No deals, Mr Bond :
Really liked this one, keeps up the pace of Nobody lives forever. Bond has to clean up
The mess of a failed operation to help M. Traveling to Ireland and Hong Kong. The ending
With Bond facing almost impossible odds is brilliant. As usual with J Gardner there are a
Few double agents etc in fact the last one, doesn't make any sense to me other than to
Add one last twist.
Still a great story, now for Scorpius. -{
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Thanks for these reviews TP, I follow them with some fascination because whilst I own all of the Gardner Bonds up to & including Scorpius, I haven't read them yet... X-(
Just finished re-re-re... reading DN, it was as wonderful as ever. Can't help seeing the scenes as per the film now- Andress on the beach, Connery throughout, Wiseman at the table with the ocean window behind, etc. After all these years I suppose that's inevitable.
The last time I read it, I'd forgotten a character or two from the film wasn't in it )
the centipede scene is a fantastic bit of writting, still makes me uneasy reading it.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
As DAD is pretty much Moonraker would the Ice Cliff face collapsing, as Bond
Tries to get his parachute ready, be " Eon's" modern take on Drax trying to kill
Bond by collapsing the White Cliffs ?
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Just over half way through Scorpius and have to say I'm really enjoying it. -{ It's amazing to think
J Gardner almost predicted the rise of the suicide bomber as a weapon of terrorism.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
OK, finished Scorpius, last night. Really enjoyed it. Starts of as if Bond is getting
Involved with the exorcist before he has to deal with a flood of suicide bombers.
Although I do find most of J Gardner's women a little on the boring side, Fleming
Always seemed to be able to give them " Life". -{
The villain, only appears in the later part of the novel, and is a bit tight with money,
As he has various bath robes and towels from various well known hotels etc.
Bond gives him a very gruesome death, very entertaining in a dark way.
Now on to win, lose or die.
Going by the Gardner book elimination game, most of these later Gardner Books are
Not well thought of, as most have already been rejected.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
OK, finished Scorpius, last night. Really enjoyed it. Starts of as if Bond is getting
Involved with the exorcist before he has to deal with a flood of suicide bombers.
Although I do find most of J Gardner's women a little on the boring side, Fleming
Always seemed to be able to give them " Life". -{
The villain, only appears in the later part of the novel, and is a bit tight with money,
As he has various bath robes and towels from various well known hotels etc.
Bond gives him a very gruesome death, very entertaining in a dark way.
Now on to win, lose or die.
Going by the Gardner book elimination game, most of these later Gardner Books are
Not well thought of, as most have already been rejected.
I didn't really like Scorpius - although it was the first Gardner Bond book I bought !
I quite like Win, Lose or Die though -{
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Reading win, lose or die. I have to admit it reminded me ( I'm sure everyone knows
this by now) how much I disliked Bond's promotion, never got used to reading his
new title, as opposed to Commander. It was never a big annoyance, but in my
Head it didn't sound right.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
I was going to miss out the film tie in books , I only covered TSWLM and MR, as
There were no Bond Books at the time so they were the closest we could get to
The literary Bond.
Although I read it not so long ago, and think that Gardner did a great job mixing his
Literary Bond and Eon's screen version. even managed to cover the attack
On leiter. To Quote Die Hard 2, " How can the same sh*t happen to the same guy
Twice !" ) or Drax " Once would be considered a misfortune, twice seems like
carelessness "
Even using the elimination game as a guide, from here on Gardner's books do drop
Off in quality, as many ideas seem to be reused, still an interesting read and in my
Opinion far better than R Benson's output.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
I still have yet to return to the Benson Novels. There not bad, but not brilliant either -{
I've always liked how Gardner added in a couple of Scenes to his Novelization for LTK, and included it in the Literary Cannon. Even if you have to believe that Leiter get's a second Shark mauling ) The Chapter where this Happens is a good Play on Words.
Slightly unrelated, but I've just made Bonds DAF Bourbon and Water (I'm using Harrogate Water since you can't get Kentucky Branch Water here in the UK)
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I'm also a big fan of Thunderball and On Her Majesty's Secret Service although they are 1960s books...
Really liked this one, keeps up the pace of Nobody lives forever. Bond has to clean up
The mess of a failed operation to help M. Traveling to Ireland and Hong Kong. The ending
With Bond facing almost impossible odds is brilliant. As usual with J Gardner there are a
Few double agents etc in fact the last one, doesn't make any sense to me other than to
Add one last twist.
Still a great story, now for Scorpius. -{
I'm currently reading through Fleming's Output for the millionth Time -{
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Ideas. Hoping A Horowitz gives us a good'un later this year. -{
I need to make more time to read...
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the centipede scene is a fantastic bit of writting, still makes me uneasy reading it.
Its funny, you think Professor Dent will show up sooner or later.
Just like Sean Connery...
Connery's always in it when I read it...
Tries to get his parachute ready, be " Eon's" modern take on Drax trying to kill
Bond by collapsing the White Cliffs ?
J Gardner almost predicted the rise of the suicide bomber as a weapon of terrorism.
I've always loved how Bond goes berserk on Scorpius at the End.
I agree wholeheartedly with this. One of my favourites. And as TP says, highly prescient in nature too.
Involved with the exorcist
Although I do find most of J Gardner's women a little on the boring side, Fleming
Always seemed to be able to give them " Life". -{
The villain, only appears in the later part of the novel, and is a bit tight with money,
As he has various bath robes and towels from various well known hotels etc.
Bond gives him a very gruesome death, very entertaining in a dark way.
Now on to win, lose or die.
Going by the Gardner book elimination game, most of these later Gardner Books are
Not well thought of, as most have already been rejected.
My biggest Problem with Win Loose Or Die is that it just drags. The main Villains are poor Substitutes for SPECTRE, but the Climax is rather good.
I didn't really like Scorpius - although it was the first Gardner Bond book I bought !
I quite like Win, Lose or Die though -{
Isn't a Bond book
It's Win, Lose or Die
Sorry, cheap shot
Indeed we do...myself more than most -{
this by now) how much I disliked Bond's promotion, never got used to reading his
new title, as opposed to Commander.
Head it didn't sound right.
I can't wait for your License To Kill thoughts -{
There were no Bond Books at the time so they were the closest we could get to
The literary Bond.
Although I read it not so long ago, and think that Gardner did a great job mixing his
Literary Bond and Eon's screen version.
On leiter. To Quote Die Hard 2, " How can the same sh*t happen to the same guy
Twice !"
carelessness "
Even using the elimination game as a guide, from here on Gardner's books do drop
Off in quality, as many ideas seem to be reused, still an interesting read and in my
Opinion far better than R Benson's output.
I've always liked how Gardner added in a couple of Scenes to his Novelization for LTK, and included it in the Literary Cannon. Even if you have to believe that Leiter get's a second Shark mauling
Slightly unrelated, but I've just made Bonds DAF Bourbon and Water (I'm using Harrogate Water since you can't get Kentucky Branch Water here in the UK)