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Re: WHICH BOND NOVEL ARE YOU READING AT THE MOMENT

About halfway through Never Dream of Dying.  I am enjoying it, although I find the idea of Bond being involved with a a famous supermodel a bit hard to swallow.

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Just got a collection audiobooks of Fleming's work, and I think I was a few chapters into DAF a few years ago, so that's where I'll carry on from, and finally read/listen to them all ! ajb007/bond

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about to start octopussy

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I'm not reading one, thanks for asking.

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"The two thirty-eights roared simultaneously."
Starting Moonraker.

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Golrush007 wrote:

I haven't read a Bond novel since Devil May Care came out. I've started reading Gardner's Icebreaker today. So far so good. I'm hoping to tear through it in a couple of days.

I failed to tear through it in a couple of days. Didn't even manage to read it in a couple of weeks. I ended up being distracted with other things half way through, but tore through the second half yesterday. Enjoyed it very much... despite being confused at times about who had double crossed Bond and what side everyone was truly on.

I've now started reading Nobody Lives Forever.

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Gardner's books always seem to do that. It took me two separate times to finish No Deals, Mr. Bond and countless times for Scorpius, Win Lose or Die, The Man From Barbarossa, and Coldfall.

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This is the first time that I have had that with Gardner - and I did think the novel was good. It was more due to other things getting in the way. I tore through No Deals, Mr Bond (my favourite Gardner) and Scorpius. I haven't read the others that you mention yet.

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After Scorpius, they just start getting very dull. Never Send Flowers and Seafire pick up somewhat, but I don't know what to think about Coldfall.

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Finished my second read through of Ian Flemings Bond novels, enjoyed them emensly and plan to re-read them in the future. At the moment i'm reading two books and rather enjoynig both, Brazilian Adventure by Peter Fleming (Ian Flemings older Brother, and one of the insparations for Bond, and the indiivdual who gave Ian the name moneypenny).

And a another book which i highly recommend to Literary Bond and Fleming enthousiasts, commisioned by the Ian Fleming centenary and the royal imperial museaum, full of never before seen pictures and stories of Ian and bond movie props released by his family and the museum, it is very informative on Bond himself as a character and very enjoyable, titled For your Eyes only: Fleming + James Bond. If you see it i recomend that you get your hands on its really good.
http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/918/918617/fleming-bond-exhibition-book_1223663291.jpg

Plan to soon start for the first time Colonal Sun (1st edition) been looking forward  to it, heard allot of good things.

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j.blades wrote:

Plan to soon start for the first time Colonal Sun (1st edition) been looking forward  to it, heard allot of good things.

Tell me what you think. There is one theory that Amis wrote TMWTGG.

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perdogg wrote:
j.blades wrote:

Plan to soon start for the first time Colonal Sun (1st edition) been looking forward  to it, heard allot of good things.

Tell me what you think. There is one theory that Amis wrote TMWTGG.

Will do, havent started it yet but, plan to by august, and i've hear dof that theory mysellf it should be a interesting read! ajb007/smile

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How strange, i've just started re-listening to my bond audio books and have listened to octopussy and am up to chaper 8 of moonraker. I must be syncing up with the goup psyche, as I haven't looked at this section of the fourum for a couple of months!

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