James Bond novels

[AggieDave 6]

Has anyone actually read the novels? Not the novels based on the movies, but the originals. Are they any good? I need a new author and was thinking they might be fun to read for my fiction reading (my non-fiction list is pretty full and is being read as we speak). I go to the book store and walk around the fiction section going "no, no, no, read it, read it, read it..." so I'm looking for something that is "the same" but "different."

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Tonto 1]

I read "The man with the Golden Gun" when I was about 15. Not sure if it was based on the movie. It had a lot of stuff in it about rum and sugar cane and rotting teeth, so I don't think so.

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It's the year of the Pig.

[TheBile 0]

Theres a book called "Silverfin" which is about a young James Bond. Fit's the bill of "same but different". Read that one ?

Gerb

I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW !

[slotperfect 7]

I have all of the original Ian Fleming novels, read them long ago. They are very good because they establish the nature of the James Bond character and give you an appreciation for the movies that portray Bond more true to character.

I also read several of the John Gardner books, which I also enjoyed because they were more contemporary and a little easier for me to identify with.

Arrive Safely

John

[jakee 1,279]

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Has anyone actually read the novels? Not the novels based on the movies, but the originals. Are they any good? I need a new author and was thinking they might be fun to read for my fiction reading (my non-fiction list is pretty full and is being read as we speak). I go to the book store and walk around the fiction section going "no, no, no, read it, read it, read it..." so I'm looking for something that is "the same" but "different."

I read them a long time ago, but they are very good. Surprisingly different in tone from most of the films and give a lot more insight into the mind of Bond.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[wmw999 2,171]

I also read them all a long time ago, and enjoyed them. So go for it.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[jakee 1,279]

Plus, most of them have naked chicks on the cover!

Can't go wrong

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[NWFlyer 2]

And here I always thought those were true stories!

Thanks for ruining everything.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[kingbunky 3]

i read them all many moons ago, really enjoyed them. oh yeah, if you're going to read all the ian fleming books, don't forget 'chitty chitty, bang bang'!

"Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart."
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[lekstrom10k 0]

I picked up all that were out in 1963 in London when I was there on leave from Germany. I also got to see from" Russia with love " in German. The stories were pretty bizarre. A tulip bulb would raise up from the cluster open fully do a 360 sweep and lower itself . Then a fake grass covered side of a hill would slide sideways and a man on a motorcycle would ride out. Then the door would return to normal, cows back mooing. Ian didnt know about pens that shot bullets. and wrist watches that shot out escape cables and hooks.My books had the original Pound sterling cost printed on them.

[AggieDave 6]

Thanks guys (and gals), I guess I'll venture into Ian's writings. The hardest thing about reading fiction for me is finding a new author I like after exhausting another author's works or my tollerance for their writting style.

Like DeMille, after a couple of his books you know how the books will happen, continue and end. The minor details like character names change, but that's about it.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[GARYC24 3]

I haven't read any novels.
But recently from Classical Music cd club I got a James Bond sountrack from all his movie themes.
It pretty good actually and seems to be good background music while drinking martini's!

[Skyrad 0]

Yes, I read the originals when i was younger, they are better than the films.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[SpeedRacer 1]

One of the praises of the new Casino Royale movie was that it was more like the books in character.

The book Casino Royale has that scene where Bond is tortured in that chair with the seat cut out. I was surprised to see that scene in the movie.

the books also give you more insight into what is going on in Bond's mind (which is another reason why the new movie was more like the books).

Speed Racer
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[kallend 1,679]

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Has anyone actually read the novels? Not the novels based on the movies, but the originals. Are they any good? I need a new author and was thinking they might be fun to read for my fiction reading (my non-fiction list is pretty full and is being read as we speak). I go to the book store and walk around the fiction section going "no, no, no, read it, read it, read it..." so I'm looking for something that is "the same" but "different."

I read all the Ian Fleming novels, some 35 - 40 years ago.

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