It ran in the family - his brother Peter was a travel writer. Fleming also had a keen interest in military and government and was a personal assistant and Intelligence officer in the Royal Navy during World War II. The role of Ian Fleming is played by actor Dominic Cooper. Fleming's attraction to the military may be attributable to his father, who was a war hero killed in World War I. Regardless, Fleming's work during the war likely provided background for his James Bond stories, and many of the people, places and particulars of his novels are purported to be based on real details of Fleming's life.
For instance, during his time in the Naval Reserve, his known code name was 17F, which could have given him the later idea for Agent , also known as, you guessed, it, James Bond. The prep school he attended growing up was next to the estate of a family called Bond, whose family motto was "The World is Not Enough". Fleming was a heavy smoker and drinker. After a heart attack in , he succumbed to his next one and died in To commemorate the centenary of Fleming's birth, a book titled Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming was released in and breathed new life into Bond.
For the reader dedicated to collectible Ian Fleming books, there are many first edition James Bond books in various printings, conditions and price points to suit every collector's desires. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email. Casino Royale, true first edition, first printing by Ian Fleming. Casino Royale. Collectible copies of Casino Royale. The James Bond books have had their ups and downs. Fleming was a shrewd and perceptive chronicler of a Cold War world much more dangerous than ordinary citizens understood it to be.
He created Bond as a blunt instrument wielded by his superiors to preserve and protect. Fleming fleshed out his with a flair for clothes and cars, a powerful athleticism and a fondness for women paired with a tragic inability to maintain love. Readers knew that at some point, however, Bond would always prevail. He wrote with a rare combination of clarity, action, sensuous detail, wit and fantasy.
Many are influenced as much by the film versions as by Fleming himself. A few have lost the daring and witty Fleming flavour altogether. The most successful maintain his taut action style while adding psychological depth and a contemporary sense of humour. Benson, author of the reference book The James Bond Bedside Companion , wrote six Bond books between and Bond ends up allied with the head of a Hong Kong triad in a race to keep the handover from becoming an explosive international disaster.
His women are troubled. There are other books still to come, about Bonds life. Ian Fleming Publications recently announced that Stephen Cole is going to continue writing the Young Bond series, with the next book planned to be released in late The James Bond novels have been adapted for a lot of mediums. They have been made into TV shows, movies, radio shows and even comics. When it comes to the books, other authors pick up certain areas of his life, and some have even written from the perspective of his Bond girls.
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