Talk:Devil May Care (novel)
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[edit] Title
The name Devil May Care has a huge resemblence to the name Devil May Cry. Should this be mentioned on the page. Skele (talk) 17:50, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
- It's a common phrase, so no it's not worth mentioning. The videogame title is obviously a play on this phrase. 23skidoo (talk) 00:46, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
"Devil may cry, Devil may care" is an old, old phrase. I'd assume both titles come from this phrase, rather than each other. :) Darrek Attilla (talk) 14:32, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- It's possible also that IFP chose the second half in order to avoid confusion with the first half, which is now identified with the videogame. That said, "Devil May Care" is the far more better-known part of the phrase, and more of a Bond-like title (Bond, cry? Perish the thought!) 23skidoo (talk) 14:48, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Author
What exactly does 'Writing as Ian Fleming' mean? I'm assuming it's just a cheap phrase to sneak his name on the cover, but no-one can 'write as' another author, merely in the style of those particular novels of which this is a continuation. If anyone can clear the meaning of this up it will be appreciated! MathiasFox (talk) 11:24, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- "in the style of those particular novels of which this is a continuation" is rather a long phrase to put on the cover, don't you think? :-) "Writing as Ian Fleming" is short and snappy, if not strictly accurate. It at least informs the potential reader that this novel is written in the style of Ian Fleming's Bond novels, rather than Faulks's usual style. 217.155.20.163 (talk) 12:25, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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- I agree with 217.155.20.163. Sincerely, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.133.32.138 (talk) 14:07, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
" It's pretty common to see "writing as" on cover copy. Some editions of Colonel Sun credit Kingsley Amis writing as Robert Markham to inform readers that it's a pseudonym. Ditto Stephen King and Richard Bachman. I have also seen that credit used when an author writes a book using a real person's name as a pseudonym, which is in fact what Faulks is doing. His name is attached to the book, but officially and with sanction he has taken on the identity if Ian Fleming for this release. 23skidoo (talk) 19:50, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Spam
I just removed this as it seems to be a spamlink to me. Anyone have any thoughts? TheRetroGuy (talk) 18:48, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
- What gives you the impression that's a spam link??? That's one of the major online news sites relating to the James Bond franchise, on par with Gallifrey One for Doctor Who. I'm not going to revert the deletion, however, as it appears to have just been parachuted in. If someone wants to link to a specific article at commanderbond, that would work.. 23skidoo (talk) 23:42, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
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- I'm still fairly new here and am still getting to grips with what is and what isn't spam. It seemed to have quite a lot of advertising on it, and like you say, the link had just been parachuted in. If it is ok though, looking at it more closely, I can see one or two articles that could be useful links. I'm about to log off for a few hours, but might have a go at adding them later. Thanks for your help. TheRetroGuy (talk) 12:54, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- There's probably also a place for it at the James Bond article. TheRetroGuy (talk) 13:02, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- I'm still fairly new here and am still getting to grips with what is and what isn't spam. It seemed to have quite a lot of advertising on it, and like you say, the link had just been parachuted in. If it is ok though, looking at it more closely, I can see one or two articles that could be useful links. I'm about to log off for a few hours, but might have a go at adding them later. Thanks for your help. TheRetroGuy (talk) 12:54, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Spoiler
Please add spoiler warning somewhere before the plot summary. -JRK —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.247.17.46 (talk) 22:18, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
