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A terrific find by doublenoughtspy. This looks like a MAJOR work and MUST have.

'Ian Fleming's James Bond: Annotations and Chronologies' Major new 007 reference book by John Griswold just released

Just when I thought all the bases were covered as far as subjects go another one comes our way. Sounds quite different from the usual fare.

What a great piece. This looks like a major work that is sure to be revered among Fleming devotees. One thing I found interesting: a university in Indiana has all Mr. Fleming's minutiae? Who bequeathed that? Or what did they pay for such a collection?

Looks really good to me. Might just grab this one.

Wow! I think this was inevitable. It could be argued that James Bond is the 20th century equivalent of Sherlock Holmes in literary terms and academics have long since discussed every conceivable aspect of the Holmes canon; it seems a natural progression to do the same for 007. My one miserly caveat is that it might stop the reader from joyfully stumbling across an interesting reference by accident - there's a danger that information overload could rob the books of some of their romance. But then I'm a miserable old scrote. Annotations and Chronologies looks as though it is going to suck the marrow from the raddled bones of Fleming's novels and provide lots of pleasure for Fleming fans. I might just buy it if the Finance Department accepts my chit.

I hope May has washed Bond's underpants.

Yeah I've always wondered how they ended up at the U of Indiana. Has anyone ever seen the works or know if they are accesible to the public?

This new book seems way to good to pass up.

Here's the link to the Fleming archive, which draws Bond fans like bears to honey:

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/fleming/home.html

Thank you Mr. Hitch for the link. Unfortunately, it still does not explain how they came to be the holders of the collection...perhaps I'll need to do some investigating. From my understanding, I thought a university held special collections of prominent alumni or citizens associated directly or indirectly to the university.

From that site: 'The Fleming manuscripts, 1952-1962, are writings of Ian Fleming that the Lilly Library purchased from Fleming's widow, Anne Fleming, in 1970.'

Ian Fleming's James Bond: Annotations and Chronologies for
Ian Fleming's Bond Stories

For more details and a Free Preview of the Introduction, proceed to:

http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/SearchCatalog.aspx

Enter the author’s name, John Griswold, as the search argument.

Once on the page with the small book cover icon, click on the icon
and the page with the details will appear when you scroll down the page.

The book also has an annotation for the origin of the
name ‘Shatterhand’.

Also included is the hole-by-hole layout of the Royal St Marks
golf course (based on the Royal St George's golf course as it
was in the late 1950's) in 'Goldfinger'.

Interesting that IFP were prepared to give their blessing to a self-published book.

And provide a forward.