Comments on: The Spy Who Loved Me http://scifichick.com/2006/12/20/the-spy-who-loved-me/ News and Reviews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:28:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://scifichick.com/2006/12/20/the-spy-who-loved-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1760 Jeff Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:14:47 +0000 http://scifichick.com/?p=111#comment-1760 I would also encourage you to read Casino Royale sometime. It's a lot of fun and I was surprised on just how much the filmakers of the recent movie drew from the novel. I will add I also really enjoyed the new movie as well as Daniel Craig as Bond. I would also encourage you to read Casino Royale sometime. It’s a lot of fun and I was surprised on just how much the filmakers of the recent movie drew from the novel. I will add I also really enjoyed the new movie as well as Daniel Craig as Bond.

]]> By: SciFiChick.com » Blog Archive » 13 Books of ‘06 http://scifichick.com/2006/12/20/the-spy-who-loved-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 SciFiChick.com » Blog Archive » 13 Books of ‘06 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:14:27 +0000 http://scifichick.com/?p=111#comment-1436 [...] 12. The Spy Who Loved Me, by Ian Fleming – review here [...] [...] 12. The Spy Who Loved Me, by Ian Fleming – review here [...]

]]> By: Chris http://scifichick.com/2006/12/20/the-spy-who-loved-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Chris Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:04:25 +0000 http://scifichick.com/?p=111#comment-1073 I do love the older Bond novels... in particular Thunderball and For Your Eyes Only, though Casino Royale is a decent read as well. (though none of them are really like the movies, except for Craig's characterization of Bond. He really fits what Ian Fleming intended for the role, even if I do have some nostalgia for Connery... ) I do love the older Bond novels… in particular Thunderball and For Your Eyes Only, though Casino Royale is a decent read as well. (though none of them are really like the movies, except for Craig’s characterization of Bond. He really fits what Ian Fleming intended for the role, even if I do have some nostalgia for Connery… )

]]> By: Rene http://scifichick.com/2006/12/20/the-spy-who-loved-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Rene Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:16:24 +0000 http://scifichick.com/?p=111#comment-1068 Costco had a boxed set of all Fleming's Bond books. He really enjoyed them. I might give them a try. Right now, I've been playing the "From Russia With Love" PS2 game. Something happened to the memory card and it lost my game. I have to start all over again. Costco had a boxed set of all Fleming’s Bond books. He really enjoyed them. I might give them a try. Right now, I’ve been playing the “From Russia With Love” PS2 game. Something happened to the memory card and it lost my game. I have to start all over again.

]]> By: SciFiChick http://scifichick.com/2006/12/20/the-spy-who-loved-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1062 SciFiChick Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:54:06 +0000 http://scifichick.com/?p=111#comment-1062 Thanks, Stewart.. It is fun to go back to that era in books. Maybe because I wasn't around then, but I find it interesting. Anyway, Fleming's work is definitely fun. It's funny that it took this latest Daniel Craig "Bond" to get me (and a lot of others) to start reading (or re-reading) the original Fleming novels! I've seen just about every James Bond movie... And read some of Benson and Gardner's Bond books.. But this is the first time I've sought out the original Fleming works in ernest. Thanks, Stewart..
It is fun to go back to that era in books. Maybe because I wasn’t around then, but I find it interesting. Anyway, Fleming’s work is definitely fun.
It’s funny that it took this latest Daniel Craig “Bond” to get me (and a lot of others) to start reading (or re-reading) the original Fleming novels! I’ve seen just about every James Bond movie… And read some of Benson and Gardner’s Bond books.. But this is the first time I’ve sought out the original Fleming works in ernest.

]]> By: Stewart Sternberg http://scifichick.com/2006/12/20/the-spy-who-loved-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 Stewart Sternberg Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:40:58 +0000 http://scifichick.com/?p=111#comment-1059 Anyone writing about James Bond, especially writing about the source work or canon, automatically wins my heart. "The Spy Who Loved Me" is a fun read, and while horribly dated, I savor that. I love reading Fleming and tasting the flavor of the world in the fifties, drinking in the Cold War paranoia, the sexism (no, I'm not a sexist..just a weary historian), the peaks at cities as they were before the corporations moved in and McDonalds were on street corners from Belgrade to Rio. I have just finished reading "The Man With The Golden Gun", not a great literary work, but a fun Bond novel, with scenes that should have been worked into a film. Definitely. Perhaps with Daniel Craig, some of the Fleming magic will be reclaimed. Anyone writing about James Bond, especially writing about the source work or canon, automatically wins my heart.

“The Spy Who Loved Me” is a fun read, and while horribly dated, I savor that. I love reading Fleming and tasting the flavor of the world in the fifties, drinking in the Cold War paranoia, the sexism (no, I’m not a sexist..just a weary historian), the peaks at cities as they were before the corporations moved in and McDonalds were on street corners from Belgrade to Rio.

I have just finished reading “The Man With The Golden Gun”, not a great literary work, but a fun Bond novel, with scenes that should have been worked into a film. Definitely.

Perhaps with Daniel Craig, some of the Fleming magic will be reclaimed.

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