Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2015. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. I was finally able to get this JAMES BOND book in hardcover. This is because in my view the Gardner Bonds are, with the exception of his debut "Licence Renewed", predictable and repetitive to the point of being tiresome (and I'm fully aware the Bond films are formulaic by their nature, but they are so much more entertaining). A good novelisation, however, takes advantage of the fact that it is not tied down by a two-hour running time, and essaentially becomes a more detailed and satisfying version of the film. It's good but too close to the film. Before coming an author of fiction in the early 1960s, John Gardner was variously a stage magician, a Royal Marine officer and a journalist. The Man from Barbarossa: Ian Fleming's Master Spy James Bond. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. However, it's an exciting and well-paced representation of the movie and certainly one of my Gardner favourites. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. In all, Gardner has fifty-four novels to his credit, including, John Grisham's Recommended Thriller Reading List. A similar confusion caused Kenneth Millar to change pseudonyms from John Ross MacDonald to Ross MacDonald, thus avoiding confusion with John D. MacDonald.
Armchair Detective Library; 1st Armchair Detective Library ed edition (September 1, 1990), Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2019. Recommended. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2020. I think the estate of Ian Fleming should have left James Bond alone. Its doesn't read or flow like any of John Gardner Bond books of the same series and just feels out of touch and cheesy. Ahead of the release of No Time to Die in November 2020, I've been re-reading all of Ian Fleming's original James Bond novels, and re-watching all 24 Bond films. One amusing aspect is that to make this fit into the official timeline, it made explaining Felix’s injuries (the sequence where he’s attacked by the shark came from “Live & Let Die”) more difficult than it should have been - “how could the same thing happen to a man?” asks Bond a few times and even the chapter is called “Lightning Sometimes Strikes Twice”. Better than the movie. He'd hit some high and low points in the series at this point, but none of the 8 previous James Bond novels by Gardner had been optioned for a movie. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Alas, just this minute, Google revealed that "October Light" is by John Champlin Gardner, and the James Bond books by John Edmund Gardner. It was also ironic about it's realism, which is really nice. See all formats and editions. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2019. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2015. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Refresh and try again. A much less tight one too.
It is obvious this was based on an earlier draft of the final screenplay. GARDNER'S BOOK IS LIKE READING THE SCREENPLAY. He tries to c. This was Gardner's attempt at the novelization of the movie of the same name. But in the end, the still falls for his charms, every time. Licence to Kill Hardcover – September 1, 1990. by John Gardner (Author) 3.8 out of 5 stars 24 ratings. He would later do a novelization for GoldenEye, but so far has not had any of his 14 original Bond novels made into a movie. I enjoyed it, it had a good pace, and it was good fun - even if it cut short the fuel tanker sequence, which was so gloriously mounted in the film.
I found it an enjoyable read. Was kinda interesting though as it made me realize how much of an unfeeling sociopath so many iconic movie characters like this are. There's a problem loading this menu right now. by Charter. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2002, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2019. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. It remarkably makes for an interesting read from an otherwise unsatisfactory film adding detail to scenes and venturing inside the head of the main character exploring his feelings and motivations. GO FOR IT! Awful.
Kept the feel of the Fleming novels quite well, I though. I hadn't realised. The story was meant to be more realistic then previous Bond endeavors using more realistic situations and less high tech gadgetry. I've waded through the John Gardner continuation novels before and will pick up a few of them again in the course of this exercise. IF YOU SAW THE MOVIE YOU HAVE TO READ THE BOOK! Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. However, this novel is based on Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson's story for Timothy Dalton's James Bond in LICENCE TO KILL. 007 is prepared to ignore Secret Service orders and even sacrifice his licence to kill to avenge his enemies. The feminism in this book was a bit dubious to me: sometimes Bond treats women absolutely horrible, or women in general are portrayed as less, but then the main female character comes around and she's awesome and kicks ass and really knows what she's doing, and most of all, she gets mad at James when he acts belittling towards her. I've always been slightly wary of novelisations, as they often stick so closely to the film they are based on that you end up asking yourself "Why did I waste days reading that when I could have just watched the movie in two hours?".
To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. I must've seen the movie version of this (because I've seen all the Bond movies) but I had no recollection of it going into the book - which was good, because I was able to enjoy the book without stumbling over plot changes. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. This is just a narrative of the film of the same name. What a pity. Instead of being a straight stand-alone novelisation Gardener has weaved it into his follow-on books which in turn follow on from Fleming's, which leads to the ludicrous situation of Felix Leiter of not only being attacked b. Please try again.
Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Welcome back. Having read the first two John Gardner novels and decided that his Bond was not for me I read no more. What starts as a joyous celebration - the wedding of his old friend Felix Leiter - becomes a nightmare which takes James Bond on a path of revenge against the evil billionaire drug lord Franz Sanchez. I was finally able to get this JAMES BOND book in hardcover. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 29, 2010. Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2019. Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2020, Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2015. Gardner adds nothing to the paper-thin-ness. Now, Bond is out for blood, and he is prepared to do anything--even give up his license to kill--to avenge the death of his friends. The only problem is, Gardner goes to slightly...schizofrenic means to tie License to Kill in with the on-going Fleming series. See all formats and editions. Then a while ago I noticed that he did a novelisation of the great Tim Dalton film LTK, so I thought I'd have a look see.
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2012. He'd hit some high and low points in the series at this point, but none of the 8 previous James Bond novels by Gardner had been optioned for a movie. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. As Bond films go, this one was about average. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Oh dear, it is worse than I had imagined it to be. And, if like me, you enjoyed this change of pace for the celluloid Bond franchise back in the day, you'll certainly like reading it too! I SAW THE MOVIE AGAIN AS I READ EVERY PAGE. Having read the first two John Gardner novels and decided that his Bond was not for me I read no more.
I've waded through the John Gardner continuation novels before and will pick up a few of them again in the course of this exercise. One of my favourite films and yet for some reason despite buying it when the film came out in 1989 I've never read this novelization before. I liked the style of writing, it was quick, but not so quick that you lose track of what you're reading. James Bond's old friend Felix Leiter and his bride are gunned down by a drug lord at their wedding, and Bond swears revenge--no matter what the Secret Service and his enemies do to stop him, James Bond: Win, Lose or Die: A 007 Novel, James Bond: No Deals, Mr. It's good but too close to the film. Then a while ago I noticed that he did a novelisation of the great Tim Dalton film LTK, so I thought I'd have a look see. I've always enjoyed John Gardner's Bond novels and I enjoyed this novelisation.
This is just a narrative of the film of the same name. IF YOU SAW THE MOVIE YOU HAVE TO READ THE BOOK! Start by marking “Licence to Kill (John Gardner's Bond, #9)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. interesting that names from other Bond stories appeared as different characters. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2015. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
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This is little more than a movie tie-in, in no way comparable to Gardner's more original Bond stories, and retaining a lot of the cheesiness of the films. Please try your request again later. 007 is prepared to ignore Secret Service orders and even sacrifice his licence to kill to avenge his enemies. Most people dislike Gardner's book's when compared with Fleming's, but this one is top notch. Ahead of the release of No Time to Die in November 2020, I've been re-reading all of Ian Fleming's original James Bond novels, and re-watching all 24 Bond films. It really has some good and bad points. An uneven and somewhat clunky effort from Gardner who obviously was a bit hog-tied trying to adapt the screenplay.
As you probably already know, this book is a novelisation of the 1989 Bond film of the same name, as opposed to an original novel by John Gardner. This is because in my view the Gardner Bonds are, with the exception of his debut "Licence Renewed", predictable and repetitive to the point of being tiresome (and I'm fully aware the B. Please try again. It was also ironic about it's realism, which is really nice. Plucked from the headlines of 1989, License to Kill sees Bond pursuing a Colombian Drug Lord named Sanchez who has fled custody in the Florida Keys after slaug. It is obvious this was based on an earlier draft of the final screenplay. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Seeing as that Milton Krest appeared in an earlier(but almost completly unknown) Fleming Bond short story, and Felix Leiter got his leg and an arm bitten off in Fleming's Live and Let Die, Gardner has to resort to ignoring Milton Krest's death in "The Hildebrand Rarity" and the shark bites of Leiter's false limbs.
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