tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117416349695015821.post6439862806657415142..comments2023-09-28T10:47:50.691+01:00Comments on JAMES BOND MEMES: James Bond's top ten booksComtessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15045274806223412751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117416349695015821.post-30954627414169502532013-11-17T20:22:41.773+00:002013-11-17T20:22:41.773+00:00Thanks for getting in touch. Glad you enjoyed the ...Thanks for getting in touch. Glad you enjoyed the list. Thanks for the reminder about the Emerson reference. It was rather tricky settling on Bond's top ten - Emerson could easily have made it. One of these days I'll write a follow-up with more of Bond's favourite authors!Edward Biddulphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13958778222555710461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117416349695015821.post-90325083377762619682013-11-15T21:41:10.902+00:002013-11-15T21:41:10.902+00:00Excellent list! One possible addition would be a b...Excellent list! One possible addition would be a book of Ralph Waldo Emerson's poetry. Bond quotes a line from "Brahma" in "Diamonds Are Forever," when he discovers Wint and Kidd are aboard the Queen Elizabeth:<br /><br />"Bond sat for a moment frozen to his chair. Suddenly, there flashed unwanted into his mind that most sinister line in all poetry: 'They reckon ill who leave me out. When me they fly, I am the wings.'"<br />IAnoreply@blogger.com