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[marmaduke]

Hi,
is it possible to access anywhere Raymond Benson's short Bond story
'Blast from the Past' and if so where? (I know it appeared in a copy Playboy but is there any other way to access it?_
thanks

[Mister Asterix]

Playboy is it for English language versions.

[Qwerty]

Sadly. It's the only Bond novel/short story I've yet to obtain.

Still hoping for that short story compilation some day...

[TortillaFactory]

I have it. It's no great shakes.

But if you're insistent upon owning it, that issue of Playboy isn't hard to find for pretty cheap on eBay. (Just remember to search in the Mature area.)

[clinkeroo]

Actually, it may be my favorite of Benson's Bond work. OK, the romance angle was lame, and should have been left out, but the story was solid, and it tied up a few loose ends nicely. After all the years of by-the-dots Gardner, it was nice to see Fleming's man again.

If you can read French (Archives 007, first issue) or Italian (G-LA RIVISTA DEL GIALLO, Oct-Dec. 1998), you can read the unexpurgigated version, why it hasn't been published in English is anyone's guess.

Edited by clinkeroo, 20 January 2006 - 04:14 AM.

[Tiin007]

I think all 3 of Benson's short stories should be put online and made downlaodable as ebooks.

[Double-Oh Agent]

I think all 3 of Benson's short stories should be put online and made downlaodable as ebooks.

Forget e-books. Put them out in a collection of short stories in novel form. THAT is the way to go and should be done so we, the public, can have a complete library to everything Bond.

[Qwerty]

I think all 3 of Benson's short stories should be put online and made downlaodable as ebooks.

Put them out in a collection of short stories in novel form. THAT is the way to go and should be done so we, the public, can have a complete library to everything Bond.

Yes, just add in his memoirs and the unpublished [st=2334"The Heart of Erzulie"[/st] and you've got a short story collection.

[Qwerty]

I think all 3 of Benson's short stories should be put online and made downlaodable as ebooks.

Put them out in a collection of short stories in novel form. THAT is the way to go and should be done so we, the public, can have a complete library to everything Bond.

Yes, just add in his memoirs and the unpublished "The Heart of Erzulie" and you've got a short story collection.

[Tiin007]

Since there's hardly enough material with these short stories for a complete book (I guess there is if you include his memoirs and "The Heart of Erzulie"), why don't they do what the Star Wars books are doing- put one short story in the back of each new adult novel (they would hardly take up many more pages).

[Qwerty]

Doubt that we'll see the Benson short stories tagged onto new adult novels from a new adult author (whoever that may turn out to be).

[Mister Asterix]

Actually, it may be my favorite of Benson's Bond work.  OK, the romance angle was lame, and should have been left out, but the story was solid, and it tied up a few loose ends nicely.  After all the years of by-the-dots Gardner, it was nice to see Fleming's man again.

I agree. (Well, just behind High Time To Kill on my list.) And was it just me or did anyone else picture Bond being in his mid-fifties in this story. Perhaps it was him having a grown-up son or perhaps it was the artwork, but this is the only story I see Bond as mid-fifties.

[marmaduke]

Hi ,
thanks everyone for that.I was wondering if anyone could suggest to Raymond Benson that he publishes his short stories on his own web site available for download ? He could even charge a nominal fee perhaps?Just an idea. I would have thought that all authors would want their work to be read so this may appeal to him.Failing this i guess i will just have to wait fora colection of
Mr Benson's short stories to be published when or if they ever are.

[Nicolas Suszczyk]

Does someone knows if ity was published online ?

Thanks

[Qwerty]

Does someone knows if ity was published online ?

Thanks

Don't believe so.

[Jaws0178]

Does anybody know what issue of Playboy it is in. I have three of the 007 issues I think.

[Qwerty]

Does anybody know what issue of Playboy it is in. I have three of the 007 issues I think.

January 1997.

[deth]

yeah.... can't exactly find this at the local library

[Willowhugger]

Personally, I think its rather blasphemous to kill off 007's only heir.

[capungo]

yeah.... can't exactly find this at the local library

Haha, too true. I'd just say that whoever has both it and too much time on their hands should just transcribe it somewhere. If it's impossible for anyone to get, I don't feel guilty reading it off the net.

Edited by capungo, 10 December 2006 - 05:03 AM.

[Qwerty]

yeah.... can't exactly find this at the local library

I still haven't found it--although I really haven't been looking alot for it recently compared to all the other books/short stories.