Which Bond Novel are You Reading at the Moment

84208420 Posts: 721MI6 Agent
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I am reading live and let die started last night finshed first chapter i am going to read a chapter each night till the end seems good up to now
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  • Moores Left EyebrowMoores Left Eyebrow Posts: 27MI6 Agent
    8420 wrote:
    I am reading live and let die started last night finshed first chapter i am going to read a chapter each night till the end seems good up to now
    LALD is an excellant novel.
    I'm half way through Diamonds Are Forever.
  • solacesolace Posts: 4MI6 Agent
    Im reading the whole lot in order. Im halfway through From Russia with love. Diamonds are forever was ace, my fave so far is moonraker.:)
  • zaphodzaphod Posts: 1,183MI6 Agent
    OHMSS. Have read it many times before. It's one of the Best. The Bond Tracy relationship is superb and feels very real. Locations are well captured, you can almost taste the snow & Ice.
    Action scenes have a cinematic quality to them, and the character of Bond is by this time fully realised and just before he starts to disintegrate in YOLT & TMWTGG.

    Before that have recently re read YOLT. Which for me is the darkest of the novels.
  • frostbittenfrostbitten Chateau d'EtchebarPosts: 286MI6 Agent
    Devil May Care.

    I've gone through a couple of chapters. So far so good. Hopefully the rest of the book will hold up as well.
  • Moores Left EyebrowMoores Left Eyebrow Posts: 27MI6 Agent
    solace wrote:
    Im reading the whole lot in order. Im halfway through From Russia with love. Diamonds are forever was ace, my fave so far is moonraker.:)
    I'm also reading them in order. I've finished DAF now, was a good read but my least favourite from the first 4 novels. Moonrakers still my favourite, closely followed by LALD.
    The start of FRWL (I'm about 30 pages in) is very interesting. No Bond until roughly half way through the novel, according to the introduction.
    Also, i never realised Fleming was aiming to kill off Bond in FRWL until it became a commercial success. Very interesting!
  • Sweepy the CatSweepy the Cat Halifax, West Yorkshire, EnglaPosts: 986MI6 Agent
    edited September 2008
    I only count CR-YOLT
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  • i expect u2 diei expect u2 die LondonPosts: 583MI6 Agent
    I really want to start 'By Royal Command' when I have the time, but I'll slightly apprehensive as I've not read the second half of Double or Die, and none of Hurricane Gold. Are these essential reading before BRC or will it all make sense? :D
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  • zencatzencat Studio City, CAPosts: 224MI6 Agent
    It would be good to finish Double or Die because there is a returning character. It's a shame to skip Hurricane Gold, but you can. Just know that Bond goes through HELL in that book.
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  • bluemanblueman PDXPosts: 1,667MI6 Agent
    DN. A whopper of a Bond novel. As much as I like OHMSS/YOLT, there's something almost untouchable about DN. Hits a nerve I guess.
  • leongpcleongpc Posts: 38MI6 Agent
    finished hurricane gold. starting devil may care 2nd chapter. i find hurricane gold the weakest among the young bond series. btw magazines are slowly appearing featuring QOS. it's bond media mania time again. =P
  • darenhatdarenhat The Old PuebloPosts: 2,029Quartermasters
    edited September 2008
    I recently finished For Special Services by John Gardner. I've been re-reading the books in order in a somewhat sporadic fashion. FSS was only Gardner's second book. I seem to recall enjoying it the first time I read it, but now I'm not certain why. Other than the the scene with the isolated cabin being overrun with harvester ants, I couldn't really find anything enthralling about the story. I suspect that my first impression of FSS was colored by the fact that I was simply excited to have some new Bond reading material with the arrival of John Gardner's works.
  • RavenstoneRavenstone EnglandPosts: 152MI6 Agent
    James Bond : The Authorised Biography - John Pearson.

    Well, it's good for a giggle.
  • Scribe74Scribe74 San FranciscoPosts: 149MI6 Agent
    I've read the Fleming novels in order several times . . . Now, I just randomly pick titles to read. Most recently, I finished YOLT . . . excellent. My favorite Bond novel, however, has always been MR! Can't wait to read that one again!
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  • hacketthackett Odds change the numbers remainPosts: 197MI6 Agent
    I have read the Fleming novels in order, and would agree OHMSS stands out as a cracking good read.

    Currently I am reading the Raymond Benson novels, and am ploughing through Never Dream of Dying.
    The action is good the story line is relevent, and the hummor is current.
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  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    I'm reading Casino Royale...picked it up in waterstones yesterday....

    my first ever Fleming novel...and so far, I'm enjoying it! -{
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  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,906Chief of Staff
    Lexi wrote:
    I'm reading Casino Royale...picked it up in waterstones yesterday....

    my first ever Fleming novel...and so far, I'm enjoying it! -{

    After all this time. . .! :o
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Next week, Lexi's first alcoholic drink... :D
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  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Next week, Lexi's first alcoholic drink... :D

    ...alcohol? ...alcohol? What's that then? ?:)
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Lexi wrote:
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Next week, Lexi's first alcoholic drink... :D

    ...alcohol? ...alcohol? What's that then? ?:)

    A useful relaxant to take you into the uncharted pleasures of week 3...
    what do you mean Dan Same's skipped ahead to week 3 already?! :v :D )
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  • 00-Agent00-Agent CaliforniaPosts: 453MI6 Agent
    I just finished listening to the novelization of GoldenEye by John Gardner.
    "A blunt instrument wielded by a Government department. Hard, ruthless, sardonic, fatalistic. He likes gambling, golf, fast motor cars. All his movements are relaxed and economical". Ian Fleming
  • scottmu65scottmu65 Carlisle, Cumbria, UKPosts: 402MI6 Agent
    Ive recently just starting reading the Bond novels, unfortunatley not in the proper order as I dont own them all. Ive read Casino Royale, Dr No and I've just started reading Moonraker today, Although only three chapters through it is becoming my favourite so far.
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,757Chief of Staff
    Lexi wrote:
    I'm reading Casino Royale...picked it up in waterstones yesterday....

    my first ever Fleming novel...and so far, I'm enjoying it! -{

    You see, Lexi, we'll make a Bond girl of you yet -{
    YNWA 97
  • FitzochrisFitzochris Posts: 242MI6 Agent
    Just finished Devil May Care (I was saving it for my holiday to Crete). I know it's had a bad time from purists, but I enjoyed it nontheless.
  • AlexAlex The Eastern SeaboardPosts: 2,694MI6 Agent
    edited October 2008
    scottmu65 wrote:
    Ive recently just starting reading the Bond novels, unfortunatley not in the proper order as I dont own them all. Ive read Casino Royale, Dr No and I've just started reading Moonraker today, Although only three chapters through it is becoming my favourite so far.
    I had planned on Moonraker keeping me occupied for a nine hour flight with my dad and mom. (first read ever)

    We hadn't even boarded the plane, yet the spine was already falling apart :D
  • asioasio Melbourne, AustraliaPosts: 546MI6 Agent
    I'm re-reading YOLT at the moment, after previously re-reading CR, OHMSS and DN (in that order, I wanted to mix it up a bit).
    I'm currently at Dikko On The Ginza, and tried to get my twin brother to read it as well, but to no avail.
    He's more of a movie tie-in novel reader. I tried that with Raymond Benson's Die Another Day, that's enough for me.
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  • NRT1981NRT1981 Posts: 2MI6 Agent
    I just finished reading the entire series and I think my favorite one out of the bunch GOLDFINGER.
  • Moores Left EyebrowMoores Left Eyebrow Posts: 27MI6 Agent
    NRT1981 wrote:
    I just finished reading the entire series and I think my favorite one out of the bunch GOLDFINGER.
    Half way through it now. Really suprised at how true the film stayed to the novel during the round of golf. So far (i'm reading them in order) Moonraker remains my favourite.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    Lately I've been picking at the continuation novels, in no particular order. Today I have just started reading For Special Services - I found a 1st edition copy in a charity shop a couple of weeks ago. Before that, I read Colonel Sun, which I would have to rank as the best continuation novel I have read so far. I think I have read about 10, mostly Gardner. I find the Benson books very hard to find here in South Africa. Fleming can be found without too much difficulty, Gardner's are found occasionally, but I have yet to see a Benson novel in any 2nd hand bookshops.
  • c_a_r_t_e_r_3_5c_a_r_t_e_r_3_5 Posts: 116MI6 Agent
    I've almost finished reading Dr No and I've really enjoyed it. Can anybody recomend which to read next?

    :)
  • AlexAlex The Eastern SeaboardPosts: 2,694MI6 Agent
    c_a_r_t_e_r_3_5 wrote:
    I've almost finished reading Dr No and I've really enjoyed it. Can anybody recomend which to read next?

    :)
    Chronologically speaking, GF's next in line. You could do far worse then GF, the canasta cheating, golf game, and torture sequence are addictive and enjoyable. The novel bangs forward with some very enjoyable introspection as well ... :)
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