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  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,213MI6 Agent

    Hal Ellson is an author in his own right - one of those odd coincidences that happen in life - both of them were mistaken for the other at various points of their careers as their star shone and faded accordingly.

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff

    Ah, thanks!

  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,253MI6 Agent

    That Too Hot To Handle cover looks as if it was designed for a bodice ripper. Simply appalling in terms of representing the text inside, but decent as an audience drawing illustration.

  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,274MI6 Agent

    @CoolHandBond suggested I post this on the Book Covers thread so here it is - though of course it's not 'random' here!

    It hails from Twitter/X to mark the anniversary of the book's publication recently.

    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff

    It's very nice, thanks for posting that (twice, so thanks X2). I have or have had all but the 4th and 5th of those at one time or another in 60 years of Bond fandom but alas, can't keep everything.

  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,253MI6 Agent
    edited March 26

    I have four of those soft covers... I didn't collect the Signet or Crime Book versions. Maybe it is time, but it isn't cheap collecting Bond books anymore. Thanks for the post.

  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,213MI6 Agent


    And this wouldn’t happen here in Cebu City 😉



    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff

    Some well-known authors there, CHB.

  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,213MI6 Agent

    To compliment @chrisno1 ‘s wonderful Saint In The Sixties thread these are from 1960-1963…



    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,253MI6 Agent

    And thank you @CoolHandBond

  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,213MI6 Agent

    This weeks selection…



    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,323Chief of Staff

    "Too Hot To Handle"..... sounds familiar....

  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,569Chief of Staff
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,213MI6 Agent

    More covers of paperbacks that filled the shelves in the “Sleaze” section of the shop - probably the most popular and best selling section for some reason.



    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,569Chief of Staff

    Sex Avengers 😏 am I the only one hoping for an Emma Peel spinoff? 🤗

    YNWA 97
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,690MI6 Agent

    Those covers are "very sexiful". 😉

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,944MI6 Agent
    edited April 21

    this picture reminds me of a sketch Tom Hanks and Jon Lovitz used to do on Saturday Night Live. in its final iteration, they were on a seniors cruise ship trying to pick up little old ladies "our standards could not sink any lower!"


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