http://www.jamesbond007blog.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:33:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A great find from the Modern Mechanix blog. James Bond’s Weird World of Inventions 007 tangles with the trickiest assortment of supergadgets ever assembled for the screen in new James Bond movie, “Thunderball” By HERBERT SHULDINER Gadgetry is a smash hit in Hollywood. Dozens of new films and TV episodes are filled with zany ... http://www.jamesbond007blog.com/2008/11/20/james-bond%e2%80%99s-weird-world-of-inventions-jan-1966/ Great piece in the New York Times travel section this week. Ian Fleming’s Jamaica Excerpt: When Fleming made his first visit to the island 65 years to the month when I was there, he chose to stay in the cooler climes of the Blue Mountains. I followed his lead that evening and took ... http://www.jamesbond007blog.com/2008/11/13/ian-fleming%e2%80%99s-jamaica/ This might be old news to some of you, but with the 100th anniversary of Ian Fleming's birth coming up at the end of the month, Doubleday is releasing a new James Bond novel, Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks. What I find interesting about this book is that rather than ... http://www.jamesbond007blog.com/2008/05/02/new-james-bond-novel-coming-may-28th/ I recently had a chance to look over a new book by Robert Sellers entitled The Battle for Bond: The Genesis of Cinema's Greatest Hero. The book actually came out last summer, but Midpoint Trade Books NYC, Inc graciously sent over a review copy a few weeks ago. The book is the ... http://www.jamesbond007blog.com/2008/04/15/book-review-the-battle-for-bond/ I was pleased with the announcement this week that the 22nd Bond film will be entitled Quantum of Solace. The name comes from an Ian Fleming short story in the For Your Eyes Only collection. In this story, Bond is merely present as a story is related to him. He ... http://www.jamesbond007blog.com/2008/01/25/quantum-of-solace-to-be-next-bond-film/ 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. ... http://www.jamesbond007blog.com/2007/10/08/review-james-bond-encyclopedia/ We were saddened to hear of the passing of John Gardner, who picked up the torch from Ian Fleming and wrote Bond novels in the 1980's and 1990's. Gardner's Bond utilized much of the latest technology of the day, and attempted to modernize the character - a move that worked well ... http://www.jamesbond007blog.com/2007/08/13/john-gardner-1926-2007/ Here are the latest James Bond headlines from around the world: (Updated Automatically) Click for "James Bond". By Feed Digest http://www.jamesbond007blog.com/2007/06/11/more-james-bond-007-headlines/ We suck. We know it. We've dropped the ball on this blog. We'll try to do better. Let us know what you'd like to see in the blog. More novel recaps? Bond related news? Movie items? Trivia? Leave a comment and let us hear it... http://www.jamesbond007blog.com/2007/05/08/apologies/ How many elements from the novel can you spot in the trailer? http://www.jamesbond007blog.com/2006/09/14/casino-royale-trailer/