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Tom McLean's avatar

I recently re-read a number of these books and found them terrifically entertaining, especially in their original setting and time frame.

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Michael Nimmo's avatar

I always thought that Casino Royale was the closest movie/book adaptation. The books are very much 'of their time' with some of the attitudes and you will notice that in Live & Let Die.

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Daniel Sherrier's avatar

I noticed some unfortunate 1950s chauvinism in these books. I'm expecting that to be the worst aspect of the series.

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Michael Nimmo's avatar

I think it is in Thunderball, there are two pages dedicated as to why Bond thinks women are terrible drivers!

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Daniel Sherrier's avatar

That is two pages too many.

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