tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post3528489131267228068..comments2024-03-11T01:39:11.362-04:00Comments on At the Scene of the Crime: 007 Reloaded: MoonrakerPatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-75131510192766039582013-01-25T14:02:16.901-05:002013-01-25T14:02:16.901-05:00The artist is Sam Peffer (he signed himself Peff)....The artist is Sam Peffer (he signed himself Peff). This particular cover is from 1960, so it's just pre-film. I have a number of old Pan books from the 50s and 60s, and I was surprised just how many of his covers I have. He did a number of other Bond covers, and it looks like the same man in most of them. Apparently he would use both posed models and family and friends. I wonder a) who Bond was b) what he did to the female model to make her look so scared?Sextonblakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-61317538008125077722013-01-25T10:08:11.404-05:002013-01-25T10:08:11.404-05:00Love that Pan cover, that look of terror is intens...Love that Pan cover, that look of terror is intense! What year was the Pan, I presume before the film series? The Bond there looks a bit like Connery.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-13897705087042659462013-01-23T15:00:36.818-05:002013-01-23T15:00:36.818-05:00It's not a 'standard' Bond novel (no f...It's not a 'standard' Bond novel (no foreign locations) but it remains one of my favourites. Although it was as very futuristic novel when written (it was still science fiction at the time), it is also a very old fashioned thriller. The car chase, with Bond's Bentley hurtling hell-for-leather along bumpy British back roads, is pure Bulldog Drummond (as it the nature of the threat).<br /><br />It's a measure of Fleming's skill as a writer that he manages to make the card game at the beginning of the book just as exciting as the physical action at its end. I still have no idea how to pay Bridge, but whilst I was reading the book I felt as though I did. Another clever piece of writing comes in the penultimate chapter. Instead of zooming into the action, the whole thing is dialogue only, from the point of view of a very dim radio announcer. You don't think of Fleming as a funny writer, but this is both exciting and hilarious. Without giving anything away, it's fascinating to see how much of this book has been used in different Bond films.Sextonblakenoreply@blogger.com