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texas007 · April 2009

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texas007 · April 2009

BTW, I got all the US Gardner's books except Cold Fall. I forgot to include some in the pictures but I do have them.

Here is the list:

License Renewed (1981) ***½
Places: Dublin; London; Scotland; Paris; Perpignan
Girl(s): Lavender Peacock; Q'ute
Villain(s): Anton Murik
Villain's Employer: Self-employed
Villain's Project: Blackmailing major powers with threat to cause nuclear meltdown in 6 nuclear power plants around the world
Minor villain(s): Mary Jane Mashkin; Franco; Caber
Bond's Friends: None
Highlights: Fight with Caber; high frequency torture; fashion show sequence; fight on plane
Remarks: More like the films than the novels, but moves quickly and is suspenseful; updating a little disconcerting

For Special Services (1982) ****½
Places: London; New York; Washington DC; Amarillo, Texas; Cheyenne Mountain; Louisiana
Girl(s): Cedar Leiter; Nena Bismaquer; Q'ute
Villain(s): Blofeld's Heir (Nena Blofeld)
Villain's Employer: SPECTRE
Villain's Project: Gaining control of the Space Wolf Satellites
Minor villain(s): Markus Bismaquer; Walter Luxor; Mike Mazzard
Bond's Friends: Felix Leiter
Highlights: Plane hijack; elevator incident; Grand Prix; raid on Cheyenne Mountain; encounter with Blofeld
Remarks: New SPECTRE and Blofeld twist interesting and involving; great use of irony

Icebreaker (1983) **½
Places: Libya; Finland; USSR
Girl(s): Paula Vacker; Rivke Ingber
Villain(s): Konrad von Gl�da (Aarne Tudeer)
Villain's Employer: National Socialist Action Army (NSAA)
Villain's Project: Bringing about a "Fourth Reich" with a new fascist army
Minor villain(s): Kolya Mosolov
Bond's Friends: Brad Tirpitz
Highlights: Snow plow battle; ice water torture; Fencer attack on Ice Palace
Remarks: Fun but has no real depth; good locations; Nazi plot a little trite

Role of Honour (1984) ****
Places: London; Monte Carlo; Oxfordshire; "Erewhon"; Switzerland
Girl(s): Persephone (Percy) Proud; Cindy Chalmer; Freddie Fortune
Villain(s): Tamil Rahani; Jay Autem Holy
Villain's Employer: SPECTRE
Villain's Project: Knocking out U.S. nuclear power by using a computerized scheme and the "help" of Bond
Minor villain(s): Simon; General "Rolling Joe" Zwingli; Dazzle
Bond's Friends: Peter Amadeus
Highlights: Erewhon training camp sequence; airship climax
Remarks: Better than average; good characterizations and intriguing plot

Nobody Lives Forever (1986) ****½
Places: France; Switzerland; Austria; Florida Keys
Girl(s): Sukie Tempesta; Nannie Norrich
Villain(s): Tamil Rahani
Villain's Employer: SPECTRE
Villain's Project: Sponsoring a competition to bring James Bond's head to Rahani
Minor villain(s): Der Haken; Steve Quinn
Bond's Friends: None
Highlights: Highway gun battle; assault on Klinik; climax on Shark Island
Remarks: Probably Gardner's best; excellent personal plot for Bond; action scenes well done

No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987) ***½
Places: The Baltic; England; Ireland; Paris; Hong Kong; Cheung Chau Island
Girl(s): Ebbie Heritage; Heather Dare
Villain(s): General Konstantin (Kolya) Chernov
Villain's Employer: Department 8 of Directorate S, KGB (formerly SMERSH)
Villain's Project: Eliminating all participants in a defunct espionage operation
Minor villain(s): Mischa; Norman Murray
Bond's Friends: Maxim Smolin; Swift
Highlights: Shootout at Three Sisters Castle; "hunt" on Cheung Chau Island
Remarks: Complex and involving up until cliched "most dangerous game" finale; plot a little far-fetched; better on detail

Scorpius (1987) ****
Places: London and environs; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; Washington DC
Girl(s): Harriett Horner
Villain(s): Father Valentine, aka Vladimir Scorpius
Villain's Employer: Self-employed
Villain's Project: Assassinating major political figurs, using "brainwashed" religious followers to do his bidding
Minor villain(s): Hathaway; Bailey
Bond's Friends: "Pearly" Pearlman; David Wolkovsky
Highlights: Fight at Avant Carte HQ; massacre at Puttenham clinic; climactic assault on Ten Pines Plantation
Remarks: Gripping and violent; strong plot with a well-structured chain of events

Win, Lose or Die (1989) ****½
Places: Gulf of Oman; England; Italy (Ischia); Spain; The Atlantic; Gibraltar
Girl(s): Beatrice Maria da Ricci; Nikola (Nikki) Ratnikov
Villain(s): Bassam Baradj, aka Robert Besavitsky
Villain's Employer: BAST (Brotherhood of Anarchy and Secret Terror)
Villain's Project: Holding U.S., Britain, and Russia for ransom by kidnapping the President, PM, and Soviet Head of State during an international summit meeting
Minor villain(s): Abou Hamarik (The Man); Ali Al Adwan (The Snake); Saphii Boudai (The Cat) (Clover Pennington); Felipe Pantano; Sarah Deeley; Donald Speaker
Bond's Friends: None
Highlights: Villa Capricciani sequence; investigative work aboard Invincible; Bond's meeting with Bush, Thatcher and Gorbachev; Sea Harrier battle; assault on Invincible
Remarks: Good plot; Bond's return to Naval duty interesting; most engaging love affair yet in Gardner books; one of the better ones

Brokenclaw (1990) **
Places: British Columbia; San Francisco and environs; New York; Washington State
Girl(s): Sue Chi-Ho (Chi-Chi)
Villain(s): Brokenclaw Lee Fu-Chu
Villain's Employer: Self-employed, but is agent of CELD and CCI (Red China's CIA, SIS, and NSA)
Villain's Project: Stealing and selling plans of a submarine tracking device and its "antidote" to Red China; breaking into Wall Street's computer system and wreaking financial havoc
Minor villain(s): Bone Bender Ding; Gory Fox; Fozen Stalk Pu; Wood; Nolan; General Hung Chow H'ang
Bond's Friends: Ed Ruisha; John Grant
Highlights: Assault on Brokenclaw's burrow; O-kee-pa ritual
Remarks: Fun, fast read, but seems too unreal for a Bond story -- some events are too fantastic and belong in another genre; some character inconsistencies; good villain

The Man From Barbarossa (1991) ***
Places: New Jersey; London; Florida; Moscow and environs; Stockholm; Arctic Circle; Baku, Azerbaidzhan
Girl(s): Nina Bibikova; St�phanie Ador�
Villain(s): General Yevgeny Yuskovich
Villain's Employer: Self-employed/"The Scales of Justice" (Chushi Pravosudia)
Villain's Project: Overthrowing Russia's central government and reinstating communism; aiding the Iraqis in the Gulf War; embarrassing Britain and France; destroying America with nuclear strike
Minor villain(s): General Gleb Berzin
Bond's Friends: Pete Natkowitz; Bory Stepakov; Nigsy Meadows; Michael Brooks; Emerald Lacy; Henri Rampart
Highlights: Camera team's abduction to the "Lost Horizon"; Bond's masquerade as a Russian officer; final skirmish in Baku
Remarks: Complex and more political than most; not much action, more intrigue; a bit slow moving; good scene with M reacting to Bond's "death"

Death is Forever (1992) ***½
Places: Frankfurt; Berlin; Ost-West Express; Paris; Venice; Calais; London
Girl(s): Elizabeth "Easy" St. John
Villain(s): Wolfgang Weisen ("The Poison Dwarf")
Villain's Employer: Self-employed, but formerly of the HVA (East Germany's old intelligence agency)
Villain's Project: Performing terrorist act in the Eurotunnel, thereby wiping out major EC political figures; seeking revenge against Cabal spy group
Minor villain(s): Monika Haardt; Harry Spraker (Tester); Alex Ritter; Felix & Hexie; Michelle Gris; Claude Gaspard; Dominic & Dorian
Bond's Friends: Praxi Simeon (Sulphur); Bruin (Ariel); August Wimper (Orphan)
Highlights: "Spider sandwich" ploy; dispatch of Felix & Hexie on train; takeover of Weisen's villa; battle inside Eurotunnel
Remarks: Gardner's most violent and action-filled story yet; complex plot's only fault is that there's no fun in it this time; overabundance of characters not being what they seem

Never Send Flowers (1993) ****
Places: Rome; London; Paris; Washington DC; Interlaken; Switzerland; the Rhineland; Milan; Athens; EuroDisney
Girl(s): Fredericka (Flicka) von Gr�sse
Villain(s): David Dragonpol
Villain's Employer: Self-employed
Villain's Project: Assassinating celebrities
Minor villain(s): Lester; Charles; William; Maeve Horton
Bond's Friends: Carmel Chantry; Gianne-Franco Orsini; Bodo Lempke
Highlights: Chase through Schloss Drache; first capture of Dragonpol; EuroDisney sequence
Remarks: Attempt at "serial killer" scenario surprisingly successful; love affair engaging; fast and suspenseful; one of the better ones. [This novel also has a sequence featuring Princess Diana of Wales and her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.]

SeaFire (1994) ***
Places: Caribbean; London and environs; Spain; Israel; Germany; Puerto Rico
Girl(s): Fredericka (Flicka) von Gr�sse
Villain(s): Sir Max Tarn
Villain's Employer: Self-employed
Villain's Project: Reinitiating Nazi regime as the new F�hrer; torpedoing an oil tanker off Puerto Rico
Minor villain(s): Maurice Goodwin; "Connie" Spicer; Cathy & Anna (Cuthbert & Archibald); Beth; Kurt Rollen
Bond's Friends: Felix Leiter; Steve Natkowitz
Highlights: Caribbean Prince incident; motorcycle chase through Seville; Nazi rally; lawyer office break-in sequence; foiling SeaFire operation
Remarks: Many new lifestyle changes for Bond, including marriage proposal to near-constant female companion; good villain and engaging, if somewhat sprawling, plot

Source: http://www.klast.net/bond/nov_gard.html

Asp9mm · April 2009

Is that a custom dust jacket I see there? You know the one I mean

Me likey

Sir Miles · April 2009

Asp9mm wrote:

Is that a custom dust jacket I see there? You know the one I mean Me likey

Yea, I've not seen that dust jacket before...can you give us some more info on it please - even if Asp9mm has bought it off you

texas007 · April 2009

That is correct my friend. Spot on!!!
The original yellow dustjacket is behind that.
This customed is just a prototype though.
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texas007 · April 2009

I find the covers of Gardner's Bond US edition very boring - the UK Editions are significantly better - so I created one myself. I picked Role of Honor beause that was the first one where Bond carries the ASP. BTW, I collect the ASPs also. Of course I was inspired by Richard Chopping's cover of FRWL.

Asp9mm · April 2009

I suggest you make more, and sell 'em {[]

texas007 · April 2009

Asp9mm wrote:

I suggest you make more, and sell 'em {[]

You know what - my initial thought was to create all custom covers for all these Gardner's books. However, I can hardly find time to do it at this moment and they have been taking up precious space of my growing collection.

jbdc7 · April 2009

Hi
Maybe I will be interested in the book dressed to kill
can you send it to switzerland

How much will be the total with postal charge

can I pay money order postal cheque in $

thanks

dave

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