John Gardner's "Licence Renewed"

Hello, dear listeners!

Ah, the 1980s.

What a decade!

The music, the clothing styles, the cumbersome technology that we all thought was so cool at the time…Oh, speaking of glorious 80s technology, hosts Mathieu and Edgar take the first of many, many steps into the world of John Gardner’s literary 007.

Yes friends, the hosts are in it to win it with Mr. Gardner, although they don’t really have choice since he wrote a billion novels and they have self-acquitted themselves with the goal of discussing Fleming, the films, and everything in between.

The first book is Licence Renewed.

It’s time to get ready and embrace new allies, new villains, new adventures, and most critically, a new writing style.

True enough, not everyone can be as wonderfully florid as the great Ian Fleming, but that doesn’t mean other authors can’t conjure up some thrilling missions for everybody’s favourite super spy to embark on.

While we won’t reveal just yet what the hosts thought of the book, suffice to say that Licence Reneweddefinitely inspired a laundry list of hot topics: Who do the hosts imagine as James Bond when reading?

Do we have another amorphous blob on our hands?

Why would Licence Renewedmake anybody think of the film She’s All That?

Could there be another, albeit tenuous literary Bond link our Belle Province?

Did we just witness the greatest gun-c*ck analogy ever?

And what is up with all the tech talk?

We hope you like John Gardner.

Heh, we really, really, really hope you like John Gardner because he’ll be hanging around for a while!

Rest assured, even if you much prefer the efforts of Ian Fleming, Matt and Edgar will keep you enthralled.

They’re ready and pumped to discover Gardner.

Time to go nuclear!