Showing Tag: "ian fleming" (Show all posts)

Devil May Care, a James Bond novel by Sebastian Faulks, writing as Ian Fleming, read by me.

Posted by Andre Kruger on Thursday, April 23, 2009, In : Spy Stories 
Devil May Care, a James Bond novel by Sebastian Faulks, writing as Ian Fleming, read by me.

As a general rule one wants a book title to be pithy and to the point, the front wrapper to be clean and clear. In this the above book fails. In fact, the cover is, well, covered in writing. However, it needs every word, except of course the bit about me being the reader. That’s just me being facetious, but I think you gathered that already.
It does need all of the title though. If you have seen b...

Continue reading ...
 

Will the real Bond, James Bond, please stand up ?

Posted by Andre Kruger on Thursday, April 23, 2009, In : Spy Stories 

Will the real Bond, James Bond, please stand up?
I grew up with James Bond. I remember watching Goldfinger at the Drive-In, (at the Dakota I think it was, but may be wrong), and Moonraker at the Kine Flora. I was an instant convert. When Sean Connery introduced himself as Bond, (flick the lighter open, light the cigarette, flick the lighter closed), James Bond, I knew that he was going to become a fixture in my life. And that he did. Not Sean Connery so much, but Mr. Bond. I saw all the movies...


Continue reading ...
 
« Back to posts