“Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond,”<\/em> which was all about Evil Master Spies building up their Evil Master Spy Lair and revealing their master plans as they kill spies sent to foil them.<\/p>\nThe amazing thing is that they managed to get it published and relatively famous before someone from EON, MGM, or the Fleming estate came down on them like a pile of gold bricks in Ft. Knox.<\/p>\n
So, now we have (coming out in October), James Ernest’s “Totally Renamed Spy Game”<\/em> — yes, that’s it’s official title — which includes the tagline on the cover, “Before I kill you, unspecified spy, allow me to introduce my latest diabolical invention.” <\/p>\nHeh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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