The World of Ian Fleming & 007

Are you ready for Spectre, the 24th film featuring super-spy  James Bond 007? (Excluding non-Eon produced films such as Casino Royale [1967] and Never Say Never Again.) It's in theaters beginning November 6th!

In honor of the new Bond movie, we thought it was time for a bit of a round-up of all things Bond, James Bond in the library catalog. We do have 13 of the movies available for your viewing pleasure, including examples of several Bonds - Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig. But there's so much more!  The original books by Ian Fleming! A teen Bond series for young adults! In the past couple of years a couple of Ian Fleming's non-Bond related books have been reissued, and there have been many other additions to the Fleming-Bond oeuvre.  How about taking one of the items listed below out for a spin?  All that we ask is that you treat library materials better than James Bond treats the cars that Q supplies for him...


Trigger Mortis: A James Bond Novel, With Original Material by Ian Fleming by Anthony Horowitz

Goldeneye: Where Bond Was Born - Ian Fleming's Jamaica by Matthew Parker

Secrets of Her Majesty's Secret Service [DVD]

The Signs of James Bond: Semiotic Explorations In The World of 007 by Daniel Ferreras Savoye [eBook]

Thrilling Cities by Ian Fleming

The Diamond Smugglers by Ian Fleming

Bond on Bond: Reflections on 50 Years of James Bond Movies by Roger Moore; with Gareth Owen [eBook]

The Music of James Bond by Jon Burlingame

Best of Bond-- James Bond: 50th Anniversary Collection  [CD]

The Life of Ian Fleming by John Pearson [eBook]

James Bond in the 21st Century: Why We Still Need 007 by Glenn Yeffeth [eBook]

For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming + James Bond by Ben Macintyre [eBook] 

Bond On Set: Filming Quantum of Solace by Greg Williams 

The Science of James Bond: From Bullets to Bowler Hats to Boat Jumps, The Real Technology Behind 007's Fabulous Films by Lois H. Gresh, Robert Weinberg

The Man Who Saved Britain: A Personal Journey Into the Disturbing World of James Bond by Simon Winder

The James Bond Bedside Companion by Raymond Benson 

Too Bad to Die by Francine Mathews 
A historical thriller featuring British Naval Intelligence Officer Ian Fleming!

Links

Spectre trailer: 007 things we learned about the new James Bond movie [Guardian] 

Meet the new James Bond femme fatales, Lea Seydoux and Monica Bellucci, in the latest Spectre video [EW] 

Radiohead Emerges as Frontrunner to Record 'Spectre' Theme After Suspicious U.K. Betting [Billboard]
  

Cool Spy Stories to Beat the Summer Heat

Baby, it's hot outside! But spies, whether real or fictional, always seem cool, calm, and collected. Here are some thrilling tales of real and imagined espionage from the library catalog to take your mind off the dog days of summer, including, of course, some fun titles regarding everyone's favorite spy, James Bond.



Non-Fiction

Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City, A WWII Spy, and A True Story of Deadly Adventure by Christopher S. Stewart

Ninja: 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warrior by John Man

The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville by Clare Mulley

Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day by Stephan Talty


Fiction

Jack 1939 by Francine Mathews

Becoming Clementine by Jennifer Niven [eBook]

The Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini

The Titanic Secret by Jack Steel

The Marlowe Papers by Ros Barber

The House of Rumour by Jake Arnott

The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen by Thomas Caplan

Death of a Citizen by Donald Hamilton [eBook]


James Bond

Best of Bond - James Bond: 50th Anniversary Collection [music CD]

James Bond In The 21st Century: Why We Still Need 007 by Glenn Yeffeth [eBook]

Solo: The New Mission by William Boyd

Bond on Bond: Reflections on 50 Years of James Bond Movies by Roger Moore; with Gareth Owen [eBook]

Sean Connery: A Biography by Christopher Bray  [eBook]

For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming + James Bond by Ben Macintyre  [eBook]

For Your Eyes Only: Behind The Scenes of The James Bond Films by David Giammarco



For more espionage fiction, try a subject search of "Spy Stories".  For more espionage non-fiction, try a subject search of "Spies".

007-The Spy I Love

I don't know about most people, but when I hear mention of the word "spy", the name that comes to mind for me is the ultimate fictional agent James Bond, created by the author Ian Fleming. Mr. Fleming was born in 1908 in Mayfair London to Valentine Fleming (don't you just love his father's name?) and Evelyn St. Croix Rose. Ian was educated at several fine institutions in England and Germany and on the eve of World War II in the European theater, he became the personal assistant to Rear Admiral John Godfrey, director of Britain's Naval Intelligence. Mr. Fleming was involved in several secret plans to topple the German war machine, including planning and gathering intelligence information for 30 Commando, a specialized commando unit, and he was able to use all of his skills and knowledge of intelligence into a successful writing career.

The first James Bond novel was Casino Royale, published in 1953, which was twice made into a film-- in 1967 with Peter Sellers and in 2006 with Daniel Craig. The second film can be found in the library catalog and can be placed on hold if you are not able to find an available copy. It is interesting to find that several of the Bond books were written in the 1950s and 1960s, but it was many years before some of the titles were made into big-screen films.

Several of the Bond novels can be found in the library system. Doctor No, Goldfinger, Thunderball are still available at some of the branches, and there are several reprints and e-book copies available through the digital download section of the webpage. In addition to the novels and films, there are also several other titles that explore the world of James Bond. There are The Moneypenny Diaries by Kate Westbrook, a fun, fictionalized account of the world of James Bond, Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks (billed as the new James Bond novel) published in 2008 and there is even a Young Adult novel called Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure by Charlie Higson. Some great non-fiction titles that delve deep into the Bond franchise are: The Science of James Bond: From Bullets to Bowler Hats to Boat Jumps, The Real Technology Behind 007; The Man Who Saved Britain: A Personal Journey into the Disturbing World of James Bond; and James Bond by John Cork and Bruce Scivally, which is a great book about the legacy of this enduring and well-loved British agent.

While Mr. Bond may not be a favorite of some, he will always be a part of me, brandishing his quick wit and intelligence, his love for the ladies, but yet enveloping himself with the grim determination to finish the mission and the martini, shaken, but not stirred.