Raymond Benson's fourth James Bond novel
Looking Back: 'Doubleshot'
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:51 PM
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 08:47 PM
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 09:00 PM
The heirs of Fleming's estate can relax- after fifty-some years, nothing is going to devalue the Bond franchise.
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 09:53 PM
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 10:56 AM
Edited by Sbott, 31 July 2007 - 10:56 AM.
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Posted 05 May 2010 - 06:06 AM
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Posted 05 May 2010 - 07:27 AM
Without any spoilers, can somebody give me a brief synopsis of Leiter's involvement in Doubleshot?
His role is very small. Early in the story, Bond decides to call Felix in Texas to get any information he may have on The Union. Felix assures Bond that he’ll fax him any information he can find right away and then wishes his friend well.
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Posted 05 May 2010 - 07:31 AM
Thanks, coco!Without any spoilers, can somebody give me a brief synopsis of Leiter's involvement in Doubleshot?
His role is very small. Early in the story, Bond decides to call Felix in Texas to get any information he may have on The Union. Felix assures Bond that he’ll fax him any information he can find right away and then wishes his friend well.
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Posted 05 May 2010 - 07:33 AM
Thanks, coco!Without any spoilers, can somebody give me a brief synopsis of Leiter's involvement in Doubleshot?
His role is very small. Early in the story, Bond decides to call Felix in Texas to get any information he may have on The Union. Felix assures Bond that he’ll fax him any information he can find right away and then wishes his friend well.
No problem, Righty. Is there a particular reason you wanted to know, by the way?
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Posted 05 May 2010 - 07:39 AM
I've been reading the Gardner novels lately and was thinking about Leiter's role in For Special Services and SeaFire (which I have yet to read). I then thought about Leiter's role in The Facts Of Death, which was the topic of FelixLeiter.com's 2008 Raymond Benson interview. I asked myself why I hadn't asked him any questions about Doubleshot and couldn't remember why.Thanks, coco!Without any spoilers, can somebody give me a brief synopsis of Leiter's involvement in Doubleshot?
His role is very small. Early in the story, Bond decides to call Felix in Texas to get any information he may have on The Union. Felix assures Bond that he’ll fax him any information he can find right away and then wishes his friend well.
No problem, Righty. Is there a particular reason you wanted to know, by the way?
Now I remember the reason was because Leiter's role in Doubleshot is so minimal that it didn't necessitate any questions.
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Posted 05 May 2010 - 06:23 PM
As for the twin girls - well, that's an obvious device, innit? The moment Bond met up his new acquaintance the second time, I knew she wasn't the same girl before she even spoke. And (SPOILER ALERT) bedding them both simultaneously was another foregone conclusion. Every twin/double cliche in the book (pun not intended - for once) is present here, as were the superhuman blind character cliches in reference to Le Garant (would a blind man really feel the need to wad up a photo of his enemy?)
I had always thought - when I was younger - that there should be a story invoving a double of Bond, but it should have come far sooner, before everyone and his dog (including Nick Carter) had already ridden the same bandwagon.
Sorry Raymond - I appreciate the effort, and as I said, younger readers who haven't already waded through volumes of the same plot devices may regard your work as original. For my money, Benson never topped High Time to Kill (which was second only to Zero Minus Ten, IMCO).