tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post8011010424148120912..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: FFB: Cobra Trap -- Peter O'Donnellmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-35834316994618019682017-04-20T08:33:52.784-05:002017-04-20T08:33:52.784-05:00I read them all, and hate that the series ended. A...I read them all, and hate that the series ended. Although most of the villains sounded suspiciously similar to each other, each story was unique in its own right. My set of Modesty Blaise books are a mix of hardbacks and paperbacks. I would love to have them all in one format (sigh), either hardback or paperback. The mix is a mess. BTW, if you happen to run across the TV pilot, don't bother with it, it's worse than the Monica Vitti movie.Tom Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-17838041611938223412017-04-19T11:34:31.055-05:002017-04-19T11:34:31.055-05:00I'm actually reading Sabre-tooth right now.I'm actually reading Sabre-tooth right now. Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695983348254508387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-56375671921551744162017-04-19T11:00:18.359-05:002017-04-19T11:00:18.359-05:00The newspaper strips are also very good, and a cou...The newspaper strips are also very good, and a couple of the stories in COBRA TRAP are based on them, I think.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-81834804809788580712017-04-19T10:58:15.285-05:002017-04-19T10:58:15.285-05:00I haven't read one of the HONEY WEST books in ...I haven't read one of the HONEY WEST books in many, many years (though I bought one recently because of the Maguire cover), but they aren't even in the same continuum with the MODESTY BLAISE books. After I finished COBRA TRAP (right after it came out in '96, thanks to a friend in England) I was in a kind of shock, but wrote a thank-you letter for the entire series to Peter O'Donnell, who responded very graciously. (I am within one volume of collecting the entire MODESTY BLAISE newspaper strip series, thanks to the Titan reprints.) The MB books are among my all-time favorites--something of a surprise, since I was led to them via the gawdawful movie with Monica Vitti and Dirk Bogarde. (The more recent movie, MY NAME IS MODESTY, is not bad at all, though it's set in the pre-Willie days of the founding of the Network.) I have rarely enjoyed a series of books so much.Mike Stammnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-43697357307109754092017-04-19T07:19:53.003-05:002017-04-19T07:19:53.003-05:00I think I better read PIECES OF MODESTY first. I ...I think I better read PIECES OF MODESTY first. I could have sworn I'd read it, but my database says otherwise.<br />Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-42399463606259695012017-04-19T07:02:45.313-05:002017-04-19T07:02:45.313-05:00I get that sense...from others as well...I get that sense...from others as well...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-76872966666581426342017-04-19T07:01:31.230-05:002017-04-19T07:01:31.230-05:00The Modesty Blaise books are far superior the the ...The Modesty Blaise books are far superior the the Honey West ones. Well, I think so, anyway.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-63480964029752742802017-04-19T06:52:55.331-05:002017-04-19T06:52:55.331-05:00As with Honey West, I've kept meaning to read ...As with Honey West, I've kept meaning to read the Modesty Blaise stories...I think you've motivated me to Actual Action at this point...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com