Jungle fever: Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, the Cold War, and Jamaica
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An essayist discusses about James Bond who is defined as the single most persistent character and the novels based on James Bond by Ian Flemings is presented. A comparison is made between two novels "Live and Let Die "and "Dr. No" where in "Live and Let Die", Jamaica is shown as dangerous but lush, vegetative and beautiful whereas in "Dr. No", it is a dung-factory, desert-like, patrolled by a diesel dragon that burns Dr. No's enemies and the flora as well.
Publication Name: New Letters
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0146-4930
Year: 2005
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Error and horror
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Issues concerning the terrorist attacks on New York, NY, and Wash DC, on Sep 11, 2001, focusing on the implications for the human tendency for destruction and the fascination for the apocryphal. Topics include descriptions of societal destruction from the classical Greek playwright Euripedes, the historical fears of poets and writers, and the need for peoples and nations to overcome violent urges with the will to live together.
Publication Name: New Letters
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0146-4930
Year: 2001
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Rules for the nonfiction author
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Guidelines are presented for journalists seeking to publish accounts based on their experiences and research. These include selecting an unusual topic, defining the audience, allowing sufficient time for completion, composing an outline, and avoiding a neutral voice.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 1999
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