tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post7407521327139493101..comments2023-12-06T00:30:01.898-08:00Comments on Brian Drake At Large!: Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me, Or: When Ian Almost Killed Off 007Brian Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-33408760672448592792012-04-30T18:15:44.005-07:002012-04-30T18:15:44.005-07:00Jack,
I read Fleming as a youngster too and going ...Jack,<br />I read Fleming as a youngster too and going back to him as an adult, I have to agree with you. There was so much I missed the first few times that I am now enjoying the books in a whole different way. He was a terrific writer. Great with characters and, especially, as you pointed out, details. He continues to teach and inspire!Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-8418476571948787882012-04-30T08:38:58.272-07:002012-04-30T08:38:58.272-07:00I remember reading this back in junior high, and t...I remember reading this back in junior high, and thinking it was really odd that, for just one book, there was a switch in the PoV. I think it is an interesting exercise for Fleming to try, but I'm glad he left the rest of the books as they are.<br /><br />On a side note, I've started buying/reading the Bond books as eBooks. I've read Casino Royale and Live and Let Die. It's been over 20 years since I read these first, and it is amazing that I even processed much of these stories as a young teenager. Now, older and much more worldly (and with Google by my side), Fleming's meticulous attention to detail becomes much more impressive.Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-58596133468336519142012-04-29T21:43:40.891-07:002012-04-29T21:43:40.891-07:00But 007 never apologized to anybody else, why her,...But 007 never apologized to anybody else, why her, suddenly? I like to think she was misremembering what he said to her as she recounted the tale. :)Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-89259693975191398572012-04-29T17:38:37.231-07:002012-04-29T17:38:37.231-07:00The only comment I would have about the apologizin...The only comment I would have about the apologizing is that Bond was British and the Brits and Canadians are always apologizing, all day long. It's a form of manners. In today's America he looks weak, but it's not weakness, it's just the behavior of a place and time. :-)EAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427618205516183976noreply@blogger.com