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Penguin Classics UK omnibus editions


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#1 Station T

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Posted 05 December 2002 - 11:38 PM

I purchased a quite sharp looking Penguin Classics volume this year collecting From Russia With Love, Dr. No, and Goldfinger. A still of Connery standing on the Ken Adam Fort Knox interior set (an image I have never seen elsewhere) was the cover image.

At the time of my purchase, Amazon UK also listed another omnibus, another Penguin Classic edition probably, collecting Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, and Moonraker. The listing cited a release date of May 2003. However, when I checked again, the listing was gone.

I hope Penguin UK hasn't abandoned plans to do a series of Classics omnibuses of Fleming's Bond novels, because I would love to see that collection of the first three, and especially a collection of the so-called "SPECTRE Trilogy."

I wonder, should the series continue and keep using stills from the Eon films as cover art, what could be used for two potential volumes I've mentioned? I would love to see a still of Roger Moore and Carole Bouquet tied up for a keel dragging (a scene inspired by Fleming's LALD) and any scene from Peter Hunt's OHMSS adorn the other!

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Posted 07 December 2002 - 10:56 PM

Yeah, I saw that book also. I have been contemplating on whether to buy it or not, but I think I might just buy them all seperate.

I admit, I really fancied buying that book, the cover is just great, and fits it really well.

I hope too that they release more "omnibuses" of Fleming's novels.