![]() ![]() ![]() The stories are extremely varied, ranging from vendetta killings to chasing down Italian drug lords. This one is a collection of 5 short stories and I was curious to see how they fared compared to the novels. ![]() But I figured I’d give it another go with Bond’s 8th book. The overall ridiculousness, misogyny, and racism was pretty hard to stomach. But they each, in different ways, bring a bit of humanity into the Bond collection.Īfter the horror-show that was Goldfinger, I was a little leery about starting another Bond novel. They are still all Fleming novels and ALL James Bond stories. He is upping the literary and dialing down a bit the adventure. I rather enjoyed the three movies, but the stories here are (for me) more nuanced than most of his books and all of his movies. They share the title with the films, but that is about it. ![]() The only issue is, they are only BARELY (if at all) recognizable. The Hildebrand Rarity The first three titles would probably be familiar to anyone who has watched more than a couple James Bond films over the last 20 years. For Your Eyes Only contains the following stories: 1. "Life is a devious business." - Ian Fleming, "Quantum of Solace" After having read about 7 of his novels, this was the first set of Fleming short stories I ran into, as I moved up the Bond collection. ![]()
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