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[Bond_Bishop]

I recently went into the Wold Newton Family site: www.pjfarmer.com and read that Clive Cussler have used James Bond in one of his books. It's seems damn unbelieveable. I wonder if this is true, or is it one of this site's invention just like they made up that Bond have a son with Violet Holmes ! On that site it says that the character Brian Shaw in "Night Probe!" is actually James Bond in reality. Can someone give me a good answer on this??!!

[DLibrasnow]

Brian Shaw is definately modeled on James Bond...he's a British secret agent that opposes the hero Dirk Pitt in the novel NIGHT PROBE.

[TheSaint]

The funny thing about reading NIGHT PROBE is that, once I realized that Brian Shaw was a thinly-veiled Bond, I began rooting for him over Pitt.

[Strangways]

It's a great homage. We even meet this aging Bond at M's funeral, speaking with Moneypenny about old times. If you haven't read any Cussler, Night Probe is an easy one for a Bond fan to slip into the Dirk Pitt series with.

[Blofeld's Cat]

Yes, Brian Shaw isn't just modeled on Bond, but Connery's Bond in particular, including his name!

Shaw --> Shawn --> Sean

[DLibrasnow]

I would definately advise all Bond fans thinking about trying Clive Cussler to start off with NIGHT PROBE.

[JKD68]

I would definately advise all Bond fans thinking about trying Clive Cussler to start off with NIGHT PROBE.

I likely would too DLibrasnow. Except if that's his best book, which I wouldn't deny, you can only go down from there. Does that seem right, or no?

[Harmsway]

I would definately advise all Bond fans thinking about trying Clive Cussler to start off with NIGHT PROBE.

I likely would too DLibrasnow. Except if that's his best book, which I wouldn't deny, you can only go down from there. Does that seem right, or no?

I wouldn't necessarily advise Bond fans thinking about Cussler to start there (I don't think NIGHT PROBE is Cussler's best, anyhow - I prefer the novels with a bit more of an Indiana Jones-esque bent, ala INCA GOLD). NIGHT PROBE is delightful fun, though.

[spynovelfan]

I recently went into the Wold Newton Family site: www.pjfarmer.com and read that Clive Cussler have used James Bond in one of his books. It's seems damn unbelieveable. I wonder if this is true, or is it one of this site's invention just like they made up that Bond have a son with Violet Holmes ! On that site it says that the character Brian Shaw in "Night Probe!" is actually James Bond in reality. Can someone give me a good answer on this??!!

Presumably you understand the concept of the Wold Newton universe? It's an alternate fictional universe. The site is therefore speculating/inventing that Shaw 'is actually James Bond in reality'.

Incidentally, dozens of spy thrillers have characters in them who are clearly modelled on Bond. In a Nick Carter novel written by Martin Cruz Smith back when he was a struggling writer, Carter teams up with an arrogant womanising British agent who is clearly modelled on Bond. Jason Bourne is another obvious one. In Ludlum's first novel in the series, the amnesiac agent gets to his Swiss bank deposit and finds his passport, which he stares at in disbelief. 'My name was Bourne. Jason Bourne.' Okay, he's American, but the character is clearly modelled on Bond, specifically the Bond at the end of Fleming's YOLT. I'd have to sit down and think but I've come across quite a few.

[Trident]

Lots of thrillers feature a Bond-like hero. One of the craziest models we have in Germany. Its a mixture between horror-fantasy and crime thriller pulp series called John Sinclair. Originally it was invented by a chap called Helmut Rellergerd (writing under the pseudonym Jason Dark) back in the 70's when "The Persuaders" was a big hit on German TV. Dark borrowed the name Sinclair from Roger Moore's character in that series. John Sinclair is a Scotland Yard Inspector working for a special branch concerning itself with unnatural phenomenon such as Zombies, Vampires, Ghosts. Sinclair is living in London and working around the globe. He drives a Bentley and uses a small Beretta with silver bullets. He is not as much a womanizer as Bond, but has usually some romantic interest during an adventure. Similarly he was smoking and having a drink from time to time (at least he used to during my schooltime, the series is still a big hit, but I havent read one of them for at least some twenty years now). The first few adventures were thrid-person, then Dark swiched to first person and stuck to it. On the whole, the series isn't much about anything like espionage, but Sinclair is clearly following in the footsteps of Roger Moore's Bond of the 70's.