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[003.5]

I'm sure everyone has now read the book, what did you all think?

Favourites

Mine
1 Blood fever
2 Hurricane Gold
3 Double or Die
4 Silverfin

[Qwerty]

I'll be working on another main review for the novel soon.

If ranking them, they'd probably end up in this order:

• Blood Fever
• Double or Die
• Hurricane Gold
• SilverFin

[sharpshooter]

I'll be working on another main review for the novel soon.

I am looking forward to it.

[manfromjapan]

I really liked Hurricane Gold. Some nice Fleming references and the heroine was great. She was an obvious precursor to Vesper and Tracy. The Dr No rat race homage was fantastic and imaginative. I like the way James is maturing into the Bond we know. If I had to gripe, I would say the whole journey slowed events down, and I found the Manny character's injury a bit odd and superfluous. But I always enjoy Higson's writing, and it is one of my favourites. I am looking forward to the next and final book, something tells me it will be the best one.

Edited by manfromjapan, 25 November 2007 - 01:32 PM.

[sharpshooter]

Glad to hear it. I think that YB 5 will beat out Double or Die in the darkness factor.

[JWM Tanner]

A nice question.

The Dutch Releases are:

Missie Silverfin (Silverfin)
Bloedkoorts (Bloodfever)
Gevaarlijk Spel (Double Or Die) due for release in March 2008.

I like Missie Silverfin the most.
The story of the young James Bond is told.
That is what i liked the most.

His history.

My list:

1. Missie Silverfin
2. Bloedkoorts.

What due other Dutch fans think about the subject?

[zencat]

...and I found the Manny character's injury a bit odd and superfluous.

For me, the drive with Manny the Girl was the highlight of the book. I thought it was funny and terrifying at the same time. One of my favorite moments in the series so far.

[zencat]

EDIT: wrong thread

[Trempo]

Did anyone ever noticed that there are 2 chapters with the number 18?
Manny the Girl and Change of Plan.

[zencat]

Did anyone ever noticed that there are 2 chapters with the number 18?
Manny the Girl and Change of Plan.

What?

EDIT: I'll be damned! It's correct in the Table of Contents, but wrong in the book. That's awesome!

I'm going to ask Puffin about this. Wonder if they know about it?

Great find, Trempo.

[Qwerty]

Ha. Good find, Trempo!

I just checked. Not the actual chapter listing, zen, but where those two chapters begin--both have 18 as the number.

[zencat]

I'm on the case.

[[dark]]

I did notice the chapter gaffe when I was reading Hurricane Gold, actually. Here's hoping it's corrected for the UK paperback.

[Blofeld's Cat]

It's in the UK paperback as well. Just looked.

[Trempo]

It's in the UK paperback as well. Just looked.

Is there already a UK paperback? I thought it will come out on Ian Fleming's birthday.
Or do you mean the Open Market Edition?

[zencat]

It's in the UK paperback as well. Just looked.

Is there already a UK paperback? I thought it will come out on Ian Fleming's birthday.
Or do you mean the Open Market Edition?

I sure he means the Open Market edition -- unless he brought it back with him from the future.

[Qwerty]

I'm assuming this will be way too small an error to significantly increase the value.

[Blofeld's Cat]

It's in the UK paperback as well. Just looked.

Is there already a UK paperback? I thought it will come out on Ian Fleming's birthday.
Or do you mean the Open Market Edition?

I sure he means the Open Market edition -- unless he brought it back with him from the future.

It's the one currently for sale in Australia & New Zealand, and like most books released here these days they are actually printed in the UK.

[zencat]

I'm assuming this will be way too small an error to significantly increase the value.

Big or small doesn't really matter, the way errors increase value is if they were caught and corrected within the first print run. Firsts with the error will be far more desirable. But I suspect all the HG firsts have this error.

[Qwerty]

I'm assuming this will be way too small an error to significantly increase the value.

Big or small doesn't really matter, the way errors increase value is if they were caught and corrected within the first print run. Firsts with the error will be far more desirable. But I suspect all the HG firsts have this error.

Oh, I see what you're saying, zen. Does/has that often happened with Bond novels? Or do they more often just issue a correct second printing (as in the SilverFin with the 2005 date)?

[zencat]

I'm assuming this will be way too small an error to significantly increase the value.

Big or small doesn't really matter, the way errors increase value is if they were caught and corrected within the first print run. Firsts with the error will be far more desirable. But I suspect all the HG firsts have this error.

Oh, I see what you're saying, zen. Does/has that often happened with Bond novels? Or do they more often just issue a correct second printing (as in the SilverFin with the 2005 date)?

It happened in Fleming's day. There are a handful of errors in the Fleming books that were corrected within the first print run. The errors are very small. A missing "t" on the word "shoot" in MR -- even a printers smudge (a "quad mark") in TSWLM. But these errors effect value. Interestingly, it's not always the error copies that become more desirable. It's whichever is more scarce.

BTW, I asked Puffin about this, but the HG editor wasn't in this week.

[Trempo]

BTW, I asked Puffin about this, but the HG editor wasn't in this week.

Did you already get an answer from the editor?

[zencat]

BTW, I asked Puffin about this, but the HG editor wasn't in this week.

Did you already get an answer from the editor?

Nope, never heard back. Maybe I'll remind them next time we talk...or not. I don't want to overdue it, you know? I fear I could easily become a fanboy pest with things like this. They are busy folk.

I have 4 copies of the HG hardcover and all have this error. My guess is this was not corrected in the first print run (and maybe not at all), which means it doesn't have any effect on the value.