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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I've just pre-ordered my copy of Carte Balanche :)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • zig zagzig zag EnglandPosts: 244MI6 Agent
    Pre ordered my copy of carte blanch, should get it on the 28th of this month.
    "Yes,dammit,I said "was".The bitch is dead now."

    "It's not difficult to get a double 0 number if your prepared to kill people"
  • PPK 7.65mmPPK 7.65mm Saratoga Springs NY USAPosts: 1,227MI6 Agent
    I read www.commanderbond.net that Deaver has James Bond carring the new Walther PPS pistol in the story. To me it is a fine choice for a new gun. As I have mentioned elsewhere on this site, that if the films were to update Bond's weapon of choice than I feel that the PPS is the way to go. To me it is this generations answer to the PPK.
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,239MI6 Agent
    I sat down and thoroughly read the first extract from The Times, it's good and Flemingesque. Lots of detail in there, and some product names. Perhaps as style that's easier to admire than warm to. Some improvements there, in Garden of Beasts on the first page he refers to a room 'as silent as a morgue' (cliche city) while in this one a setting is 'as silent as an undertaker's chapel of rest' which is better writing. But other stuff either smacks of going back to do unnecessary tightening/editing or stuff that's not quite right. Bond recalls being called away from a dull dinner date with a 'beautiful' woman whose tale of being an 'unappreciated painter' had begun to bore him. Well, that's a bit bland and what - 'painter and decorator' does he mean? What about 'tales of her property investment' or 'successful DIY makeover' that has a bit of an edge to it, immediately the reader would warm to Bond or the writer, rather than what he puts.

    But this is nitpicking, it reads well mostly and has an edge of authority, it's better written than his other stuff it seems. It's just, it has you in its grip while you're reading it but not when you've put it down.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Steve Rush DI5 AgentSteve Rush DI5 Agent Oxfordshire, Great BritainPosts: 59MI6 Agent
    Having pre-ordered both the regular and special editions of CB, imagine my delight when I saw this in our local paper today:

    http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/archive/2011/05/20/Oxford+news+%28om_oxfordnews%29/9038206.Science_centre_hosts_launch_of_new_Bond_book/

    I am going!

    Cheers

    SR
  • 00-Agent00-Agent CaliforniaPosts: 453MI6 Agent
    You can read the first two chapters of Carte Blanche here:

    http://www.jefferydeaver.com/Novels_/Carte_Blanche/Excerpt/excerpt.html
    "A blunt instrument wielded by a Government department. Hard, ruthless, sardonic, fatalistic. He likes gambling, golf, fast motor cars. All his movements are relaxed and economical". Ian Fleming
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    Having pre-ordered both the regular and special editions of CB, imagine my delight when I saw this in our local paper today:

    http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/archive/2011/05/20/Oxford+news+%28om_oxfordnews%29/9038206.Science_centre_hosts_launch_of_new_Bond_book/

    I am going!

    Cheers

    SR

    Sounds good...please report back -{
    YNWA 97
  • Reel ImageReel Image EnglandPosts: 3MI6 Agent
    Hi all, well im very much a lurker on here as apposed to posting but I had an urge to gloat..... I got my copy today!! :)
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,239MI6 Agent
    Well, lucky you! The rest of us in the UK can make do with an excerpt in today's Shortlist freebie magazine for Londoners.

    In it, Bond is described as having a mobile, not cell phone so yah boo sucks to the yanks! Otherwise it's good stuff; disconcerting to show his very first meeting with M, it's very much a reboot (though the M is the Bernard Lee one, not Judi). And his housekeeper May is perhaps an annoying anachronism. Deaver packs in the information alright. There are few however of Bond's personal observations, or rather Fleming's observations, and this may be a drawback. He's going through it in a fairly regimented way. And you have Deaver's occasional itallics to emphasise a point, which doesn't seem quite right.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Reel ImageReel Image EnglandPosts: 3MI6 Agent
    Well I am about a quarter of the way through and so far I am enjoying it.
    One thing I will say is it definitely isn't attempting to be a pretend Fleming book. I'm finding this both good and bad as I love Flemings style of writing, but I do feel his style was a product of its time. I cant imagine it being used in conjunction with modern day topics.

    I wouldn't suggest starting this book expecting a Fleming masterpiece, read the book for an (hopefully) enjoyable original take on 007. I will leave it there for now as it could still go either way! three quarters left to go!
  • Colonel JohnsColonel Johns Ottawa, CanadaPosts: 21MI6 Agent
    Well, lucky you! The rest of us in the UK can make do with an excerpt in today's Shortlist freebie magazine for Londoners.

    The excerpt NP refers to can be found here:
    http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/exclusive-extract-from-new-bond-novel
    A tall youngish man in a dark blue suit, white shirt and black tie turned away from the window and came towards him.
    "Mr. James?" the man smiled thinly. "I'm Colonel, let's say - er - Johns."
  • zig zagzig zag EnglandPosts: 244MI6 Agent
    Got my copy in the post this morning. Seems to be quite good at the moment. Describing Bonds razor, food etc. Somewhat reminiscent of the way fleming did, but without trying to sound to much like him. Should be a pretty good read.
    "Yes,dammit,I said "was".The bitch is dead now."

    "It's not difficult to get a double 0 number if your prepared to kill people"
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    J Deaver has just been on "front row" on BBC radio 4 explaning why he's made Bond a non smoker, as the smell of smoke can give you away in stealth ops and dna evidence can be taken from them, also ash is alway left.
    I was thinking it would be because Bond would always have to be running off to the buildings doorway to light up. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,631MI6 Agent
    J Deaver has just been on "front row" on BBC radio 4 explaning why he's made Bond a non smoker, as the smell of smoke can give you away in stealth ops and dna evidence can be taken from them, also ash is alway left.
    I was thinking it would be because Bond would always have to be running off to the buildings doorway to light up. :))

    Well at least thank god it's not because he's suddenly become PC! I'd hate Bond to stop being a sexist misogynist dinosaur.
  • Apocrypha23Apocrypha23 Posts: 177MI6 Agent
    I read in the Guardian review that Bond is wearing Oakley sunglasses in this. I'm in the US and have to wait another few weeks to read it. Could someone tell me what model, or does Deaver get that specific?
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    I picked up my copy today...and got the LE slipcase edition in the post this afternoon too...not I just have to try and buy the signed edition...my local bookstores didn't have this edition when I visited them today...all said they haven't received any :( Guess it's off to ebay then !
    YNWA 97
  • Steve Rush DI5 AgentSteve Rush DI5 Agent Oxfordshire, Great BritainPosts: 59MI6 Agent
    If you are going to Ebay for the Black signed edition, please consider my local independant bookshop:

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SIGNED-1st-EDITION-JEFFERY-DEAVER-CARTE-BLANCHE-/330569907573?pt=Fiction&hash=item4cf7807d75

    I picked my copy up from them yesterday afternoon. They had quite few left and are selling on Ebay for the cover price plus reasonable postage charge.

    (I know the postage is reasonable because last week it cost me £2.61 to send a (different) book of the same size that I had sold on Ebay).

    Cheers

    Steve
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    If you are going to Ebay for the Black signed edition, please consider my local independant bookshop:

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SIGNED-1st-EDITION-JEFFERY-DEAVER-CARTE-BLANCHE-/330569907573?pt=Fiction&hash=item4cf7807d75

    I picked my copy up from them yesterday afternoon. They had quite few left and are selling on Ebay for the cover price plus reasonable postage charge.

    (I know the postage is reasonable because last week it cost me £2.61 to send a (different) book of the same size that I had sold on Ebay).

    Cheers

    Steve


    I'll be sure to do that...thanks for the tip...I much prefer buying from a recommended source -{
    YNWA 97
  • Richard--WRichard--W USAPosts: 200MI6 Agent
    Let's everybody post the links to any book reviews you come across.

    Richard
    The top 7 Bond films: 1) Dr No. 2) From Russia With Love. 3) Thunderball. 4) On Her Majesty's Secret Service. 5) For Your Eyes Only. 6) The Living Daylights. 7) Licence to Kill.
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,177MI6 Agent
    Not exactly a link, but my review is posted on AJB in my Bond Continuation Novel Reviews Volume 2.
    It's quite long, so I'm only posting it the once.


    http://www.ajb007.co.uk/post/490147/#p490147


    Hope you all enjoy Carte Blanche.
  • Richard--WRichard--W USAPosts: 200MI6 Agent
    I received my British 1st Edition in the mail today.
    Hefty size with a font large enough for my tired eyes and with generous line spacing.
    Will put the reading glasses on tonight and crack this book.

    Think I'll listen to John Barry's Enigma soundtrack as I read.

    Then I will read chrisno1's review.


    Richard
    The top 7 Bond films: 1) Dr No. 2) From Russia With Love. 3) Thunderball. 4) On Her Majesty's Secret Service. 5) For Your Eyes Only. 6) The Living Daylights. 7) Licence to Kill.
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,239MI6 Agent
    I'm 100 pages in and the wheels have sort of come off really. :(
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    So far I'm enjoying It, Taking my time. I'm up to Bond's arrival in Dubai. :)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    I'm 100 pages in and the wheels have sort of come off really. :(

    You really shouldn't have bought the £5 version Nap :))
    YNWA 97
  • Agent_MAgent_M lost in the speed forcePosts: 353MI6 Agent
    Well, just read the extract it looks pretty good I'd totally forgotten that it was coming out, but then I've been busy lately with the baby and all
    Purvis,Wade...........GRRRRRRRR!

    www.scottacademymartialarts.co.uk
  • zig zagzig zag EnglandPosts: 244MI6 Agent
    I'm really liking it. Can't really say much more than that. Each to there own & all that. I do think it's better than "Devil may Care" though. :)
    "Yes,dammit,I said "was".The bitch is dead now."

    "It's not difficult to get a double 0 number if your prepared to kill people"
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,239MI6 Agent
    My interview with Jeffery Deaver is in this month's Gulf Life.

    http://www.gulf-life.com/

    Intro's a bit wordy, I should have shoved that third paragraph. :(

    It's under Clive Morris, my name isn't actually Napoleon Plural. ;)
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • PDJamesBondPDJamesBond Posts: 180MI6 Agent
    **NO SPOILERS**

    I absolutely loved the book. I live in the States but was fortunate enough to be on my annual vacation (or holiday, as you all say there) in London on the week the book came out. I therefore was sure to snag a ticket to the opening day Q&A event/signing.

    Anyway, long story short, I devoured the book and am on my second reading of it now. Deaver, IMO, completely nails Fleming's style (although his descriptions of places and landscapes are, admittedly, less poetic). Bond's inner monologues and thought processes are great. The requisite elements - Bond girls with delicious names, gadgets, locations, food, wine, etc. - are all there, along with what I can only say is the best 007 plot since Fleming's demise. It twists and turns wonderfully, and is really ingenious when you stop to think about it.

    All the stuff about Bond's parents (won't say more than that) is very interesting as well, adding even more layers and depth. I think my only slight disappointment (aside from the aforementioned lack of poetic descriptions) is that Deaver never really explores the "Carte Blanche" theme as much as I hoped he would. I don't think Bond was ever really put into a position where he had to ask the hard questions about his job and how far he would go.

    Overall, though, this is a book that begs both to be eaten up and to be savored. I hope and pray Deaver gets another crack at Bond, because Carte Blanche is a delight from start to finish.
  • oddjob007oddjob007 Posts: 8MI6 Agent
    I didn't know a new book came out until I read this forum. Im on vacation and just had to have the book after reading about and hearing what people are saying. I already had a list of books I was going to read but this one tops them all. Thank you James Bond for another purchase I wasn't expecting but am ready to enjoy.
    "Remarkable, but what does the club secretary have to say? Oh nothing Mr. Bond, I own the club."

    ~Goldfinger, Sean Connery
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