 'The Man Who Saved Britain' by Simon Winder, Coming in June 2006 (UK), October 2006 (US) |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras  |
16 August 2005 - 18:17
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I tacked a paragraph about this book onto another news story a while back, but I think people may have missed it. So I'm making this its own main pager.
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 23 November 2004 |
16 August 2005 - 18:52
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If its about Bond reflecting on 50s and 60s society in his armchair, bourbon in hand, Morlands in mouth, its better than deciding whether a lanky Croat, an upper class Hugh Grant-alike, an Aussie fairy or a fat jock should be Bond #6.
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 20 January 2005 From: Illinois |
16 August 2005 - 18:58
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Has the Moneypenny Diaries been confirmed as a project by IFP yet? They said they were concerned or whatever and that they were going to look into it, but if there really was a problem you think you would have heard something by now.
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
16 August 2005 - 19:05
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QUOTE(K1Bond007 @ 16 August 2005 - 11:58) Has the Moneypenny Diaries been confirmed as a project by IFP yet? They said they were concerned or whatever and that they were going to look into it, but if there really was a problem you think you would have heard something by now.  I recently asked, but I didn't hear back (which is not typical of them--they usually get right back to me when I ask a question). Something tells me the book isn't official and they are trying to decide what to do about it. When they decide, I'm sure we will hear about it. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
16 August 2005 - 21:28
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Any amazon listings yet for this 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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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
16 August 2005 - 21:29
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Nadda. But considering the source story is from last year and the book has yet to show up on Amazon, I think it's safe to say this book is isn't coming anytime soon. My guess would be sometime next year. Unless it's not official in which case it may never appear.
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 4 August 2003 From: Secret position compromised: Karlstad, Sweden |
17 August 2005 - 09:09
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Looks interesting, I must say.
 Top ten Bond movies: 1. From Russia With Love(1963) 2. Thunderball (1965) 3. Casino Royale (2006) 4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) 5. For Your Eyes Only (1981) 6. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 7. Octopussy (1983) 8. GoldenEye (1995) 9. The Living Daylights (1987) 10. Goldfinger (1964) "Whatever I am, whatever that's left of me. I am yours" Proud defender of Daniel Craig |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
17 August 2005 - 14:49
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QUOTE(zencat @ 16 August 2005 - 17:29) Nadda. But considering the source story is from last year and the book has yet to show up on Amazon, I think it's safe to say this book is isn't coming anytime soon. Okay with me...we've got quite a few coming up! 
~ 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: 4 August 2003 From: Secret position compromised: Karlstad, Sweden |
19 August 2005 - 18:49
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More Bond books = better
Top ten Bond movies: 1. From Russia With Love(1963) 2. Thunderball (1965) 3. Casino Royale (2006) 4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) 5. For Your Eyes Only (1981) 6. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 7. Octopussy (1983) 8. GoldenEye (1995) 9. The Living Daylights (1987) 10. Goldfinger (1964) "Whatever I am, whatever that's left of me. I am yours" Proud defender of Daniel Craig |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
2 April 2006 - 06:22
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Update - it's coming soon!
~ 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 GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
2 April 2006 - 16:59
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Nice find, Qwerty. Might be an interesting read.
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 3 November 2005 From: A View To A Kill |
2 April 2006 - 20:14
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QUOTE(zencat @ 2 April 2006 - 17:59) Nice find, Qwerty. Might be an interesting read. Simon Winder previously edited 'My Name's Bond, James Bond' (Penguin , 2000) in which he wrote that "Fleming's hold on the British male imagination remains so great that the landscape of our postwar culture would be unrecognizable without his iconic hero." I'm looking forward to this one. "This is not the Berlitz School of Languages, Head of S."
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
2 April 2006 - 22:16
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I'm definitely looking forward to this. Not too keen on the UK cover art, but as the saying goes...
~ 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 |