ffutures: (Dr Nikola)
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The copy of A Bid For Fortune I bought recently has a frontispiece missing from my previous copy, and it's absolutely wonderful:

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They don't make villains like that any more, you just can't get the wood. (Stanley L Wood, the illustrator, in this case.)

Date: 2015-08-12 11:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whswhs.livejournal.com
My God, what a classic Bond villain.

Date: 2015-08-12 11:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Fleming acknowledged him as a source for Blofeld; also probably a source for Fu Manchu, Carl Peterson, etc.

Date: 2015-08-13 05:15 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] johnreiher.livejournal.com
"Bond. Campion Bond. So we meet again Dr. Nikola..."

Date: 2015-08-13 08:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
The League continuity makes my head ache, but yes.

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