Casinos, yachts, a submersible car and Great Old Ones
Yesterday, I did finish reading autopopE's Jennifer Morgue. It's a damn fine James Bond pastiche with casinos, yachts, a submersible car and Great Old Ones-I commend it to the housereadership.
By random chance, It was revealed today that my good friend innerbrat, despite being a smart, educated Brit in her mid twenties, has never seen a Bond movie. Now, while I am tempted to complement her parents for managing to raise her and not once have ITV on on a bank holiday, I am completely and utterly amazed that she has managed to never see a Bond movie. Given that I am always aware of the potential problems caused by the small numbers fallacy, I thought I'd find out if she's actually less unusual than I think. Poll time:
Poll Bond, James Bond
See, I read the books mostly when I was a kid (I distinctly recall reading a fair few while on the caravan holiday in France, which dates it to 1986 just before I turned 12 and started grammar school). I can remember both enjoying reading them and being surprised at how different they were to the films-Bond got married in one, and was getting over her assassination in the next, there was distinct character development and Moneypenny was a bit part.
They were, without doubt, a product of their time, which is why the new films are even further away from them, even if elements (Bond's character) do seem closer than the earlier films. At times I consider going back to reread them, then decide life is too short and I've got far too many other books to read (like the rest of autopope's books for a start). Anyone else read enough of them as an adult to have an opinion one way or t'other?
Jennie posted a slightly different poll rating the movies awhileback for those of you that are poll obsessed or merely didn't see it.
By random chance, It was revealed today that my good friend innerbrat, despite being a smart, educated Brit in her mid twenties, has never seen a Bond movie. Now, while I am tempted to complement her parents for managing to raise her and not once have ITV on on a bank holiday, I am completely and utterly amazed that she has managed to never see a Bond movie. Given that I am always aware of the potential problems caused by the small numbers fallacy, I thought I'd find out if she's actually less unusual than I think. Poll time:
Poll Bond, James Bond
See, I read the books mostly when I was a kid (I distinctly recall reading a fair few while on the caravan holiday in France, which dates it to 1986 just before I turned 12 and started grammar school). I can remember both enjoying reading them and being surprised at how different they were to the films-Bond got married in one, and was getting over her assassination in the next, there was distinct character development and Moneypenny was a bit part.
They were, without doubt, a product of their time, which is why the new films are even further away from them, even if elements (Bond's character) do seem closer than the earlier films. At times I consider going back to reread them, then decide life is too short and I've got far too many other books to read (like the rest of autopope's books for a start). Anyone else read enough of them as an adult to have an opinion one way or t'other?
Jennie posted a slightly different poll rating the movies awhileback for those of you that are poll obsessed or merely didn't see it.