Yes, I remember reading Fleming's books when I was growing up; in fact I was
only 10 or 11 when I read my first one. I had to ask my father what alabaster
was because one of the lines was " ... breasts as white as alabaster ... ";-)
Chris
On 15 Aug 2010, at 11:09, Marc Lawrence wrote:
>
> I don't pretend a lot of rationality in this. My father owned early
> paperback versions of Fleming's books, and thus they were movies I
> watched repeatedly on telly while I was growing up, or at the movies
> as the newer ones were released (Roger Moore onwards, plus the
> aforementioned Never Say Never Again, which I only just recently
> realized was a remake of Thunderball. Sometimes I'm slow. :) ). I will
> bag them as much as anyone, and watch every time one shows.
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