Charles Stross:

Crib Sheet: The Jennifer Morgue: This success… got my agent's attention. She proposed a sequel, and James Bond was so obvious…. I… realized I had gaps in my movie experience. So I ordered the deluxe 20-DVD boxed set of Bond movies, and with the help of a local film producer and an inordinate quantity of beer, we ran through most of the movies over the next two months…