Tag: paperback
May 2nd, 2013: Book – ‘Moonraker’ by Ian Fleming.
by Rob Smith, Jr. on May.02, 2013, under Books
Moonraker by Ian Fleming
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
The best of the first three Bond books. Fleming moved forward with this far better fleshed out novel and a true threat for Bond to go after the bad guy. The beginning premise is a bit flimsy as to how the bad guy and Bond get connected, but the rest of the book makes up for the contrivance.
Reading this over fifty five years since its being written makes one marvel at Flemings ability to conjure rockets so well before anyone could get very familiar with them. I urge a reader to slow down reading parts about the rockets and take in Fleming’s depiction of the machinations of the rocket involved. Can’t imagine what that was like reading the same parts in the ’50s.
I recommend this and the previous two Bond books: casino Royale and Live and Let Die.
July 27, 2009 – Book Cover Art!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jul.29, 2009, under Books
Here’s some art from a few books I picked up. Above is from the old ChildCraft series. This inside the cover of Volume 14- Science and Industry. Below is uncredited art from ‘The Case of the Fugitive Nurse’ by Earle Stanley Gardner. Beside that is Robert McGinnis art from ‘The Seven Sirens’ by Carter Brown.
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