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My to do list includes re-reading his novels. I last read them in jr high. 50+ years ago. Would be interesting to see how much the movies diverge from the original novels.


10 posted on 04/16/2023 6:27:40 PM PDT by sjmjax
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Would be interesting to see how much the movies diverge from the original novels.

Three come pretty close. From Russia with Love, Thunderball, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service are pretty close. The rest aren't anywhere near close. Many borrow titles only (Quantum of Solace, Octopussy, The World is Not Enough - title was borrowed from the Bond Coat of Arms in OHMSS, Spectre, A view to a Kill, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Living Daylights). Some plot devices are borrowed. The Faberge Egg in Octopussy was borrowed from The Property of a Lady. Being towed behind a boat over coral in the movie For Your Eyes Only was borrowed from Live and Let Die. The woman seeking revenge at the beginning of the FYEO was borrowed from the short story of the same name.

25 posted on 04/16/2023 9:27:21 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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Started that very project a couple of weeks ago. I'm just about finished with Live and Let Die, the second in the series. Such books could not be written today, the blatantly non-politically correct depictions would land the author in jail.
29 posted on 04/17/2023 3:01:11 AM PDT by abb
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