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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Out now - the latest CAN’T SEE THE FOREST newsletter with various project updates and some thoughts on the recent online conversations on charging for authors’ signatures.

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Make sure you are all caught up with the ChronologicalChristie.com podcast because our new episode discussing “A Murder in Three Acts” drops on Sunday.

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STRANGWAYS, JOHN: The Chief Secret Service agent in the Caribbean. A former Lieutenant Commander in the special branch of the RNVR [LALDn]. He was shot, along with his secretary, by Dr. No's hired killers known as the Three Blind Mice [DRNOn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STRAIGHT FLUSH: A poker hand that contains five cards in sequence, all of the same suit. The highest category of hand in poker. Bond produced a straight flush of 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 of spades to beat Le Chiffre in the high-stakes poker game at Casino Royale [CR06m].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Looking to add something special to your Bond collection? How about a fully restored production-used movie vehicle from the Ian Fleming Foundation collection? Check out lot #292 in the current Propstore James Bond Online Auction. propstoreauction.com/lot-details/...

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STORM: A megalomaniacal eco-terrorist who claimed to have perfected weather control and threatened to plunge the world into another ice-age. Bond tracked down his base of operations at the north pole and destroyed his weather control machine [STORMn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STOLYPIN, NIKOLAI, CAPTAIN: Captain of the Alexksander Kolchak, a Soviet Chapayev-class cruiser that was sent on a propaganda trip around the Mediterranean. [FAADn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STOKES TRENCH MORTAR: A portable small artillery weapon designed to deliver an explosive projectile over comparatively small distances. Major Von Richter used one to attack the building housing the Russian security conference on the Greek island of Vrakonisi [CSUNn]

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STOKE POGES GOLF CLUB: The golf club south west of London where Bond was a member. It was the location of a grudge match between Bond, Bill Tanner and his rival Roland Marquis and Union operative Dr. Stephen Harding [HTTKn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STOCK, JAMES: The cover name used by Bond when he was in San Francisco posing as a reporter for the Financial Times researching a story on Max Zorin [AVTAKm].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STLLITOE: A former MI5 security expert hired by DeBeers and The Diamond Corporation to stop thefts from the diamond mines in Sierra Leone [DAFn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STIRLING, MR & MRS ROBERT: The cover names used by Bond and Major Anya Amasova when they posed as a husband and wife team of marine biologists in order to gain access to Stromberg's research facility, Atlantis, anchored off the coast of Sardinia [SWLMm].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry -STILETTO KNIFE SHOE: Apparently a standard SPECTRE weapon, used by both Rosa Kleb and Morzeny. A boot or a shoe with a retractable blade built in that was coated with a deadly poison when it was deployed [FRWLm].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nice to see this at our local library this morning. Three of our books in the “Local Authors” display.

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STILETTO FIGHTING STICK: A traditional Japanese style bamboo fighting stick with a retractable poison tipped knife blade concealed in one end. One was used by an assassin who infiltrated Tanaka's ninja school in a failed attempt to kill Bond [YOLTm].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STEYR AUG A3: Bond picked up and examined an AUG A3 rifle from a stand in Q's lab, where it was presumably being modified [SPECm]

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nice surprise waiting in the mail my advance author’s copy of the upcoming MONACO HEI$T novel I co-authored with Van Allen Plexico This is the third outing in Van’s fun Harper & Salsa heist series, and I’m honored that I got to play along for this special story set during the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STEWART, SKIP: An Australian bush pilot who befriended Bond and picked up Bond following his walk through the Australian outback. Stewart flew a Piper Navajo PA-310 aircraft [ZMTn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Glad you enjoyed it. There’s a sizable back catalog in this series starting with Dr. No vs The Manchurian Candidate.

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Out now on your favorite podcast platform, the latest installment of Bond vs Spy Movie in which Timothy Dalton’s debut in “The Living Daylights” takes on Kevin Costner in “No Way Out.” - Look for it on the On Her Majesty’s Secret Podcast network.

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STEPHENSON, SIR WILLIAM: The Canadian born head of British Intelligence in New York during World War II. He retired to Bermuda where he played host to a convalescing Bond. Stephenson acted as the catalyst to introduce biographer John Pearson to Bond [BIOn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STEPAKOV, BORIS, GENERAL: A career KGB officer, who wrote a book called "The Stray Dogs" and became an expert in anti-terrorism and created his group of off-the-books agents to track terrorist activity. He reported directly to the President. [MFBn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Out today , the second part of our discussion on the Parker Pyne Investigates short story collection. You can find it at ChronologicalChristie.com or on your podcast platform of choice.

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Dropping this weekend at ChronologicalChristie.com the second part of our look at the Parker Pyne Investigates collection. It’s a gas!

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STENGEL, DOCTOR: The lead doctor in Nassau hospital who was in charge of Bond's recuperation after he was scratched with a curare tipped spear during the battle with SPECTRE divers at the culmination of Operation Thunderball [TBn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STEINKE HOOD: A device designed to aid escape from a sunken submarine, it was essentially an inflatable life jacket with a hood that completely enclosed the wearer's head, trapping a bubble of breathable air. [SEAFn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STEINCHRON, PETER, DOCTOR: An American pain specialist who wrote a paper on how much punishment the human body could withstand. He developed a list of the bits of the body an average man could do without [DRNOn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STEGA, PAMELA: The SIS employee who screened girls who applied for secretarial jobs. She interviewed Jane Moneypenny when she first joined the Secret Service [MPEN1n].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We were delightfully surprised by our stay at the Swan hotel in Harrogate. You can hear about it and its link to Agatha Christie on our Patreon-exclusive podcast episode “Agatha Slept Here.” - - patreon.com/chronologicalchristie

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STEFANO: A servant at Ugo Carnifax's palazzo, who helped Bond try and rescue the kidnaped Amy Goodenough [YB2n].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The latest CAN’T SEE THE FOREST newsletter has been posted, in which I reflect on a busy day at @armadillocon.bsky.social Convention, plus updates on a few writing projects, and a new podcast episode.

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Were you as shocked as we were at ChronologicalChristie.com with some of Parker Pyne’s actions in some of his short stories? - #agathachristie #podcast #pakerpyne @officialagathachristie

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STEFANIK: A KGB agent who worked for Colonel Yurogin but was also a double agent for MI6 [SKBTcs].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STEFANIDES: An Athens based silversmith who designed the pendant Bond found in Farone's hand [DMSKcs].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon - STEFANA: Henchwoman who worked for County Ucceli and trained his slave girls. She was in love with Rafaele Barbaro and was devastated when she found him dead and vowed to kill Bond. Bond left her and Ucceli to their fate when Ucceli’s condors attacked them [IOCcs].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STEEL, MAXIMILIAN : (aka Quasimodo). A former mercenary with a hunch back who started to wonder why he was killing and found the Reverend and the Disciples of the Heavenly Way. His specialties included arms smuggling, torture, and arson [QGAMcb].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STEEL CARTRIDGE: KGB operation to assassinate old sleeper agents embedded in MI6 and the CIA as a way to disguise the extent of Russian infiltration during the early days of detente. [CBn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Out today the first part of our look at the Parker Pyne Investigates stories. Available at ChronologicalChristie.com or on your favorite podcast platform. - #agathachristie #podcast

chronologicalchristie.com

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Love seeing all the CARS 20th Anniversary celebrations. Brings back great memories of the two years I spent writing Lightning McQueen’s adventures.

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Are You Happy? If not, consult Mr Parker Pyne” Arriving this weekend the first part of our look at the varied cases of Mr. Parker Pyne. - #agathachristie #podcast #parkerpyne @officialagathachristie

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - "STAY ALIVE!": The title of the Secret Service manual that Bond wrote that combined all the known methods of unarmed combat [GFn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Lemon Hog Publishing author Jarrod Alberich (@yardsaleartist ) is all set up at @dragoncon.org this weekend. Make sure to stop by and pick up a copy of his excellent book “Digital 007” on the history of James Bond in video games.

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Are you like us at the Chronological Christie podcast and have to read a series in publication order, or are you happy to just drop in and out at any point?

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STARLITE HOTEL: The motel where Bond stayed during his trip to the Wallop Island research center. His room, Redstone 205, was destroyed by heavy machine gun fire in Harry Johnson's abortive attempt to kill Bond [TMn]

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STATION Z: The local office of the British Secret Service that covered operations in Switzerland and was based in Zurich. Station Z was run by Alexander Muir, agent 410 [OHMSSn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Have you given our two episodes covering The Murder On The Orient Express a listen yet? - Hop on board at ChronologicalChristie.com

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STATION Y: The local office of the British Secret Service that covered operations in Yugoslavia and was based in Zagreb [FRWLm]. It also had an office in Belgrade [CBn].

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#BondOnTheCover - Pierce is looking hot on the January 1998 cover of Videoplay magazine

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Alan J. Porter @alanjporter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Daily #JamesBond Lexicon entry - STATION WB: The local office of the British Secret Service that covered operations in West Berlin. Station WB was run by a man named Tanquert, with Captain Paul Sender as his second in command. [TLDss]

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