Isn't that all because you are a fan of the Far East Loomis?!
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, May 08 2004 11:11 AM
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Posted 25 April 2005 - 12:04 AM
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Posted 25 April 2005 - 10:36 AM
To an extent, yes. I was in Hong Kong just before the Handover, and I've visited many of the locations in "The Man With the Red Tattoo", so, yes, I admit that I enjoy those novels (as well as the films YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE and THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN) partly because of where they're set.
But only partly. I genuinely believe Benson does a terrific job with those two books: compared to those others of his I've read, there's better characterisation, better storytelling, a better grasp of Fleming's Bond, more suspense, fewer irritatingly fanboyish references and English language howlers (and the action scenes aren't as Eon-ified and preposterous as those in his other novels - the car chase in "High Time to Kill" with the flying "scout" is one of the most cringe-inducing things I've ever read, a truly hamfisted attempt to combine the literary and cinematic Bonds that absolutely falls flat on its face).... I mean, I'm extremely fond of TMWTRT and "Zero Minus Ten", and don't really care for the others at all, and it can't all be down to locations.... can it?
Nah, HTTK's also set partly in Asia, and I loathe that one (not a huge fan of TOMORROW NEVER DIES, either).
As a "side note", my all-time favourite continuation novel is "Colonel Sun", and I've never been anywhere near Greece!
But only partly. I genuinely believe Benson does a terrific job with those two books: compared to those others of his I've read, there's better characterisation, better storytelling, a better grasp of Fleming's Bond, more suspense, fewer irritatingly fanboyish references and English language howlers (and the action scenes aren't as Eon-ified and preposterous as those in his other novels - the car chase in "High Time to Kill" with the flying "scout" is one of the most cringe-inducing things I've ever read, a truly hamfisted attempt to combine the literary and cinematic Bonds that absolutely falls flat on its face).... I mean, I'm extremely fond of TMWTRT and "Zero Minus Ten", and don't really care for the others at all, and it can't all be down to locations.... can it?
Nah, HTTK's also set partly in Asia, and I loathe that one (not a huge fan of TOMORROW NEVER DIES, either).As a "side note", my all-time favourite continuation novel is "Colonel Sun", and I've never been anywhere near Greece!