Here's the final product; I have edited members' posts for length and theme---apologies to those not in the final article...
Once again, thanks very much to everyone who contributed for being a part of this...
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
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Is it too late to comment? Nice job, Loeffs on capturing our cherished "pearls," including mine, thanks!
"...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
When I was 15, my mum bought me the John Gardner novelization of "License to Kill." I loved it and immediately went out in search of the Fleming originals.
I soon got my grubby hands on "Casino Royale" and took it from there . . . I've been thankful ever since!
Is it too late to comment? Nice job, Loeffs on capturing our cherished "pearls," including mine, thanks!
My pleasure, supes... -{
Check out my Amazon author page!Mark Loeffelholz
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
There are some really lovely stories in this thread so well done to all for sharing. It’s certainly interesting to find out how everyone else was introduced to Flemings' novels.
For me, I was born in the 80's. The first Bond I consciously remember watching in film (unaware of the books at the time) was a re-run of Diamonds Are Forever on British TV. I knew very little of "James Bond" and was blissfully unaware for some time that there were other films, books etc, until I noticed the same guy on my screen some weeks later in another film: You Only Live Twice... after this and having watched the film to the end to discover the 'James Bond Will Return' title screen it clicked there were more of these films that had held my attention as a youngster and that I’d have to find a way of watching them! Over the next few years through hired Video cassettes (thank you Dad) and TV re-runs I managed to watch most and fell in love with them.
My love of the books however, wasn't until fairly recent. I'd heard good things about Flemings novels through a work colleague who does nothing other than talk about Bond all day and I decided when I saw the re-issued 'Penguin Box set' on eBay for a fiver to treat myself... WELL! What a bargain I’ve got!! I started reading them in order about 3 weeks ago or so and have got through the first three and am half way through Diamonds Are Forever. Moonraker is currently my favourite novel but I love them all in their own unique way.
I consider myself a huge fan of the Bond films... and I’m getting there with the books too - but reading this thread certainly makes me feel one of the more uneducated 'Bond novel fans'!
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Here's the final product; I have edited members' posts for length and theme---apologies to those not in the final article...
Once again, thanks very much to everyone who contributed for being a part of this...
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Ditto! Excellent.
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
I soon got my grubby hands on "Casino Royale" and took it from there . . . I've been thankful ever since!
My pleasure, supes... -{
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
For me, I was born in the 80's. The first Bond I consciously remember watching in film (unaware of the books at the time) was a re-run of Diamonds Are Forever on British TV. I knew very little of "James Bond" and was blissfully unaware for some time that there were other films, books etc, until I noticed the same guy on my screen some weeks later in another film: You Only Live Twice... after this and having watched the film to the end to discover the 'James Bond Will Return' title screen it clicked there were more of these films that had held my attention as a youngster and that I’d have to find a way of watching them! Over the next few years through hired Video cassettes (thank you Dad) and TV re-runs I managed to watch most and fell in love with them.
My love of the books however, wasn't until fairly recent. I'd heard good things about Flemings novels through a work colleague who does nothing other than talk about Bond all day and I decided when I saw the re-issued 'Penguin Box set' on eBay for a fiver to treat myself... WELL! What a bargain I’ve got!! I started reading them in order about 3 weeks ago or so and have got through the first three and am half way through Diamonds Are Forever. Moonraker is currently my favourite novel but I love them all in their own unique way.
I consider myself a huge fan of the Bond films... and I’m getting there with the books too - but reading this thread certainly makes me feel one of the more uneducated 'Bond novel fans'!