tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post8474805054132551666..comments2024-02-16T07:47:17.645-08:00Comments on The Book Bond: LEN DEIGHTON goes in search of James BondThe Book Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913614591869289noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-33664363333303977822013-01-05T04:41:30.243-08:002013-01-05T04:41:30.243-08:00Maybe Charlie Higson could finally do an adult Bon...Maybe Charlie Higson could finally do an adult Bond short. Or, opposite end of the spectrum, a really ancient 98-year-old Bond reminiscing. (No "A View to a Kill" jokes, please.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165916608542312796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-37971326011284278262013-01-02T22:51:32.552-08:002013-01-02T22:51:32.552-08:00It would be a great way for IFP to 'road-test&...It would be a great way for IFP to 'road-test' various authors for future continuation novels. teeritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421337385763144173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-38696214687697389142013-01-02T21:10:28.816-08:002013-01-02T21:10:28.816-08:00Yeah, that Marlowe anthology is exactly what I had...Yeah, that Marlowe anthology is exactly what I had in mind! I've wanted to see a Bond collection along those lines ever since that came out.Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-65670801341184585992013-01-02T01:04:52.335-08:002013-01-02T01:04:52.335-08:00Ooh, Le Carre would have Bond metting with cut-out...Ooh, Le Carre would have Bond metting with cut-outs and doing dead drops. And you could forget about 007 driving faster than 60kph.<br />They did an anthology of Philip Marlowe stories back in 1988 to mark the 100th Anniversary of Raymond Chandler's birth and some of the stories were absolutely fatastic, written by the leading crime writers of the '70s and '80s. And a nice touch was teeritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421337385763144173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-81012239396508233832013-01-01T23:48:53.457-08:002013-01-01T23:48:53.457-08:00I wonder if he'd do it? Gardner did, of course...I wonder if he'd do it? Gardner did, of course, and he was about as anti-Bond as Deighton and le Carre were in the Sixties. Reading this e-book, it doesn't seem to me like Deighton likes 007 anymore now than he did then, even if he clearly respects his creator(s - as LD concludes). Faulkes didn't seem to like Bond, and I definitely didn't like his Bond book, but Len Deighton is Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-84000906502607115492013-01-01T22:40:52.031-08:002013-01-01T22:40:52.031-08:00I like the idea of Deighton writing a Bond novel, ...I like the idea of Deighton writing a Bond novel, but he's no Spring chicken. If I were running IFP, I'd have Len Deighton parked in front of a computer screen asap. Or better still, a typewriter. It's more Cold War.teeritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421337385763144173noreply@blogger.com