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Read 'SilverFin' Chapter 1 Online
#1
Posted 03 February 2005 - 05:45 AM
#2
Posted 03 February 2005 - 06:59 AM
The first passage is definitely a wink to the opening of Fleming's Casino Royale, am I right?
Hope he gives this American kid a good fight in chapter two, but more likely he'll be beaten up by the three of them
As for the boys' maid, I can't believe he gets thrown out because of "a red-faced old woman with swollen ankles". Maybe there will be a younger one later on, if Higson is going to acknowledge the existance of Fleming's Bond and keep the continuity at all.
Edited by Krilencu, 03 February 2005 - 08:36 AM.
#4
Posted 03 February 2005 - 07:13 AM
#5
Posted 03 February 2005 - 07:30 AM
#6
Posted 03 February 2005 - 08:22 AM
Jeepers.
#7
Posted 03 February 2005 - 08:45 AM
Otherwise, I thought it was okay. Bit clunky in places. I think the main problem with it is it's just a bit dull. Will kids be interested in Hogwarts without any magic?
#8
Posted 03 February 2005 - 08:53 AM
#9
Posted 03 February 2005 - 10:16 AM
#10
Posted 03 February 2005 - 11:18 AM
I thought I would be able to handle this, but I just can't read this stuff. Bond as a teenager?
And indeed, could this book try even harder to be like Harry Potter?
I think I'll just go and throw up for a while.
#11
Posted 03 February 2005 - 11:35 AM
Then again, as an opening chapter its no worse than the crap Benson started his books off with.
Edited by David Schofield, 03 February 2005 - 11:35 AM.
#12
Posted 03 February 2005 - 11:56 AM
#13
Posted 03 February 2005 - 12:12 PM
But I just have to say this - I hate the fact the first line reads like a parody of the opening of "Casino Royale". It's not funny and it's not clever. And if the rest of the series is nods and winks to Fleming's work, it's going to leave an awful taste in my mouth.
This is just a reaction to the first paragraph, though.
Reading on...
#14
Posted 03 February 2005 - 12:54 PM
One word: Speechless
#15
Posted 03 February 2005 - 02:39 PM
#16
Posted 03 February 2005 - 03:15 PM
#17
Posted 03 February 2005 - 03:31 PM
Unless this first chapter is an anomaly, this looks to be a tepid and derivative series. Shame, that.
#18
Posted 03 February 2005 - 03:37 PM
I really can't see this moving beyond one or two books as I can't imagine kids would enjoy it and it sure as hell looks as though us adult Bond fans aren't impressed.
#19
Posted 03 February 2005 - 04:41 PM
I have my SilverFin review all written. It's 5 pages!
#21
Posted 03 February 2005 - 04:51 PM
#22
Posted 03 February 2005 - 04:53 PM
#23
Posted 03 February 2005 - 05:01 PM
#24
Posted 03 February 2005 - 05:01 PM
Well, our hero James Bond is getting the 'Wallmart' treatment.
#25
Posted 03 February 2005 - 05:13 PM
#26
Posted 03 February 2005 - 05:15 PM
Totally understand, zencat. I look forward to checking it out when it's declassified.
[btw, I still haven't landed a copy of the 007 magazine with your Goldfinger article yet, either. But it's near the top of the old to-do list]
You can always buy one from the official 'OO7' Magazine website. They also show up on eBay from time to time.
#27
Posted 03 February 2005 - 08:31 PM
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#29
Posted 04 February 2005 - 01:06 AM
#30
Posted 04 February 2005 - 10:44 PM