The Shameful Dream

Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,484MI6 Agent
An interesting titbit on p231 of Henry Chancellor's excellent James Bond: The Man And His World. It reports that Fleming was annoyed at newspaper proprietor Lord Beaverbrook for abruptly dropping the long-running cartoon strip of Bond in the Daily Express, and drew up a short story entitled The Shameful Dream that remained unfinished. It begins with the newspaper editor Caffery Bone leaving the office in his Rolls.

Now, bearing in mind that Brosnan's second film was about the newspaper world, why not use that title and the name of the editor, rather than Tomorrow Never Dies and Elliot Carver?
"This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

Roger Moore 1927-2017

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  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    If only they'd stuck with "Tomorrow Never Lies," which is (IMO) far superior :#
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    "I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
    "Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
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