I suppose I am officially on a couple of kicks at the moment, having begun reading Goldfinger, my sixth Ian Fleming James Bond novel this year (fifth in a row). The Bond books are easy reads and very enjoyable.
The other: my daughter and I are also reading our third book in a row by Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
And speaking of Dahl, I’ve also picked up a book of his short stories to read whenever the mood strikes me.
And besides juggling the reading of Fleming and Dahl books, I have numerous James Bond movies queued with my NetFlix service, and am watching the Bond titles after reading them.
The DVD of Ian Fleming’s YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, starring Sean Connery, arrived the other day in my mailbox.
Imagine my surprise to discover that, after having recently read five Ian Fleming Bond novels and three books by Roald Dahl, the screenplay to Ian Fleming’s YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE was written by…
Roald Dahl.
Perhaps it’s time to move on to something else.
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wasn't it "a farewell to arms", written by hemigway, that was then put into screenplay by william faulkner? too cool.
It was "To Have and To Have Not." He also wrote the screenplay to Chandler's "The Big Sleep." Faulkner wrote some great novels but was not very original when it came to movies.
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