For Your Eyes Only (James Bond Novels)

For Your Eyes Only (James Bond Novels)
by Ian Fleming

For Your Eyes Only (James Bond Novels)
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Author: Ian Fleming
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-05-27
ISBN: 0142003220
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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  • ISBN13: 9780142003220
  • Condition: New
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Book Reviews of For Your Eyes Only (James Bond Novels)

Book Review: Still Legends After 50 Years
Summary: 5 Stars

Ian Fleming's James Bond short stories, the five in this book plus "Octopussy" and "The Living Daylights", are a good way to sample Fleming's writing and the world of 007 without the time investment of a novel.
It's quite the "in thing" to turn up your nose at James Bond...Ludlum & LaCarre are more realistic, the movies are Saturday morning cartoons in live-action, etc. But Fleming said many times, in person and in print, that he wrote thrillers for a living, and what happens to James Bond does not happen in real life. If you accept the books on those terms, they're a lot of fun to read.
"For Your eyes Only" and Fleming's other 007 books have been re-printed for the 50th anniversary of the first book, "Casino Royale". Other reviewers in this space have done an excellent job with these short stories. I'd like to give the reasons why Ian Fleming and James Bond are still legends after 50 years...
THE PLOTS -- Although Fleming sometimes veers into outlandishness, the missions and situations that he puts 007 into usually have some grounding in Cold War reality. The reader gets a glimpse into the dangers and paranoia of that era.
THE WRITING -- Fleming, a former newspaper reporter, has a vivid and economical writing style that grabs you from the beginning and pulls you right along to the end. He makes good writing look easy.
LOCATIONS -- Fleming was known for going to the places where James Bond operated, and taking copious notes. Whether the action takes place on a coral reef, in Paris after World War II, or in Bermuda high society, Fleming has the ability to put you right there.
THE BOND WOMEN -- Sure, they're all beautiful, and they all tumble to 007's charm. But Fleming had a good eye for people in general and women in particular. Far from being mere damsels in distress or decorations for 007, the women in Fleming's stories are tough, savvy, and capable.
BOND HIMSELF -- Ian Fleming's James Bond gets scared, makes mistakes, gets hurt, doesn't always get the girl, has real moral misgivings about the darker side of his job, and drinks coffee, water, ginger ale, and double bourbons, not just vodka martinis "shaken, not stirred." In other words, a more believable and human character than the movie superhero.

Summary of For Your Eyes Only (James Bond Novels)

"Bond watched her as she reached the edge of the tables and came up the aisle. It was hopeless. She was coming to meet someone?her lover. She was the sort of woman who always belongs to somebody else. What damnable luck!
Before Bond could pull himself together, the girl had come up to his table and sat down. ?I?m sorry I?m late. We?ve got to get moving at once. You?re wanted at the office.? She added under her breath: ?Crash dive.?"

Sudden emergencies and beautiful girls who aren?t quite what they seem and are the stock-in-trade of James Bond. And when 007 is on the case there?s only one thing you can be sure of?the result will be thrilling. And whether he?s dealing with the assassination of a Cuban thug in America, the destruction of an international heroin ring, or sudden death in the Seychelles, Bond gets the job done. In his own suave and unmistakable style?

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