When Raymond Benson
wrote the THE JAMES BOND BEDSIDE COMPANION, first book to examine
all aspects of the James Bond phenomenon in a single volume, he met members of the Ian
Fleming family, as well as Peter Janson-Smith, the Chairman of Glidrose
Publications*. Benson stayed in touch throughout the eighties and
early nineties, performing various odd jobs (such as being
commissioned to write a stage play based on Fleming's first Bond
novel, CASINO ROYALE – which has never been produced). In late 1995,
Benson received a telephone call from Janson-Smith. John Gardner, the
current author of the Bond books had announced that he was retiring
from the series. Janson-Smith asked if Raymond Benson if he would be
interested in “giving it a shot.” Benson was floored but met the
challenge. Throughout most of 1996, he wrote his first James Bond
novel, ZERO MINUS TEN, as well as a short story, BLAST FROM THE
PAST. The short story appeared in the January 1997 issue of
PLAYBOY
magazine, the first James Bond story to be featured in the
publication since Ian Fleming's 1962 novella OCTOPUSSY was serialized
over two issues in 1966. A new short story, MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DOOM, appeared in the
45th Anniversary issue (January 1999) of PLAYBOY. In this
unique story, James Bond meets Hugh Hefner at the PLAYBOY
Mansion! Another short story LIVE AT FIVE, was published in the November 13,
1999 issue of TV Guide magazine. In 2003, Raymond Benson left the
world of James Bond to write his own original works.
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The James
Bond Bedside Companion |
First
published 1984 in New York by Dodd Mead |
Hardcover |
Dust jacket
designed by Peter Thorpe |
Illustration
of James Bond's coat of arms on reverse of dust jacket |
[1986 US
Galahad edition reverse illustrated] |
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BOND AND THE BUNNY
007 MAGAZINE Collectors’ Guide
to James Bond & PLAYBOY |
*On completion of his first James
Bond novel, CASINO ROYALE, in 1952, Ian Fleming took the
advice of his accountant and purchased a small production
company, Glidrose Productions Limited (so named for its
founders, John Gliddon and Norman Rose). He assigned most of
his rights in CASINO ROYALE and the works which followed it to
Glidrose and seventy years and two changes of name later, Ian
Fleming Publications Ltd still administers Ian Fleming's
literary estate.
In 1956, on the recommendation of friend and fellow thriller
writer Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming hired a young literary agent,
Peter Janson-Smith, to handle the foreign translation rights
in the Bond novels. For the next forty-five years, Peter
Janson-Smith was the company's literary consultant and
some-time Chairman, guiding both it and Bond through many
changes. By the time of Peter Janson-Smith’s retirement in
2001, the Fleming Bond novels and those by Kingsley Amis, John
Gardner and Raymond Benson, had sold close to a hundred
million copies worldwide. Today, Ian Fleming Publications Ltd
is wholly owned by the Fleming family.
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SEBASTIAN FAULKS (writing as Ian Fleming) |
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DEVIL MAY CARE (2008) Published to
mark the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth |
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Sebastian Faulks
(1953- )
www.sebastianfaulks.com
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DEVIL MAY
CARE |
First
published
28th May 2008
in London by Penguin |
Dust jacket
designed by
The Partners |
Priced at £18.99 |
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CARTE BLANCHE
(2011) |
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Jeffery Deaver
(1950- )
www.jefferydeaver.com |
CARTE BLANCHE |
First published
26th May 2011
in London by
Hodder & Stoughton |
Dust jacket
designed by
David Gill |
Priced at £19.99 |
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SOLO (2013) |
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William Boyd
(1952- )
www.williamboyd.co.uk |
SOLO |
First published
26th September 2013
in London by
Jonathan Cape |
Dust Jacket
designed by
Suzanne Dean |
Priced at £18.99 |
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TRIGGER MORTIS
(2015)
FOREVER AND A DAY (2018)
WITH A MIND TO KILL (2022)
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WITH A MIND TO
KILL* |
Alternate variant
first edition with stencilled
‘007’ page edge *Waterstones exclusive |
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TRIGGER MORTIS |
First published
8th September 2015
in London by
Orion Publishing Group |
Black cloth,
silver
lettering with embossed
skull motif on front board. |
Wraparound dust
jacket designed by
Joy Cohn/Niels Jahn Knudsen |
Priced at £18.99 |
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FOREVER AND A
DAY |
First published
31st May 2018
in London by Jonathan Cape |
Black cloth, gilt
lettering with embossed
boat motif on front board and 007 logo on rear board. |
Wraparound dust
jacket
designed by Kris Potter |
Priced at £18.99 |
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WITH A MIND TO
KILL |
First published
26th May 2022
in London by Jonathan Cape |
White cloth,
silver-blue lettering with embedded
bullet motif on front board. |
Dust jacket
designed by Kris Potter |
Priced at £20.00 |
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TRIGGER MORTIS
Embossed skull motif
on front board |
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FOREVER AND A
DAY
Embossed boat motif
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ON HIS MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
(2023) Published on
4th May 2023 to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday
May 6th – and 60 years after the publication of Ian Fleming’s tenth novel,
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, in 1963. All royalties from sales of the
book will support the work of the National Literacy Trust, an independent
UK charity working with schools and communities to give disadvantaged
children the literacy skills to succeed in life. |
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Charlie Higson
(1958- )
www.charliehigson.co.uk |
ON HIS
MAJESTY'S
SECRET SERVICE |
First published
4th May 2023
in London by
Ian Fleming Publications |
Cover designed by
Steven Aspinall |
Priced at £12.99 |
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LICENCED SPIN-OFF NOVELS BY OTHER AUTHORS |
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Glidrose Productions,
which later became Ian Fleming Publications
(IFP) have also licenced several spin-off novels featuring the character
of James Bond, or others from the Ian Fleming universe. The first of these
was The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½ (1967) which featured
a lead character who is the nephew of James Bond and bearing the same name
as his uncle. However, in Ian Fleming's own novels James Bond was was an
only child and an orphan.
The Moneypenny Diaries is a series chronicling the
life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James
Bond novels. The diaries were written by Samantha Weinberg under the
pseudonym Kate Westbrook, who is credited as the “editor”. Also in 2005
Charlie Higson wrote SILVERFIN, the first in a series of James Bond novels
aimed at young adults. The stories featured Ian Fleming's character as a
teenager attending school at Eton College in the 1930s. Higson's final
YOUNG BOND novel was published in 2008. The series resumed in 2014, with
Steve Cole taking over the writing duties for a further four novels. In
2021 IFP announced a new series of novels not featuring James Bond as the
main character, but instead introducing readers to a new generation of
Double-O agents. Written by Kim Sherwood, the first novel in the series
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ARTHUR CALDER-MARSHALL (writing under the pseudonym R. D. MASCOTT) |
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Arthur
Calder-Marshall
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ADVENTURES OF JAMES BOND JUNIOR 003½ (1967) UK title
003½ THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES BOND JUNIOR (1968) US title
The daring exploits of the nephew of 007 (A story for boys and girls
aged 8-14)The
children's novel centres around the exploits of James Bond Junior (son of David
Bond - presumably the brother of Ian Fleming's character), and his
gang of schoolmates called the “Pride of Lions”. The Adventures of
James Bond Junior 003½ was published under the pseudonym R. D. Mascott, whose real identity was kept a secret for decades until it
was confirmed by his executors to be English novelist Arthur Calder-Marshall (19 August
1908 – 17 April 1992). The Adventures of
James Bond Junior 003½ can now be seen as a
less-than-successful attempt to launch the character at the youth
market, and whilst reasonably well-received by critics upon
publication, no follow-up
was produced. Although an officially licenced spin-off from the
literary James Bond series, its place within the canon has never been
fully established. The idea of James Bond's nephew was resurrected in
1991 with the US animated TV series co-created by James Bond film
producer Michael G. Wilson. James Bond Jr. debuted on September
30, 1991 and ran for 65 22-minute episodes ending on March 2, 1992. |
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THE ADVENTURES OF
JAMES BOND JUNIOR 003½ |
Illustration by
Christopher Chamberlain
(1918-1984) |
003½ THE ADVENTURES
OF
JAMES BOND JUNIOR |
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First
published October 1967
in London by
Jonathan Cape |
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First
published 1968
in New York by
Random House |
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Hardcover
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Hardcover |
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Illustrated dust jacket
priced at 16s
Jacket drawing by Jane Hood |
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Colour illustration on front board |
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Frontispiece and nine
black & white illustrations
by Christopher Chamberlain |
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27 black & white
illustrations by
Michael Jackson |
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SAMANTHA WEINBERG (writing under the pseudonym KATE WESTBROOK) |
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Samantha
Weinberg
(1966- ) |
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THE
MONEYPENNY DIARIES: GUARDIAN ANGEL (2005)
THE MONEYPENNY DIARIES: SECRET SERVANT (2006)
THE MONEYPENNY DIARIES: FINAL FLING (2008)
Samantha Weinberg also wrote two short
stories featuring Jane Moneypenny:
FIRST DATE was originally published in the November 11, 2006 issue of
The Spectator, and FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, JAMES first appeared in
the November 2006 issue of Tatler (with illustrations by Mick
Brownfield). The two short stories were released for free as an Amazon
Kindle edition on September 10, 2020 under the title THE MONEYPENNY
DIARIES: SECRET CHAPTERS. |
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THE MONEYPENNY
DIARIES GUARDIAN ANGEL |
First published
10th October 2005
in London by John Murray |
Hardcover |
Priced at £17.99 |
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THE MONEYPENNY
DIARIES SECRET SERVANT |
First published
2nd November 2006
in London by John Murray |
Hardcover |
Priced at £17.99 |
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THE MONEYPENNY
DIARIES FINAL FLING |
First published
1st May 2008
in London by John Murray |
Hardcover |
Cover artist Stina
Perrson |
Priced at £17.99 |
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THE MONEYPENNY
DIARIES SECRET CHAPTERS |
Amazon Kindle
edition
10th September 2020 |
Contains two short
stories:
FIRST DATE
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, JAMES |
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SILVERFIN (2005)
BLOOD FEVER (2006) DOUBLE OR DIE (2007)
HURRICANE GOLD (2007)
BY ROYAL COMMAND (2008)
DANGER
SOCIETY:
THE YOUNG BOND DOSSIER (2009)
A non-fiction companion to the YOUNG BOND series of novels.
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SILVERFIN |
BLOOD FEVER |
DOUBLE OR DIE |
HURRICANE GOLD |
First published
3rd
March 2005
in London by Puffin/Penguin |
First published
5th
January 2006
in London by Puffin/Penguin |
First published
4th
January 2007
in
London by Puffin/Penguin |
First published
6
September 2007
in London by Puffin/Penguin |
Softcover |
Softcover |
Softcover |
Hardcover |
Cover
designed by
Peter Dazeley |
Cover
designed by
DK Images |
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Priced at £6.99 |
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DANGER SOCIETY:
THE YOUNG BOND DOSSIER
A non-fiction companion to the YOUNG BOND series of novels written by
Charlie Higson. The book contains in-depth character profiles of the
cars, the weapons and the exotic locations, plus facts, statistics,
photographs and maps, with illustrations by Kev Walker (1965- ).
The book also
includes an original YOUNG BOND short story by Charlie Higson entitled
A HARD MAN TO KILL.
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DANGER SOCIETY:
THE YOUNG BOND DOSSIER |
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3rd
September 2008
in London by Puffin/Penguin |
First published
29th October 2009
in London by Puffin/Penguin |
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