JAMES BOND 007 MAGAZINE | THE JAMES BOND NOVELS

Kingsley Amis also wrote two non-fiction James Bond books published in 1965. THE JAMES BOND DOSSIER started as a collection of analytical essays which grew into a book exploring the characters and settings of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels and one of the first books to take a serious critical look at the literary world of 007. THE BOOK OF BOND (OR EVERY MAN HIS OWN 007) was a tongue-in-cheek section-by-section guide for all budding James Bond wannabees, and describes in detail how to approach being a sophisticated James Bond type. Amis wrote this book under the pseudonym of “Lt Col. William ‘Bill’ Tanner” (Tanner was M's Chief of Staff in the last two Ian Fleming James Bond novels). This slim volume references passages in the Ian Fleming Bond novels to illustrate the various ways to act, drink, smoke and dress like 007. The dust jacket was designed by Raymond Hawkey, but unlike the UK Jonathan Cape version is not reversible.

THE JAMES BOND DOSSIER	THE BOOK OF BOND (OR EVERY MAN HIS OWN 007)
First published 1965 in New York by The New American Library	First published 1965 in New York by The Viking Press
Dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon (1923-2015). Red cloth over boards, with blue lettering on spine.	Wraparound dust jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey (1930-2010) with black Walther PPK motif on white front board

JOHN PEARSON

JAMES BOND: THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF 007 (1973)
A fictional account of the life of James Bond, Secret Agent 007. Written from Pearson's point-of-view as he interviews the ‘real’ James Bond (now aged 53) in Bermuda.

John Pearson

John Pearson
(1930-2021)

JAMES BOND:
THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF 007

First published January 1974
in New York by William Morrow & Co.

Dust jacket designed by Lawrence Ratzkin (1931-2011)

John Pearson is also the author of THE LIFE OF IAN FLEMING which was one of the first serious biographies of James Bond's creator. Pearson is unique in that he actually worked for Fleming during his time as Foreign Affairs Manager for The Sunday Times. Ian Fleming became a sort of mentor to the young Pearson who called him “the best journalist I ever knew.” The pair remained good friends from their first meeting in 1955 until Fleming's death in 1964.

THE LIFE OF IAN FLEMING

First published 1966 in New York by McGraw-Hill

Orange cloth with black and yellow spine lettering

Dust jacket designed by Jan Pienkowski (1936-2022)

Photograph of Ian Fleming by Horst Tappe on rear of dust jacket

JOHN GARDNER

John Gardner
(1926-2007)

www.john-gardner.com

LICENSE RENEWED (1981) [US spelling]
FOR SPECIAL SERVICES (1982)
ICEBREAKER (1983)
ROLE OF HONOR (1984) [US spelling]
NOBODY LIVES FOREVER (1986)
[Titled NOBODY LIVES FOR EVER for UK publication]
NO DEALS, MR. BOND (1987)
SCORPIUS (1988)
LICENCE TO KILL (1989)
A novelization based on the screenplay by
Michael G. Wilson & Richard Maibaum
WIN, LOSE OR DIE (1989)
BROKENCLAW (1990)
THE MAN FROM BARBAROSSA (1991)
DEATH IS FOREVER (1992)
NEVER SEND FLOWERS (1993)
SEAFIRE (1994)
COLD FALL (1996) [Titled COLD for UK publication]

GOLDENEYE* (1995)
A novelization based on a screenplay by
Michael France & Jeffrey Caine
*Not published in hardback in the USA.

The original John Gardner novels published in the USA all had the text “IAN FLEMING'S MASTER SPY” on the cover.


LICENSE RENEWED	FOR SPECIAL SERVICES	ICEBREAKER	ROLE OF HONOR
First published 27th April 1981 in New York by Richard Marek	First published 3rd May 1982 in New York by Coward McCann & Geohegan	First published 27th March 1983 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons	First published 24th September 1984 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons
Black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine	Black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine	Black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine	Black cloth, over blue paper-covered sides
Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.	Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.	Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.	Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.
Priced at $9.95	Priced at $9.95	Priced at $10.95	Priced at $11.95

NOBODY LIVES FOREVER	NO DEALS, MR. BOND	SCORPIUS	WIN, LOSE OR DIE
First published May 1986 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons	First published 27th April 1987 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons	First published 9th May 1988 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons	First published 24th July 1989 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons
Quarter green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine	Quarter blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine	Quarter blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine	Quarter black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine
Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.	Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.	Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.	Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.
Priced at $13.95	Priced at $13.95	Priced at $12.95	Priced at $13.95

LICENCE TO KILL	BROKENCLAW	THE MAN FROM BARBAROSSA	DEATH IS FOREVER
First published June 1990 in New York by The Armchair Detective Library	First published 17th July 1990 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons	First published 31st May 1991 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons	First published 8th June 1992 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons
Black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine	Quarter black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine	Black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine	Quarter green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine
	Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.	Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.	Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.
Priced at $18.95	Priced at $14.95	Priced at $14.95	Priced at $15.95

NEVER SEND FLOWERS	SEAFIRE	COLD FALL
First published 31st May 1993 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons	First published 31st August 1994 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons	First published June 1996 in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons
Quarter green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine	Quarter black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine	Quarter black cloth, lettered in red on the spine
Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.	Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.	Dust jacket illustration by Janet Tingey. James Bond logo design by Lynn Hollyn Associates.
Priced at $18.95	Priced at $18.95	Priced at $18.95

RAYMOND BENSON

Raymond Benson
(1955- )
www.raymondbenson.com

BLAST FROM THE PAST (1997)
[Short story first published in PLAYBOY, January 1997]
ZERO MINUS TEN (1997)
THE FACTS OF DEATH (1998)
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DOOM (1999)
[Short story first published in PLAYBOY, January 1999]
HIGH TIME TO KILL (1999)
LIVE AT FIVE (1999)
[Short story first published in TV GUIDE,
November 13-19, 1999]
DOUBLESHOT (2000)
NEVER DREAM OF DYING (2001)
THE MAN WITH THE RED TATTOO (2002)

TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997)*
A novelization of the screenplay by Bruce Feirstein
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999)*
A novelization of the screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade
DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002)*
A novelization of the screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade

*Not published in hardback in the USA.

Raymond Benson with the 1984 US hardcover first edition of The James Bond Bedside Companion published by Dodd Mead.


ZERO MINUS TEN	THE FACTS OF DEATH	HIGH TIME TO KILL	DOUBLESHOT
First published 5th May 1997 in New York by Putnam Publishing Group Design by Gretchen Achilles	First published 15th June 1998 in New York by Putnam Publishing Group Design by Gretchen Achilles	First published 7th June 1999 in New York by Putnam Publishing Group Design by Gretchen Achilles	First published 5th June 2000 in New York by Putnam Publishing Group Design by Gretchen Achilles

NEVER DREAM OF DYING	THE MAN WITH THE RED TATTOO	LIVE AT FIVE Short story
First published 4th June 2001 in New York by Putnam Publishing Group Design by Gretchen Achilles	First published 10th June 2002 in New York by Putnam Publishing Group Design by Gretchen Achilles	First published in TV GUIDE November 13-19, 1999 [With a full colour illustration by Steve Chorney]

When Raymond Benson wrote the THE JAMES BOND BEDSIDE COMPANION, first book to examine all aspects of the James Bond phenomenon in a single volume, he met members of the Ian Fleming family, as well as Peter Janson-Smith, the Chairman of Glidrose Publications*. Benson stayed in touch throughout the eighties and early nineties, performing various odd jobs (such as being commissioned to write a stage play based on Fleming's first Bond novel, CASINO ROYALE – which has never been produced). In late 1995, Benson received a telephone call from Janson-Smith. John Gardner, the current author of the Bond books had announced that he was retiring from the series. Janson-Smith asked if Raymond Benson if he would be interested in “giving it a shot.” Benson was floored but met the challenge. Throughout most of 1996, he wrote his first James Bond novel, ZERO MINUS TEN, as well as a short story, BLAST FROM THE PAST. The short story appeared in the January 1997 issue of PLAYBOY magazine, the first James Bond story to be featured in the publication since Ian Fleming's 1962 novella OCTOPUSSY was serialized over two issues in 1966. A new short story, MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DOOM, appeared in the 45th Anniversary issue (January 1999) of PLAYBOY. In this unique story, James Bond meets Hugh Hefner at the PLAYBOY Mansion! Another short story LIVE AT FIVE, was published in the November 13, 1999 issue of TV Guide magazine. In 2003, Raymond Benson left the world of James Bond to write his own original works.

The James Bond Bedside Companion

First published 1984 in New York by Dodd Mead

Hardcover

Dust jacket designed by Peter Thorpe

Illustration of James Bond's coat of arms on reverse of dust jacket

[1986 US Galahad edition reverse illustrated]

BOND AND THE BUNNY
007 MAGAZINE Collectors’ Guide
to James Bond & PLAYBOY

*On completion of his first James Bond novel, CASINO ROYALE, in 1952, Ian Fleming took the advice of his accountant and purchased a small production company, Glidrose Productions Limited (so named for its founders, John Gliddon and Norman Rose). He assigned most of his rights in CASINO ROYALE and the works which followed it to Glidrose and seventy years and two changes of name later, Ian Fleming Publications Ltd still administers Ian Fleming's literary estate.

In 1956, on the recommendation of friend and fellow thriller writer Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming hired a young literary agent, Peter Janson-Smith, to handle the foreign translation rights in the Bond novels. For the next forty-five years, Peter Janson-Smith was the company's literary consultant and some-time Chairman, guiding both it and Bond through many changes. By the time of Peter Janson-Smith’s retirement in 2001, the Fleming Bond novels and those by Kingsley Amis, John Gardner and Raymond Benson, had sold close to a hundred million copies worldwide. Today, Ian Fleming Publications Ltd is wholly owned by the Fleming family.

SEBASTIAN FAULKS (writing as Ian Fleming)

DEVIL MAY CARE (2008) Published to mark the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth

Sebastian Faulks