Are the James Bond books worth reading? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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I'm a big fan of the movies and I've know for a while that the character is based off a series of books, but I've never gotten around to actually picking any of them up.

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Yes, they are. They are stylish and pacy and all the rest. They are also very much of their time and, as well, are a completely different beast to the movies: they are spy stories primarily - not action adventures (though both of those are still there), and are much more low key overall.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

If you had to pick a specific Bond actor that was closest to the character from the novels, who would it be?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

That's a really difficult one. The book Bond is a snob in a way that doesn't really translate to the later culture in which so many of the films are set. Plus, I stopped watching the movies after Quantum of Solace - and had only been slightly interested from around Licence to Kill onwards, until Casino Royale.

If I had to say then perhaps a mix of Craig in Casino and Connery in the very early ones. Book Bond was a bit rough around the edges and definitely not dropping 'witty' one-liners all the time.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Good to know, thanks for the info

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