His World Never Dies – The Evolution of James Bond – in movies

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His World Never Dies – The Evolution of James Bond – in movies

His World Never Dies: The Evolution of James Bond by Dave Holcomb – is a nice read and in this episode, we interview the author!

About the book “His World Never Dies – The Evolution of James Bond”

We read many books on spies – real spies and movie spies.  We do this so we can gain a little more insight into the spy movies we are having fun with. Dave Holcomb’s book looks at James Bond from a unique vantage point. And, with EON Productions just announcing the new James Bond movie (April 2020) is called No Time to Die it even makes his viewpoint even more cool. Dave weaves a story on how Bond has evolved over the decades. He provides some unique insights, a treatment of masculinity, sexism, race, and a very interesting concept of how history and the Bond series goes through what is called a History Gyre.  The History Gyre suggests that history does not only repeat itself but that it moves in an evolutionary circle. Another key point is that Dave suggests that the James Bond movies go through this same evolutionary circle. It is a great book, which we enjoyed reading. And we had a great conversation with the author, Dave Holcomb – listen now! We’d highly recommend it, and you can find it on Amazon. Just search “His World Never Dies”. Alternatively, you can click here, which will bring you to our web page that discusses the book and how you can get an autographed copy.  And please tell Dave that SpyMovieNavigator sent you when you contact him directly for the autographed copy, or when you purchase through Amazon!

Today’s discussion with Dave Holcomb

In our discussion with Dave:
  • He talks about his background
  • He tells us how he got started in loving Bond and the  idea for the book
  • We discuss key elements of the book and key concepts that drive the book
  • We see how Bond has changed over the decades and how EON Productions has made changes to the film Bond character through the decades

Tell us what you think

After listening to this episode, did you read Dave’s book, His World Never Dies: The Evolution of James Bond Let us know your thoughts, ideas for future episodes, and what you thought of this episode. Just drop us a note at info@spymovienavigator.com.  The more we hear from you, the better the show will surely be!  We’ll give you a shout-out in a future episode! You can check out all of our CRACKING THE CODE OF SPY MOVIES podcast episodes on your favorite podcast app or our website. In addition, you can check out our YouTube channel as well.

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