 Which James Bond Book to Buy?, Reviews from CBn |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 11 August 2003 From: H O L L Y W O O D  |
24 January 2005 - 04:37
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From Qwerty on CBn's Main Page...
  The G33K Goddess (A woman should be two things... Classy & Fabulous!) "Someone that you think that you can trust is just another way to die." |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 4 January 2002 |
24 January 2005 - 09:22
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No mention of The Bond Files?
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
24 January 2005 - 12:08
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QUOTE(Tanger @ 24 January 2005 - 04:22) No mention of The Bond Files?  This is only a selection of books out there Tanger, not all of them. I, for one, recommend the Bond Files as well.   ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander RNR Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 25 May 2001 From: Here, There, Everywhere |
25 January 2005 - 04:33
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Not really into the semi-offical fluff (e.g The Essential Bond) myself, all style and no substance. Much prefer Bond Films: Virgin Film, which is my pick from that page.
Kiss Kiss Bang! Bang! by Alan Barnes and Marcus Hearn is another interesting one.  Harmless, but deadly |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
25 January 2005 - 05:13
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QUOTE(freemo @ 24 January 2005 - 23:33) Kiss Kiss Bang! Bang! by Alan Barnes and Marcus Hearn is another interesting one. Oh yes, I do like to read those kinds once in a while. Did you agree with many of their ratings though, Freemo? ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 5 October 2004 |
25 January 2005 - 22:02
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Cool reviews. One of my favorites is Bond Girls Are Forever.
Her Majesty's Loyal Terrier, Defender of the so called faith. |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 23 March 2004 From: Southern California |
25 January 2005 - 23:30
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Nice work Q! I really, really want to nab Bond Girls Are Forever!
My personal favorite is James Bond: The Legacy by John Cork.  S.P.E.C.T.R.E: The Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
25 January 2005 - 23:31
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Many thanks SPECTRE Assassin. Definitely pick that one up, it's a good one.
~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 6 April 2004 |
26 January 2005 - 02:56
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Nice list. I want Pfeiffer and Worrall to make an updated Essential Bond book.
 Janus Assassin.... We kill for pleasure, we betray our country and no one knows we exsist. Not to touch the earth, not to see the sun, nothing left to do but run, run, run, LETS RUN |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
26 January 2005 - 03:00
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Glad you liked it, indeed some great reviews.
I actually thought they did make an updated Die Another Day version. ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander RNR Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 25 May 2001 From: Here, There, Everywhere |
27 January 2005 - 03:40
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QUOTE(Qwerty @ 25 January 2005 - 15:13) QUOTE(freemo @ 24 January 2005 - 23:33) Kiss Kiss Bang! Bang! by Alan Barnes and Marcus Hearn is another interesting one. Oh yes, I do like to read those kinds once in a while. Did you agree with many of their ratings though, Freemo? Oh, it's not my favourite book by any means, if I were doing a list like yours I may not have put in either. Hardly essential, don't really need to have the gadgets given a rating out of 10 for example, but worth a look if you come across it in your travels. One of those books that work in a "I agree / I disagree" fashion, and also has info you may not haev read before. It's been forever since I've looked at it, so I don't recall my general thoughts on their ratings were, though from memory they did look at Roger Moore's performance in The Man With the Golden Gun in a favorable light, which gets a thumbs up from me. Harmless, but deadly |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 10 February 2002 |
27 January 2005 - 14:25
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I really like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, not so much for the personal ratings but for the information it offers. There's some really nice tidbits in the individual film sections I haven't read other places along with some good general reviews of what critics wrote at the times of the films' releases.
The personal ratings are pretty secondary compared to that, but a couple of their comments made me think -- such as revealing what a lack of action there really is in Goldfinger compared to the other films. "You didn't think I'd miss this performance, did you?"
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
27 January 2005 - 15:17
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Good point Turn. It's kind of surprising that it's one of the lesser known Bond books.
~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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