tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post1977790128886366216..comments2024-02-16T07:47:17.645-08:00Comments on The Book Bond: Has WILLIAM BOYD been given a license to kill 007?The Book Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913614591869289noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-63119012532126300292013-03-16T14:40:54.161-07:002013-03-16T14:40:54.161-07:00Isn't it rather late in the day for the title ...Isn't it rather late in the day for the title of Boyd's novel not to be released? We knew about Carte Blanche a year in advance. Is it still coming out in September? Anyway, people make bets on everything, including whether Wills and Kate's kid will have three eyes or not. I doubt Boyd will kill off Bond - it would create too much negative press for the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-32549619925852558922013-03-11T15:11:41.742-07:002013-03-11T15:11:41.742-07:00timmer said:
Upon further reflection, I hate this ...timmer said:<br />Upon further reflection, I hate this idea!!!! IFP should respect it's own continuity. Both Pearson and Weinberg were authorized to extend Fleming's Bond beyond 1969. In fact in MP Diaries Final Fling, Kate Westbrook finds him happily retired circa 2008, living in a house off the coast of England, quite vital for an old guy and still taking a drink at noon. Based on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-25805389445412410182013-03-11T00:07:41.399-07:002013-03-11T00:07:41.399-07:00timmer said:
It does seem that Fleming advanced Bo...timmer said:<br />It does seem that Fleming advanced Bond's birth year to 1923 or 1924 circa YOLT so a 45ish Boyd-Bond circa 1969 does fit with Fleming's adjusted timeline. <br />I do think the plan might indeed be to kill off the Fleming-Bond timeline coincident with the end of the '60s so that Bond never sees the '70s,and remains a cold-war literay icon of the '50s and &#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-69945358581676097982013-02-26T04:58:58.215-08:002013-02-26T04:58:58.215-08:00Don't like the idea at all of them killing off...Don't like the idea at all of them killing off Bond in his hey day or in any universe for that matter. Don't do it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-31294609793201008762013-02-21T16:44:48.850-08:002013-02-21T16:44:48.850-08:00A bit off topic but most Godzilla films from 1954 ...A bit off topic but most Godzilla films from 1954 to 1975 are one timeline, 1984 - 1995 are another and 1999 - 2004 contain several unique one-off films mostly unrelated. Over all he's died 3 times in 59 years and 30 odd films. After a bit, people stop counting. <br />I think Bond can afford to do the same. <br /><br />Bond and Godzilla. Not often used in the same sentence. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17086297971986695829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-72185208769187850522013-02-21T16:44:41.212-08:002013-02-21T16:44:41.212-08:00Postscript: thinking about Fleming giving Bond...Postscript: thinking about Fleming giving Bond's age as 40, what this reveals about Boyd's book is that he is using the same timeline as Faulks in "Devil May Care". Faulks incorrectly assumes that the Fleming novels are set in the year of publication. If Boyd is making Bond 45 in 1969, he is applying the same hypothesis - ie his Bond would have turned 40 in 1964, the year &Craig Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349602312150490366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-34499136290306340282013-02-20T22:11:57.304-08:002013-02-20T22:11:57.304-08:00I've always considered the Amis/Gardner/Benson...I've always considered the Amis/Gardner/Benson timeline the same, as Benson made references to these (what I remember.)<br />I'm sure if Boyd kills him off, another author will resurrect him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05792009708636015712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-12713054832076900212013-02-20T20:25:28.202-08:002013-02-20T20:25:28.202-08:0045 is the age of mandatory retirement for Double-O...45 is the age of mandatory retirement for Double-O agents, according to Fleming in "Moonraker". So, even if Bond doesn't die, it's likely it will be promoted as the 'last' Bond story. <br /><br />Of course, given that "Moonraker" is set in 1953 and Fleming says that Bond will turn 45 in eight years time, the final mission should have been "OHMSS". Craig Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349602312150490366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-82206710977827857392013-02-20T16:54:01.393-08:002013-02-20T16:54:01.393-08:00What odds are they offering?What odds are they offering?Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-9703991187158208882013-02-20T09:36:48.658-08:002013-02-20T09:36:48.658-08:00This is the end.
Hold your breath
And count to ten...This is the end.<br />Hold your breath<br />And count to ten...008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-18273431772008855242013-02-20T09:31:34.445-08:002013-02-20T09:31:34.445-08:00Just making book will encourage a lot of people to...Just making book will encourage a lot of people to place money on 'die.' Sucker bet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-60658859790473956692013-02-20T09:29:07.622-08:002013-02-20T09:29:07.622-08:00You could be onto something there Kevin... Remembe...You could be onto something there Kevin... Remember what that Gardner chap did with old Moriarty <br /><br />SGSimon Gardnerhttp://www.john-gardner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-56189595253955868382013-02-20T08:19:17.231-08:002013-02-20T08:19:17.231-08:00I've been told the ending of William Boyd'...I've been told the ending of William Boyd's novel should take place somewhere in Switzerland ( place called the Reichenbach Falls ... ) .Kevin Collettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004142626682399173noreply@blogger.com