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[Kronsteen]

It feels like there are surveys about the movies quite often, so I thought I'd try to do a literary one...

If you think this is a bad idea or maybe you think that an important question is missing? Just tell me




IAN FLEMING

Best novel?

Best short-story?

Best girl?

Best villain?

Best villains plot?

Best location?




JOHN GARDNER

Best novel?

Best girl?

Best villain?

Best villains plot?

Best location?




RAYMOND BENSON

Best novel?

Best short-story?

Best girl?

Best villain?

Best villains plot?

Best location?




GENERICALLY

Best love affiar?

Best climax/ending?

Best allied?

Best MI6 member? Not James Bond




Please do also tell me how many books you've read from the different authors!



THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR ANSWERS...

[Mister Asterix]

IAN FLEMING
(Read all at least twice.)

Best novel? From Russia With Love

Best short-story? “The Living Daylights”

Best girl? Tracy

Best villain? Blofeld

Best villains plot? From Russia With Love

Best location? Piz Gloria


JOHN GARDNER
(Read all at least once.)

Best novel? Role Of Honour

Best girl? Flicka

Best villain? Brokenclaw Lee

Best villains plot? For Special Services

Best location? Erewhon


RAYMOND BENSON
(Read all at least twice.)

Best novel? High Time To Kill

Best short-story? “Blast From The Past”

Best girl? Sunni Pei

Best villain? Le Gerant

Best villains plot? Doubleshot

Best location? Kangchenjunga


GENERICALLY

Best love affiar? Tracy

Best climax/ending? From Russia With Love

Best allied? Felix

Best MI6 member? Bill Tanner

[zencat]

IAN FLEMING

Best novel? CASINO ROYALE

Best short-story? THE HILDEBRAND RARITY

Best girl? VESPA

Best villain? DRAX

Best villains plot? GOLDFINGER

Best location? JAPAN-YOLT



JOHN GARDNER

Best novel? LICENCE RENEWED

Best girl? BEATRICE MARIA da RICCI - WIN LOSE OR DIE

Best villain? BROKENCLAW LEE

Best villains plot? LICENSE RENEWED

Best location? SCANDINAVIA - ICEBREAKER


RAYMOND BENSON

Best novel? NEVER DREAM OF DYING

Best short-story? LIVE AT FIVE

Best girl? TYLYN MIGNONNE - NDOD

Best villain? ROLAND MARQUIS - HTTK

Best villains plot? THE MAN WITH THE RED TATTOO

Best location? NEPAL - HTTK


GENERICALLY

Best love affiar? BOND VESPA

Best climax/ending? HTTK

Best allied? DRACO

Best MI6 member? Not James Bond: M




Please do also tell me how many books you've read from the different authors!

I"VE READ ALL OF THEM AT LEAST TWICE

[Jim]

IAN FLEMING

Best novel? You Only Live Twice

Best short-story? The Hildebrand Rarity

Best girl? Honeychile Ryder

Best villain? Ernst Blofeld

Best villains plot? Thunderball

Best location? Bahamas, Thunderball




JOHN GARDNER

Best novel? Nobody Lives Forever

Best girl? Sukie Tempesta; first time around, anyway

Best villain? The Second Blofeld

Best villains plot? Nobody Lives Forever, albeit not really a plot as such

Best location? Rhineland, Never Send Flowers




RAYMOND BENSON

Best novel? By default, The Facts of Death

Best short-story? Blast From the Past

Best girl? The twins in Doubleshot

Best villain? The Decada

Best villains plot? The Facts of Death

Best location? Nepal




GENERICALLY

Best love affair? Bond - Tracy

Best climax/ending? On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Best ally? Quarrel

Best MI6 member? Not James Bond M




Please do also tell me how many books you've read from the different authors!

Fleming - all, at least five times and some more so. Say an average of five times

Gardner - all, at least twice, Nobody Lives Forever more than that and Brokenclaw only once because it was dire

Benson - all, generally once only. The Man with the Red Tattoo twice. Life's too short.

[Qwerty]

IAN FLEMING

Best novel? Doctor No

Best short-story? Octopussy

Best girl? Tracy

Best villain? Hugo Drax

Best villains plot? From Russia With Love

Best location? Piz Gloria

JOHN GARDNER

Best novel? Nobody Lives Forever

Best girl? Flicka

Best villain? Tamil Rahani

Best villains plot? Nobody Lives Forever

Best location? Never Send Flowers

RAYMOND BENSON

Best novel? The Facts Of Death

Best short-story? “Live At Five”

Best girl? Tylyn

Best villain? Roland Marquis

Best villains plot? Doubleshot

Best location? Kangchenjunga

GENERICALLY

Best love affiar? Tracy

Best climax/ending? The Spy Who Loved Me

Best allied? Felix

Best MI6 member? Not James Bond? Bill

I've read all of them probably 3+ times, except for “Blast From The Past” which is the only story I've never read nor own.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

IAN FLEMING

Best novel? OHMSS

Best short-story? The Living Daylights

Best girl? Tracy

Best villain? Blofeld

Best villains plot? From Russia With Love

Best location? tough...Royale or Piz Gloria




JOHN GARDNER

Best novel? Icebreaker

Best girl? Flicka

Best villain? Franz Sanchez (novelizations count don't they?)

Best villains plot? Nobody Lives Forever, the concept had promise but I thought the book fell a bit short

Best location? Erewhon




RAYMOND BENSON

Best novel? High Time to Kill

Best short-story? Haven't read any

Best girl? Heidi and Hedy

Best villain? Roland Marquis

Best villains plot? Doubleshot

Best location? Nepal




GENERICALLY

Best love affiar? Vesper Lynd

Best climax/ending? Moonraker

Best allied? Felix

Best MI6 member? M

I've read all the Bensons all the Flemings a few times each and 9 of the Gardners

[Qwerty]

Best short-story? Haven't read any 

Track them down if you can.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

I've wanted to for some time...just haven't gotten around to it, I suppose

[Qwerty]

Yeah, the two I've read are very good. Can very often find “Live At Five” on eBay, and sometimes in the more rare oversize TV Guide mag.

[clinkeroo]

IAN FLEMING

Best novel? On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Best short-story? Quantum of Solace

Best girl? Tatiana

Best villain? Blofeld

Best villains plot? Thunderball

Best location? Piz Gloria




JOHN GARDNER

Best novel? Nobody Live Forever

Best girl? Nena (sorry, but Gardner's "good girls" are far too bland for me)

Best villain? I'll take Nena again (his villians are fairly nondescript as well)

Best villains plot? Nobody Lives Forever

Best location? Scotland




RAYMOND BENSON

Best novel? High Time to Kill

Best short-story? Blast from the Past

Best girl? Tylyn

Best villain? Marquis

Best villains plot? Zero Minus Ten

Best location? Kangchenjunga




GENERICALLY

Best love affiar? Tracy

Best climax/ending? On Her Majesty's Secret Service (YOLT is great also)

Best allied? Marc Ange (Felix is great also)

Best MI6 member? Not James Bond Bill Tanner


I have read all the published novels and stories, and some that weren't. Right now I'm doing my best to track down all the daily strips.