Fleming's reading List

AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
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Does anyone what Fleming was reading at the Time he wrote CR? I'm curious to know who his Writing Inspirations were.
1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger

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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Does anyone what Fleming was reading at the Time he wrote CR? I'm curious to know who his Writing Inspirations were.

    He might have got his inspiration from a film he saw ? will we ever know 8-)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Like many he read the John Buchan novels like the 39 steps and
    Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu books ( Dr No) Along with the saint
    Novels . :)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
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    I've looked at the Saint Novels before, but never read them fully.
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I read them along with Bond as. Kid and in my Teens. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Le SamouraiLe Samourai Honolulu, HIPosts: 573MI6 Agent
    Ian Fleming was also a fan of Raymond Chandler and Eric Ambler.

    Later on, Fleming was an outspoken fan of John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee series.
    —Le Samourai

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