As various media outlets are observing that 2012 is the 50th anniversary of the James Bond 007 film series, I thought I'd do my part and focus on the original Ian Fleming novels that influenced the movies. Since I already covered the first book in the literary series, 1953's Casino Royale, six years ago (click here to read it), I'll start with the second installment, 1954's Live And Let Die. (Which you can reserve online here.)
October 2012 Archives
Continue reading "Live And Let Die" by Ian Fleming.
Nine installments in, and Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian novels have yet to let me down in terms of quality and imagination. The current one at hand, Synthetic Men of Mars, published as a six-part serial in 1939 and collected in book form a year later, maintains the consistent quality of the previous entries. (Click here to reserve our copy; the cover depicted above is from my wellworn 1974 edition.)
Continue reading "Synthetic Men of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

