Tag: 007
Learner’s permit to kill: Remembering the espionage RPGs of my youth
Sometimes nothing takes you back to your past faster than a book. Or in my case, two books. These books have me reminiscing about the days when I was one...
Remembering Ken Adam
Spotted this book just as I was taking my seat at the Palatine Public Library. RIP Ken Adam, who made Bond’s world a fantastic one.
Was there a 007-sided die?
Reading about role-playing games has me nostalgic about the spy RPGs of my youth, especially this one. Anyone want to play? Look for a blog post soon on my Tumb...
What I’m Reading: ‘Some Kind of Hero’
Tackling this bad boy. Don’t know if you can see the bookmark, but I’m about halfway through this mammoth history of the 007 films. I’m on the A View to a Kill ...
Book Review: The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Jeffrey Westhoff
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I still love ‘The Spy Who Loved Me,’ the movie that made me a Bond fan
I did not see The Spy Who Loved Me when it opened in July 1977. I was still in thrall of Star Wars that summer. Why would I want to see another movie when I cou...
I still love ‘The Spy Who Loved Me,’ the movie that made me a Bond fan
I did not see The Spy Who Loved Me when it opened in July 1977. I was still in thrall of Star Wars that summer. Why would I want to see another movie when I cou...