I’m shocked! I’ve been meaning to buy the Fleming books anyway. I need to find the ones that haven’t been altered. Did anyone else write more Bond books? Bond is a guaranteed money maker. Or should be. I think Henry Cavill would be perfect for the role (unless he was doing an adaptation of Kingdom Come or an inspirational Superman story). Nerdrotic frequently says Cavill would’ve been a huge star in the 80s and 90s but can’t be today due to the obsession with no white leads.
I hope this turns off enough normies to make an impact
So I got the series name right, but conflated two things here:
You have Alex Rider, which is essentially Horowitz’s version of a young Bond with an original character, and then you have the “official” Young Bond series, of which the first is called Silverfin, which is by Charlie Higson…
And you have the Young Bond tv series linked by Triangle below, which predates both of those…
I don’t know about the TV series, as it’s before my time, but I will say that, IMHO, Alex Rider >> Young Bond (in the books). At least the first… Five or so, anyway!
I’m shocked! I’ve been meaning to buy the Fleming books anyway. I need to find the ones that haven’t been altered. Did anyone else write more Bond books? Bond is a guaranteed money maker. Or should be. I think Henry Cavill would be perfect for the role (unless he was doing an adaptation of Kingdom Come or an inspirational Superman story). Nerdrotic frequently says Cavill would’ve been a huge star in the 80s and 90s but can’t be today due to the obsession with no white leads.
I hope this turns off enough normies to make an impact
Anthony Horowitz (of Alex Rider fame) wrote a bunch of “Young Bond” books, around a decade ago…
More YA than “adult”, and I wasn’t a huge fan of the one I read, but nonetheless, they do exist!
He’s an ok writer, if you like that sort of “adventure novel” style. They’re much, much less “sexy” than adult Bond, though, obviously…
https://web.archive.org/web/20230410074524/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_Jr.
So I got the series name right, but conflated two things here:
You have Alex Rider, which is essentially Horowitz’s version of a young Bond with an original character, and then you have the “official” Young Bond series, of which the first is called Silverfin, which is by Charlie Higson…
And you have the Young Bond tv series linked by Triangle below, which predates both of those…
I don’t know about the TV series, as it’s before my time, but I will say that, IMHO, Alex Rider >> Young Bond (in the books). At least the first… Five or so, anyway!
Thanks for the clarification