Home - Ian Fleming. Steve Cole's third Young Bond adventure thrusts James into the heart of a Europe on the brink of chaos. Doctor No (James Bond #6) by Ian Fleming . Best Bond book yet.. We ended the last book (From Russia With Love) on a cliffhanger. Bond is kicked with a poisoned blade by the evil lady torturer Rosa Klebb. Now, after months of medical treatment, he's ready to go back to work. The head doctor begs M. He sends Bond down to what he thinks will be a relatively easy job in Jamaica. No-- 1958 Goldfinger-- 1959 For Your Eyes Only-- 1960 Thunderball-- 1961 The Spy Who Loved. Frank Cottrell Boyce's three sequels to Ian Fleming's magical tale are now available from Audible Read more Explore Ian Fleming Learn about the life of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Read more James Bond Discover more. Dr No, a sinister recluse with mechanical pincers for hands and a sadistic fascination with pain, holds James Bond firmly in his steely grasp. Bond and Honey Rider, his beautiful and vulnerable girl Friday, have been captured trespassing on Dr No's secluded. I've finished reading Dr. No, a Bond novel written by Ian Flemming in his prime and despite the gaping flaws, like overt colonial racism, I found it an. Log in or Sign up The Trek BBS Forums > Entertainment & Interests > TV & Media > Ian Flemming's 'Dr. Two Secret Service agents have disappeared, and for some strange reason M. But the secret location is burnt down, I don't know why on earth they wouldn't suspect foul play. O. o Some spies they are! Bond is so sad to be separated from his true love - his gun. I'm kind of worried about what goes on in that brain of his.. ANYWAY, we (the readers) know from the beginning that it's foul play - we witnessed the man and his female spy/secretary get murdered by . Both Bond and the readers rejoice in seeing this character again. Evil Doctor No (a half- Chinese, half- German) has bought Crab Key island and rules it like his own private country. He has claws for hands and his eyes are glass!!! He plans on taking over the world!!! Bwahahahahahaha! When Bond and Quarrel land on the island, they meet a . Bond's upset to know that now she's part of this wretched thing, and she'll be in great danger, but he's going to do his utmost to protect her! A black and gold dragon with red eyes that breathes fire!
Bond doesn't believe her... Wow. This is such an amazing book. I was enjoying it so much! Ian Fleming is such a good author and he just draws you into this story. You don't want to escape! First Edition hardback of Ian Fleming's Dr.No published by Jonathan Cape complete with Dust Jacket. Condition B- Activities View Conditions of Sale Go to Entertainment Memorabilia Auction information This sale is now finished. O. ORACISM: This book is expresses some racism, primarily against the Chinese but against blacks as well. But not even close to the amount expressed in books like LIVE AND LET DIE. But it definitely hasn't gone away. QUARREL: So good to see this character again, after having an adventure with him in LALD. Bond asks Quarrel to get him into shape like he did last time. Quarrel puts Bond in training, to make him hard and tough so that he can defeat Dr. Quarrel also tortures the photographer Miss Chung at Bond's request. This part was a bit scary as I feel Quarrel was enjoying torturing her just a bit too much, but luckily Bond steps in and puts a stop to it before there's too much damage. Bond uses his death as a motive to get revenge! Again disability is used as a mark of evil (Disabilities Studies 1. Dr. No has two claws instead of hands and glass eyes (contacts, actually)! He also has a huge underground wall of glass, an . Bond once again psychoanalyzes the villain out- loud to his face.. Bond practice. No give us an amazing, in- depth, chapter- long villain speech that's loads of fun. His diabolical plans to . Especially since when he sees Honeychile he's like ! And you are so afraid for Honeychile. And so is Bond. HONEYCHILE RIDER: I adored this Bond girl! Absolute best Bond girl so far.. DESCRIPTION She is 2. Orphaned at age 5, raised by her black Nanny in the isolation of the jungle/island until her Nanny's death when Honey was 1. Honey is best friend to all the animals! She loves animals and has been caring for them and playing with them her whole life. She knows SO MUCH stuff about animals and nature and fish and plants and trees. Bond actually LISTENS to her and takes her advice MULTIPLE TIMES in this novel. He must have read my last review of FRWL and decided to take my lecture to heart. Honey has no formal education, but was taught to read and write by her Nanny, and has read Encyclopedia Britannica Volumes A- T. She's smart, though formally uneducated. At first Bond really underestimates her and treats her like an ignorant child, but he quickly learns that she can teach him a thing or four about life on the islands. She saves his life more than once.. ANOTHER RAPE SURVIVORHoney is a rape survivor. This is the 2nd Bond book in which the Bond girl is a rape survivor (the first was Tiffany Case from Diamonds are Forever). At age 1. 6, trying to live on her own after her Nanny's death, she's always getting looked at/hit on by men. But she is always walking around with a snake on her neck and so is mostly left alone. Except for that one persistent creepy guy (there's always one - I mean, even in real life, believe me) who won't take 'no' for an answer and isn't intimidated by her animal friends. She fights him off like a madwoman but he knocks her out and rapes her repeatedly. When she wakes up she gets a bunch of black widow spiders, walks to his hut, and pours them all over his naked body. It takes him a week to die.. THE BROKEN NOSEAs a result of the rape, Honey has a badly broken nose that is very noticeable. She is deeply ashamed of it. She thinks it makes her ugly. So much so that when she first meets Bond, buck- naked, she covers up her . When Bond first sees it, he's shocked and appalled, thinking that she'd be . Later, after getting to know her better and learning about the rape, he's sure that she can get it fixed. It's an easy operation. Then she'll be perfect. BY THE END OF THE BOOK, Bond loves her broken nose and is actually sad to think she might still want it fixed. I liked seeing Fleming put Bond through the many steps and thought processes he has to go through to get to this conclusion. Very enjoyable and heart- warming. Especially since I fully expected Bond to keep on thinking he could . She is constantly teasing him, challenging him, and generally giving him a hard time. This is done in a loving way, you can tell she really likes him and wants to have sex with him.. The other thing that melts my heart is that Bond lets her tease him. He doesn't blow up at her or lose his temper or ? It was so disgusting) - instead, he accepts the teasing good- naturedly and teases her right back. He never has the urge to . I don't know if it's because she's a rape survivor (Bond seems to tread carefully and proceed with caution around women he knows have been abused) or just because she's so much younger than him (she's 2. But whatever the reason, he's pretty much the sweetness with her - in a James Bond way, I mean, he's still pretty rough with her in a lot of ways. Not that she was complaining, but I'm just saying .. Sweetness for James Bond is a lot different than sweetness from John Doe.. BOND AVERTS HIS EYESMost noticeably is how he avoids looking at her when she's naked (which, in this book, is A LOT). He's actually respectful (this was shocking to me) and he averts his eyes a lot. At one point, when they're in a room together and she's getting ready to take a bath, he actually covers up his eyes with his hands. None of this is because of prompting on Honey's part, it's just a super- rare case of Bond being a gentleman. Take a picture of this and frame it, folks, because I doubt we'll be getting this kind of behavior from him again. Again, is this respectful, friendly, teasing, protective Bond - the Bond I love and rarely get to see - coming out to play because Honey is a rape survivor or because she's 1. All I know is that I liked it and wished he'd be more like this with his other women.. AGE DIFFERENCE In case you're wondering, gentle reader, I have zero problem with the age difference. It doesn't bother me at all.. Perhaps working in a Zoo or Museum. This is a touching scene and one that I really enjoyed. Bond impresses me sometimes.. HONEY CAN TAKE CARE OF HERSELFOver and over again in the novel, Honey proves to be smart, resourceful, and fierce. She is capable of fending for herself. Putting black widow spiders in her rapist's bed as revenge was just the beginning. No spoilers, but by the end of the book, you'll be super- impressed by how self- confident, capable, and kickass Honey is. She saves both herself AND Bond at various times in the novel. And it wasn't like he was in love with her.. It's extremely clear that they are just going to have a few weeks together and then never see each other again. Despite that, Bond always acts in Honeychile's best interests. He goes above and beyond the call of duty to make sure she's not only physically safe, but to give her psychological security, hook her up with a good job doing something she loves that is non- exploitative, and seeing to her financial needs as well. As far as I was concerned, his only . Many extra points to Mr. Bond for being such a mensch.. JAMES BOND AS A SERIAL MONOGAMISTBond (book version) is a one- woman; one- book kind of man. I know in the movies he's sleeping with a woman, and then her sister, and then 2 more women who show up before the end.. This is my 6th Bond book and he's never slept with more than one woman per book. In the movies he sleeps with 3- 4 women per film. Women are just women, whether they've slept with twenty men or are virgins, Bond doesn't care and never comments on it. It's a complete non- issue. No matter what a woman wears, who (or how many) she's slept with.. NOT judged for their sexual and wardrobe decisions, but it doesn't even OCCUR to anyone to be judgmental. On the other hand, when I said . So I'm not in any way saying that the Bond books are feminist - quite the opposite - but I did notice this little ray of light and wanted to share it.. SIDE NOTES- Amazing, well- written scene of Bond vs. Stupendous.- Bond drinks both gin and tonics AND bourbon and sodas in addition to his usual martinis, shaken not stirred, in this novel. I want to make it clear, in the books he drinks A LOT and it's a variety of stuff. Not like in the films.- Bond cries in this novel. And he cries in front of a woman. And he has no shame in doing it. Booyah!- Oh, and Bond wears jeans for a good portion of this novel. I liked that. Tl; dr - Best Bond novel so far. Exciting, with a cute relationship, and a capable and fierce Bond girl. Wonderful, crazy, rich, villain with plans on taking over the world. Beautiful writing and descriptions. Adventure- packed with tons of fights and challenges. Bond is a real Billy Badass but actually treats his woman really well in this book. I'm relieved, and made sure to savor every moment because I don't think it'll be happening again any time soon.
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