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[Thande]

That said, there's always Google Newspapers.

Ooh, was not aware of that one. Thanks for the head's-up.

 

[Stolengood]

Quick question: I'm sorry if I sound rude in asking this, 03771, but is it possible that you could condense your future updates a bit into smaller, more bite-sized posts? I find your more recent ones very taxing to try and digest all at once...

 

[Stolengood]

In other news, I am making sterling progress in my Bond research. You may be glad to hear that I am becoming very well versed in everything Sean.

I, myself, have learned some very interesting "might-have-beens"; for example, Bernard Lee was a completely last-minute choice for the role of M... so last minute, in fact, that his name had to be physically pencilled in onto the call sheet on the day of shooting.

If you want more info for possibilities in your take on Doctor Who, on the other hand, this website is very, very handy: http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/tv.html

 

[C. McKay]

Praise for All Along the Watchtower

I'm not caught up with this TL, but I wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying reading your work!

 

[St. Just]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster_War

Considering both France and Brasil are major features in this TL, I thought I should ask if this ridiculousness above would still happen.

 

[DAv]

One minor difference in this TL might be the fact that Frank Sinatra remains a Democrat due to not feeling as if JFK betrayed him when he got into the White House. Not sure how far along you'd take this, if it could be done anything at all, but it might be interesting to make a note of.

 

[Stolengood]

By the way... The James Bond Archives has some fascinating excerpts from EON memos, including Sean Connery's thoughts on the scripting of Goldfinger; it seems he wanted it to almost go in a Licence to Kill-direction, where Bond pretends to willingly offer his services to the bad guy in order to undermine him.

Unfortunately, The James Bond Archives is a specialty book from the publisher Taschen, and, as such, is ridiculously expensive, as well as ridiculously heavy. (I should know; I own a copy.)

Another thing that might be interesting to work into your TL is the Thunderball plagiarism court case; it's been in the news lately that only recently have the McClory estate, who owned the rights to Thunderball, made an agreement with MGM to give the rights to them. But the case itself is a rather fascinating look at imaginativity, prestige, and the taking-for-granted that the old-boy network will sort everything out... even a case of plagiarism.

I own a first-edition copy of The Battle for Bond which details this (I managed to buy a first edition before it was pulled from print, due to containing photographs of letters from the Thunderball court case, which the second edition was forced to remove in order to stay in print). If you'd like, I can feed you more details to help flesh out any prospective account of yours.

 

[Plumber]

I think you'll find this useful.

 

[Plumber]

I love the part when he's talking about Caro and says he's got a screw loose for writing about one man for the past thirty years

That was probably my favorite, too.

 

[Stolengood]

My protagonists keep dying on me. RIP, Peter O'Toole.

Whence cometh Ulysses?

 

[Thande]

When I have the time to write. The MA must come first.

Quite right too. Let this magnificent work await your return when you have the free time to give it the justice it deserves. And good luck with the MA.

 

[St. Just]

Any chance the early changes in Indonesia mean anything for the Republic of Maluku Selatan?

 

[St. Just]

I actually don't know much about it beyond the Wiki page, but what you've described sounds likely

 

[St. Just]

Re-reading once more for leisure- is Che dead? He's disappeared, but we also know that at some point he is able to talk about his relationship with Hemingway... where does he go? Also the Luces.

 

[Emperor Norton I]

Re-reading once more for leisure- is Che dead? He's disappeared, but we also know that at some point he is able to talk about his relationship with Hemingway... where does he go? Also the Luces.

Che is not dead, but must let the world think he is dead, until he can control the raging beast deep within.

 

[MasterSanders]

Guys, don't excite me like that...I was thinking there was an update.

 

[St. Just]

At least there will be an update. I'll take whatever he writes- this being the best TL in post-1900.

 

[Plumber]

There will always never be an update... it is the way of the world. When there is one, it's going to be a shitload more Latin America, and we'll have to wait another two years for an update on Nixon and Orson Welles.

Have you ever made a productive post on this forum, as opposed to two-bit trolling?

 

[Stolengood]

Have you ever made a productive post on this forum, as opposed to two-bit trolling?

Yes, I have; I know you have, too, so don't be rude. I was merely venting my frustrations; you jumped on me. Please don't do that again.

 

[Stolengood]

Your "frustrations" were rather rude, in my opinion. If I were writing a timeline that was as detailed and wonderful as this one is, I wouldn't want to squander my talent on people who complain about what I put out.

...all right. I'm sorry about that; I think I was just in a bad mood. Let me delete my comment, and we'll pretend this never happened. All right?