James Bond Will Return in
KILL MY DYING DEATH
by
Charlie Higson
Wouldn't that be awesome?
Posted 12 June 2010 - 03:51 PM
James Bond Will Return in
KILL MY DYING DEATH
by
Charlie Higson
Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:02 PM
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Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:15 PM
Now, could you resist flipping to that last page as soon as you got the book in hand? Or would you wait until you reach it naturally? (Pretty sure it would be impossible for me not to peek.)
Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:15 PM
I'd peak too but I'm quite certain we'll know when the first person to receive the book posts the answer on CBn.Now, could you resist flipping to that last page as soon as you got the book in hand? Or would you wait until you reach it naturally? (Pretty sure it would be impossible for me not to peek.)
Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:16 PM
I'd peak too but I'm quite certain we'll know when the first person to receive the book posts the answer on CBn.Now, could you resist flipping to that last page as soon as you got the book in hand? Or would you wait until you reach it naturally? (Pretty sure it would be impossible for me not to peek.)
Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:18 PM
Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:25 PM
Hey, I bet the paperback Project X will include an excerpt from the next book. Maybe that's where we'll get the title? (I recall learning For Special Services from the US paperback License Renewed.) When you have a rolling series, lots of opportunity.
Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:31 PM
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Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:35 PM
Well, I'd expect it might be locked shortly before X1 is released but I'd be very surprised if they've done anything more than fishing around for interest at the moment.
Do we know how long ago Deaver was locked into place yet?
Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:36 PM
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Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:39 PM
There you go. Heck, they probably started the whole Project X thing not too long after the release of DMC. I would be very surprised if author 2 isn't already in place.Well, I'd expect it might be locked shortly before X1 is released but I'd be very surprised if they've done anything more than fishing around for interest at the moment.
Do we know how long ago Deaver was locked into place yet?
I thought I had heard or read somewhere that he had been working on the outline for 7 months.
Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:41 PM
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Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:48 PM
Zoe Watkins said this in 2005, when talking about the 2008 centenary novel...Heck, they probably started the whole Project X thing not too long after the release of DMC.Well, I'd expect it might be locked shortly before X1 is released but I'd be very surprised if they've done anything more than fishing around for interest at the moment.
Do we know how long ago Deaver was locked into place yet?
I thought I had heard or read somewhere that he had been working on the outline for 7 months.
“We are still in the planning stages, but at the moment the idea would be to have it done by an established author – potentially a big name,” said Zoe Watkins of IFP. “The literary Bond is something we want to focus on and any work would have to be in keeping with the literary aspects of the books. If it was successful there could be scope for further novels.”
Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:50 PM
(but lets not turn this thread into another continuity discussion).
Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:53 PM
I'm wondering how much Casino Royale impacted their thinking. It did show how a Bond reboot could work. They might have seen that in 2006 and started thinking about how to do the same thing with the books. Project X is the result.Zoe Watkins said this in 2005, when talking about the 2008 centenary novel...
“We are still in the planning stages, but at the moment the idea would be to have it done by an established author – potentially a big name,” said Zoe Watkins of IFP. “The literary Bond is something we want to focus on and any work would have to be in keeping with the literary aspects of the books. If it was successful there could be scope for further novels.”
Good point. Maybe Danjaq "owns" that in some way.Back on topic, definitely like to see something at the end - even if not a title or an author (or the first chapter when X1 is reprinted in paperback) then just a James Bond Will Return. Unless EON have got that trademarked/copyright (delete as applicable).
Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:59 PM
I'm wondering how much Casino Royale impacted their thinking. It did show how a Bond reboot could work. They might have seen that in 2006 and started thinking about how to do the same thing with the books. Project X is the result.Zoe Watkins said this in 2005, when talking about the 2008 centenary novel...
“We are still in the planning stages, but at the moment the idea would be to have it done by an established author – potentially a big name,” said Zoe Watkins of IFP. “The literary Bond is something we want to focus on and any work would have to be in keeping with the literary aspects of the books. If it was successful there could be scope for further novels.”
Posted 12 June 2010 - 05:03 PM
Like zencat said above, I don't think they'll wait. Books take too long to produce to do that and IFP knows Bond sells. It's not like the movie business where the studio needs millions of dollars just to make a profit.I'm wondering how much Casino Royale impacted their thinking. It did show how a Bond reboot could work. They might have seen that in 2006 and started thinking about how to do the same thing with the books. Project X is the result.Zoe Watkins said this in 2005, when talking about the 2008 centenary novel...
“We are still in the planning stages, but at the moment the idea would be to have it done by an established author – potentially a big name,” said Zoe Watkins of IFP. “The literary Bond is something we want to focus on and any work would have to be in keeping with the literary aspects of the books. If it was successful there could be scope for further novels.”
However, they may just wait to see how X does for deciding to commission the second book.
Posted 12 June 2010 - 05:28 PM
Posted 12 June 2010 - 05:37 PM
...at the end of Jeffrey Deaver's Project X novel we will get the name of the next book and author?
Posted 12 June 2010 - 05:38 PM
...at the end of Jeffrey Deaver's Project X novel we will get the name of the next book and author?
Erm, yes, it is too much to hope for. It's just fanboy wishful thinking, I'm afraid. In any case, the info would be leaked long before release day, by someone working at the printer's or in a bookshop.
Posted 12 June 2010 - 05:40 PM
Posted 12 June 2010 - 05:44 PM
Okay, revised idea! The back of the book has a code. Five digit number. You plug that number into the Project X website and, bingo, the new author and book is revealed! That code will not work until release day, so no danger of a leak. Yes, it's another fanboyish idea, but that's what you're paying me for....at the end of Jeffrey Deaver's Project X novel we will get the name of the next book and author?
Erm, yes, it is too much to hope for. It's just fanboy wishful thinking, I'm afraid. In any case, the info would be leaked long before release day, by someone working at the printer's or in a bookshop.
Thank you for crushing my dreams.