Saat menjadi sukarelawan mahasiswa di Lilly Library, Indiana University, staf di sana mengajak saya berkeliling melihat koleksi paling langka yang disimpan di ruang bawah tanah. Di dalam brankas tersebut, tersimpan halaman-halaman naskah ketikan asli dari novel James Bond karya Ian Fleming. Staf mengatakan bahwa Fleming menulis buku-buku ini langsung menggunakan mesin tik. Jika itu benar, pembaca hanya bisa dibuat takjub dengan hasilnya. Fleming telah menciptakan salah satu karakter paling ikoni...

Novel James Bond ke-11 karya Ian Fleming ini adalah sebuah petualangan dengan huruf A kapital. Ada drama, aksi, romansa, bahkan sedikit humor di sana-sini. Jauh di pegunungan Alpen Swiss, pemimpin SPECTRE, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, merancang rencana jahat baru dan tugas agen rahasia 007 untuk menghentikannya. Sekali lagi, Ian Fleming menciptakan deretan karakter yang luar biasa. Marc Ange Draco, kepala Union Corse yang sangat menyenangkan, mungkin adalah kreasi Fleming favorit saya sejak Kerim Bay ...

Komandan dan Nyonya Bond.Novel Bond ke-11 karya Ian Fleming ini ditulis di properti milik Fleming di Jamaika pada tahun 1962, saat film Doctor No sedang diproduksi di dekat sana.Tanpa diragukan lagi, ini adalah penggambaran sang mata-mata Inggris yang paling manusiawi dan emosional dari Fleming. Kita bisa melihat kedalaman karakter Bond yang lebih nyata, di mana Fleming memberikan pengembangan karakter yang lebih baik dibandingkan seri-seri sebelumnya. Kita juga diperkenalkan dengan Tracy (Teres...

“When the odds are hopeless, when all seems to be lost, then is the time to be calm, to make a show of authority – at least of indifference” ― Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service One of my favorite Bond novels so far. It contains most of the things that draws people to Bond novels and movies (action, intrigue, charm, violence) and tones down some of the more obnoxious parts too (sexism, racism, etc). The character of Bond is fascinating in this novel as his normal cycle with women is wa...

(A-) 82% | Sangat Bagus
Catatan: James Bond, pria Skotlandia yang sentimental, terus-menerus menemukan arah hidup, pemulihan, dan harapan baru melalui sosok gadis yang patah hati dengan mobil sport yang melaju kencang dalam On Her Majesty's Secret Service karya Ian Fleming. Sebuah ulasan buku yang wajib dibaca bagi para penggemar novel mata-mata klasik.

Bond, James Bond. Whether it’s movies starring Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, or Daniel Craig, my family enjoys a family movie night featuring 007. As we wait for the announcement of the next Bond actor, I have decided to go back and fill in the gaps of the original books penned by Ian Fleming. The story arc that just wrapped up featured Bond searching for and battling a rogue organization named Spectre. Although this organization hadn’t made an appearance until recently, Fleming had...

Because I recently listened to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Ian Fleming's only children's book) on audio, I decided to listen to some classic Fleming while I was at it. James Bond. I love love love this series! Years ago (how many I shall not admit to) I actually got in trouble for having this paperback at school. James Bond and the Secret Service was considered inappropriate reading material to have at school. Other classmates were carrying around Stephen King and other authors whose books included...

All he remembered, before sleep took him, was that she had said when it was all over, "That was heaven, James. Will you please come back when you wake up. I must have it once more." Then she had turned over on her side away from him and, without answering his last endearments, had gone to sleep - but not before he had heard that she was crying.What the hell? All cats are grey in the dark.True or false?ALL CATS ARE GREY IN THE DARKJames Bond is driving through France, where he goes every year. Wh...

Rating: 4.5* of fiveAgain a reminder that this is a review of the 1969 film, not Fleming's novel. I found I wasn't able to get past the outdated attitudes in the novels. I think because books are important to me, enduring documents of their times, and films are slight and insubstantial entertainments, I judge films much less harshly. After all, I take them so much less seriously.This is only a 4.5-star experience because Lazenby's only outing as Bond was stylish and cool. It earned bad reviews f...

I guess if you write a number of books concerning the same character it’s almost inevitable that you’d get bored. Arthur Conan-Doyle did it, as did Agatha Christie – and here is Ian Fleming doing the same. ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ was a not overly successful attempt to fiddle around with the Bond formula; however ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ is an altogether more convincing step in a different direction. Whereas the previous book tore everything up to give a very different kind of Bond tale, ...