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License Renewed (James Bond)
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $4.95
Manufacturer: Berkley
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Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-01-21
Summary: "An unreasonable facsimile of James Bond"
In 1980 John Gardner was commisioned to take over the James Bond series after the famous spy was in a 12 year hiatus. The result was published the following year called Licence Renewed; The title couldn't have been further from the truth. Gardner was reluctant from day one to even take on James Bond; A series he thought simply stuck to rigid formula. This sorry excuse of thriller brings James Bond into the 80's by completely discarding Fleming's character entirely.
James Bond in this and all of Gardner's books shares nothing in common with Iam Fleming's Bond; He spouts one-liners in the vein of Roger Moore's Bond but the novels seem to have more in common with Timothy Dalton's tenure. However regarding this specific novel, his life style changes are rather irksome. His health consciousness takes away from his character as man who has vices in order to relieve himself from the harsh reality of his work. Another unfortunate sign of the films creeping into the books is lame suduction of the girls he encounters, they are as hollow as Roger Moore films with a variety of stupid names.
The main plot of this trite novel centers around a nuclear physicist Dr. Anton Murik. His motivations are entirely inane. He wants to prove that current nuclear reactors are unsafe by publicly hijaking them so they can meltdown so everyone could adopt his "Ultra-Safe" reactor. So what could he be proving other then possible lax security standards ? There is also some boring side plot involing his ward, Lavender Peacock, and his title as Laird of Murcaldy. Murik suffers the same problem of the later day James Bond film villians, they have no motivations the audience could sympathesize with. Fleming's best villians were driven by motivations anyone could see was important to said character, Auric Goldfinger's near sexual infatuation with gold and Sir Hugo Drax's disgust of English people. Anton Murik is simply a cookie cutter character with a lame motivation; He wants to have safe nuclear power plants around the world, so what ?
The rest of the characters in the book are right out of a bad Bond script. The henchman Caber is another muscle thug. The old Fleming regulars are mere shells of what they used to be, no longer leaving an impersination on you but just boring extras in the 007 universe. Gardner dosen't even get the girls right. A new character is introduced named "Q'ute", the female equivilent of Q from the films except that she is a nerd and entirely forgetable. Anton Murik's wife Mary Jane Mashkin is the only character that actually shines, especially during that high-frequency torture scene, but is quickly killed after revealing her true colors. The main Bond girl with the idiotic name of Lavender Peacock shares little chemistry or time with Bond but nevertheless, Gardner made sure to do the Bond checklist without regarding character.
Overall this is a pathetic novel for James Bond return in. Gardner did improve with better executed stories and stronger characters but overall, he was total hack for this series. I will be forever puzzled as to why Kingsley Amis was only commissioned one fantastic continuation Bond book and Gardner was allowed to write more and more of his garbage for 15 years. Amis once said Gardner was totally incapable of writing a thriller, he was proven right every time Gardner wrote these novels.
Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2007-08-19
Summary: "NO, NO, NO, (And that's not as in Dr. No!)"
First off, I appreciate how this book came about. The films were in the middle of the Roger Moore era, which was the most lucrative to date. The clamor for "MORE BOND" was never higher. And I believe John Gardner was a true fan, not just of Bond but of original author Ian Fleming. But man, did this effort take a left turn into sheer silliness.
Understand this, if you are a fan of the original James Bond book series, starting with Casino Royale (James Bond Novels) and ending with The Man with the Golden Gun (James Bond Novels) then do not read this book. You will be sadly disappointed. The James Bomd that Gardner writes about has no resemblance to the Ian Fleming character. However, if you are a fan of the Roger Moore version of JB, and assuming you actually read books, then you will probably love this effort. I'm in the first group. I loved the Fleming novels (except "The Spy Who Loved Me" which I still have no idea what Fleming was trying to accomplish with that one). The JB he wrote about was a sullen, brutal, and tragic character who was one of Her Majesty's Secret Service's best assassins. Starting with Casino Royal we see him always successful but almost always having to pay a personal price for that success, whether it's the suicide of Vesper in "Casino Royal", the killing of his new wife at the end of "Her Majesty's Secret Service", or even his sanity at the end of "You Only Live Twice." And guess what, he never wisecracked or depended on gadgets. The series was a true literary classic.
Gardner's character, as I mention before, seemed to have been written to match the Roger Moore version. Although maybe less flippent, still too refined, and two dependent on gadgets. The plot here in this book actually isn't too bad for a cold war spy novel. A little above average. But it's not to be confused with Fleming's Bond by any stretch of the imagination.
Again, I would only recommend this to those who think the Moore era of Bond flicks was the best. The rest of us, stay away, way away!
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2007-02-23
Summary: "BOND RETURNS, GARDNER PAYS HOMAGE TO FLEMING"
The literary James Bond (who is, by the way, VERY DIFFERENT than the celluloid Bond) had not made an appearance since 1968's 'Colonel Sun' (the only Bond title written by Kinsley Amis who took over for Ian Fleming's master spy). Fleming created Bond and wrote 14 novels (his last: 'Octopussy & The Living Daylights') was published in 1966.
Much had changed since 1968, and the 80's brought upon a cultural revolution of chemical excess and sexual conservatism. How would Bond fare now - how would he evolve and reappear in 1981?
I'm glad to report that 007 makes a very solid debut!
English author John Gardner was given the torch and he certainly showed that he could carry it, and then some. His writing style is very similar to Fleming's with his description of Bond's adversaries, character development and own cultural revelations (i.e. dress, food, etc.): subjects Fleming wrote about in earnest. Sure Bond doesn't party like he used to, but his relationships with women hadn't changed. Fleming's Bond was not the master conquestor that he is in the films, and he's not here either.
This is quite surprising as the film Bond was all about overblown and overproduced missions, gadgets and locations.
The story centers around nuclear holocaust, and the main antagonists are Dr. Anton Murik (a nuclear physicist), Caber (Murik's bodyguard), Mary Jane Mashkin (Anton's mistress), Franco (a hitman), and Lavender Peacock (who may or may not be on Bond's side).
The closest this Bond comes to the theatrical one, is in his love for cars and gadgets. This Bond is much more gadget-friendly than the 60's Bond.
I'm not too sure why this book gets ripped on here at Amazon, but Fleming was not a fast-paced writer and nor is Gardner. They both are more interested in solid character development and don't procure too many crazy stunts or situations which are plentiful in the movies.
There are many "can't put it down moments" in this one such as the passages where 007 wrestles Caber, Bond's stay in Murik's castle, the fashion show, and the plane ride near the end.
I found the book to be very enjoyable, and Gardner did a great job of taking Bond into the 80's while still maintaining continuity (grammatical and narrative) to the 60's novels by Fleming.
Welcome back 007...we missed you!!
Previous book in the series: COLONEL SUN - 1968.
Following book in the series: FOR SPECIAL SERVICES - 1982.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2006-09-28
Summary: "James Bond in an Unscrupulous Modern World"
John Gardner's first James Bond novel, "License Renewed" is outstanding, a magnificent achievement which reinvents and updates the incredible literary world created by Ian Fleming. John Gardner has completely re-postured Bond for a much tougher world. The worldly agent that Ian Fleming created is back here to stay. Bond's adversaries are even more dangerous and brilliantly evil as inspired by Fleming's earlier works. Bond in response to these evil doers puts his life on the line and lets it role! The villain, Anton Murik Laird of Murcaldy, is an enduring version of the classic Fleming scoundrel. He is a worthy opponent, for the new daring do Bond.
Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2004-03-18
Summary: "Not very good"
Gardner's first time at penning a Bond novel. A lot of similarities between the villian and the one in Moonraker. Gardner's next book, For Special Services, is a bit better.