So begins Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, first published in April 1953 and the start of James Bond’s literary career. Although criticised at the time for “sex, sadism and snobbery”, the books of Ian Fleming feature a more complex character than found in the films and are full of detail and vivid imagination.
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- Moonraker: Characters from the novel
Supporting cast M Although the head of the Secret Service appears in the first two James Bond novels, Moonraker is the first time the reader encounters him outside his office.
Read more... - Moonraker: locations from the novelUniquely among the James Bond novels, the action of Moonraker takes place exclusively in Britain.
Read more... - The Bond Novelizations Part III: Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day
After the success of The James Bond Bedside Companion, American author and Bond fan Raymond Benson was appointed by Glidrose to lead the literary 007 into the late 1990s.
Read more... - Moonraker: Brands from the novel
Bentley In Moonraker Fleming gives more information about James Bond’s 1930 4½-litre supercharged Bentley coupé, “which he kept expertly tuned so that he could do a hundred when he wanted to”.
Read more... - Remembering Sir Roger Moore
It was one hot Saturday afternoon in August 1975 when I got my first taste of James Bond on the big screen.
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On this day...
- Anniversary of US publication of Moonraker [1955]Ian Fleming’s third James Bond book, Moonraker, was first published in the United States by Macmillan on 20th September 1955.
Read more... - Goldfinger goes on general release in the UK [1964]
September 18th 1964 saw Goldfinger go on general release in the UK following the Leicester Square premiere the night before.
Read more... - Goldfinger premiere at London’s Odeon Leicester Square [1964]On 17th September 1964, the third James Bond film, Goldfinger, premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square.
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