Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SMITH & WESSON .38 CENTENNIAL: A hammer-less revolver issued to Bond by the Secret Service armorer for heavy duty use. It had a five-cartridge cylinder and was used by Bond against Dr. No's "Dragon" buggy on Crab Key. [DRNOn].
#BondOnTheCover Pierce giving the look on the December 1999 cover of TV Spielfilm
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SMIRNOFF: The Head of the KGB, and part of the delegation of security chiefs that tried to persuade Sir James Bond to come out of retirement [CR67m].
All set up at for an afternoon of signing books at Barnes & Noble this afternoon. Gill is off to a good start with a sale before the official start time!
Looking forward to signing books at the Barnes & Noble in Bowie, MD tomorrow.
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Quick reminder for folks in the Washington DC / Maryland area. Gilli Kent and I will be at the Barnes & Noble in Bowie MD this Sunday (April 19th) between 3:00 and 5:00om signing copies of our latest books. - Come join us there.
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SMILER: A Scot with scars on his face that made it look like he was permanently smiling. He worked for Count Ugo Carnifax. Bond first encountered him at Eton when he was meeting with Peter Haight [YB2n].
A few ChronologicalChristie.com listeners suggested we should check out Mark Aldridge’s “Agatha Christie on Screen” as a reference when talking about any adaptations. We listened, picked up a copy, and are looking forward to digging in!
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SMERSH: The all-powerful Russian counter-intelligence organization headquartered in Leningrad. The name was derived from a conjunction of the Russian words Smyret Shiionam, roughly translated as "Death to Spies." [FRWLn]
I’d say 2001. Saw it when I was 10 in the local cinema. Blew my mind and launched my love of SF - but took years and multiple rewatches to really start to understand it.
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SMART PHONE: A Q-branch enhanced smart phone was issued to Bond that could clone any nearby computer drive. It also had a through-walls imaging system and facial recognition software linked to a set of hypersensitive ear buds [BBOXcb].
This is cover makes Agatha Christie’s “The Sittaford Mystery” appear to be more of a 1970s style horror novel than a classic murder mystery. You can find out our thoughts on the novel and its adaptations at ChronologicalChristie.com or on your podcast platform of choice.
Quick reminder for folks in the Washington DC / Maryland area. Gilli Kent and I will be at the Barnes & Noble in Bowie MD this Sunday (April 19th) between 3:00 and 5:00om signing copies of our latest books. - Come join us there.
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SMART BLOOD: A nano-technology monitoring program injected into an agent's blood stream that would allow them, and their vital signs, to be tracked and monitored anywhere in the world [SPECm].
#BondOnTheCover Lea Seydoux and Daniel Craig promising 16 pages of Spectre insert goodness on the cover of TVmovie in October 2015
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SMALL-FAWCETT, NIGEL: Bond's somewhat indiscreet and inept liaison from the British Embassy in Nassau [NSNAm].
In the latest CAN'T SEE THE FOREST newsletter, I take a look at how the events of the last week made me almost feel eight-years-old again. Plus updates on words written, spoken, and read.
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SMALLBONE, PENELOPE: Briefly assigned as an assistant to Miss Moneypenny at Secret Service HQ [OPm].
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - "SMALL ARMS DEFENCE MANUAL": The official Secret Service manual on the use of small arms. It contained an infamous one-line introduction by M: "Shooting hell out of a piece of cardboard didn’t prove anything" [MOONn].
Out today - the latest BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES newsletter in which I share memories of an encounter with Stuart Sutcliffe's art.
Looking forward to returning to Barnes & Noble in Bowie MD for another book signing event on April 19th.
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SLUMBER INC.: A funeral home and crematorium outside Las Vegas, Nevada which operated as a front for a diamond smuggling pipeline.[DAFm].
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SLUGGSY: A crack-shot mob enforcer who was hired by Sanguinetti to burn down his Dreamy Pines Motor Lodge as part of an insurance scam. [SWLMcs].
Today’s the 5th anniversary of the publication of The #JamesBond Lexicon book. If you enjoy the lexicon entries posted here, you can find 5000 of them in the book. Have you picked up a copy yet?
Now available at ChronologicalChristie.com or on your favorite podcast platform, our latest episode discussing The Sittaford Mystery (aka The Murder at Hazelmoor), so strap on your boots and give it a listen.
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SLOPE, BUNNY: An attractive young woman that James Bond Jr. rescued from an avalanche caused by Jaws and Knick Knack.[JBJR38tv].
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SLIMINGTON-JONES: The Director of the Casino at Royale [CR67m].
Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - SLAZENGER 7: The type of random golf ball found by Bond and Hawking in the rough on the 17th fairway during their game with Goldfinger. Bond switched it with Goldfinger's regular ball as way of tricking him into losing the match after they spotted him cheating [GFm]