Tag: James Bond
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Double-O Double Feature! From Russia, with Love (1957) and Doctor No by Ian Fleming (1958)
With the recent brouhaha in the UK about “sensitivity readers” editing works by Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming so that they remain suitable for modern audiences, I thought I’d review a couple of the original James Bond books. I’ve always enjoyed them immensely, despite not being a reader of spy fiction in general. They’ve always…
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Double or Nothing by Kim Sherwood (2022)
The new Bond novel, by debut continuation author Kim Sherwood (who has several other novels to her name), Double or Nothing is at once very close to and very different from Ian Fleming’s original, which is quite a feat. I didn’t care for the last continuation I read, With a Mind to Kill by Anthony…