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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book because I enjoy the Bond films so much. The Bond of the book world, however, is different in some ways from the Bond of the film world. This Bond, although confident and poised, experiences some inner conflict about the things he must do to serve his country. As in the films, h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38004010">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As the title suggests, &quot;Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories&quot; has everything but the novels -- and Ian Fleming did write mostly 007 novels, so this is a relatively brief collection. While the stories vary somewhat in quality, they do demonstrate that Fleming was a talen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75530408">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Much different from what I expected. Many of the stories in this collection center around characters other than James Bond. The other characters are fairly well developed for stories of this length. The Bond in this collection is not the same Bond represented in the earlier Bond films.  He's much mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38574611">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Nothing too revolutionary here... what I find most interesting is how little the the movies have to do with the original stories and how Bond is almost a peripheral character in a few of them. I haven't seen <em>Quantum of Solace</em> yet, but the original tale is about Bond having a drink with someone who t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41573003">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<u> The rating reflects only the Penguin addition and not the stories contained inside </u>.<br/><br/><br/>In many ways, the literary Bond is quite different from the film Bond, and liking one doesn't necessarily mean one will like the other. Bond on film is the Bond I know best. He is charming, abrasiv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32825526">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[..but I think its the same with all relationships between a man a woman.  They can survive anything so long as some kind of basic humanity exists between the the two people....I have called it the Law of the Quantum of Solace. <br/><br/>When the other person not only makes you feel insecure but ac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40502008">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Being a fan of James Bond, but never having read any of Ian Fleming's novels, I was eager to read this collection of short stories. Unfortunately, the overall quality of these stories were merely average. Fleming has an overly detailed, meandering style that left me dissatisfied as a reader. I highl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70988679">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Blackstone Audiobook: I love this group of interesting short stories.  This is particularly good for those who aren't sure if they want to read James Bond, since the stories are shorter and not necessarily &quot;spy stuff&quot;  This is the most accessible to those who may not be sure if they want t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61028255">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The stories waver between three and four stars...he's obviously working some things out. I must say that my appreciation for the title of the collection, and consequently the recent movie, was increased ten-fold by reading the fantastic short story so named! And so begins my decent in to all things ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52825566">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My first 007 book.  <br/><br/>These stories are much more compelling than the 007 movies, with more hints to Bond's personality, penchant for darkness, and empathy.  Strangely, the Daniel Craig version seems more appropriate than the Connery version, albeit with much more physical violence.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this collection of short stories. And I must have read an earlier edition years ago (as they were all familiar to me in one way or another), re-reading them was just as pleasant as sinking into your favorite overstuffed armchair.<br/><br/>[ It is important to note that just because ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31476617">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is simply good old-fashioned pulp adventure, with exotic locales, fast cars, beautiful women, and a heavy dose of action. Some of the stories are better than others, but it's all essentially popcorn for the brain. I don't mind that; sometimes you just need something light and entertaining, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43890270">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I like Fleming's book Bond - he's much more like I imagine he should be, and like Craig portrays him (hard, craggy, ruthless), and not like the comic, slightly playboy-ish Bond of Moore, etc. (which was fun, but I prefer book Bond).]]></body>
    
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