The Bondologist Blog - Article Update and Discussion Thread

Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
edited February 23 in James Bond Literature
Please find posted below a link to a brand new literary and cinematic James Bond blog that I have had set up called The Bondologist Blog. Watch out for an ongoing series of James Bond articles which will be published there first in the next few weeks and months. I will promise many exclusive articles on many new slants looking at the literary Bond especially. I deal in all aspects of Lesser Spotted Bondology.

http://thebondologistblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Please note that you can now follow the activity of The Bondologist Blog on X (formerly Twitter): @Dragonpol at:

http://www.twitter.com/Dragonpol

I can also be contacted by email for submissions, criticism, praise or anything else entirely right here:
dragonpol93@hotmail.com

The blog is interested in the more obscure areas of Bondology - the lesser looked up areas. This is my promise to all of the James Bond fans around the world!

And...that's all for now, folks!

Thanks for reading.
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited October 2017
    Just added a new article...well I say new - it's new at least new to The Bondologist Blog, http://thebondologistblog.blogspot.co.uk/

    The article in question, called "Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli and the Blueprint for James Bond" was actually written by this author back in March 2009 for RIghty007's www.felixleiter.com webpage celebration of the Centenary of the birth of "Cubby" Broccoli. This was my contribution to the series, which also included contributuions from Righty007, 00Twelve, Richard Kiel and Simon Gardner. See the original article (and feel free to makle any comments or brickbats there too) here:
    http://www.felixleit...silhouette-man/

    I don't think the article got a big deal of exposure on the Felix Leiter website when it was first posted on there on 5 April 2009, so I've decided to post it as a new article on my blog. Please feel free to read and comment on the article and to join up to become a member of the blog. I need all of the Bond fan support that you can muster here on AJB to keep on writing lengthy and hopefully very interesting literary and cinematic James Bond articles. This article is designed to whet your appetites for the new set of articles which will very soon be featuring on the blog in the Autumn/Winter season of 2012. I intend to post an update e-newsletter on my blog about the "forthcoming attractions" to generate the maximum amount of interest in this year of Skyfall and the 50th Anniversary celebrations in October 2012.There will be several articles designed to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Dr. No in October 2012 and also the 60th Anniversary of Casino Royale's publication in April 2013. My special research interest at the moment is the early critical reception and levels of violence in the original Ian Fleming James Bond novels and the early EON Connery Bond films that were very faithful to their source material. There is much new, undiscovered material being utilised in these particular articles, so I do hope that they get a wide Bondian readership interested and engaged. I'm also very much interested in the controversial aspects of the Continuation of the James Bond Novels by Amis, Gardner, Benson, Higson, Faulks, Deaver (and in 2013) William Boyd. There are also a few critical pieces solely focusing on the James Bond films. Watch this space and the blog for all this and more...We've got all your favourites, kiddies!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    Fans of The Bondologist Blog, my online home, can now also join a Yahoo! Bondologist Blog discussion group here: http://groups.yahoo....ogistbloggroup/ to discuss articles, ideas and the Jamnes Bond novels and films in general.

    Please join up today and show your support!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited July 2014
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    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,484MI6 Agent
    How about a piece on when Fleming gets topical, ie in TB he mentions Tommy Steel I think with the taxi driver to Shrublands, and North by Northwest. David Niven and Ursula Andress are mentioned later in the books, OHMSS and YOLT. But there's not much in the first few novels in terms of popular culture references.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited September 2015
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    How about a piece on when Fleming gets topical, ie in TB he mentions Tommy Steel I think with the taxi driver to Shrublands, and North by Northwest. David Niven and Ursula Andress are mentioned later in the books, OHMSS and YOLT. But there's not much in the first few novels in terms of popular culture references.

    Yes, I was already actually thinking of something along these lines, myself - especially the very interesting Tommy Steele quote in TB. Will do something on this in time on my blog. Thanks for your feedback.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    Some of these articles I will hopefully upload before the end of the year, plus lots more coming in the New Year 2013 also!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    I hope to upload the 'Drax's Gambit and the Future Direction of the James Bond films' article tomorrow on my Bondologist Blog tomorrow. :)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    Might be a bit late with that article, but, rest assured, there will be numerous new articles uploaded very soon! -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    I also have just recently launched a brand new The Alternative James Bond Blog under my alter-ego Dragonpol where some longer pieces of writing will be uploaded in the New Year 2013. Please check out the link below for more details!

    http://thealternativejamesbondblog.blogspot.co.uk/
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    Just changed the background settings on my old The Bondologist Blog so its looks a bit more like the Casino Royale opening sequence - very James Bond, I think you'll agree! -{

    Plus, it uploads much more quickly! :))
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    I just wanted to wish all my blog readers and fans a very Happy New Year 2013 and to wish you well, irrespective of wherever you are around the globe - I've seen a breakdown of the blog traffic sources and it really is read from all over the world!

    Thanks for making The Bondologist Blog such a success in its first year of running (it was only set up on 28 May 2012) and thanks also very much for all your attention in 2013 when I hope the blog will become even better known to literary and cinematic James Bond fans the world over!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    I've just added my The Bondologist Blog Mission Statement 2013 for any readers interested. It can be found here:

    http://thebondologistblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-bondologist-blog-mission-statement.html
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited July 2014
    List removed.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited July 2014
    List removed.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited January 2013
    Please find posted below an article on Kingsley Amis, Drax's Gambit and the Reform of the Action Sequences in the James Bond Films:

    http://thebondologistblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/kingsley-amis-draxs-gambit-and-reform.html

    Please stop by and read some of the other articles on The Bondologist Blog. This is the first new blog article for 2013.

    Please leave your comments in this thread - I do hope that you enjoy the article - t'was a labour of love!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited February 2013
    I've made some very minor revisions to the new "Kingsley Amis, Drax's Gambit and the Reform of the Action Sequences" article on my The Bondologist Blog. I've got a comment from Martin Amis no less - you can read it in the comment box below the article!

    I've also posted a newly revised topic list for the year 2013 - with 31 article titles it's somewhat ambitious, but I aim to deliver!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    There will be new content uploaded onto The Bondologist Blog very soon - the second new article will be 'The Strange Death of Colonel Sun'.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    See the all-new revised The Bondologist Blog topic list posted below - some 45 article titles for the 2013-2014 season:

    http://thebondologistblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-bondologist-blog-revised-topic-list.html
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • alphaagentalphaagent Posts: 433MI6 Agent
    Not single video of you shaving on the whole website David, very disappointed!
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    alphaagent wrote:
    Not single video of you shaving on the whole website David, very disappointed!

    Again, I'm very puzzled by this remark - can you enlighten us with your presumed in-joke?

    This is the second time that you've made this remark, and I didn't get it's significance then either.

    As I said before, massively confused.com :s :s :s :s :s
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited July 2014
    Post removed.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited July 2014
    List removed.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    As a late update to this thread I have since added one new article to the blog on Anthony Burgess' script for The Spy Who Loved Me which went up on the blog on Monday 24 March 2014:

    http://www.thebondologistblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/anthony-burgess-on-spy-who-loved-me.html

    Let me know what you think of this one. I've got a new article on the way soon (finally!) 8-)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Nice article, David -{
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    Charmed & Dangerous wrote:
    Nice article, David -{

    Thank you, Charmed & Dangerous! :)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Class Material by David as always -{
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Class Material by David as always -{

    Thank you AOS! :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Sorry to ask this of you, but do you think you could do an Article on the Novels published after the Wall fell? Death Is Forever especially -{
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited September 2014
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Sorry to ask this of you, but do you think you could do an Article on the Novels published after the Wall fell? Death Is Forever especially -{

    Certainly, good idea I'll read that and do a write-up for sure! I had a title for that anyhow ("James Bond in the New World Order - A Review of John Gardner's Death is Forever (1992)") but as the first post-Cold War novel that would be very interesting to have a look at! :) -{

    I also intend to do articles on all of the other 1990s John Gardner novels as I feel these are very overlooked. -{

    I'm open to all suggestions for new topics for articles by the way, so don't be sorry AOS! :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    I've just rewritten my last blog article from March 2014. New blog content on the way soon but until then:

    http://www.thebondologistblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/anthony-burgess-on-spy-who-loved-me.html
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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