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Moonraker was, obviously, one of my favorite Bond movies as a kid. It was *designed* to be so. Thirty-cough-cough years later, it's easy to see how the movie was a cynical tie-in and reaction to Star Wars.
The movie *is* fun, though it is probably one of the worst James Bond movies ever made.
The novel, however, is much better than the resulting movie. Still a product of its time, Moonraker focuses on the villain more than some of the other Bond novels. We all know he's the bad guy, but it's the anticipation of *how* and *why* that makes the novel work. In this modern age, too, it's easy to imagine a similar situation. I won't write off folks like Richard Branson or Steve Jobs as harmless capitalist heroes ever again.
The movie *is* fun, though it is probably one of the worst James Bond movies ever made.
The novel, however, is much better than the resulting movie. Still a product of its time, Moonraker focuses on the villain more than some of the other Bond novels. We all know he's the bad guy, but it's the anticipation of *how* and *why* that makes the novel work. In this modern age, too, it's easy to imagine a similar situation. I won't write off folks like Richard Branson or Steve Jobs as harmless capitalist heroes ever again.