lark. Please do let us know how you found it.

Apart from being buried under university texts (I literally cannot wait to graduate now) I am re-reading CASINO ROYALE and getting through Hitch's fan fiction TO WHOM IT MAY CONDEMN.

Edited by Lazenby880, 11 February 2006 - 04:16 PM.

[Agent 76]

going to start reading:

[Number 6]

Good man, Agent 76

[Joyce Carrington]

Hitch's fan fiction TO WHOM IT MAY CONDEMN.

Me too - again.