Ian Flemming's "Dr. No".

[Top41]

Uh, "Dr. No" was the character in the novel and the book's title, not the author. It was written by Ian Fleming (note the correct spelling)

I meant Ian Fleming, it was a typo error you irritating and pedantic fucktard!!!

and given that it was written in 1957 and published in 1958, I fail to see how it was an "embarrassment, even back in the 1960s."

Of course it was an embarrassment you asshole, since other forms of fiction such as Doctor Who that came out in 1962 never seemed so crassly racist and bigoted, and as I said earlier the bigoted elements of Fleming's writing were toned down for the movie version of Dr. No that was screened a few months earlier. I didn't get the same sense of crass snobery and bigotry from JRR Tolkien.

Fucktard + asshole = warning for flaming

 

[TedShatner10]

I apologise toCaptJimboJones and Top41 for snapping violently like that, I was in a very funny, impulsive mood at the time (partially brought on by a cold) and had a similar outburst in a duplicate thread in a different BBS, so please don't take my rantings and foul language so personally.

Back on topic, back in the 1950s and 60s, Ian Fleming at the time came under attack from many critics for his childish sexism and occasionally snide snobbery that he wrote into his novels, even if they're fairly readable action/spy/detective thrillers that hold up well enough today. I think he was a hack, but a creative and fun one with his own distinctive spark.