What I got from your post is that you think Fleming was
entirely original and that he created a seperate genre. I
think he built James Bond on Nayland Smith's frame and
virtually all his villians were variations on Dr. Fu Manchu.
Otherwise we agree. He was fun to read as a teenager, a step
up from the Hardy Boys. It's pretty hard to read him now.
Just too silly and improbable. But then again, so is Sax
Rohmer and Earl Stanley Gardener and Mickey Spillane.
Patrick King
--- William Ahearn <
williamahearn@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Do you mean that you don't believe Sax
Rohmer,
> Edgar
> > Wallace & Chandler influenced Fleming in
the
> > creation
> > of James Bond? You believe Fleming created Bond
in
> a
> > vacuum? Come on, William! Fleming's characters
and
> > plot lines scream Rohmer & Wallace, while
Bond is
> an
> > English Philip Marlow.
> >
> Not only didn't I say that, I didn't say
anything
> close to it. What I don't understand is why
you
> think
> it's important. What does it have to do with,
what
> does it mean in terms of anything at all?
Just
> because
> Fleming claimed an "inspired" pedigree that
don't
> mean
> that dog can hunt. Who cares about inspiration
or
> stylistic lineage. Just give me something I want
to
> read. In my book, Fleming was a fun read when I
was
> a
> kid but to think he's a writer of lasting value
to
> me
> at least is not based on who he claims inspired
him.
> I've moved on because other writers offer more
than
> the James Bond so locked in his
class-conscious
> nonsense and that tired sexual aspect that was
just
> as
> silly with Mike Hammer (unless of course, you're
14
> years old). I just don't get your point.
>
> William
>
> Essays and Ramblings
> <http://www.williamahearn.com>
>
>
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