- Taschenbuch: 288 Seiten
- Verlag: Penguin (Non-Classics); Auflage: 1st edition (26. August 2008)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0143114581
- ISBN-13: 978-0143114581
- Vom Hersteller empfohlenes Alter: Ab 18 Jahren
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19 x 12,7 x 1,5 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 176.785 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Produktinformation |
Mehr über den Autor
Entdecken Sie Bücher, lesen Sie über Autoren und mehr
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von Ian Fleming auf Amazon
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von Ian Fleming auf Amazon
Produktbeschreibungen
Kurzbeschreibung
Many of Ian Fleming’s short stories have been the inspiration for the extremely successful James Bond film franchise, and included in this collection are such stories as Octopussy, The Living Daylights, and For Your Eyes Only. The title story, Quantum of Solace, lends its name to the upcoming James Bond film, slated to release in Fall 2008. This collection will be published to coincide with the film’s release, as well as to continue Penguin’s centenary celebrations of Fleming’s birth.
Synopsis
Marking the centennial of the author's birth, a comprehensive anthology of short fiction chronicling the exploits and adventures of the suave British agent includes the tales that served as the inspiration for such films as Octopussy, The Living Daylights, For Your Eyes Only, and the upcoming Fall 2008 Quantum of Solace. Original.
Welche anderen Artikel kaufen Kunden, nachdem sie diesen Artikel angesehen haben?
In diesem Buch
(Mehr dazu)
Nach einer anderen Ausgabe dieses Buches suchen.
Nach einer anderen Ausgabe dieses Buches suchen.
Tags(Was ist das?)Bei einem Tag handelt es sich um ein Schlagwort, das zum Produkt passt.
Tags erleichtern allen Kunden die Suche und die Sortierung ihrer Lieblingsprodukte. |
Eine digitale Version dieses Buchs im Kindle-Shop verkaufen
Wenn Sie ein Verleger oder Autor sind und die digitalen Rechte an einem Buch haben, können Sie die digitale Version des Buchs in unserem Kindle-Shop verkaufen.
Weitere Informationen
Kundenrezensionen
Die hilfreichsten Kundenrezensionen
3 von 3 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Format:Taschenbuch
All these Stories have been published already in two Books. Now after so many year what a surprise all short stories of Ian Fleming in one Book. So if you are new to the Bond Series of Ian Fleming or just want to read the Short Stories of Fleming's Master Spy: Here is your Book.
If you only know the Films you might be surprised about the James Bond in these Short Stories. Sorry but this Bond doesn't have any gadgets or fights all the time against Jaws. Also the women in Ian Flemings Stories seems to have more brain than the Bond Girls of the Movies. Some Titles in the Book were used for the Movies: A View of a Kill (The Name of the Short Story is From A View to a Kill!), Octopussy, For Your Eyes Only, The Living Daylight and Quantum of Solace. The Short Stories are a mixture of typical Spy Adventures and not. My favourite is For Your Eyes Only. For me these Short Stories were a wonderful introduction of the World of the Novels of Ian Fleming. Then you should start with Casino Royale.
If you only know the Films you might be surprised about the James Bond in these Short Stories. Sorry but this Bond doesn't have any gadgets or fights all the time against Jaws. Also the women in Ian Flemings Stories seems to have more brain than the Bond Girls of the Movies. Some Titles in the Book were used for the Movies: A View of a Kill (The Name of the Short Story is From A View to a Kill!), Octopussy, For Your Eyes Only, The Living Daylight and Quantum of Solace. The Short Stories are a mixture of typical Spy Adventures and not. My favourite is For Your Eyes Only. For me these Short Stories were a wonderful introduction of the World of the Novels of Ian Fleming. Then you should start with Casino Royale.
Die hilfreichsten Kundenrezensionen auf Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
24 Rezensionen
32 von 32 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
007's Comfort and Discomfort in 9 Short Stories
16. September 2008
Format:Taschenbuch
"Quantum of Solace - the amount of comfort. Yes, I suppose you could say that all love and friendship is based in the end on that. Human beings are very insecure. When the other person not only makes you feel insecure but actually seems to want to destroy you, it's obviously the end. The Quantum of Solace stands at zero. You've got to get away to save yourself."
- James Bond (QUANTUM OF SOLACE)
This paperback, recently released before the debut on November 21, 2008 of the latest 007 movie of the same name, "Quantum of Solace," is actually a compilation of nine short stories written by Ian Fleming in two separate books (FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and OCTOPUSSY/THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS). According to Fleming's biographer John Pearson in his book THE LIFE OF IAN FLEMING, six or so of these short stories began as outlines for half-hour TV episodes written for CBS in the late '50s. The TV series never got off the ground but the short stories have survived. Several of them were made into full-length movies having absolutely nothing to do with the original stories (e.g. "Octopussy," "From a View to a Kill," and "For Your Eyes Only"). I can't imagine the next Bond movie, starring Daniel Craig as a much better 007 than any of the previous ones in my opinion, (Sean Connery excepted) has anything to do with the short story "Quantum of Solace," since it is only about a conversation between JB and the Governor of The Bahamas (the governor's name is never given) in Nassau after a dinner party. There's no action. No intrigue. No skullduggery. It's simply a story about a failed marriage. Suffice it to say, the short stories are well-worth reading on their own. Bond is his usual suave and deadly self and a staunch defender of Queen and Country against the West's old Cold War nemesis...the Soviet Union. Highly recommended.
- James Bond (QUANTUM OF SOLACE)
This paperback, recently released before the debut on November 21, 2008 of the latest 007 movie of the same name, "Quantum of Solace," is actually a compilation of nine short stories written by Ian Fleming in two separate books (FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and OCTOPUSSY/THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS). According to Fleming's biographer John Pearson in his book THE LIFE OF IAN FLEMING, six or so of these short stories began as outlines for half-hour TV episodes written for CBS in the late '50s. The TV series never got off the ground but the short stories have survived. Several of them were made into full-length movies having absolutely nothing to do with the original stories (e.g. "Octopussy," "From a View to a Kill," and "For Your Eyes Only"). I can't imagine the next Bond movie, starring Daniel Craig as a much better 007 than any of the previous ones in my opinion, (Sean Connery excepted) has anything to do with the short story "Quantum of Solace," since it is only about a conversation between JB and the Governor of The Bahamas (the governor's name is never given) in Nassau after a dinner party. There's no action. No intrigue. No skullduggery. It's simply a story about a failed marriage. Suffice it to say, the short stories are well-worth reading on their own. Bond is his usual suave and deadly self and a staunch defender of Queen and Country against the West's old Cold War nemesis...the Soviet Union. Highly recommended.
32 von 35 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
The contents of this book
11. Oktober 2008
Format:Taschenbuch
This is a collection of all of the nine short stories about James Bond which were written by the late Ian Fleming.
(Fleming, of course, created the character of James Bond and was the author of the books which became the basis for all the James Bond movies. In addition to the short stories, Fleming wrote twelve novels about Bond.)
Over the years, these short stories have been kept in print in two collections: _For Your Eyes Only_, with five stories; and _Octopussy and The Living Daylights_, with four.
Now, for the first time ever, every one of the nine stories have been collected in a single volume, _Quantum of Solace_, which makes owning all these stories more convenient and economical.
That's the good news.
The not-so-good news is that the publisher here exercised no imagination, merely sandwiching together the contents of the two books.
Looking for a well-written foreword or afterword about these stories or their author? No such luck: The publisher includes no foreword or afterword at all.
The stories as earlier collected were not arranged according to the sequence of James Bond's life -- or to any other discernible plan. This new omnibus collection does absolutely nothing to fix that -- it just puts one unchanged collection behind another unchanged collection. This is disappointing, because we know from books by researchers like John Griswold (_Ian Fleming's James Bond: Annotations and Chronologies_) that there are sound ways to sequence the stories (and novels) by events in the life of James Bond.
Here are the contents of _Quantum of Solace_, as arranged in the book:
(Repeating the contents in sequence from _For Your Eyes Only_ ...)
"From a View to a Kill"
"For Your Eyes Only"
"Quantum of Solace"
"Risico"
"The Hildebrand Rarity"
(... and then repeating the contents of _Octopussy and The Living Daylights_)
"Octopussy"
"The Property of a Lady"
"The Living Daylights"
"007 in New York"
(Fleming, of course, created the character of James Bond and was the author of the books which became the basis for all the James Bond movies. In addition to the short stories, Fleming wrote twelve novels about Bond.)
Over the years, these short stories have been kept in print in two collections: _For Your Eyes Only_, with five stories; and _Octopussy and The Living Daylights_, with four.
Now, for the first time ever, every one of the nine stories have been collected in a single volume, _Quantum of Solace_, which makes owning all these stories more convenient and economical.
That's the good news.
The not-so-good news is that the publisher here exercised no imagination, merely sandwiching together the contents of the two books.
Looking for a well-written foreword or afterword about these stories or their author? No such luck: The publisher includes no foreword or afterword at all.
The stories as earlier collected were not arranged according to the sequence of James Bond's life -- or to any other discernible plan. This new omnibus collection does absolutely nothing to fix that -- it just puts one unchanged collection behind another unchanged collection. This is disappointing, because we know from books by researchers like John Griswold (_Ian Fleming's James Bond: Annotations and Chronologies_) that there are sound ways to sequence the stories (and novels) by events in the life of James Bond.
Here are the contents of _Quantum of Solace_, as arranged in the book:
(Repeating the contents in sequence from _For Your Eyes Only_ ...)
"From a View to a Kill"
"For Your Eyes Only"
"Quantum of Solace"
"Risico"
"The Hildebrand Rarity"
(... and then repeating the contents of _Octopussy and The Living Daylights_)
"Octopussy"
"The Property of a Lady"
"The Living Daylights"
"007 in New York"
16 von 16 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
BOND IN SHORT
12. November 2008
Format:Taschenbuch|Von Amazon bestätigter Kauf
This collection of Ian Fleming short stories is a must have for any Bond fan. I have been discovering Fleming since the release of the film "Casino Royale" and have found his books to be not only thrilling but also very well written. His prose is as lean, hard and ruthless as James Bond himself. He is a joy to read.
Here in "Quantum of Solace" I was not disappointed. All the stories are wonderful and it is amazing to see how Fleming can pack so much drama and excitement into a few pages just as he does in his full-length novels.
Among the best short stories, at least my favorites are;
"Risico" has a wonderful Roman setting and a surprise villain, just so much fun.
"Quantum of Solace" is an incredible tale of the death of love told over cocktails.
"View To A Kill", Catapults the reader into a trill ride which is very cinematic and a great story.
"Property of a Lady" shows the cool everyday aspect of what being a Secret Service agent is about.
"The Living Daylights". Here the cold winter cityscape of cold war Berlin is wonderfully described and a little romance too.
And of special note you can find a scrumptious recipe for scrambled eggs in "007 In New York" (The character of Solange in the film of Casino Royale seems to have come from this story)
All the stories are wonderful, and this is a must have for any Bond fan. It is fascinating to pick out scenes from the stories that have ended up being incorporated into various films in the franchise, some intact with their stories titles and some buried into a plot for a film not related to the title. Such is the case with "Risico". You will have fun just as I did in the "Ah ha" moment of realization on this point.
So Bond is back in the movies now in a bigger way than ever before thanks to the reinvention of the franchise and to Daniel Craig who is by far the nearest to Bond as he appears in the books. And here in "Quantum of Solace" you have the opportunity to enter into his world by way of mere vignettes where you will find no solace for James Bond but a lot of adventure fun, and fine writing.
Here in "Quantum of Solace" I was not disappointed. All the stories are wonderful and it is amazing to see how Fleming can pack so much drama and excitement into a few pages just as he does in his full-length novels.
Among the best short stories, at least my favorites are;
"Risico" has a wonderful Roman setting and a surprise villain, just so much fun.
"Quantum of Solace" is an incredible tale of the death of love told over cocktails.
"View To A Kill", Catapults the reader into a trill ride which is very cinematic and a great story.
"Property of a Lady" shows the cool everyday aspect of what being a Secret Service agent is about.
"The Living Daylights". Here the cold winter cityscape of cold war Berlin is wonderfully described and a little romance too.
And of special note you can find a scrumptious recipe for scrambled eggs in "007 In New York" (The character of Solange in the film of Casino Royale seems to have come from this story)
All the stories are wonderful, and this is a must have for any Bond fan. It is fascinating to pick out scenes from the stories that have ended up being incorporated into various films in the franchise, some intact with their stories titles and some buried into a plot for a film not related to the title. Such is the case with "Risico". You will have fun just as I did in the "Ah ha" moment of realization on this point.
So Bond is back in the movies now in a bigger way than ever before thanks to the reinvention of the franchise and to Daniel Craig who is by far the nearest to Bond as he appears in the books. And here in "Quantum of Solace" you have the opportunity to enter into his world by way of mere vignettes where you will find no solace for James Bond but a lot of adventure fun, and fine writing.
Waren diese Rezensionen hilfreich?
Wir wollen von Ihnen hören.
Kunden diskutieren
|
Das Forum zu diesem Produkt
Fragen stellen, Meinungen austauschen, Einblicke gewinnen Aktive Diskussionen in ähnlichen Foren
Kundendiskussionen durchsuchen
|
Ähnliche Foren
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lieblingslisten
Ähnliche Artikel finden
Anhand des Sachgebietes nach ähnlichen Produkten suchen:
Ihr Kommentar
Möchten Sie die Produktinformationen aktualisieren oder Feedback zu den Produktabbildungen geben?
