 'The Battle For Bond' To Be Pulled, 'Thunderball' book in hot water... (2nd edition now available) |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York  |
29 February 2008 - 04:34
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You read it first on CommanderBond.net...
   ~ 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: 20 January 2005 From: Illinois |
29 February 2008 - 05:05
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Only Thunderball.
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 17 April 2002 |
29 February 2008 - 05:06
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QUOTE(K1Bond007 @ 29 February 2008 - 05:05)  Only Thunderball. Glad i bought my copy. One of the best books on the subject of Fleming and Bond. D A L T O N I T EFLEMING PURIST FOREVER TO MOURN THE END OF THE TIMOTHY DALTON ERA |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
29 February 2008 - 05:33
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QUOTE(K1Bond007 @ 29 February 2008 - 00:05) Only Thunderball. Indeed. That word seems to say it all. ~ 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: 8 October 2005 |
29 February 2008 - 06:36
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QUOTE(Byron @ 28 February 2008 - 22:06) QUOTE(K1Bond007 @ 29 February 2008 - 05:05) Only Thunderball. Glad i bought my copy. One of the best books on the subject of Fleming and Bond. I completely agree with both posts. I wonder why this is only happening now. It's not like The Battle For Bond snuck up on everyone and suddenly appeared this week. It's been out for months now. I wonder what the problem(s) is/are. Robert Sellers' book seemed entirely plausible and legitimate to me. 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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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 2 July 2002 |
29 February 2008 - 06:41
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Anything Thunderball related opens up a can of worms.
"Anyone who touches Thunderball, seems to die.."  |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 17 April 2002 From: West Los Angeles, California USA |
29 February 2008 - 06:56
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Indeed this whole matter has been thoroughly puzzling to the Team when one of us happened across the statement on the site.
Problem is, with publishing, you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube once it's out for purchase and been purchased. The CBn Team is working on it and reaching out to the parties involved for some type of clarification and if we hear of it, we'll pass it on but beyond tossing up the news as we have it, we're as much in the scratching our heads mode as all of you. We're staying on top of this along with all Bond news, but it does certainly raise some questions. Certainly odd though. QUOTE(sharpshooter @ 28 February 2008 - 22:41) "Anyone who touches Thunderball, seems to die.." Something about having the words "touches" and "Thunderball" in the same sentence bothers me.  "When it comes to Bond, You've gotta do it" "There's a reason spies don't have many parties. Everyone has a history with everyone else." Bryce (003) - Living Bond so you don't have to. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 2 August 2001 From: Oxfordshire |
29 February 2008 - 07:59
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Wow...
Still, wouldn't be Thunderball if there wasn't some sort of trauma attached to it. Amazing story.  "There was a violent cruelty, a pathological desire to wound, quite near the surface in the man." CBn: ...we have people everywhere Only James Bond is James Bond. |
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Commander RNR Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 7 March 2003 From: Bronx,NY |
29 February 2008 - 08:14
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For those of you who have not bought the book but have been meaning to, this might be the time to do so. At last check, there are a number of used copies available on both AmazonUS & UK.
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 9 November 2004 From: Oxford, Michigan |
29 February 2008 - 11:17
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An interesting development to be sure... Can't wait to hear more details...
 But today is the thirteenth... |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 23 August 2001 From: England |
29 February 2008 - 11:47
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Classic.
Of course the timing is hopeless, as stated this hasn't been an exercising in 'sneaking up on anyone'. I just hope this accelerates sales on what is one of, if not, The best book related to Bond. Would be supremely interested in Sellers' reaction to this. ________________________________________________
"I think he's attempting re-entry sir" |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 14 October 2007 From: North Smithfield, RI, USA |
29 February 2008 - 13:55
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I'll try to get it for my upcoming birthday before it's pulled...
You only live twice:
Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face. --Ian Fleming |
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 23 July 2005 From: Norfolk, VA |
29 February 2008 - 15:27
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I'm scratching my head trying to figure out what the Ian Fleming Will Trust’s objections to this book are?
 Do they not like the use of Fleming correspondence with other parties? I need to re-read the book, but if any of Flemings letters, telegrams, etc., were used during the Thunderball trial, they should be a matter of public record, and therefore usable, unless UK law differs from US law. I'll be real interested to hear from both sides in this.
"I am proposing to stay here and fight until the bloody barrel drops off." -CDR Christopher Craig, RN Captain, H.M.S. ALACRITY 07 June 1982 off the Falkland Is. |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 9 August 2006 |