Re: DMC/Young Bond cross over? (Very minor spoiler - just a location name)

"Matt L" <mlawrenc@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> On Jun 4, 6:22 am, "Tim Pollard" <timpoll...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I'm still reading DMC but last night was intrigued by Faulke's Bond
>> visiting
>> the Paradise Club in Devil May Care and the name reminding him of
>> visiting a
>> casino in his youth - is this a reference to Higson's Young Bond visiting
>> the Paradice Club in Double or Die? Is there now a holistic Bond plan for
>> the 'historical' continuation novels? Will DMC tie into The Moneypenny
>> Diaries too?
>>
>> Just curious...
>>
>
>
> I'm about half way through Final Fling (and loving every second) .
> I've wondered the same thing since the time-frames of FF and DMC are
> similar.  Also been reading the Young Bonds up to DOD and like
> Higson's embellishments upon the fragments Fleming gave us about
> Bond's early life.  It's also interesting how Weinberg incorporated
> Fleming's proposed Operation Ruthless into her series.
>
> Initially I was a bit ambivalent about how all these after Fleming
> writers would/could/should handle the author's established
> "Bondiverse"   I like most of what they've done excepting maybe how
> Bond got that "three-inch scar showing whitely down the ...". as
> described by Higson in Silverfin.  Will be interesting to see how he
> handles that embarrassing incident that gets Bond thrown out of Eton
> in "By Royal Command".
>
> There are pros and cons to these books with regards and in relation to
> Fleming oeuvre, but as a whole I find them satisfying enough to enjoy
> the thrilling ride.


Indeed, it'll be fun to see - shame they didn't incorporate Pearson's 007
biography into them as well... <g>

Glad you're enjoying FF too - I look forward to your thoughts on it when
you're done!


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