All a case of fingers crossed and hoping for the best, that the anxious reading of the first few pages fulfills all the pre-publication optimism.
But this is the same optimism there was for Faulks and Boyd (surely no one had the slightest hope for Deaver's ludicrous project).
Will Horowitz give us the best continuation since Wood's SPY that most have been waiting for, or will there just be embers of Faulksian dismay beyond the silly title and the stunt casting of Honor Blackman?
All a case of fingers crossed and hoping for the best, that the anxious reading of the first few pages fulfills all the pre-publication optimism.
But this is the same optimism there was for Faulks and Boyd (surely no one had the slightest hope for Deaver's ludicrous project).
Will Horowitz give us the best continuation since Wood's SPY that most have been waiting for, or will there just be embers of Faulksian dismay beyond the silly title and the stunt casting of Honor Blackman?
Nervous times.
No need to be nervous, its a good book. Best of the continuation ones IMHO. The first chapter or so is a bit weak as it copies too many phrases from earlier books and plot from DAF. I mention this only so you know that it gets better. From the moment Bond sits down with M its classic Fleming, in fact if it had been released by Fleming as the next book after Goldfinger I think it would have been well received.
All a case of fingers crossed and hoping for the best, that the anxious reading of the first few pages fulfills all the pre-publication optimism.
But this is the same optimism there was for Faulks and Boyd (surely no one had the slightest hope for Deaver's ludicrous project).
Will Horowitz give us the best continuation since Wood's SPY that most have been waiting for, or will there just be embers of Faulksian dismay beyond the silly title and the stunt casting of Honor Blackman?
Nervous times.
No need to be nervous, its a good book. Best of the continuation ones IMHO. The first chapter or so is a bit weak as it copies too many phrases from earlier books and plot from DAF. I mention this only so you know that it gets better. From the moment Bond sits down with M its classic Fleming, in fact if it had been released by Fleming as the next book after Goldfinger I think it would have been well received.
Your enthusiam is appreciated, Alan. I've had every continuation on the day of publication since LR and have been constantly disappointed so excuse my cynicism. Not keen on the apparent pinching of GOLDFINGER tropes, either
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All a case of fingers crossed and hoping for the best, that the anxious reading of the first few pages fulfills all the pre-publication optimism.
But this is the same optimism there was for Faulks and Boyd (surely no one had the slightest hope for Deaver's ludicrous project).
Will Horowitz give us the best continuation since Wood's SPY that most have been waiting for, or will there just be embers of Faulksian dismay beyond the silly title and the stunt casting of Honor Blackman?
Nervous times.
No need to be nervous, its a good book. Best of the continuation ones IMHO. The first chapter or so is a bit weak as it copies too many phrases from earlier books and plot from DAF. I mention this only so you know that it gets better. From the moment Bond sits down with M its classic Fleming, in fact if it had been released by Fleming as the next book after Goldfinger I think it would have been well received.
Your enthusiam is appreciated, Alan. I've had every continuation on the day of publication since LR and have been constantly disappointed so excuse my cynicism. Not keen on the apparent pinching of GOLDFINGER tropes, either
Please keep the faith, David. This time I feel it will be worth it. -{
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
No need to be nervous, its a good book. Best of the continuation ones IMHO. The first chapter or so is a bit weak as it copies too many phrases from earlier books and plot from DAF. I mention this only so you know that it gets better. From the moment Bond sits down with M its classic Fleming, in fact if it had been released by Fleming as the next book after Goldfinger I think it would have been well received.
Your enthusiam is appreciated, Alan. I've had every continuation on the day of publication since LR and have been constantly disappointed so excuse my cynicism. Not keen on the apparent pinching of GOLDFINGER tropes, either
Please keep the faith, David. This time I feel it will be worth it. -{
Sorry, been here before many times.
Only proof will be in the reading.
Silhouette ManThe last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
Your enthusiam is appreciated, Alan. I've had every continuation on the day of publication since LR and have been constantly disappointed so excuse my cynicism. Not keen on the apparent pinching of GOLDFINGER tropes, either
Please keep the faith, David. This time I feel it will be worth it. -{
Sorry, been here before many times.
Only proof will be in the reading.
I understand. I'm an optimist when it comes to the continuations as I've enjoyed many of them. -{
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
) Yes, SM. It's better to travel in hope. )
I have my fingers crossed. but do think that Horowitz is a decent
writer, and will do a good job, if not a classic. I do thik it will be better
That what we've been given lately. ......... I might be wrong, and could
be back, bitching about it after reading ! )
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
I certainly think Horowitz has his place in the timeline in his favour; he won't be writing about a damaged post Tracy and Russia Bond Faulks and Boyd (though not Fleming, nor Amis, Wood, nor Gardner...) seized upon, turning Bond into a reimagined crypto liberal left winger. Nick Clegg, as I've ventured before.
I agree with Horowitz about SF, so fair play. Trying to avoid the reviews however.
Indeed. Good to see that now as a Bond "insider" Horowitz hasn't fallen for the company line that because Dan and Sam were behind it, SF is a masterpiece. -{
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But this is the same optimism there was for Faulks and Boyd (surely no one had the slightest hope for Deaver's ludicrous project).
Will Horowitz give us the best continuation since Wood's SPY that most have been waiting for, or will there just be embers of Faulksian dismay beyond the silly title and the stunt casting of Honor Blackman?
Nervous times.
No need to be nervous, its a good book. Best of the continuation ones IMHO. The first chapter or so is a bit weak as it copies too many phrases from earlier books and plot from DAF. I mention this only so you know that it gets better. From the moment Bond sits down with M its classic Fleming, in fact if it had been released by Fleming as the next book after Goldfinger I think it would have been well received.
Your enthusiam is appreciated, Alan. I've had every continuation on the day of publication since LR and have been constantly disappointed so excuse my cynicism. Not keen on the apparent pinching of GOLDFINGER tropes, either
Please keep the faith, David. This time I feel it will be worth it.
Sorry, been here before many times.
Only proof will be in the reading.
I understand. I'm an optimist when it comes to the continuations as I've enjoyed many of them. -{
I have my fingers crossed.
writer, and will do a good job, if not a classic. I do thik it will be better
That what we've been given lately. ......... I might be wrong, and could
be back, bitching about it after reading !
.... I'm not against it, just wanted to remind people !
Horowitz is not a fan of the new Bond films, he thinks they show Bond as weak.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-3212827/James-Bond-new-book-Trigger-Mortis-written-Anthony-Horowitz-wanted-life.html
I liked SF a lot, but Horowitz makes many good points and I'm really hopeful for his book :007)
novels. It will probably seem to be the greatest thing I've read since
Fleming.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Indeed. Good to see that now as a Bond "insider" Horowitz hasn't fallen for the company line that because Dan and Sam were behind it, SF is a masterpiece. -{
Anthony Horowitz reads from new 007 book, Trigger Mortis ( 1;30)
"Oh Oh Seven." Oh dear.
have shot that video in Welshboy78's living room.
he seems very happy.