Imagine not only writing a book with the word "Octopussy" in the title, but also getting it published and adapted into a movie

The idea of 007 in New York was used in the end of the film of Quantum of Solace where Bond goes to inform an agent her boyfriend is a double agent

I loved the part in the Living Daylights where Bond reads a german Thriller novel and just gets really into it, to the point that he is annoyed when the other guy is interupting him to talk about the mission.

Calvin has finally completed his holy pilgrimage of the Fleming novels.

Actually, "007 in New York" is somehow "referenced" in Quantum of Solace (the movie). The movie ending, with Bond facing Vespers "boyfriend" and telling the canadian agent that her boyfriend is a spy is the whole set-up of "007 in New York". Sure, it is not in New Yorek, there are no scrambled eggs ... but the "mission" is basicly the same. Agreed?

Interesting fact about 007 in New York: Over here in the States, Penguin Books (who have the American publishing rights to the Ian Fleming Bond novels) didn't include that story in the collection until 2002, and since Bond says a lot of negative opinions about New York City, the story came with a disclaimer that the story didn't reflect the views of the Bond film producers or the citizens of the UK as a whole, and that was due to the reissue that included 007 in New York was released a few months after the tragedy of the 9/11 attacks.

It's interesting that TLD has Bond being cynical about his job, and wishing M will fire him. In the film, this is retained, and I always found it odd how in Dalton's first, he almost straight away has this attitude. Saying to Saunders: "If he fires me, I'll thank him". It fits Dalton's Bond, but I always found it weird to have it so early in his appearance. I kept thinking what's caused this? It seemed very much a precursor to his attitude when M won't let him investigate Sanchez in Licence To Kill. In a deleted scene from TLD, M suggests Bond is suffering from Accidie, a real life condition, where one suffers frustration at their lot in life. Again, this seems quite sudden for a new portrayal Bond to be introduced as being this burnt out.

Best thing about 007 in New York is Bond reflecting on M's opinion on Solange. Gives M a deeper persona.

Octopussy: A bit of a The Spy Who Loved Me-esque experiment that didn't really tickled my fancy, but, hey, good gory ending! Property of a Lady: Forgettable. That's it. The Living Daylights: Just like in the movie, but with all kinds of details about what Bond thinks before injuring Kara. Such an interesting internal monologue.

this book review series has had me checking KZfaq for months just waiting for the next one... It’s helped with the news drought and now avoidance of spoilers for B25 for sure, but more importantly made me feel like I was reading Fleming again for the first time. Loved it. You can make your ranking video 2 hours long and I’d be happy.

From what I remember reading from Ian Fleming's 'Thrilling Cities', which has '007 in New York', it had a forward for the story. Fleming wrote it as a half-hearted apology to New York readers after his unsavory comments of the city in 'Live and Let Die'. The story contains Fleming's highlights of his time visiting. But also how he still finds New York overrated. The other thing I found noteworthy was the plot about the female agent seems to be used for the final scenes in the movie 'Quantum of Solace'.

It's funny you say "The Property of a Lady" sounds soppy, because to me, that title implies something darker and more twisted. Like, say, a story where Bond has to live as a "kept man" (a la William Holden's character in Sunset Boulevard) for someone that he's pursuing, either as part of the mission, or while under duress. Or something in the mold of Eyes Wide Shut, with a sinister cult and living furniture.

Love u Calvin

The comic book of 'Octopussy' turned it into a more traditional Bond adventure, following Bond's investigation where he teams up with Oberhauser's daughter. A nice continuity nod is, because it was adapted after 'golden gun', Bond meets Mary Goodnight again in Jamaica. Interestingly, Octopussy the short story is Smythe's story-more or less what Calvin suggested for 'the spy who loved me',

To be fair, 007 in New York was part of Ian Fleming’s travelogue book Thrilling Cities. I don’t suppose you could do reviews of some of Fleming’s other works (like the aforementioned Thrilling Cities, The Diamond Smugglers and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)?

I'll stand up for 007 in New York! I like how the story just ends! I had to make sure I hadn't missed a page when I first read it, and who can resist a recipe for scrambled eggs!?

Prepare to be surprised: "Property" was my favorite. Certainly in this collection. Compared with the other, it should probably be edged out by "Risico," but the simplicity of "Property's" plot makes it more memorable. A really charming piece and richly atmospheric. Good to see the USSR back as the antagonist, and the fact that they're not doing anything that's terribly evil, but must be stopped just the same, is certainly a nice touch. "Octopussy" was too long for a story with so little involvement by Bond. The backstory may have been high-stakes, but it was all taken care of offstage years ago. The darkly comedic death of the sad old man doesn't really justify such a long walk to get there. Bond's connection to this Oberhauser guy was interesting, but nothing ever came of it (why didn't Bond think of him in "Russia" when he was flying over the Alps and reminiscing about his misspent youth?) and it was way too late in the series to start giving Bond backstory, even if just for texture. "Daylights," yeah, that's a good one. "New York" was annoying in its meaninglessness, but I don't think I would have minded much at all if it occupied a less obtrusive place in the series chronology. It was never meant to be the grand finale, so we can't judge it too harshly for not measuring up, and in absolute terms there's nothing _wrong_ with it. Even its pointlessness is, while not excused, largely mitigated by its brevity. It just takes a few minutes to plow through, roll your eyes at the punchline, and then you could be on to the next thing--if only there were a next thing. It is indeed a shame to end the series on this note. When I read it I placed this before "Golden Gun," figuring I'd at least be able to end on a proper novel. As underwhelming as "Golden Gun" was, I still believe I made the right call. Looking forward to the ranking video! It's got me thinking about how I would rank them myself. I expect there will be a good deal of difference between us. Should be fun.

007 in New York actually wasn't in the original publication of Octopussy. It was featured in an anthology Fleming wrote called Thrilling Cities. It's about, you guessed it, thrilling cities. I don't remember it being particularly amazing, but it's definitely worth a read. So is Fleming's The Diamond Smugglers, a non-fiction work he did in the late 50's about some smugglers he knew.

To me, the ending of "Quantum of Solace" is a nod to "007 in New York" (Bond goes to warn a female MI6 employee that her boyfriend is a double agent).

This marathon made me start reading the bond books again. I bought the spectre trilogy set and goldfinger a few years ago but just this summer I have read casino royale and moonraker and I’m starting goldfinger again. They’ve really grabbed me so thanks for the reccomendations

I read all the Fleming’s Bond’s books when I was a kid in their French translation. This collection of novelettes may even have been the first Bond book I read (titled in French as "From Jamaica with love"). However, the book did not include "007 in New York". I found out about it 20 years and, as a completionist, I sought it out and it became the only piece of Fleming’s I read in English.

Congratulations on making it through the original Ian Flemming James Bond series! I was really excited when you started going through them, and it was nice to be able to comment on Diamonds Are Forever when our reading schedules synched up, even though it wasn't the best one. I figured you would get further along much faster than myself, given my own reading plan for Flemming, and the fact that I would be reading other books in between. And I knew I was going to have a deliberate pause in between FRWL and Dr. No. My thought was to put myself into the mentality of the author and readers experiencing FRWL, and read that book from the standpoint of it being one possible end to the series of James Bond novels. And given how Dr. No is the book that eventually was adapted into the first movie, I figured I would approach that as James Bond returning, but not quite the same in spirit. As if the movie version begins there, when he gets his Walther PPK. Anyway, I never read Colonel Sun, but I did read the first couple Gardner novels, Licence Renewed and For Special Services. I looked forward to your ranking of the Ian Flemming novels, and will be interested to see what you make of John Gardner's books. All the best!

A year already? Holy shit!

Fleming Scrambled Eggs livestream? 😉

007 in New York is an alternative title to the film LALD

Hey Calvin. When you do your book ranking, you maybe should have a separate ranking for the short stories?

Can't wait for the rankings. How about a series of the movies by each individual actor. 7 Sean Connery 7 Roger Moore 4 Pierce Brosnan 4 Daniel Craig 2 Timothy Dalton

The paperback Signet editions collecting some of the nine Bond short stories Fleming wrote are 'For Your Eyes Only', 'Octopussy' & 'Thrilling Cities' (where the straggler '007 In New York' appears). All nine were published only once in a Penguin edition 'Quantum of Solace' to coincide with the movie release. The Cadillac edition.

Thanks for all your reviews Calvin, really enjoyable as ever. Did your view on Dalton's portrayal change after reading them? I completely agree it is impossible not to think of him when reading TLD short story!

Kinda surprised they haven’t just slapped “property of a lady” on bond 25 to be done with it.

My copy of this book is missing 007 in New York. It sounds like I'm not missing much. I find it interesting that in The Living Daylights that Bond is pondering how to fill a boring day. His choices are zoo or brothel. He chooses the zoo, but the fact that he was considering a brothel is very different from the movie version of the character. The movie Bond would never need to pay for "companionship."

Sadly the Bond book review series ends pretty soon. I'd like to hear more about the books.

There’s a bond book that was published in 2008 written by a guy named Sebastian fawkes. The author wrote it as Ian Fleming and he ignores all of the post Fleming novels and it takes place in the 1960s right after man with the golden gun

I'd completely forgotten the plot of 007 In New York - but I'll always remember the recipe for scrambled eggs.

What do you like most about Fleming's style of writing? Regarding the short stories, I perceived them as episodes Fleming wrote for later integration to a novel, especially "The Property of a Lady". Thanks, for the usual good work.

I do hope we get a movie re-review soon.

Uploaded on the 55th anniversary of Ian Fleming’s death. Very sadly, he died on his son Casper’s 12th birthday.

great show great host

I'm calling it now, Bond 25's gonna be called '007 in New York'. I'm putting a tenner on it! I did try making the scrambled egg recipe - it was nice, but it wasn't anything spectacular. It was fun to try, but not worth the extra effort from your bog-standard way of making scrambled eggs. Then again, I'm more of a fried egg man myself. Also, there's a small grease stain in my copy of the book where I accidentally dropped some. Fun fact: When Bond muses about women playing the cello in 'The Living Daylights', he mentions "Amaryllis somebody" - that was Amaryllis Fleming, Ian's sister, who did indeed play the cello. I'm rather glad I got this when Penguin released both this and 'For Your Eyes Only' in one book as a big Bond short-story compilation (it was titled 'Quantum of Solace' and released in 2008 to tie-in with the film) because I don't think I would've paid full price for this collection by itself, especially if it was 1964 and all I was getting was just the title two. A short story collection should still be novel length - instead of one novel broken into chapters, it's many chapters that aren't related. But this isn't really to do with the stories' quality, more just a grumble at the price of books. 7:47 And come on now, the 'Pretty Woman' poster had them back-to-back, not looking into each other's eyes.

When you rank the Fleming stories, will you have the short stories as separate rankings or just rank the whole books they’re a part of as a whole?

It would be great if you did all of the continuation novels too

Look forward to the ranking of the books I'd be surprised if The Spy Who Loved Me was #1..unless it was a worst ranking books that is. The collection of short stories is an easier read than some of the full length adventures A Property of A Lady is more or a scene than a story it would be a good title for a film but 007 in New York would be good if you chopped off the in New York bit. A film called 007 might be an idea when the cast a new Bond.

Will you be doing the other James Bond books not written by Fleming.

I do wonder if Eon wasn't actually aware of '007 in New York' until the late 90's as it was previously very obscure [the very comprehensive 'Bond Files' which includes many obscure comics missed it for it's first edition in 1997] and it was only added to the collection in 2002. After this with 'Casino' [the name Solange] and Quantum [the coda scene] pieces started to feature in the films.

007 in New York was originally a part of a series of 1959-60 articles on world cities for The Sunday Times. He decided, for whatever reason, to write this one from Bond's viewpoint. The 13 articles were published in book form in 63 under the title "Thrilling Cities."

TLD proved that Fleming could have effortlessly gone the opposite direction with Bond.

F L E M I N G Made 007 So be Grateful

Calvin again? 1:16 AM seriously? God fine how can I resist. I don't need sleep anyway.

Will you be reviewing RD Mascott's book from 1967?

Quantum of solace story originally appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine, living daylight story and octopussy story appeared in playboy magazine if I remember right

You should make the scrambled eggs recipe from 007 in NY for a yt video

Dexter Smythe naming his daughter Octopussy after the thing that hilariously kills him rhymes a bit with this dark humor joke i know. "Experience is what you name your biggest mistakes."(Father telling his kid why he named him experience) LOL

IAN FLEMING BOOKS WERE GREAT BOOKS BOND

Is this the one book where Bond forgets his watch?

Actually I’ve read all the Bond books including Colonel Sun and Role of Honour and I never found them quite as exciting as the movies! Fleming was a great write for the 50s and early 60s but modes and fashions change! And Cubby Broccoli and since, his daughter and stepson continuing the tradition, has always insisted that Bond be in the NOW! James Bond, in the films evolves with the times whereas the books tend to remain stagnant! The books Bond is also more human and often questions his own actions contrary to the films! Although Timothy Dalton was very much closer to the book Bond than were the others! I guess Daniel Craig is very much like that too though I do think it was a mistake to shoot Casino Royal as a beginning story for it puts all the other Bonds out of sync which is a pity! Nevertheless, my fave of all is and always will by Sean Connery!

The man with golden gun was the last james bond book however it was not. Completely done the last 120 pages were written by someone else

There was a plan to make a 007 film called "The Property of a Lady" with Timothy Dalton in 1991. If they had made fourth Bond film featuring Dalton in 1993, would its name have been "007 in New York"? 🙄

a rumour has it that property of a lady was going to be the sequel to license to kill

Real Bond fans Love Spectre

So the Octopussy book was adapted into Spectre?

I was very surprised that I liked quantum. But I did.

You should try the Young Bond books!! I think they're great you'd really enjoy them

Bit of a downer? In defense, those ARE really good scrambled eggs.

I would love to know what you think of "licence renewed"!

Octopussy film Review please!

Up next... Colonel Sun?

my copy only has Octopussy and The Living Daylights

The Property Of A Lady would be a fantastic title for a Bondfilm. I did some music on the title. It´s about as good as I could make it back then, but I think it holds up pretty well for the most part. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r5efi5mp2tHLYnmH.htmlhe Dalton did a fantastic job on playing Bond. He is probably the closest thing the series has gotten to Flemings original concept. The Living Daylights is probably the best story in this collection of short stories but you´re right - this collections isn´t as good as For Your Eyes Only and The Hildebrand Rarity sure was among the very best in that one. I think they really took the best parts of it and used it in Licence To Kill which is my opinion is still among the very best movies in the series.

If we ever get a female Jane Bond, The Property of a Lady would be perfect.

Calvin when are you reviewing the rest of the bond films leave a like if you want Calvin to review the rest of the bond films