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Title: The World Is Not Enough: A Novel by Raymond Benson, Neil Purvis, Robert Wade ISBN: 042517350X Publisher: Boulevard (Mass Market) Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.9
Rating: 5
Summary: Let's all hope the movie is this terrific!
Comment: I am on record as trashing High Time to Kill (see reviews for that book) along with vowing to wait for the Benson novels in paperback (if not used papaerback). Well, I bought this paperback new and would have paid for a hard cover of this story's quality. Benson is terrific on this novelization. I'm sure there is a lot of extra info that will clarify parts of the movie when I see it. The rumored "airhead" personality of Christmas Jones does not come through in the book and I was afraid that the return to "sexpot" Bond girls would send the modernized Bond into a tailspin. One especially bright point is the meatier role for M. I think Benson likes writing her and it shows. For fans who haven't followed every plot point posted on the web, I'm sure there will be more than a few surprises. The plot-Bond is assigned to bodyguard Elektra King, the daughter of a recently-assassinated oil magnate. Elektra has already been the target of kidnappers led by the villainous Renard, a terrorist who has no pain center. (Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think a "painless" killer was written into the Tomorrow Never Dies plot, but was scrapped after the novelizatioon had already been written) Great gadgets, great plot, great girls,a surprise development with M, and an atomic bomb stolen from a foremer Soviet Republic make for an exciting and riveting thriller.
Rating: 4
Summary: Well... it's a novel...of the film
Comment: Based on the new James Bond film, Raymond Benson takes up on Bond once again. This time, the story really stays pretty straight with the movie, only providing a bit more than the film. It contains some background information of Elektra/Renard, and what happens in the past, etc., but it isn't too much. Unlike Tomorrow Never Dies:A Novel, TWINE is not adding much to the film. Basically, if you saw the film and you are a little wishy-washy on reading a Bond book or having to read the what you saw on film, you probably don't need to buy this. However, if you're an avid Bond fan or would still want to take up on a Bond book, it's still a good read. If you see the movie first, it becomes easier to imagine the scenes. Raymond Benson has written better Bond novels than this, however, so make your choice more warily.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the Best
Comment: I read the novelization of "Tomorrow Never Dies" before reading this. The thing I noticed with Benson is that in his novelizations he writes in third-person omniscent, allowing the reader to not only visualize everything, but know what the characters are thinking, which can obviously not be done in the movies. I had some of the movie before reading the book. After I read the book, however, I saw the movie and it made a lot more sense.
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Title: Tomorrow Never Dies: A Novel by Raymond Benson, Bruce Feirstein ISBN: 1572973455 Publisher: Boulevard (Mass Market) Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Die Another Day by Raymond Benson ISBN: 0425189635 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 05 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Goldeneye by John E. Gardner ISBN: 1572970340 Publisher: Boulevard (Mass Market) Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: High Time to Kill (James Bond) by Raymond Benson ISBN: 0515128333 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 05 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Doubleshot by Raymond Benson ISBN: 0515130613 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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