AUDIOBOOK REVIEWS

Saturday, January 21, 2012

FYI: Quantum of Solace




Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories (by Ian Fleming; narrated by Simon Vance) contains nine "shorts":
  • From a View to a Kill
  • For Your Eyes Only
  • Quantum of Solace
  • Riscion
  • The Hildebrand Rarity
  • Octopussy
  • The Property of a Lady
  • The Living Daylights
  • 007 in New York

The first five of these shorts are contained in the audiobook, For Your Eyes Only (by Ian Fleming; narrated by Simon Vance). The next two featured films in the Shaken, Not Stirred: A Simon Vance Audio Book Challenge Featuring James Bond, are Quantum of Solace (starring Daniel Craig) - viewing party on 02/25/2012 and; For Your Eyes Only (starring Roger Moore) - viewing party on 03/24/2012. Both movies are based on these five shorts:
  • From a View to a Kill
  • For Your Eyes Only
  • Quantum of Solace
  • Riscion
  • The Hildebrand Rarity

The movie, Octopussy (starring Roger Moore), which will be the subject of the Shaken, Not Stirred viewing party on 09/22/2012 is based on the next three shorts and are contained in the audiobook, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (by Ian Fleming; narrated by Simon Vance):
  • Octopussy
  • The Property of a Lady
  • The Living Daylights

The short story, 007 in New York (by Ian Fleming; narrated by Simon Vance) is unique to Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories (by Ian Fleming; narrated by Simon Vance).

All of the stories that are in the audiobooks, For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy and The Living Daylights are in Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories; but only the the complete short story collection contains 007 in New York.




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