tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post2348297109243643779..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond #4)Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-37171219407512136492018-04-08T11:41:26.327-05:002018-04-08T11:41:26.327-05:00Interesting, though I would note your suggestion t...Interesting, though I would note your suggestion that revisionists primarily argue that Bond could be played by a black actor because he was never described as white is false. A few argue this, but people who suggest Bond can be played by a black actor primarily feel two things: it's fiction, so why not? And two: it happened in reverse countless times, so why not? The latter is a very good eganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02034356193424030331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-80993712375361639492018-04-05T20:55:47.804-05:002018-04-05T20:55:47.804-05:00I also read that Ian Fleming also did a lot of tra...I also read that Ian Fleming also did a lot of travel writing, and actually was hoping he'd make his name and fortune doing that, but people preferred James Bond. There is certainly textual evidence that he disliked writing Bond books as several of them seem to end with Bond near death. <br /><br />Now me, as a guy who travels quite a bit, enjoy his descriptions of the way things used to be, English Teacher Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16566898470803597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-37667721320385394602018-04-05T14:25:20.288-05:002018-04-05T14:25:20.288-05:00Fleming prided himself on the accuracy of the loca...Fleming prided himself on the accuracy of the location description in his novels, and that’s all well and good, but see, the thing is, stuff like that only matters if it advances the plot. In Fleming’s case, at least as demonstrated here, it does not."<br /><br />Consider, in 1956 the stuff mattered for a lot of readers. <br /><br />Fleming's audience wanted to read about foreign places andydeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312309519462680892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-45389370349398533832018-04-05T12:26:34.441-05:002018-04-05T12:26:34.441-05:00Jill St. John's Tiffany Case is my favorite Bo...Jill St. John's Tiffany Case is my favorite Bond girl. I did not like the novel, but it has good moments.Johny Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537149940644341595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-46037344652137356482018-04-05T08:40:55.498-05:002018-04-05T08:40:55.498-05:00Another interesting, insightful and amazingly deta...Another interesting, insightful and amazingly detailed review, Joe. By the way, the Signet editors didn't seem to care how small the cover art by Barye Phillips was, but it always bugged me even though it's not one of Barye's best. Here's a link to a page that shows the original painting -> http://illustrated007.blogspot.com/2012/07/original-diamonds-are-forever-artwork.htmlRobert Deis (aka "SubtropicBob")https://www.blogger.com/profile/02915050878004964273noreply@blogger.com