 Looking Back: Nobody Lives Forever, John Gardner's 5th James Bond novel |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 11 August 2003 From: H O L L Y W O O D  |
18 May 2005 - 05:38
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  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 GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
18 May 2005 - 20:40
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Afraid today's big Casino news buried this so I'm bumping it back up.
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
19 May 2005 - 01:36
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My personal favorite of the Gardner novels.
  ~ 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 RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
20 May 2005 - 03:00
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Anyone else?
~ 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 Group: Veterans Enlisted: 10 February 2002 |
21 May 2005 - 02:05
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QUOTE(Qwerty @ 20 May 2005 - 03:00) Anyone else?  OK, yeah, my favorite Gardner, too. But, I admit I haven't read them all, so... "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 |
21 May 2005 - 03:33
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Which do you need to read still?
~ 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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Cadet Group: Crew Enlisted: 3 March 2005 |
19 August 2005 - 01:55
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Has anybody hereabouts read Matthew Reilly's novel Scarecrow, which was published last year? The plot is remarkably similar to Nobody Lives Forever - or to be more accurate, the central premise is exactly the same even down to the presence of a guillotine. I was reading Nobody Lives Forever last week and I had to go and check Scarecrow to see if my mind was playing tricks on me.
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 21 May 2003 From: Las Vegas, Nevada |
19 August 2005 - 02:00
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It's a good Bond book. I think the title is weak though...The words 'Forever','Always','Never'and Die(s) should be banned from Bond titles.
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 10 February 2002 |
19 August 2005 - 02:22
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QUOTE(Tarl_Cabot @ 19 August 2005 - 02:00) It's a good Bond book. I think the title is weak though...The words 'Forever','Always','Never'and Die(s) should be banned from Bond titles. It only got worse, didn't it -- Never Send Flowers, Death is Forever, High Time To Kill, Never Dream of Dying, The Man From Barbarossa, The Man With the Red Tattoo, etc. Some seem so uninspired it makes me kind of remember why I never ran out and bought such titles at the time. I guess the Glidrose people or whoever controlled the estate at the time probably thought those types of titles would draw in people because they have Fleming connotations - The Man With the Golden Gun, Diamonds are Forever and so on. It seemed the Flemings had more appeal even if they just had the names of the character, place or situation as a title -- Dr. No, Goldfinger, Casino Royale, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. "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 |
19 August 2005 - 02:29
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QUOTE(Turn @ 18 August 2005 - 22:22) QUOTE(Tarl_Cabot @ 19 August 2005 - 02:00) It's a good Bond book. I think the title is weak though...The words 'Forever','Always','Never'and Die(s) should be banned from Bond titles. It only got worse, didn't it -- Never Send Flowers, Death is Forever, High Time To Kill, Never Dream of Dying, The Man From Barbarossa, The Man With the Red Tattoo, etc. Some seem so uninspired it makes me kind of remember why I never ran out and bought such titles at the time. I guess the Glidrose people or whoever controlled the estate at the time probably thought those types of titles would draw in people because they have Fleming connotations - The Man With the Golden Gun, Diamonds are Forever and so on. It seemed the Flemings had more appeal even if they just had the names of the character, place or situation as a title -- Dr. No, Goldfinger, Casino Royale, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. I thought some of those titles were pretty good: Never Send Flowers and The Man With The Red Tattoo to say a few, but yes, others were weak. ~ 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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Midshipman Group: Crew Enlisted: 2 April 2005 |
11 March 2006 - 16:57
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I have just completed Nobody Lives Forever and I really enjoyed it.
 This seemed more like the Fleming originals. It reminded me of a cross between : OHMSS and Dr No due to the location settings. The nature of the proposed ‘end of Bond’ (no spoilers! ) was particularly chilling I thought and dare I say it worthy of Fleming himself. Reading Gardner in chronological order I rate NLF even higher that my previous favourite of his ‘For Special Services’. If I have one gripe it is the inclusion of the worst line I have come across in a Bond novel so far : ‘Nanny knows best’ .Errrrrgh reach for the bucket.  |
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Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 15 November 2005 |
13 March 2006 - 03:53
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QUOTE(Iain McLaughlin @ 19 August 2005 - 12:55) Has anybody hereabouts read Matthew Reilly's novel Scarecrow, which was published last year? The plot is remarkably similar to Nobody Lives Forever - or to be more accurate, the central premise is exactly the same even down to the presence of a guillotine. I was reading Nobody Lives Forever last week and I had to go and check Scarecrow to see if my mind was playing tricks on me. Off topic I know but do you find Reilly's books to be almost a parody of the techno/airport thriller genre? Back on topic I love Nobody Lives Forever, I agree one of Gardner's best. |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 8 October 2005 |
14 March 2006 - 08:41
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I love Nobody Lives Forever and its premise. In fact, it is my favorite James Bond book--period. Very original, and yet it has a touch of From Russia, With Love to it. Interestingly enough, FRWL is my favorite Ian Fleming novel.
 Anyway, Gardner was at his best in NLF. There is a lot of mayhem and suspense and everything works from the first page to the last. Bond was most definitely back.  No more foreplay.
Speak now or forever hold your piece. I think he got the point. Looks like he came to a dead end. He had lots of guts! Yes, considerably. |
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