One Modesty fan designed this great CD cover for the recent BBC radio play of A Taste for Death. Download and enjoy!
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Modesty Blaise is a literary and cultural icon. Created by author Peter O'Donnell in the 1960s, first as a comic strip heroine and then more fully developed in a series of novels, she is often referred to as a 'female James Bond.' Though less well known than 007, she is a far more complex and fascinating character. If you have never read the books... run out and get one! And join the worldwide group of Modesty Blaise fans.
This blog is a companion to the Modesty Blaise Books website, and replaces the News page; older news can be found in the website's news archive. For those who haven't been to the website yet, there's much more there - hundreds of images of the book and comic covers; artwork; other media (including magazines, radio plays, merchandise, music); interviews; info on the MB fan group (information on how to join is on the links page); and more.
For those of you who are new to Modesty Blaise... there are many of us who could happily argue forever about which are better, the books or the comic strip. What it seems to come down to is which one people have a personal preference for, books or comics. Happily, both are being reprinted: the books by Souvenir Press (although the older ones are already out of print - check Abebooks if you can't find them) and Titan books. Reading this blog, you'll see how much of an influence Modesty has had on mainstream culture. She has also inspired a great deal of artwork (don't be put off by some of the less-than-stellar book covers!) and music.
If you have anything you'd like to see added to either this blog or the website, please email
me. You can also subscribe to this blog via a feed using the 'Subscribe to' link on the left sidebar.
This blog is a companion to the Modesty Blaise Books website, and replaces the News page; older news can be found in the website's news archive. For those who haven't been to the website yet, there's much more there - hundreds of images of the book and comic covers; artwork; other media (including magazines, radio plays, merchandise, music); interviews; info on the MB fan group (information on how to join is on the links page); and more.
For those of you who are new to Modesty Blaise... there are many of us who could happily argue forever about which are better, the books or the comic strip. What it seems to come down to is which one people have a personal preference for, books or comics. Happily, both are being reprinted: the books by Souvenir Press (although the older ones are already out of print - check Abebooks if you can't find them) and Titan books. Reading this blog, you'll see how much of an influence Modesty has had on mainstream culture. She has also inspired a great deal of artwork (don't be put off by some of the less-than-stellar book covers!) and music.
If you have anything you'd like to see added to either this blog or the website, please email
me. You can also subscribe to this blog via a feed using the 'Subscribe to' link on the left sidebar.
9 comments:
Modesty,
We never did get your opinion on the radio play?
I thought it was pretty good given that it had to be 5 x 15 minute episodes... a lot was cut out, but for that length, a lot HAD to be cut out; I think the writer did a good job of distilling it down. My only complaint is that I found Modesty's accent to be too English. Given that she had spent the majority of her life in Europe and North Africa, and only came to England at age 26, Modesty would have a very mixed accent. Mind you, I also found that in the novels, Modesty would also come out with some English-isms that would be unlikely for a 'foreigner', no matter how adept they are at languages.
What did you think?
Modesty,
Thank you for your comments. I enjoyed the radio play, even though they obviously had to condense the material. Hopefully, they might decide to do more of the plays. I did enjoy the music and felt it fit the characters.
Finally, you just have to support any project featuring M B.
Do you know where we can pick up a copy of the radio play as I would like to listen to it in its entirety. Due to a bereavement I only managed to catch the first two episodes.
I would dearly love to see this on a CD or be available for download.
Modesty,
This was the latest Comment thread to use and so I would just like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
I'd like to buy this radio play
Modesty Blaise book covers
As a Modesty fan of many years standing, I have all the books, including all the UK Pan paperbacks. Am I alone in thinking that these are probably the worst-designed covers of all time?
The books themselves are great, and have stood the test of time, but those Pan covers - yuck!
Modesty Blaise book covers
As a Modesty fan of many years standing, I have all the books, including all the UK Pan paperbacks. Am I alone in thinking that these are probably the worst-designed covers of all time?
The books themselves are great, and have stood the test of time, but those Pan covers - yuck!
LOL - no, you are not! It seems cruelly unfair that such fantastic books had such terrible covers for a while; I'm so glad that the Souvenir Press reprints use the original covers! SO much better.
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