Author: Jack Canon Publisher: Charter Books Published: 1984 Book No: 189 Once again we join Nick Carter, Agent N3 – Killmaster for AXE on another mission to save the world from certain disaster. This time he takes on the Basque terrorist organisation ETA (Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna), who have got their hands on eight nuclear missiles. [...]
4May11
The Dead Man: Hell in Heaven
Authors: Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin Publisher: Adventures in Television Published: May 2011 Book No: 3 The year is absolutely rocketing by, and it’s time once again for the next installment of The Dead Man. If you haven’t been reading the series, now is a good time to jump on board, because the first book, Face [...]
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Tagged Book Review, Lee Goldberg, The Dead Man, William Rabkin
30Apr11
Icebreaker
Author: John Gardner Publisher: Jonathan Cape Published: 1983 In my review of For Special Services, I detailed how it and John Gardner’s third continuation novel, Icebreaker, came into my life, so I won’t rehash that, but if you’ll forgive the self indulgence, I’ll relate another Bondian tale from that very same trip through Asia. Like [...]
28Apr11
In the Halls of Evil
Author: T.A. Waters Publisher: Lancer Books Published: 1967 AKA: The Shewsbury Horror Cover Illustration: Charles Moll Since reading Love That Spy, I have been trying to solve the riddle of ‘who’ T.A. Walters is/was. Instead I have stumbled on to a pimple jutting out from the side of the Bond universe. The book in question is called In [...]
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Tagged Book Review, James Bond, Lancer, Sir Miles Messervy, Spy Fiction, T.A. Waters
Tagged Book Review, James Bond, Lancer, Sir Miles Messervy, Spy Fiction, T.A. Waters
15Apr11
For Special Services
Author: John Gardner Publisher: Jonathan Cape Published: 1982 As a teenager, in 1983, I traveled through Asia – with my family of course – and in Taiwan, at the Imperial Book, Sound and Gift Store in Taipei I found the next two books in John Gardner’s series of James Bond continuation novels. Those being For [...]
7Apr11
The Demon Cross
Author: Nathan Shumate Publisher: Cold Fusion Media Released: 2011 I must admit I was (and still am) very slow to embrace the world of e-books. I am old fashioned and like having a physical copy in my hands. But there is no doubt that publishing is changing. One of the positive aspects of e-publishing is [...]
4Apr11
The Dead Man: Ring of Knives
Author: James Daniel Publisher: Adventures in Television Published: April 2011 Based on characters created by Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin Book No: 2 Last month, I reviewed Face of Evil, which was the first in a new series of e-books, that have their roots in the ‘Men of Action’ stories that were popular in the ’70s [...]
26Mar11
Licence Renewed
Author: John Gardner Publisher: Jonathan Cape Published: 1981 As a kid I was always pretty lucky tracking down books. My aunt ran a second hand book shop and whenever I got hooked on a series, she’d help to find the books I was after. When I was really young, it was the Charlie Brown comic [...]
14Mar11
Tunnel of Doom
Story adapted by Caryn Jenner Illustrations: Arkadia Publisher: Buzz Books Published: 1993 James Bond Jr is back, and as I am sure you’re aware, he is the nephew of secret agent James Bond 007, and he featured in an animated television series in the early 1990s. Tunnel of Doom is based on Canine Caper, which was [...]
3Mar11
Mettle at Woomera
Author: James MacNell (J.E. Macdonnell) Publisher: The Childrens Press Published: Unknown (around 1958?) Captain Mettle is back in his third and final installment, in Mettle at Woomera. For those unfamiliar with Woomera, it was the British Government’s missile testing site in South Australia (it is still in use today – controlled by the RAAF). Woomera [...]
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Tagged Australia, Book Review, Captain Mettle, Children's Book, J.E. MacDonnell, James MacNell, Spy Fiction
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