http://www.jamesbond007blog.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 02 May 2008 20:37:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ Moonraker Chapter Seven I don't know the first thing about playing Bridge, yet this chapter by Ian Fleming detailing how James Bond sets up and knocks out Sir Hugo Drax at the bridge table at Blades is absolutely riveting. You'll recall that we ended the last chapter with Bond appearing to be ... http://www.jamesbond007blog.com/2006/07/03/the-quickness-of-the-hand/ Moonraker Chapter Six It's been six months since I've updated you on James' adventure with Sir Hugo Drax and the Moonraker. A lot has happened here which has kept me from properly updating this page. To start with, I got married in May, and the preparation for that event and the ... http://www.jamesbond007blog.com/2006/06/19/cards-with-a-stranger/