Jeff

Read & collect signed spy novels. Write on spy fic @ | Podcasting on Nero Wolfe @LikeWolfe, Slow Horses @BarbicanStation & le Carré @lecarrecast

[Jeff @spywrite]

I got a chance to quiz Gary Oldman on how he approaches Jackson Lamb on SLOW HORSES. For a fan of the books and the show it doesn’t get much better than that!
Listen @BarbicanStation or ⬇️
https://t.co/MStRw62JrJ

[Jeff @spywrite]

@JeremyDuns haha. Jeremy, did you know that the James Bond movie series actually got it's start as a book?

[Jeff @spywrite]

@JeremyDuns Honestly, if you have to choose someone from Slow Horses, how about Christopher Chung, aka Roddy Ho. I think he fits it more than Lowden.

[Jeff @spywrite]

@JeremyDuns All time Shakespeare story?

[Steve Clemans @Steve09812]

John Malkovich Said Yes to Con Air After Page One

[Jeff @spywrite]

@stoneandthestar All that said, someone posted this from Succession and I really want them to just insert it as the Karla/Smiley flashback in the new show.
https://t.co/lN5RRuhzxr

[Brooks Otterlake @i_zzzzzz]

I'd forgotten about the beauty of Wambsgansian speech

[Jeff @spywrite]

@stoneandthestar Yeah, I just want to tell folks, let’s argue after we’ve both watched the movie/tv show/etc. I’m sure there will be plenty to talk about then. That’s how it used to work!

[Jeff @spywrite]

@stoneandthestar Main thing is the professor’s age but you can fudge that. May have missed something else, but a good writer can make most changes work if they stick to the core story.

[Jeff @spywrite]

@stoneandthestar I was reading about this. My guess is that with the move to ‘55, rather than a big jump of 40 years, they’ll do 20 and end up in ‘75. Kids get sent away due to all the upheaval at the time. Then can really lean into a glam Rock vibe, if it’s not just a trailer thing.

[Jeff @spywrite]

@stoneandthestar The new Nerd culture does not seem to have been a net positive in my view.

[Jeff @spywrite]

@stoneandthestar I also remember when (or at least it seemed to me) people found ONE all consuming passionate fandom. Now everyone is a "fan" of everything and feels the need to have some strong opinion it. I think we'd all be better if folks found a lane and mainly stuck to it.

[Jeff @spywrite]

@JeremyDuns Need to just cut that scene out and drop it in Legacy of Spies as the Tinker Tailor Smiley/Karla flashback.
Very much works.

[Jeff @spywrite]

@JeremyDuns Him paired with Sid has been great for many reasons, their chemistry pops unbelievably well, but the one I've appreciated has been the contrast between her competent agent versus his more doofy version.

[Jeff @spywrite]

The only solution is to read all the Christie's.

[Jeremy Duns @JeremyDuns]

I can think of two Agatha ChrIsties that fit but if I told you the title what would be the point in reading them?

[Steve Lichtman @stevel3000]

Love that Mulaney is promoting Charles McCarry’s brilliant but under-appreciated Paul Christopher novels to his 1.2 million followers. McCarry, a long-serving CIA officer, is arguably America’s greatest spy novelist. These books are grounded and authentic, yet also epic in scope.

[Jeff @spywrite]

@stevel3000 Love Tears, but Miernik might be my fav. Puts you the reader in the same spot as an analyst trying to figure out what's really going on. It's a great wilderness of mirrors novel.

[Paul Burke @Paulodaburka]

Coming soon 20/10 #SpiesonScreen @OldcastleBooks @CrimeTimeUK
@MarkEllis15 @AspectsHistory @PaulBrazill @janethynne appearing at @HullNoir @hull_libraries 10/10 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

[Jeff @spywrite]

@stoneandthestar Loved this show and it's playing with narrative. It was truly trying something different. And I didn't mind the ending even thought it drove people crazy. Recently rewatched it and most of it still holds up.

[Jeff @spywrite]

Found my new dream job.

[Jeff @spywrite]

@TVGrimReaper Ha. Very true.

[Jeff @spywrite]

https://t.co/ODGnv0YBRm

[Jeff @spywrite]

We're back recapping all the action in Slow Horses Season 6 Episode 1! I'm joined by Scott of the @SpyHards to talk through all the action. In your pod feed or link in the thread!