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Post by harrypalmer on Jun 24, 2009 10:52:13 GMT -5
www.thebookseller.com/news/89070-page.htmlFaulks passes on new Bond 21.06.09 Benedicte Page The "options are open" on a follow-up to the James Bond hit Devil May Care, agent Simon Trewin has said, though Sebastian Faulks has confirmed that he will not author a second Bond title. "My contract did offer me a second go, but definitely not," he told The Bookseller. "'Once funny, twice silly, three times a slap', as the nanny saying goes. But I think it would be a good gig for someone to do." Trewin, of United Agents, manages the literary rights to Bond on behalf of the Fleming estate. He said that no new author had been signed up to write and there were "no firm plans at the moment". But he added: "All options are open."
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Post by FormerBondFan on Jun 24, 2009 11:54:22 GMT -5
If there's another author doing Bond, would the story takes places in the '60s?
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Post by Alec 006 on Jul 6, 2009 12:21:02 GMT -5
Hello,
I'm having a bit of an Ian Fleming James Bond novel festival this summer....enjoying reading all those classics again.
Has anybody read Sebastian Faulks' 'Devil May Care'? I heard it got some great reviews, and not so great reviews.
What intrigues me is Faulks wrote the book as Ian Fleming would have.
If you know of anyone who's read it, or you've read it yourself, I'd love to know your thoughts!
Take Care!
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Post by harrypalmer on Jul 6, 2009 18:59:01 GMT -5
Hello, I'm having a bit of an Ian Fleming James Bond novel festival this summer....enjoying reading all those classics again. Has anybody read Sebastian Faulks' 'Devil May Care'? I heard it got some great reviews, and not so great reviews. What intrigues me is Faulks wrote the book as Ian Fleming would have. If you know of anyone who's read it, or you've read it yourself, I'd love to know your thoughts! Take Care! I am planning to read it. But, the reviews I read - even the positive fan reviews - did not inspire me to rush out and buy it. |
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Post by 009 on Jul 15, 2009 5:18:07 GMT -5
I was put off too by the lukewarm review and have forgotten about it; I'll have to track it down.
It will be interesting to see if another is written. It looks like the publishers are moving away from the Gardner/Benson model to a series of one-offs.
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Post by FormerBondFan on Jul 15, 2009 9:47:04 GMT -5
It looks like the publishers are moving away from the Gardner/Benson model to a series of one-offs. Would it still set in the '60s? |
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Post by 009 on Jul 15, 2009 11:05:20 GMT -5
It looks like the publishers are moving away from the Gardner/Benson model to a series of one-offs. Would it still set in the '60s? I'm not a literary Bond expert (ask kadov or Alec) but I'd imagine they will want another 1960's set one off by a famous author after the modern setting of the Gardner/Benson continuation novels. |
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Post by FormerBondFan on Jul 15, 2009 19:15:38 GMT -5
I suppose they're trying fill in the gaps in the Bond literary timeline.
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Post by drfanshawe on Jul 17, 2009 5:56:07 GMT -5
John Gardener made a did a difficult job well, and his modern setting for Bond made the novels different. Any 50's/60s set Bond will always draw unfavourable comparisons with Ian Fleming.
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Post by FormerBondFan on Jul 17, 2009 10:02:02 GMT -5
John Gardener made a did a difficult job well, and his modern setting for Bond made the novels different. Any 50's/60s set Bond will always draw unfavourable comparisons with Ian Fleming. Gardner made Bond younger and so did Benson. |
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Post by Alec 006 on Jul 18, 2009 12:05:04 GMT -5
I'm not a literary Bond expert (ask kadov or Alec) but I'd imagine they will want another 1960's set one off by a famous author after the modern setting of the Gardner/Benson continuation novels. Hello, I've enjoyed many of the Bond books, both modern and retro. I must agree with 009 that I do prefer the books set in the '60's...that era just seems to have a certain element of excitement and charm, but all of that I think is due to Ian Fleming's imagination and brilliant writing. "Chr#%t I miss the Cold War!!!"
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Post by FormerBondFan on Jul 18, 2009 12:07:42 GMT -5
I'm not a literary Bond expert (ask kadov or Alec) but I'd imagine they will want another 1960's set one off by a famous author after the modern setting of the Gardner/Benson continuation novels. Hello, I've enjoyed many of the Bond books, both modern and retro. I must agree with 009 that I do prefer the books set in the '60's...that era just seems to have a certain element of excitement and charm, but all of that I think is due I think to Ian Fleming's imagination and brilliant writing. "Chr#%t I miss the Cold War!!!" Dame Judi Dench as "M" in 'Casino Royale' Aren't the future writers going to fill in the gaps between Colonel Sun and Licence Renewed? |
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