u/FalseDychotomy86

So I was a little bored and curious about my book printings so I decided to do a deep dive. It breaks down like this :

1st Printings: 24 = 38.7% of collection
2nd-5th Printings: 8 = 12.9% of collection
6th-10th Printings: 19 = 30.6% of collection
11th-20th Printings: 11 = 17.7% of collection

That brings us to 62 total. So to further break it down
- 51 of 62 are 10th printings or earlier = 82.3%
- 32 of 62 are 5th printings or earlier = 51.6%

I’m still open to “upgrading” some of these but about 90% are my childhood books so I think keeping that matters since it makes it “my” collection. I’m pretty happy about this breakdown and based on the printings and book quality of full sets I’ve seen out there I’d say I have a better than average collection.

I’m curious about yours guys breakdowns as well though, what it is it?

Guys I did it! I have 1-62 all original copies! Not all first printings sadly but they average between 1-6. My oldest printing is Monster Blood at 22 but that’s an earlier book so I’m not too upset. From 44-62 all but 2 are first printings and the ones that aren’t are 3rd and 4th printings. I had almost all 1-60 since I was a kid but lacked 61 and 62. I found 61 at a used book store WITH inserts for $10 which was insane and I just had a buddy of mine buy me 62 with inserts from a guy he knows for $75. Once I have all of them I’ll be sure to post a pic here. After 30+ years….its complete 🥲

Hey guys. I own all the books from 1-60, missing those last 2. I’ve had people look at them and tell me my copies are in very good shape, basically very good - fine condition. For arguments sake let’s say all of this is accurate for the condition (Very Good -Fine) how much do you think I could ask for/how much is that collection worth?

I know these films aren’t remotely connected or in the same universe but I rewatched TND last night and thought of Silva from Skyfall. Know what I just realized? Skyfall perfectly lines up with Tomorrow Never Dies timewise. Silva says he was stationed in HK from 86-97 and then M gave him up to the Chinese. Not only did HK go back to China in 1997 but since TND came out in 97 and a Chinese agent helped basically avert WWIII it makes sense M would make this exception if Silva was hacking where he shouldn’t and she gave him up as a big favor/thank you to Beijing at the end of TND since it was one of their agents along with Bond that stopped Carver. Like I said I know it’s not the same Bond universe but I’m just going to say it is in my head since this timeline sync up is perfect haha

Well I just completed my most recent marathon of Bond and here is my official list (subject to change on a whim of course) of the 25 Eon Bond films I’ve watched this month. Basically 1 a day with a few breaks for “I have a life that interferes with this shit” reasons

Casino Royale
Goldeneye
From Russia With Love
Dr No
License To Kill
Quantum Of Solace
Skyfall
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World Is Not Enough
Thunderball
Man With The Golden Gun
Goldfinger
Octopussy
The Living Daylights
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
No Time To Die
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
For Your Eyes Only
Live And Let Die
Spectre
A View To A Kill
Die Another Day
You Only Live Twice
Diamonds Are Forever

EDIT: Clearly I meant Die Another Day lol wish I could edit titles

I just rewatched this film for the first time in over 20 years and my god she is terrible in this movie. Every line of dialogue is cringe and her delivery matches it. Does anyone else share my absolute hatred of her character in this movie? It’s not a good movie in general and in my bottom 3 of my Bond rankings but she takes it from bad to unbearable. Is this a product of the times you think or was this bad even back then?

My fiancé has never seen any Bond films and since I never shutup about how much I love Bond she finally said “hey show me your favorite one and I’ll watch it.” I showed her Casino Royale as I think it’s the perfect film to show someone who has zero experience with Bond. She absolutely loved it and wants to see more. I think Casino Royale is the perfect entry film, thoughts?

So I’m watching all the Bond films in order, some of them for the first time. I’ve seen the first 18 and thought it would be cool to post my rankings so far and A get your guys thoughts and B based on this list where you think the final 7 will end up (Only doing Eon films so apologies to Never Say Never Again and the first Casino Royale)

Goldeneye
From Russia With Love
License To Kill
Dr No
Tomorrow Never Dies
Thunderball
Man With The Golden Gun
Goldfinger
Octopussy
The Living Daylights
The Spy Who Loved Me
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only
Live And Let Die
A View To A Kill
You Only Live Twice
Diamonds Are Forever

I know these films aren’t remotely connected or in the same universe but I rewatched TND last night and thought of Silva from Skyfall. Know what I just realized? Skyfall perfectly lines up with Tomorrow Never Dies timewise. Silva says he was stationed in HK from 86-97 and then M gave him up to the Chinese. Not only did HK go back to China in 1997 but since TND came out in 97 and a Chinese agent helped basically avert WWIII it makes sense M would make this exception if Silva was hacking where he shouldn’t and she gave him up as a big favor/thank you to Beijing at the end of TND since it was one of their agents along with Bond that stopped Carver. Like I said I know it’s not the same Bond universe but I’m just going to say it is in my head since this timeline sync up is perfect haha