Welcome to mapping the world of james bond, a project to map all the locations featured in ian flemings 007 novels. Annotations and chronologies for ian flemings bond stories new edition at. Why casino royale didnt happen in original 007 timeline. Thunderball is the ninth book in ian flemings james bond series, and the eighth fulllength bond novel. James bond is a famous character created by ian fleming. This book is the result of analysis of each of flemings james bond novels. Film adaptations of the novels also only loosely drew on the story. My father introduced me to the james bond novels in the 1960s, boyd said, and i read them all then, and became very intrigued by ian fleming the man. The james bond chronology and genealogy philip jose farmer. Nevertheless gardner wrote a total of 16 bond novels, including two.
This character profile is solely based on the novels. He has been portrayed on film by the actors sean connery, david niven, george lazenby, roger moore, timothy dalton, pierce brosnan, and daniel craig, in twentyseven productions. The unofficial james bond timeline and reading order for all of the bond books from ian fleming. Auditrack entitled undercover provided roytalfree by. This book is a must have for anyone who is serious about the james bond novels. James bond original series by ian fleming goodreads. Sean connery, akiko wakabayashi, mie hama, tetsuro tanba. James bond is a fictional character created by the novelist ian fleming in 1953. What is the chronological order of james bond movies.
Moonraker ronnie vallence, loelia ponsonby bonds secretary, sir hugo drax. Although the james bond novels are intended to follow on from each other, the chronology of the story has been debated by some, and revised orders have been presented, based on various realworld references and series callbacks, although this perhaps wasnt flemings intention. Casino royale is james bonds origin in the novels and in daniel craigs rebooted canon, but that story never happened in the original 007 films. The james bond literary franchise is a series of novels and short stories, first published in 1953 by ian fleming, a british author, journalist, and former naval intelligence officer. Secret agent james bond and the japanese secret service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between russia and the united states.
The original james bond books as written by his creator, ian fleming. An interesting plot device for the craig era films was used in the ps3 game james bond. On 17 february 1952, he began writing his first james bond novel, casino royale, at his goldeneye estate in jamaica, where he wrote all his bond novels during the months of january and february each year. Amis was a fan of james bond and penned one of the first critical studies of the james bond phenomenon, the james bond dossier, as well as the light hearted the book of bond. While he is best known for james bond, fleming also wrote two nonfiction books. James bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive russian beauty in order to retrieve a soviet encryption device that was stolen by s. Detailed chronologies of events are represented at a dayofweek, month, day, year, and timeofday level. Lawrence, jack sutter, peter sparring, sverre arnes, bill harrington, and ian mennell original stories in comic strips john pearson.
It wasnt until 1962 that eon productions delivered the first cinematic adaptation of a james bond novel. With a new threat dawning, bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most recent missions. He first appeared in the 1953 novel casino royale bond is identified as a member of the wold newton family in doc savage. List of james bond novels and short stories wikipedia. With sean connery, robert shaw, lotte lenya, daniela bianchi. It lists all the important events which have taken place in the characters universe by writer ian fleming events are split into sections based on when they occurred, first by decade, then year and finally by month. Nevertheless, the creator of the charming rogue spy was english author and. Im excited that he plans to do the continuation novels next. Annotations and chronologies for ian flemings bond stories updated version. The book character which was created in 1953 by ian fleming has since went on to be featured in well over a dozen movies, many video games, and even more books. No is set before he became aware of spectres existence.
Im wanting to read the ian fleming bond novels, and ive read casino royale a while back. Ian fleming, kevin mcclory, jack whittingham, ivar. There are currently 40 officially licenced james bond books authored by six writers. His apocalyptic life 1973 it should be noted that only the original novels take place in the crossover universe. His service in the navy would later be a crucial part of his james bond novels. Does the james bond franchise have a set continuitychronology. Does the james bond franchise have a set continuity.
The legacy of james bond is such that movie adaptations of the series are expected to endure for the next several years and decades. Specifically, it is informed by casino royale, moonraker, from russia with love, dr. This 007 novel timeline is a comprehensive list of important dates in the history of the james bond literary cannon. It lists all the important events which have taken place in the characters universe by writer ian fleming.
It was first published in the uk by jonathan cape on 27 march 1961, where the initial print run of 50,938 copies quickly sold out. James bond is the most famous espionage fiction character. Since i run techdirt, book publishers frequently push random books on me. Since then, numerous james bond novels have been adapted into more than two dozen theatrical movies. Cbs paid ian fleming a thousand dollars to adapt his first novel.
James bond continuation novels the james bond dossier. The character was created in 1953 and he first appeared in the novel casino royale. List of james bond novels and short stories project. Below is a list of all of the official james bond novels in publication order including ian flemings james bond books in chronological order. This is a welldone ranking of the ian fleming james bond books by 007 fan calvin dyson. I thought it might be nice to not only show to the covers of these book, but the backs as well. I loved the first edition, but was unhappy with the translations. I seem to recall that casino royal and quantum of solace are set in the beginning of james career as a 00agent and that dr. A cryptic message from james bonds past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named spectre. Where does skyfall take place in the bond timeline. Is there a strict chronology, or is it easy to pick up a novel on its own.
There have also been a variety of actors that have undertaken the mantle of james bond over the decades. The first novelization of an unfilmed james bond screenplay, it was born from a collaboration by five people. James bond, often referred to by his code name, 007, is a british secret service agent. John griswolds progressive chronology of james bonds fictional career7. This video show a chronology of the various guns used by james bond in the ian fleming novels and the early film versions of those books. James bond novels by ian flemming version character. Fleming was recruited to the royal navy and served as a commander in world war ii. James bond movies in order almost everyone in america has heard of the iconic james bond movie series. This is a chronology of the james bond novel continuity, not of the films. Annotations and chronologies for ian flemings bond. In the original ian flemming novels though the chronology was very important, with the story in many instances picking up immediately where the other left off and it being confusing if you didnt know the last. That means that canadians can freely make copies of the bond novels, make their own film versions of them, and write stories featuring james bond in his role as a. I am curious, plotwise, what the chronological order of the james bond films are. Casino royale quantum of solace skyfall spectre bond 25.
It is also the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events. Chronology from latin chronologia, from ancient greek, chronos, time. Since then, he has appeared in numerous novels and over 20 films. Fleming wrote about james bond in 12 novels and then 2 short stories. Lets look at the more interesting question of whether and to what extent they tell a chronological story.
Bond is a british secret agent working for mi6 who also answers to his codename, 007. Publication order of john gardner james bond books. Capping off this maddening chronology is the fact that wed never get a proper adaptation of the first book, casino royale. The first ever adaptation of the james bond series was an hour long television production of casino royale in 1954. The james bond literary franchise is a series of novels and short stories, first published in 1953. Ian flemings james bond novels started being published in 1953, with casino royale being the first. The james bond character was created by english author ian fleming in 1953. This volume features the first four novels of the more. Here are the james bond uk first edition paperbacks spanning 1955 casino royale to 1979 james bond and moonraker. Following flemings death in 1964, glidrose productions, publishers of the james bond novels and since renamed ian fleming publications, approached author james leasor to write a continuation novel, but he declined. Events are split into sections based on when they occurred, first by decade, then year and finally by month. I kind of want to read from russia with love first, and then maybe go from there up to on her majestys secret service, since those are my two favorite bond films besides casino.
1591 128 95 891 555 1026 1184 702 686 998 1343 1377 1135 28 1339 517 132 796 391 478 60 1097 1388 355 398 197 478 1169 527 449 185 158 760 1139 285 1227