First set of John Gardner 007 trade paperbacks out on Tuesday

Perdogg

[Perdogg]

The first set of John Gardner 007 continuation novel trade paperbacks out on Tuesday in the US and the UK. The first three novels shall be License Renewed, Icebreaker, For Special Services and Two more shall be released in May.

US Covers



UK Covers

[Perdogg]

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[BradyLS]

The UK covers are kinda sparse, but otherwise okay. The US ones are baffling. I know Bond is a ladies man but...cartoony drawings of women???

I’m sure they’ll sell fine.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Since you’re big on reading the novels, and I’ve yet to tackle them, what is your assessment in the Bond novels written by Ian Fleming vs. non-Fleming ?

[DJ MacWoW]

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[Perdogg]

Fleming novels were much better. The Raymond Benson novels were more or less hybrids of the movie and the Fleming novels. Christophre Woods novalizations are supposed to be as good as Fleming, I just started James Bond and The Spy Who Loved me. I have never read the Gardner novels.

Fleming definetly wrote in an area where reading was done for pleasure. You have also interpret this whole notion of the spiritual world v the modern world. Not in a flakey sense, but rather as almost as a joke. There is a lot of Spiritual/Mythical/Gothic references in the novels. I believe he drew a lot more than people thin on Sax Rohmer.

The Benson novels are confusing because they reference events in Fleming novels and sort of combined them with the movie Bond.

If you read the Fleming novels, take these pointrs.

1) Forget the movies, you will not have spacebase weapons or cutout mountain bases. The novels somewhat read like a detective story.

2) Don't skip through the slow parts.

3) Ignore this crap about racism and sexism.

4) Read them in order.

[Eye of Unk]

I would rather buy the UK books from Ebay or someplace else.

[mnehring]

Bump to order for my Bond collection. (one of these days I need to take some pics and post a Bond paraphernalia thread.)

[Armedanddangerous]

The Gardner books were different, mostly because they were updated to the 1980s. I still believe the fleming novels were the best.

[Perdogg]

Amazon US is showing the British covers. I sent an email to confirm

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605981931

[fieldmarshaldj]

OK, thanks.

[abb]

Can’t recall if I’ve read the Gardner stuff, but I’ve read all the Fleming books.

Outstanding literature.

Even now, fifty and sixty years after they were written, they are great adventure reads. Nothing better to take when you go to the beach or mountains on vacation.

Good writing stands the test of time.

[Snake65]

I've read Fleming (a couple of times) and those titles (once). They're decent reads, and evocative of things Fleming would rely on (beautiful women with "one wing down" as Fleming put it, an emphasis on local color, and gritty scenes where Bond has to tough his way through physical pain) and on a smaller scale than the movies, like Fleming's work. As I recall, I like Icebreaker the best because of the scenes in Finland.

Can't say those covers impress me. The Penguin 2002 reissues, now those were cool covers.

[Perdogg]

For Special services

Icebreaker

Licensed Renewed

[Perdogg]

I got my books today and the covrs are “UK” covers. I believe they are availible at B&N. I bought my at Amazon.