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Cover Art: Diamond Smugglers and Thrilling Cities

2009-06-29T20:50:20Z

I’ve actually been out of town for the past week so I wasn’t able to get around to posting about the cover art for the 2009 Thrilling Cities and The Diamond Smugglers reprints. The really good news is that these covers are pretty great in my opinion. The sorta-good news is that both reprints are available [...]

Casino Royale Popular Penguin Published

2009-06-29T20:47:43Z

enguin Books in Australia has published Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel, Casino Royale as part of their “Popular Penguin” line. It joins other great classics such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Ken Kesey), The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald), Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Truman Capote), Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), [...]

Who Is Up Next For James Bond?

2009-06-30T05:09:19Z

ot Sebastian Faulks. I don’t think many of us thought he’d come back, but theBookseller got a year-later comment from the author of James Bond’s latest adult adventure Devil May Care: “My contract did offer me a second go, but definitely not,” he told The Bookseller. “‘Once funny, twice silly, three times a slap’, as the [...]

A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks

2009-06-17T06:48:40Z

his coming September Hutchinson (aka Random House) will publish Sebastian Faulks’ next novel, A Week in December in the UK. It’ll be published later in October in the US. Here’s the synopsis: “A Week in December” is Sebastian Faulks’ first wholly contemporary novel. Set in London, it’s a brilliant social satire, structured like a thriller, that [...]

Reprints: The Diamond Smugglers, Thrilling Cities in 2009

2009-06-05T18:54:18Z

Mentioned in March of 2008, but according to CommanderBond.net, the reprints for The Diamond Smugglers and Thrilling Cities – two of Ian Fleming’s non-Bond books (though Thrilling Cities did include the James Bond short story “007 in New York”) will be reprinted in 2009. Just a quick bit of news there. Also, note that Ian Fleming [...]

SilverFin: The Graphic Novel Heading to the US

2009-06-05T18:56:56Z

wasn’t so sure this would ever happen, but I guess Young Bond is more popular over here in the states than I thought or maybe Disney just thinks the different type of media will do good. Regardless, the YoungBondDossier reports today that SilverFin: The Graphic Novel which was released in the UK last October [...]

101 Years Old

2009-05-28T18:18:25Z

oday marks the 101st birthday of Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908-1964) , author of the James Bond books and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Every year I’ve written up a little bio, but this year I’ll just point you to those older posts: 99 Years Old 100 Years Old If you really want some good books to read about Fleming [...]

By Royal Command Published in Paperback

2009-05-28T18:05:13Z

ver in the UK Young Bond’s fifth adventure was published in paperback. Included is an excerpt from Charlie Higson’s upcoming Young Bond short story “A Hard Man to Kill” which will be included in the non-fiction book Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier later this year. You can get an excerpt of the excerpt over [...]

Two Years

2009-05-22T21:49:15Z

1Bond007.com is officially 2 years old today. I’m sort of surprised I’ve made it this far. Shall we go for 3? I don’t know. Stay tuned.

Devil May Care Released in Paperback

2009-05-22T21:44:52Z

singlepic id=144 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=right]I guess I had it in my head that they were going to release this on May 28, 2009, which would be the 101st birthday of Ian Fleming. Turns out the US went ahead and published Devil May Care in paperback form on May 19th. You can get it in [...]