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Posted 22 April 2009 - 07:10 AM
Edited by staveoffzombies, 22 April 2009 - 07:11 AM.
Commander
Posted 22 April 2009 - 02:14 PM
Until just today I had only been a fan of the films. But my wife was at the bookstore and bought me the first four Fleming novels. I'm already almost halfway through Casino Royale and I can't wait to dig into the rest.
I'm kicking myself for not reading them sooner, but I must admit I'm delighted at the prospect of so much new (to me) Bond material to work through since I've seen all the films a ridiculous number of times.
I'm also pleased that the "film Bonds" haven't crept into my reading. Already in the book I've created my own unique image of Bond, Mathis, Vesper, Leiter, and Le Chiffre that are quite different from their movie counterparts.
Lt. Commander
Posted 22 April 2009 - 02:36 PM
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Posted 23 April 2009 - 12:25 AM
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Posted 23 April 2009 - 01:34 AM
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Posted 23 April 2009 - 03:27 AM
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Posted 27 April 2009 - 09:19 PM
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Posted 28 April 2009 - 10:05 AM
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Posted 21 June 2009 - 05:03 AM
Midshipman
Posted 22 June 2009 - 08:51 PM
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Posted 22 June 2009 - 10:56 PM
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 10:39 AM
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Posted 30 July 2009 - 05:41 PM
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Posted 09 May 2010 - 07:28 AM
Commander
Posted 10 May 2010 - 07:33 PM
Lt. Commander
Posted 11 May 2010 - 10:10 PM
I haven't read of any of the authors past Fleming.
I've heard it'd be better to keep it that way, too.
Edited by quantumofsolace, 11 May 2010 - 10:13 PM.
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Posted 15 May 2010 - 06:41 AM
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Posted 24 June 2011 - 11:59 AM
Lt. Commander
Posted 24 June 2011 - 12:43 PM
In the wake of Carte Blanche, I'm curious as to how people view the literary Bond on this site.
I wonder if people might like to complete this poll?
Number of Ian Fleming James Bond novels I have read: ? out of 12
Number of Ian Fleming James Bond short stories I have read: ? out of 9
Number of non-Bond Ian Fleming books I have read (The Diamond Smugglers, Thrilling Cities, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang): ? out of 3
The official Glidrose/IFP Continuation Novels I have read*:
Colonel Sun by Robert Markham/Kingsly Amis: Y/N
James Bond: The Authorised Biography by John Pearson: Y/N
Number of original John Gardner James Bond novels: ? out of 14
Number of original Raymond Benson James Bond novels: ? out of 6
Number ot Raymond Benson James Bond short stories (Blast From The Past, Midsummer Night's Doom, Live At Five): ? out of 3
Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks? Y/N
Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver? Y/N
Number of Charlie Higson Young Bond novels (including short story, A Hard Man To Kill): ? out of 6
Number of Kate Westbrook/Samantha Weinberg Moneypenny Diaries novels: ? out of 3
Number of Kate Westbrook/Samantha Weinberg Moneypenny short stories (For Your Eyes Only, James, Moneypenny's First Date With Bond): ? out of 2
The official tie-in novelizations I have read:
by Christopher Wood: ? out of 2
by John Gardner: ? out of 2
by Raymond Benson: ? out of 3
Thanks so much.
*I'm excluding the other Glidrose owned originals, The Adventures of James Bond 003.5 by R D Mascott and Bond Strikes Camp by Cyril Connolly as well as the 4 AVTAK Find Your Fate and the 7 James Bond Jnr novelizations, newpaper and other serializations of the Bond film stories as well as the comics and graphic novels. I am primarily interested in the readership of the generally available original, official Bond stories.
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Posted 24 June 2011 - 01:02 PM
Commander
Posted 24 June 2011 - 01:56 PM
Number of Charlie Higson Young Bond novels (including short story, A Hard Man To Kill): 6 out of 6 (Higson for Adult Bond whoop, whoop!)
Commander
Posted 24 June 2011 - 02:06 PM
Lt. Commander
Posted 24 June 2011 - 04:53 PM
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 24 June 2011 - 11:13 PM
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Posted 25 June 2011 - 06:31 AM
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Posted 25 June 2011 - 11:36 AM
Wow, good one Guy Haines. I just wish I'd been that smart. I read them whilst revising too and they certainly affected my marks, losing 94% in my maths exam: I got 007%(Incidentally, I once read all of Ian Fleming's Bond novels, one a day, in the gaps in between one A Level exam paper and the other - my exams were spread over two weeks. I had got to the point where further exam revision was pointless and needed something in between to keep me sane! I'd arrive at for each exam and my school friends would ask "How's it going?", and I'd answer something like "Just finished From Russia With Love" or "That's Goldfinger out of the way!". Needless to say this diversion from the straight and narrow did not affect my exam grades - I got the predicted straight As!)
Commander
Posted 27 June 2011 - 04:29 PM
Number of Ian Fleming James Bond novels I have read: 12 out of 12
Number of Ian Fleming James Bond short stories I have read: 9 out of 9
Number of non-Bond Ian Fleming books I have read (The Diamond Smugglers, Thrilling Cities, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang): 1 out of 3
The official Glidrose/IFP Continuation Novels I have read*:
Colonel Sun by Robert Markham/Kingsly Amis: Y
James Bond: The Authorised Biography by John Pearson: Y
Number of original John Gardner James Bond novels: 13 out of 14
Number of original Raymond Benson James Bond novels: 6 out of 6
Number ot Raymond Benson James Bond short stories (Blast From The Past, Midsummer Night's Doom, Live At Five): 1 out of 3
Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks? Y
Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver? Y
Number of Charlie Higson Young Bond novels (including short story, A Hard Man To Kill): 5 out of 6
Number of Kate Westbrook/Samantha Weinberg Moneypenny Diaries novels: 3 out of 3
Number of Kate Westbrook/Samantha Weinberg Moneypenny short stories (For Your Eyes Only, James, Moneypenny's First Date With Bond): 0 out of 2
The official tie-in novelizations I have read:
by Christopher Wood: 2 out of 2
by John Gardner: 2 out of 2
by Raymond Benson: 2 out of 3
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 27 June 2011 - 04:37 PM
Lt. Commander
Posted 27 June 2011 - 04:38 PM
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 27 June 2011 - 05:43 PM
Here are my marks
Number of original John Gardner James Bond novels: 13 out of 14