Your thoughts on The very hungry caterpillar ......

ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
in James Bond Literature
First published in 1969, same year as OHMSS. The book follows a caterpillar as it eats its way through a wide variety of foodstuffs. The parallels with Bond watching all the girls eating many different kinds of Foods in Blofeld's clinic are obvious.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar introduces concepts of Lepidoptera life stages where transformations take place including the ultimate metamorphosis from 'hungry caterpillar' to 'beautiful butterfly'. Rather like the transformation that Bond undergoes
in the novel YOLT and the 2006 Casino Royale Movie. From new recruit to "OO".
I'd love to hear Members thoughts and perhaps they could recomend other books with little known Bond references.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."

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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    First published in 1969, same year as OHMSS.
    Wow, I din't realize that.
    Yes, the parallels with Bond are obvious, I saw that as a 12 year old.
    Here's an excerpt of a Dick & Jane book I held onto:
    "See Jane scream. Scream Jane, scream.
    See Dick slap Jane."
    That's so 60's Bond, dude!
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    AH, the 60's were a great time to be a Man. :))
    ( a real man ) according to Sir Sean. :v
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited October 2012
    Isn't this the infamous book that President George W. Bush referred to as his favourite when he was asked this question by a journalist?!

    Don't really see the Bond connection though...I think that you're spoofing!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    All the connections are there, But Only if you look. Young Jedi. :D
    In the land of the Blind, and all that.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    First published in 1969, same year as OHMSS. The book follows a caterpillar as it eats its way through a wide variety of foodstuffs. The parallels with Bond watching all the girls eating many different kinds of Foods in Blofeld's clinic are obvious.
    The Very Hungry Caterpillar introduces concepts of Lepidoptera life stages where transformations take place including the ultimate metamorphosis from 'hungry caterpillar' to 'beautiful butterfly'. Rather like the transformation that Bond undergoes
    in the novel YOLT and the 2006 Casino Royale Movie. From new recruit to "OO".
    I'd love to hear Members thoughts and perhaps they could recomend other books with little known Bond references.
    :)) :)) :))

    Best post in ages! {[]

    To paraphrase M in 1969's OHMSS...I wasn't aware your hobbies included lepidoptery, Thunderpussy.
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    At least it's not unusually small for a nymphalis polychloros.
    ( Large Tortoiseshell ) ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    Just got this on a whim in Asda last night!

    Expect a The Bondologist Blog article on this very soon...maybe? :))
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    ?? Joke....right?
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,632MI6 Agent
    Good Lord... :s
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    chrisno1 wrote:
    Good Lord... :s
    Well, Sil man writes alot of articles, about alot of topics.
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited January 2013
    James Suzuki wrote:
    chrisno1 wrote:
    Good Lord... :s
    Well, Sil man writes alot of articles, about alot of topics.

    True - maybe there is something in that from the point of view of structure. It'll all be in the best possible taste! :D Plus, Thunderpussy started it!
    "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
    Yes, this was a joke on my part - how could you have thought differently!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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