James Bond 007 Blog

The James Bond Encyclopedia is being released on October 15th. We were fortunate enough to get our hands on an advance copy of the book, and wanted to share our initial thoughts on the book.

The book covers all matters Bond, both in Ian Fleming’s novels, and the EON production movies. There are sections of the book devoted to Ian Fleming, The Bond Style, The Role of Bond, Bond Villains, Bond Women, Supporting Cast, Vehicles, Weapons & Equipment, and The Movies. There is also a comprehensive index from which you’ll be able to quickly find just about anything you’re looking for that is Bond related.

In many cases you get to see how things developed from the novels, and arrive in a sometimes slightly different form in the movies. You read about Fleming’s original take on things, and how he incorporated them into his novels, and then how those elements were brought the movie screens.

The photography in the book is what really stands out, as the coffeetable style book is really built around the pictures of each item that is discussed. No character or weapon from the series is too small, as you’ll be hard pressed to find something that the authors, John Cook and Collin Stutz have missed. The best thing about a book like this is that you can either try and read straight though, or you can just randomly open a page and read an entry and enjoy it just as much.

It seems that you can go into Barnes and Noble and find a number of books that might seem similar to this one. They’re especially common around the release time of each new movie. Those books have nothing on this one. If you’re a Bond fan, this publication comes highly recommended by this blog.