Comments on: Not Child

By: Coolio Hunt

Coolio Hunt — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:21:33 +0000

No child will be able to spy under 13 years. James Bond Jr was under 25.

By: Kevin Collette

Kevin Collette — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:53:18 +0000

I for one would love to see a full dossier dedicated on those ‘ missed opportunities ‘ with various writers selected by Glidrose to pursue the Fleming legacy …Were they any of them from a non-english speaking language country , for instance ? What about selecting a russian writer to have a 360) turn vision of 007 behind the Iron Curtain …

Ah, I guess that with those kind of ideas , Glidrose will never ask me to become a board member…

By: David Schofield

David Schofield — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:22:05 +0000

I think Child pretty succinctly states all the problems surrounding Continuation Bond, both the disadvantages to the writer and the quality of the final product. I do hope, that this being the case, IFP really do have a writer of quality who can get over the pitfalls of attempting an approximation of Fleming’s world.

By: K1Bond007

K1Bond007 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:31:56 +0000

Yeah, it appears IFP looked to him as a possible replacement following Benson. They did the same with Forsyth in late 2001. I think it seems likely that IFP is looking for a series here. They may have settled for a one-off to get whomever it is though. I still think bringing back Robert Markham as a rotating pseudonym would be a good idea. Maybe, anyway.

I also forgot that Child’s reps struck it down in in 2006, but at least we know now that Child was offered the gig, and not just once.

By: zencat

zencat — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:19:19 +0000

Great find, K1.

ABBA cover band? Well!

Interesting that he calls it a “series” and not a one-shot Bond novel.