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I keep meaning to pick up one of those books with the recreations of the comic strips from the newspapers - I bet they're fascinating.
Indeed they are.
I just finished OHMSS AND YOLT.
Reading them in comic strip form is the closest we will ever get to seeing what might have been in the movies had
Connery not quit and the order of the books not been reversed.
check 'em out!
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if you read them in paperback you MUST READ THE VINTAGE VERSIONS THAT SAY "a jAMES bOND tHRILLER"
NO substitutes will do.
I still have my first printing of YOLT!
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Ya know, i've STILL never read GOLDFINGER all the way through!
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Posted: |
Dec 3, 2007 - 10:33 AM
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Jim Phelps
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I had to read CR twice, though. I wasn't prepared for the total difference in style of Fleming's work and the books I'm used to (modern, I guess). There's a great deal of exposition, like a full chapter devoted to us reading a memo. But, jeez, you can't skip it, it's important. :-)
The second time I read it, I was comfortable with Fleming's style and loved the book.
Enjoy your trip. But be prepared, the novella's are a little off the beaten path.
After reading James Ellroy's ratta-tat-tat style of free form writing, as well as Jack Kerouac's stream-of-consciousness work, I think I'll be more than ready for Fleming. There's something about his very Britishness that I find so appealing.
I can just see the ghosts of Tall Guy and Timmer reading approvingly over my shoulder. 
I look forward to discussing the books as I go along.
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Posted: |
Dec 17, 2007 - 11:21 AM
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CH-CD
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Coming towards the final stretch with LALD and they're in Jamaica, finally! For some reason, Bond in central Florida just doesn't seem right! I do like Fleming's scathing remarks about the retirement culture and American cars, but 007 should limit his Florida appearances to Miami.
As for Felix Leiter, it seems unlikely that he'll be in future Bond novels, given his condition in this, just the second book. I picture David Hedison as Leiter, and not my usual favorite, Jack Lord. I just can't picture Jack Lord being so upbeat and humorous like Leiter is in the book.
I'll be reading Casino Royale next.
That chapter in "Live and Let Die", in which Felix Leiter is introduced to Mr Big's sharks, has the best Chapter title in any Bond book....."He Disagreed with Something that Ate Him".
Great stuff!
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