tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post527455011538902946..comments2024-02-16T07:47:17.645-08:00Comments on The Book Bond: WILLIAM BOYD TO WRITE THE NEXT JAMES BOND NOVELThe Book Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913614591869289noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-11576280198204960672012-11-02T16:29:19.148-07:002012-11-02T16:29:19.148-07:00I thought DMC was a nearish miss.
I was cool wi...I thought DMC was a nearish miss. <br /><br />I was cool with Deaver doing a modern take but the relentless plot twisting [which you could always see through] eventually became boring and silly with no real pay off. I'm still not exactly sure what happened plotwise but worse I didn't care by the end. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-34558028350864124852012-04-19T07:53:47.474-07:002012-04-19T07:53:47.474-07:00I'm concerned about the lack of continuity her...I'm concerned about the lack of continuity here. I didn't care for Faulks' book at all. On the other hand I greatly enjoyed Deaver's new take and was looking forward to more of those. Very annoying that they can't seem to make up their minds on this. Did Deaver's reboot flop? I never really read any reviews on it. Maybe IFP thinks people are only interested in retro Bond, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-79718884551937797212012-04-15T22:12:32.574-07:002012-04-15T22:12:32.574-07:00You mentioned that CB didn't sell as well as D...You mentioned that CB didn't sell as well as DMC, which surprises me as I found it to be the better of the two. How did Deaver's version sell in comparison to Gardner's last book and Benson's last book?Delmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156851971491531444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-66944594437073554332012-04-14T08:38:21.609-07:002012-04-14T08:38:21.609-07:00Well, I've enjoyed the recent continuations no...Well, I've enjoyed the recent continuations novels more than you, but I agree that Charlie Higson would be a GREAT choice for an adult Bond novel. Here's hoping that will happen one day. And, yes, Horowitz did a brillant job with Holmes!The Book Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913614591869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-51925802785185252152012-04-14T04:27:29.727-07:002012-04-14T04:27:29.727-07:00I wonder if this indicates a cooling of the relati...I wonder if this indicates a cooling of the relationship between IFP and EON? CB seemed like an attempt to align 'Literary Bond' with 'Movie Bond', yet coming so so soon after what seemed like a relaunch and in the 50th Anniversary year they do seem to be nailing their colours to the mast with this announcement and writing the Deaver book off at the same time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-2082236029390388732012-04-14T00:03:18.980-07:002012-04-14T00:03:18.980-07:00Fellow Agents,
I wisd Boyd every success and I rem...Fellow Agents,<br />I wisd Boyd every success and I remain optimistic. After all, Kingsley Amis did a great job and the first five Gardner books showed that Bond continuation novels can work. That said, since then we've been subject to twenty years of dross when it comes to the adult 007 culminating in the thoroughly awful CB - anybody that puts our hero in Oakley sunglasses has had a style Windswepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10096241185240157054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-72314258611589406932012-04-13T18:46:55.117-07:002012-04-13T18:46:55.117-07:00Haven't had the opportunity of reading Mr Boyd...Haven't had the opportunity of reading Mr Boyd yet but on the sole basis of having seen Bruce Beresford's A Good Man in Africa (scripted by Boyd from his own novel) I truly think he'll make a better job than Faulks (fine writer but not suited for this particular genre) or Deaver (not suited AT ALL).<br /> CB was not Fleming's character by any standards (neither was Benson'Donovan Mayne-Nichollsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-29158250210095024022012-04-13T09:29:22.431-07:002012-04-13T09:29:22.431-07:00Well said as always, Tanner.Well said as always, Tanner.The Book Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913614591869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-40947174443778319642012-04-13T09:28:12.128-07:002012-04-13T09:28:12.128-07:00I think Pearson's James Bond The Authorized Bi...I think Pearson's James Bond The Authorized Biography of 007 will always be the NSNA of the continuation novels.<br /><br />And it's always possible they'll come back to the Deaver timeline. I hope so, because I enjoyed CB and the world that was set up. I was also looking forward to a sequel.The Book Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913614591869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-21498104208602528882012-04-12T21:56:17.181-07:002012-04-12T21:56:17.181-07:00This is great news. I'm not surprised that the...This is great news. I'm not surprised that they're going back to the Sixties again, since someone from IFP hinted as much in an interview here a few years ago. Reading between the lines of what Deaver said on his CB tour, I also wouldn't be surprised if he ends up writing another contemporary Bond novel in a few years. He didn't seem to want to be pinned down to a yearly or even Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-76681005867086024732012-04-12T21:49:09.427-07:002012-04-12T21:49:09.427-07:00Make that three of us!Make that three of us!Alblexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990263028261979560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-54319669718896790732012-04-12T19:13:19.693-07:002012-04-12T19:13:19.693-07:00So what, is CB the NSNA of the book world? it just...So what, is CB the NSNA of the book world? it just didn´t count? I was looking forward to the reboot´s sequel, by a different author. I feel cheated...Fernando Alegríahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08911130833108713481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-29823004989649194472012-04-12T08:02:57.991-07:002012-04-12T08:02:57.991-07:00Very good point, Luke. Never really looked at it l...Very good point, Luke. Never really looked at it like that, but that is a lot of ask of a writer, especially one as established a Boyd.The Book Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913614591869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-55954875770909328522012-04-12T08:00:29.821-07:002012-04-12T08:00:29.821-07:00Doesn't mean they won't go back to it at s...Doesn't mean they won't go back to it at some point. Maybe for Deaver 2?The Book Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913614591869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-69103631003559285552012-04-12T07:58:30.802-07:002012-04-12T07:58:30.802-07:00I agree, Gypsy King. And I also really liked DMC a...I agree, Gypsy King. And I also really liked DMC and CB.The Book Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913614591869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-38714735406485241262012-04-12T02:14:19.005-07:002012-04-12T02:14:19.005-07:00Not surprised Deaver din't get a second go rou...Not surprised Deaver din't get a second go round; didn't really work, did it, whatever one might feel? Personally, I'm rather unkind; CB was rubbish, though a lot of the continuations are.<br /><br />So we've been here before, haven't we? Let's hope Boyd gets it right...David Schofieldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-32688916909949465762012-04-12T01:16:09.370-07:002012-04-12T01:16:09.370-07:00I don't think it really matters if it's 19...I don't think it really matters if it's 1960 or 2012 as long as the story is good. I actually quite liked Devil May Care and Carte Blanche! Don't know Boyd but it's sure to be an entertaining read and any new literary Bond is to be encouraged.Child of the 70shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045667514712502457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-7223054385563809782012-04-11T20:45:44.325-07:002012-04-11T20:45:44.325-07:00Great to get the announcement! I'm definitely ...Great to get the announcement! I'm definitely excited but perhaps not as excited as I was upon hearing the Faulks and Deaver announcement because I've been disappointed twice now. <br /><br />I've always supported a period and contemporary piece. The fact that DMC was laclustre had nothing to do with the fact that it was set in the 1960's. It is a poorly written Bond book.<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-25512551956537045472012-04-11T20:43:31.434-07:002012-04-11T20:43:31.434-07:00Great news!Great news!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-20267229199428019192012-04-11T20:25:30.018-07:002012-04-11T20:25:30.018-07:00Thank Christ! Deaver botched the whole thing by ma...Thank Christ! Deaver botched the whole thing by making Bond a mobile phone-dependent pansy!Gorgon Leadernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-47967539419252231442012-04-11T19:57:32.707-07:002012-04-11T19:57:32.707-07:00Thank God they're going back to the past. The ...Thank God they're going back to the past. The Bond of the novels just fits better in the past. This business of modernizing him was poorly conceived and even more poorly executed, not to mention aging him in his early 30's: a person at that age has maybe a bare minimum of knowledge on fine wines, liquor and food.clublosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-61863969975119674472012-04-11T19:45:17.894-07:002012-04-11T19:45:17.894-07:00Yeah, that's what I thought.... maybe they'...Yeah, that's what I thought.... maybe they'll just publish two different timelines at the same time, each taking turns.... one in thee original time frame and one for the reboot... though that seems unlikely... but if that is the case why bother to reboot if the next one is going back to the original timeline...?<br /><br />Well, either way, I'm very glad we are having another novel Alblexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990263028261979560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-19632140993739411252012-04-11T17:26:22.906-07:002012-04-11T17:26:22.906-07:00I don't think we really could have expected fo...I don't think we really could have expected for Boyd to continue on from what Jeffery Deaver started. Writing another writer's creation is one thing, writing another writer's version of a third writer's creation is something else entirely, perhaps one degree too far.Luke Freemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-32070438028315746732012-04-11T17:24:55.788-07:002012-04-11T17:24:55.788-07:00I'm not familiar with Boyd's work, but I&#...I'm not familiar with Boyd's work, but I'm just glad it's not Deaver again. Really did not like "Carte Blanche."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-77028945025007466672012-04-11T16:29:00.638-07:002012-04-11T16:29:00.638-07:00I too am confused. I didn't enjoy the Faulks b...I too am confused. I didn't enjoy the Faulks book though I do like him as a writer. I don't see the point of going back in time but obviously I am in the minority. In 20 odd years there'll be folk who prefer the modern Bond(Gardner/Benson/Deaver) to the old school (Fleming/Amis/Faulks/Boyd) Personally I think Fleming is impossible to copy. When I read him I picture this chain smoking ray hylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894297042737831005noreply@blogger.com