Hmm . . . A 21st century John LeCarre version of a William Gibson novel, then.
November 1, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Hmm . . . A 21st century John LeCarre version of a William Gibson novel, then.
"Everybody knows that Redheads are halfway to Hell already." - John LeCarre
November 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM
"Everybody knows that Redheads are halfway to Hell already." - John LeCarre
For a moment, I thought you meant this was an actual time travel story! Then when I saw it was a LeCarre George Smiley story I got even more confused: a Smiley sci-fi story!?
Nevertheless. Smiley in Los Angeles? I'm there.
Nevertheless. Smiley in Los Angeles? I'm there.
November 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
For a moment, I thought you meant this was an actual time travel story! Then when I saw it was a LeCarre George Smiley story I got even more confused: a Smiley sci-fi story!?
Nevertheless. Smiley in Los Angeles? I'm there.
Nevertheless. Smiley in Los Angeles? I'm there.
Oh my! We have it in my local library and I have just put a hold on it.
Many thanks!!
Many thanks!!
November 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Oh my! We have it in my local library and I have just put a hold on it.
Many thanks!!
Many thanks!!
It’s a fantastic show which I first discovered late last year - espionage with no fake shiny bits, just the ruthless decisions and internal politics. In a shameless segue I will mention that it inspired me to create a solo rpg “Scalphunter” (the LeCarre name for the same department)
November 6, 2026 at 12:05 PM
It’s a fantastic show which I first discovered late last year - espionage with no fake shiny bits, just the ruthless decisions and internal politics. In a shameless segue I will mention that it inspired me to create a solo rpg “Scalphunter” (the LeCarre name for the same department)
I’ve been on this Lecarre plunge and have now read all 9 of the George Smiley books in about 2.5 months and what a journey it’s been. Those later books go surprisingly hard about the toll a life of deception has on one’s humanity.
October 30, 2026 at 10:40 AM
I’ve been on this Lecarre plunge and have now read all 9 of the George Smiley books in about 2.5 months and what a journey it’s been. Those later books go surprisingly hard about the toll a life of deception has on one’s humanity.
Great actors listen. The greatest actors hear for the first time, every time.
Patrick Stewart has no dialogue but owns the scene as Karla in BBC's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Patrick Stewart has no dialogue but owns the scene as Karla in BBC's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
From the LeCarre community on Reddit: Patrick Stewart as Karla in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979). Just one scene between him and Alec Guinness, in which Stewart has no dialogue. Magic!
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October 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Great actors listen. The greatest actors hear for the first time, every time.
Patrick Stewart has no dialogue but owns the scene as Karla in BBC's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Patrick Stewart has no dialogue but owns the scene as Karla in BBC's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Did I recommend A Spy Among Friends here? Or was it in a different thread... anyway, it's a docudrama about Kim Philby, the notorious double agent and his service bestie, Nicholas Elliot. www.imdb.com/title/tt1556...
LeCarre does his own version somewhere along the series.
LeCarre does his own version somewhere along the series.
www.imdb.com
October 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Did I recommend A Spy Among Friends here? Or was it in a different thread... anyway, it's a docudrama about Kim Philby, the notorious double agent and his service bestie, Nicholas Elliot. www.imdb.com/title/tt1556...
LeCarre does his own version somewhere along the series.
LeCarre does his own version somewhere along the series.
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Yeah, also when they started bringing back people we thought were done. I thought when you-know-who was compromised by Russian rubles that they were going for a LeCarre-esque bang & whimper ending.
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Yeah, also when they started bringing back people we thought were done. I thought when you-know-who was compromised by Russian rubles that they were going for a LeCarre-esque bang & whimper ending.
October 24, 2026 at 10:38 PM
~SPOILERS~
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Yeah, also when they started bringing back people we thought were done. I thought when you-know-who was compromised by Russian rubles that they were going for a LeCarre-esque bang & whimper ending.
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Yeah, also when they started bringing back people we thought were done. I thought when you-know-who was compromised by Russian rubles that they were going for a LeCarre-esque bang & whimper ending.
LeCarre: I wrote my book “The Looking Glass War” as a cautionary tale
DoD: At long last, we have created Operation Looking Glass from classic espionage novel Don't Create a Looking Glass War
DoD: At long last, we have created Operation Looking Glass from classic espionage novel Don't Create a Looking Glass War
October 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
LeCarre: I wrote my book “The Looking Glass War” as a cautionary tale
DoD: At long last, we have created Operation Looking Glass from classic espionage novel Don't Create a Looking Glass War
DoD: At long last, we have created Operation Looking Glass from classic espionage novel Don't Create a Looking Glass War
I’ve read so many spy novels in my lifetime, but the John LeCarre ones deal with this exact scenario so well. The phycology of killing someone is intense and there’s no preparing you for it.
October 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I’ve read so many spy novels in my lifetime, but the John LeCarre ones deal with this exact scenario so well. The phycology of killing someone is intense and there’s no preparing you for it.
new LeCarré adaptation
tinfoil tyler baldface lie
tinfoil tyler baldface lie
October 23, 2026 at 3:20 PM
new LeCarré adaptation
tinfoil tyler baldface lie
tinfoil tyler baldface lie
I can't remember if it was you or someone else who said, 'the tragedy of River Cartwright is he thinks he's in a Bond movie while he's actually in a LeCarre novel.' I would love for him to get that Bond movie, too. :) Go, River, Go!
October 23, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I can't remember if it was you or someone else who said, 'the tragedy of River Cartwright is he thinks he's in a Bond movie while he's actually in a LeCarre novel.' I would love for him to get that Bond movie, too. :) Go, River, Go!
new lecarre obsession doing nothing helpful for my already intense russophobia
October 22, 2026 at 3:22 PM
new lecarre obsession doing nothing helpful for my already intense russophobia
"The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing." - John LeCarre
(Happy Birthday to the king of spy fiction; October 19, 1931-2020)
(Happy Birthday to the king of spy fiction; October 19, 1931-2020)
October 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing." - John LeCarre
(Happy Birthday to the king of spy fiction; October 19, 1931-2020)
(Happy Birthday to the king of spy fiction; October 19, 1931-2020)
John LeCarre would have wanted me to listen to Ween while reading The Looking Glass War in a parking lot
October 21, 2026 at 2:42 PM
John LeCarre would have wanted me to listen to Ween while reading The Looking Glass War in a parking lot
finished 'the spy who came in from the cold' last night
anon if you're a nerd and u haven't consumed any john lecarre media in your life DO YOURSELF A FAVOR
it's so gd good i'm in love
anon if you're a nerd and u haven't consumed any john lecarre media in your life DO YOURSELF A FAVOR
it's so gd good i'm in love
October 20, 2026 at 11:35 PM
finished 'the spy who came in from the cold' last night
anon if you're a nerd and u haven't consumed any john lecarre media in your life DO YOURSELF A FAVOR
it's so gd good i'm in love
anon if you're a nerd and u haven't consumed any john lecarre media in your life DO YOURSELF A FAVOR
it's so gd good i'm in love
Alina Habba. $50 million. A pardon. Ric Grennell getting stabbed in the back over a measly $6 million. A Venezuelan billionaire.
John LeCarre would be blushing.
John LeCarre would be blushing.
October 21, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Alina Habba. $50 million. A pardon. Ric Grennell getting stabbed in the back over a measly $6 million. A Venezuelan billionaire.
John LeCarre would be blushing.
John LeCarre would be blushing.
@wychstreet.bsky.social an interview LeCarre gave to Greek public tv. www.ert.gr/ert-arxeio/t...
Τζον Λε Καρέ - 19 Οκτωβρίου 1931
Ο διάσημος Βρετανός πεζογράφος Τζον Λε Καρέ παραχωρεί συνέντευξη στην εκπομπή Οι «Κεραίες της Εποχής μας» και μιλά για τους λόγους που τον ώθησαν στη συγγραφή, για τους τόπους, τις ιστορίες και τους α...
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October 20, 2026 at 6:45 AM
@wychstreet.bsky.social an interview LeCarre gave to Greek public tv. www.ert.gr/ert-arxeio/t...
Happy Birthday to the greatest spy novelist of all time, John LeCarre, 1931, Dorsetshire, UK. He worked as an MI5 officer and turned his experience into fiction while still working, writing CALL FOR THE DEAD in 1961. He wrote 26 novels, 9 in his classic George Smiley series.
October 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Happy Birthday to the greatest spy novelist of all time, John LeCarre, 1931, Dorsetshire, UK. He worked as an MI5 officer and turned his experience into fiction while still working, writing CALL FOR THE DEAD in 1961. He wrote 26 novels, 9 in his classic George Smiley series.
You don't have to be John LeCarre to see this
October 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM
You don't have to be John LeCarre to see this
This isn't even clever twisty John LeCarre stuff. It's blatant obvious Tom Clancy style action.
October 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This isn't even clever twisty John LeCarre stuff. It's blatant obvious Tom Clancy style action.
Non esiste nessuna logica se non sono implicate le emozioni. Vuoi fare qualcosa e quindi la fai. Quella è logica.
Vuoi fare qualcosa e non la fai, questo è il collasso della ragione.
J. LeCarré - Il sarto di Panama
Vuoi fare qualcosa e non la fai, questo è il collasso della ragione.
J. LeCarré - Il sarto di Panama
October 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Non esiste nessuna logica se non sono implicate le emozioni. Vuoi fare qualcosa e quindi la fai. Quella è logica.
Vuoi fare qualcosa e non la fai, questo è il collasso della ragione.
J. LeCarré - Il sarto di Panama
Vuoi fare qualcosa e non la fai, questo è il collasso della ragione.
J. LeCarré - Il sarto di Panama
i may be a walking stereotype but at least I'm enjoying it.
October 16, 2026 at 8:37 PM
i may be a walking stereotype but at least I'm enjoying it.
Looks fantastic. I’ll always love Rodger’s cover for the game. Gave me a John LeCarré vibe. Great to see this alternate take on it.
October 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Looks fantastic. I’ll always love Rodger’s cover for the game. Gave me a John LeCarré vibe. Great to see this alternate take on it.