Saturday, March 29, 2014

Sad News About A Bond Cover Artist

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I heard some sad news last week from Tim at the Pan Paperback Collectors Website .  Sam Peffer, the cover artist for many of the early James...
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Friday, March 21, 2014

Annual University Visit (And Book Stalls)

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Annually my work colleages and I visit La Trobe University in Bundoora, about 30 minutes from the City, for a work related seminar.  At lu...
Saturday, March 15, 2014

A Feeling Of Deja Vu

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Today my wife and I were walking along Chapel Street with grey clouds in the sky.  Just before the rain started falling an RAAF F1 Fighter J...
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

"Solo" International Version... Finally !

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A couple of months ago I received this paperback copy of "Solo" by William Boyd in the mail.  It's the US International Versio...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Second Visit To The "Designing 007 - 50 Years Of Bond Style" Exhibition

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A couple of weeks ago my friend Jean-Claude, whose wedding my wife and I attended last August in Paris , mentioned he'd like to go the ...
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Friday, February 14, 2014

Clarifying A Famous Bond Film Quote

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This post is going to be a little unusual today as it's not book related.  Instead it relates to the film "On Her Majesty's Sec...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Two John Gardner Bonds Arrive

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Two John Gardner / James Bond reprints arrived in the mail today. "The Man From Barbarossa" and "Death Is Forever" a...
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Saturday, February 01, 2014

Revisiting Paris

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Having r evisited Vancouver tonight, I thought I'd also quickly revisit Paris from our holiday last year.  Here's a couple more pho...