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Topic	Best James Bond novel?
Xethuminra 04/24/24 1:51:02 PM #13:	GuerrillaSoldier posted... colonel sun is great. i tried reading a few from the gardner series but i lost interest about halfway each time. i literally have the benson collection in giant book collection format but i haven't even read a single line. i was also interested in the young bond series but it's just too expensive and i burnt out on reading by the time i got around to it. i did actually do audiobooks of the latest releases just last year (besides devil may care, i read that myself a few years back). of the newest ones, i'd say "with a mind to kill" was one of the better ones. but honestly the newer novels just aren't as good, imo. That's what I figured. I tend to have a lot of fun with novelizations due to the imagery of the film, but what draws to me Bond is the opposite. It's the vast differences that I'm really interested in. How the books can paint a new image in place of my childhood memories, also drawing from them Southernfatman posted... This is hard. Probably Moonraker. It's almost completely different than the movie. Just replace a space shuttle with a nuke. The twist with the villain might be seen as cliche, but I think it fits for the time period and makes sense. Other good ones are Casino Royale, Live and Let Die (despite some very racist parts), From Russia With Love, Thunderball, Dr. No, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. I also like "lesser" ones like Diamonds Are Forever and The Man With The Golden Gun. Really the only one of the Flemming books I didn't care for was The Spy Who Loved Me. Moonraker sounds interesting. Wait... They replaced a space shuttle with a disguised nuclear warhead? That's insane! <cite>Xethuminra posted [p:980071944] in Best James... [t:80754539]...</cite> <quote>GuerrillaSoldier posted... </cite><quote>colonel sun is great. i tried reading a few from the gardner series but i lost interest about halfway each time. i literally have the benson collection in giant book collection format but i haven't even read a single line. i was also interested in the young bond series but it's just too expensive and i burnt out on reading by the time i got around to it.i did actually do audiobooks of the latest releases just last year (besides devil may care, i read that myself a few years back). of the newest ones, i'd say "with a mind to kill" was one of the better ones. but honestly the newer novels just aren't as good, imo.</quote>That's what I figured. I tend to have a lot of fun with novelizations due to the imagery of the film, but what draws to me Bond is the opposite. It's the vast differences that I'm really interested in. How the books can paint a new image in place of my childhood memories, also drawing from themSouthernfatman posted... </cite><quote>This is hard. Probably Moonraker. It's almost completely different than the movie. Just replace a space shuttle with a nuke. The twist with the villain might be seen as cliche, but I think it fits for the time period and makes sense.Other good ones are Casino Royale, Live and Let Die (despite some very racist parts), From Russia With Love, Thunderball, Dr. No, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. I also like "lesser" ones like Diamonds Are Forever and The Man With The Golden Gun. Really the only one of the Flemming books I didn't care for was The Spy Who Loved Me.</quote>Moonraker sounds interesting. Wait... They replaced a space shuttle with a disguised nuclear warhead? That's insane!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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