Whilst re-reading Solo, in one section Bond is thinking about his war years, after a Corporal is
injured he offers Bond his gun with the words " Take it Mr Bond" , Now I was wondering
shouldn't he have used Bond's rank as a title rather than Mr ?, as if they were friends
wouldn't he have called him James ? it just sort of stuck out with me.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Whilst re-reading Solo, in one section Bond is thinking about his war years, after a Corporal is
injured he offers Bond his gun with the words " Take it Mr Bond" , Now I was wondering
shouldn't he have used Bond's rank as a title rather than Mr ?, as if they were friends
wouldn't he have called him James ? it just sort of stuck out with me.
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Good point TP ,the corporal would have said SIR more realisticly rather than commander ,a higher rank addressing Bond ,would have called him James ,or Commander .
Agree, but then that's the difference between someone who has put some time in (in the forces)
and someone who has not, Flemming would not have made that mistake ,as he had put his time in
I remember reading long ago that R Benson made the mistake of sometimes getting the Honours
wrong in calling some people Sir ( Last name) when it should be your first, and Lord ( First name)
when it should be your surname. as in Sir Alan, changing to Lord Sugar. Then again they don't have
all this trouble in America. )
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Agree, but then that's the difference between someone who has put some time in (in the forces)
and someone who has not, Flemming would not have made that mistake ,as he had put his time in
Nor would Ian FleMing.
I bet Boyd's really annoyed there wasn't a conflict he would have been forced to fight in in his lifetime. Nor that he didn't have the physical or mental aptitude to have a career in the military to allow him "to put in his time". Man him up, eh?
Just sounds like crap reseach to me from a writer who just didn't understand his subject's environs.
Whilst re-reading Solo, in one section Bond is thinking about his war years, after a Corporal is
injured he offers Bond his gun with the words " Take it Mr Bond" , Now I was wondering
shouldn't he have used Bond's rank as a title rather than Mr ?, as if they were friends
wouldn't he have called him James ? it just sort of stuck out with me.
Interesting. Does Bond or any other character in Solo use a bazooka at all? I've yet to read it, but it's on my list! -{
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
I honestly can't remember. I've only read it
when it was published and didn't find it very
memorable. )
Oh, OK. I've heard it's both strange in places and not very good, doesn't really have a villain but I want to read Col. Sun again first before tackling it.
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
I find it an odd story and IMHO not very good.
Although I have read some reviews from AJBers
who think it's brilliant. So each to their own.
Between AJB and MI6 Community I've heard more negative things than positive things about it and the same goes for Carte Blanche and Devil May Care sadly.
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
Between AJB and MI6 Community I've heard more negative things than positive things about it and the same goes for Carte Blanche and Devil May Care sadly.
I know a few who'd say you're giving Faulks too
much credit ! )
IMHO the three contuining writers have all tried to
be too clever and change Bond to what they want.
Which would lead me to think they really never
gave Fleming's work much respect. no matter
what they've said in interviews.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
I thought he had a great villain, and I too liked it, I might be one of the few
who also enjoyed CB, hated Solo. Although I still think the writers, somehow
thought they could do better than Fleming.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
I certainly think of the recent trio, they all thought they were better writers than Fleming and that dashing off a Bond would therefore be easy stuff.
And after brown-nosing Fleming's works before hand, their contempt is even more hypocritical.
I hope Horowitz, who hasn't quite had the lit and bestselling success of his immediate predecessors, spares us the fan-boy guff and works at it with the same care and enthusiasm he has with his Holmes.
I'm hoping Horowitz , like Gardner in his early books just puts out
A decent thriller, and not start to be " clever " with it .
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
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I think Horowitz will deliver and might even do a short series of Bond novels if this one is a success. And he has the gold standard ogf unseen Fleming work to work from that none of the others have had. I know he won't let us down and he was my choice for the next continuation Bond author so I believe in him. -{
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
On Horowitz, I wonder if he has the desire to do a series, even if he's drip-fed the Fleming ideas none of the other authors seem to have been allowed to see, or at least use/want to use.
After a career of adapting work for television, he's the man who writes the new Sherlock Holmes novels. He's becoming the new man to write a James Bond novel. He's becoming the man who writes about others' creations.
Isn't there something anti-creative for a writer there?
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Of time and picking up a Fleming. Then drifting off to that
Wonderful world. {[]
injured he offers Bond his gun with the words " Take it Mr Bond" , Now I was wondering
shouldn't he have used Bond's rank as a title rather than Mr ?, as if they were friends
wouldn't he have called him James ? it just sort of stuck out with me.
Good point TP ,the corporal would have said SIR more realisticly rather than commander ,a higher rank addressing Bond ,would have called him James ,or Commander .
Agree, but then that's the difference between someone who has put some time in (in the forces)
and someone who has not, Flemming would not have made that mistake ,as he had put his time in
I remember reading long ago that R Benson made the mistake of sometimes getting the Honours
wrong in calling some people Sir ( Last name) when it should be your first, and Lord ( First name)
when it should be your surname. as in Sir Alan, changing to Lord Sugar. Then again they don't have
all this trouble in America.
Nor would Ian FleMing.
I bet Boyd's really annoyed there wasn't a conflict he would have been forced to fight in in his lifetime. Nor that he didn't have the physical or mental aptitude to have a career in the military to allow him "to put in his time". Man him up, eh?
Just sounds like crap reseach to me from a writer who just didn't understand his subject's environs.
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undressing. A little creepy.
Interesting. Does Bond or any other character in Solo use a bazooka at all? I've yet to read it, but it's on my list!
when it was published and didn't find it very
memorable.
Oh, OK. I've heard it's both strange in places and not very good, doesn't really have a villain but I want to read Col. Sun again first before tackling it.
Although I have read some reviews from AJBers
who think it's brilliant. So each to their own.
Between AJB and MI6 Community I've heard more negative things than positive things about it and the same goes for Carte Blanche and Devil May Care sadly.
No, far from it by the sound of things. It is strange though as William Boyd did seem to know his Bond.
Fleming
Amis
Wood
Gardner
Faulks
the rest
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much credit !
IMHO the three contuining writers have all tried to
be too clever and change Bond to what they want.
Which would lead me to think they really never
gave Fleming's work much respect.
what they've said in interviews.
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who also enjoyed CB, hated Solo. Although I still think the writers, somehow
thought they could do better than Fleming.
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I think many writers think it's so easy yo write Bond
that they have to play around with it.
And after brown-nosing Fleming's works before hand, their contempt is even more hypocritical.
I hope Horowitz, who hasn't quite had the lit and bestselling success of his immediate predecessors, spares us the fan-boy guff and works at it with the same care and enthusiasm he has with his Holmes.
A decent thriller, and not start to be " clever " with it .
Put out a few good stories. {[]
After a career of adapting work for television, he's the man who writes the new Sherlock Holmes novels. He's becoming the new man to write a James Bond novel. He's becoming the man who writes about others' creations.
Isn't there something anti-creative for a writer there?