Bond Book of the Month
Thunderpussy
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Many have suggested having a Book of the Month Thread, So lets start one. 
Starting in July ( To give time to either Buy a copy,or dig out an old one ) with
Casino Royale. Then continuing through the Fleming Novels, and on to the continuing
Novels.
So it's still open for suggestions, advice or tips. Although from July you can post your views on Casino Royale
whether your reading it for the first time or need the excuse to read it again after a few Years.
Starting in July ( To give time to either Buy a copy,or dig out an old one ) with
Casino Royale. Then continuing through the Fleming Novels, and on to the continuing
Novels.
So it's still open for suggestions, advice or tips. Although from July you can post your views on Casino Royale
whether your reading it for the first time or need the excuse to read it again after a few Years.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Comments
I'd suggest not visiting the thread untill the Book has been read ( so you're covered )
incase of spoilers etc.
It's cool. I've already read them all once this year
Edit:
Seeing as you replied to my thread on the article I wrote on the novels I'm guessing I missed your intended sarcasm here. Doh! ;%
you had a head start.
I was up in the loft yesterday and found 3 copies (sadly no First Editions
I'm happy to give away for free and include 2nd class postage in the uk, so pleas Pm me.
The only catch is you that you read them and help contribute to the debate on this forum.
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chapter One - I love the way it gets you immediately into Bond's world and the story. Fleming packs in a lot of 'tradecraft' about which he was clearly very knowledgeable. More or less the only thing we learn about Bond seems to be how professional he is, and that he has warmth and humour in his eyes - at least when he's awake.
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I will not write my entire review in one post. Ill just write small opinions during July. I plan to do this the coming months as well.
Explained to him, I thought was very funny.
M: "Jealous husbands, outraged chefs, humiliated tailors . . . the list is endless."
almost all of the Fleming story, with a few action sequences for the thrill of the modern Film
audiences.
In the Novel Fleming's opening paragraph beautifully sets the sene and sense of a late night
casino. The card game between Le Chiffre and Bond is brilliant, I love his discription of a players
hands being like Crabs scurring out for the cards.
We even have Bond doing a little Trade craft, checking if anyone has been in his room. The torture
scene is another very well written piece, and will still make many readers Cringe at it.
I agree it is a short Novel and so lacks some of the character development of the later novels, as
Mentioned by Peppermill. Still I haven't read it in Years and found Myself really enjoying it.
It has some of the same stuff, but key moments - such as Vesper being briefed by the Chief of Staff about the kind of man Bond is, and her realisation when he snubs her over dinner, and the revealing chat with Mathis at the end about the nature of good and evil, key moments for me that could easily have made it in but they didn't. The vibe is different too, none of the smoky world weary stuff.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Interesting about movie vs book etc. I think it was a good job overall considering they had to modernise it.
Always wonder what Tarantino's version would of panned out like if he got his way. He revealed it would if been shot as the same era as the book and also filmed in black and white!!!! He also wanted to cast Brosnan which would have been strange to see in this aspect!
Roger Moore 1927-2017
All bizarre really, I guess by getting Brosnan (current Bond) onside etc Tarantino thought he would actually get the nod.
I think in the recent Taschen book it mentions Tarantinos version was a proper adaption of the book and confirms he wanted to shoot in black and white
I agree with this.
I would say that the movie is a very good modernisation of the Fleming story and key themes are shared between novel and screen but the story itself is fundamentally different and the characters are almost unrecognisable from their literary counterparts.