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Title: James Bond in the 21st Century
Subtitle: Why We Still Need 007
Author: Glenn Yeffeth - editor, Leah Wilson - editor, Sarah Zettel, Raymond Benson, J.A. Konrath, John Cox, Raelyn Hillhouse
Narrator: Colby Elliott
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-07-17
Publisher: Last Word Audio
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Arts & Entertainment, TV & Film
Publisher's Summary:
The staying power of the world's most dashing secret agent and the evolution of the James Bond franchise are explored in this smart yet nostalgic collection of essays.
Leading writers, including Raymond Benson, J.A. Konrath, Raelynn Hillhouse, and John Cox, discuss the 10 sexiest Bond girls, the best villains, and the controversy surrounding the latest actor to play James Bond.
Topics covered range from the playful - how to build a secret lair and avoid the perennial mistakes made by would-be world dominators - to the thought-provoking, such as Bond's place in the modern world, his Oedipal tendencies and perceived misogyny, and the unerring allure of the charming spy.
Members Reviews:
but most were good, and the book did show me that we ...
The various contributors varied widely in their insights and contributions, but most were good, and the book did show me that we still need James Bond in the 21st century!
Five Stars
thanks my friends
Nice to see there are others who think way too much about the James Bond books and movies
I'm a sucker for lofty treatments of popular subjects (I loved all those American Studies courses I took in college), so this book was a fun ride. Actually, it's not all that lofty... just light little essays, appreciations, and riffs about the James Bond books and movies. The pieces are mostly on the humorous side (successfully humorous for the most part, thankfully), though there are a couple of pretty interesting straight-forward pieces about different aspects of the Bond literary and filmic canon. One essay, for example, proposes that there are major Oedipal themes in the movie "Goldfinger", and damn if the author's examples didn't have me nodding in agreement.
The book is about 200 pages long and composed of ten or so essays (about eight to ten pages each), with a few one or two page jokey/light pieces (mostly revolving around James Bond's eating and drinking habits and, of course, his enthusiastic pursuit of the opposite sex) scattered among the longer offerings. So, for a week or so, it was pleasant fun to read one or two pieces each night before bed.
Finally, for a small-press book with a light popular-culture bent, "James Bond in the 21st Century" is well organized, nicely edited, and almost completely free of typos. You see, regardless of whether they contain material worth reading, small-press books on "gee whiz/geeky" popular culture topics such as this one are notorious for their lack of production polish and overall amateur air. However, this book was refreshingly free of the "amateur hour" production quality of many trade paperbacks of this type.
The good content and solid production of this title make me want to check out other offerings in the "Smart Pop" series.
Solid start to analyzing James Bond
Good, not great, but there were some really interesting essays in the book, some pretty dry, others a little too light on substance and heavy on fluff. I'd only really recommend buying it if you're really into the analytical side of the Bond franchise, otherwise it's something you'll read once and never look at again.