Your Author Of Choice?

MustonMuston Huncote, Leicestershire Posts: 228MI6 Agent
As a new member of this forum I don't know if the question has been asked before, but if you could choose an author to write a Bond continuation novel, who would it be? Living or dead?

I'd have loved J.G. Ballard (Cocaine Nights, Crash, Concrete Island) to have had a crack at it. His dystopian ideas could have made for a strange Bond adventure.
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  • Le SamouraiLe Samourai Honolulu, HIPosts: 573MI6 Agent
    Wow… Ballard Bond. That would be one wild ride. I don't know if it would work, but I certainly would read it.

    I'd love to see Barry Eisler write one. He's a Bond fan, and his John Rain novels have a definite 007ish vibe to them.

    William Gibson's writing style, especially in his early novels, is rather Fleming-like.

    And here's an odd one: The late Christopher Hitchens. He was also a Fleming fan, and his knowledge of geopolitical affairs might have made for an interesting take on Bond. Of course, I don't think he ever wrote fiction.
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Frederick Forsyth, he is old school. Unreconstructed. Not sure he could do the sex and sadism though.
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    Yes, my choice would be Frederick Forsyth also.
    "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
    Alistair MacLean, Would of been my choice.
    Although he was another who didn't put much
    sex scenes in his novels.
    "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: 8,845MI6 Agent
    Alistair MacLean, Would of been my choice.
    Although he was another who didn't put much
    sex scenes in his novels.

    This post reminds me of my Law lecturer replying to a chap who said a person might not be prosecuted if he was dead!

    IFP Board Member: 'What about Alistair Maclean?'

    Other board member: 'He's dead'

    IFP Board Member: 'Your point being...'
    "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
    Muston wrote :
    As a new member of this forum I don't know if the question has been asked before, but if you could choose an author to write a Bond continuation novel, who would it be? Living or dead?

    Did your Law lecturer say anything about reading the question. :p
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    For the sex scenes, E.L.James
    To add some conspiracy elements, Dan Brown
    For atmosphere, J.K.Rowling
    And to bring it all together, and give the story a Hook,
    the great. J.R. Hartly. :)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Polar Bear 0007Polar Bear 0007 CanadaPosts: 129MI6 Agent
    edited November 2012
    Geoffrey Jenkins or John D. MacDonald !!
    This is where we leave you Mr. Bond. (Pilot, Apollo Airlines)
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    Muston wrote :
    As a new member of this forum I don't know if the question has been asked before, but if you could choose an author to write a Bond continuation novel, who would it be? Living or dead?

    Did your Law lecturer say anything about reading the question. :p

    That's a point, Thunderthighs, old ****!
    "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
    No Problem, Still-so-wet Man. :p
    "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: 8,845MI6 Agent
    No Problem, Still-so-wet Man. :p

    Yes, but my martini's still dry. -{ :)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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