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  • stagstag Posts: 2,083MI6 Agent
    Superb work & very professionally put together. I shall read in it's entirety when I have more time.

    I have added it to 'my favourites' in my browser so I can access quickly.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    stag wrote:
    Superb work & very professionally put together. I shall read in it's entirety when I have more time.

    I have added it to 'my favourites' in my browser so I can access quickly.

    Thank you for your support, stag. Please feel free to leave a comment on any of the articles I've posted on the blog. Your kind words really do mean a lot to me. :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Yes +1, What stag said. -{ very interesting piece. {[]
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Yes +1, What stag said. -{ very interesting piece. {[]

    Thank you also TP - much appreciated! :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Good to see that your still continuing this :)
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Good to see that your still continuing this :)

    Thank you - yes, it's taken me a good while to update the blog but I'm still working at new content. :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    One can now 'like' and join or even comment on The Bondologist Blog on the David Dragonpol Community Author Page on Facebook here:

    https://www.facebook.com/daviddragonpol
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Done. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Done. -{

    Thank you, TP. :)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Just out of interest would any members here like to suggest a possible topic for the newly-reconstituted blog? It can be anything James Bond related - a problem in Bondology you would like an answer to, an in-depth study of something that has been overlooked etc.? If so, I'd really love to hear from you in this thread and maybe we can make it happen? :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter and I are still waiting for Elvis has left the room :) :) :)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter and I are still waiting for Elvis has left the room :) :) :)

    Yes, I really must get that done. I've built everybody's hopes up it seems. :)) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    any particular fields of interests or themes i.e.
    I've often wondered why in his Books Fleming always had very strong women as his Leading characters.
    all very modern women who may of had either a physcial ( Minor problem like a broken nose) or a mental
    block from an incident that happened long ago ( Tiffany Case in DAF ). Yet for the most part, Especially the
    early Films the ladies were bascially damsels in destress, very beautiful and even at times Helpful to Bond,
    but in many ways quite old fashioned compared to the women of Fleming's novels.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • David SchofieldDavid Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent
    edited November 2014
    I suspect IF was used to strong, independent women in the form of the most significant women in his life, his mother and his wife.

    Both of whom spent a lot of their time crapping all over good old Ian.

    Which may, or may not, have been the reason for one of his personal proclivities in his, er, "handing" of women.... :D

    James Bond, fantasy Fleming, had neither the problem or the personal preference B-)
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    any particular fields of interests or themes i.e.
    I've often wondered why in his Books Fleming always had very strong women as his Leading characters.
    all very modern women who may of had either a physcial ( Minor problem like a broken nose) or a mental
    block from an incident that happened long ago ( Tiffany Case in DAF ). Yet for the most part, Especially the
    early Films the ladies were bascially damsels in destress, very beautiful and even at times Helpful to Bond,
    but in many ways quite old fashioned compared to the women of Fleming's novels.

    Yes, that is a very good point indeed, TP. So many idiotic commentators mix the films and the books up or point to Fleming's hatred of women in his habit of making them less than perfect - in fact the literary Bond only finds them all the more endearing. :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    I've just added a personalised 'What is The Bondologist Blog all about?' page to my blog:

    http://www.thebondologistblog.blogspot.co.uk/p/about-bvondologist-blog.html
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    I've always admired your Dedication to the Bondologist Blog -{
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    I've always admired your Dedication to the Bondologist Blog -{

    Thanks, AOS. It's sometimes hard to keep writing but there is more new stuff on the way soon. Hopefully something a good bit different too!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    edited June 2015
    The Bondologist Blog will return with a new article soon. Discuss it on Twitter when it goes live @ #thebondologistblog
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    UPDATE: The new article will look at why Ian Fleming never set a James Bond novel in India. -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Interesting -{
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    edited August 2015
    The article has been delayed until later in 2015 and will be called:

    The Very Last of the British Raj – Ian Fleming, James Bond and India
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    I'm very pleased to announce the arrival of my comeback article (it's been a while since my last one on Anthony Burgess and TSWLM) over on The Bondologist Blog. Titled "The Madness of 'King Ernst I' in Ian Fleming’s You Only Live Twice (1964)" it can be read in full at the link below:

    http://thebondologistblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/the-madness-of-king-ernst-i-in-ian.html

    Please feel free to leave your comments on the article at the blog or in this specific blog thread. All feedback positive or negative is appreciated! Thanks for reading! The blog will be coming back on a firmer footing from here on in. :)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Great article SM -{ Yes in his later Years Blofeld did seem
    to go a little crazy. Although Bond doe's get his revenge on
    him " Up close and personal".
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Great article SM -{ Yes in his later Years Blofeld did seem
    to go a little crazy. Although Bond doe's get his revenge on
    him " Up close and personal".

    Thank you, TP! :) -{

    Yes, indeed you are right on the latter Blofeld.

    This article featured here last year in my comeback post on AJB but I've since added some more to it in order to make it more suitable as a TBB post. :)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    congratulations {[] it was very entertaining, I hope
    many read it. :)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    congratulations {[] it was very entertaining, I hope
    many read it. :)

    Me too! As I said above I hope to update the blog more regularly from now on! :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    I just want to check with blog readers here if the screen is wobbling from side to side on this new blog article? A friend of mine has told me that it is doing this with him.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Fine with me. On phone and tablet.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Fine with me. On phone and tablet.

    Great. It might just be on some computers then.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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