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Ian Fleming James Bond Reprints Coming In October

[sub]In addition, four new Penguin Modern Classics editions[/sub]

Authors Announced For Ian Fleming James Bond Reprints

[sub]Due out in October 2006[/sub]

All Ian Fleming James Bond Reprints Now Available To Pre-order

[sub]Due for release on 26 October 2006[/sub]

Ian Fleming James Bond Modern Classics Shipping Early

[sub]'For Your Eyes Only', 'The Spy Who Loved Me', 'The Man With The Golden Gun', & 'Octopussy And The Living Daylights'[/sub]

Ian Fleming James Bond Reprints Now Available

[sub]Shipping from amazon.co.uk[/sub]

So it looks like the UK gets a load of new Fleming reprints in October. Not only will we see all 14 books reissued with the cool Richie Fahey art on Oct 26, but Penguin will also publish the final four holdouts in their Fleming "Modern Classics" series on Oct 5. The books are on Amazon.co.uk. now.

New Fleming Reprints Coming in October

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Quite the year for literary 007 fans.

Good article, Qwert-O.

God, I simply love this cover artwork! I toyed with the idea of buying them a few years back, but as always, other things prevented me and after all I already have the Flemings both in German and English. But now, with that new introduction by different authors and these fantastic covers...

Well, a man's got to buy what a man's got to buy, isn't it?

Yes, I'm pretty sure I'll order them this fall.

Thanks for the heads up, Q.

That Modern Classics cover for Octopussy is tres chic. Must get that one.

The IFP website now has a full list of who's doing introductions:

CASINO ROYALE - Jeffery Deaver
LIVE AND LET DIE - Louise Welsh
MOONRAKER - Michael Dibdin
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - Jonathan Kellerman
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - Charlie Higson
DR NO - Simon Winder
GOLDFINGER - Ben Schott
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY - Barry Eisler
THUNDERBALL - David Wolstencroft
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME - Nick Stone
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE - Val McDermid
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - Mo Hayder
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN - Charles Cumming
OCTOPUSSY/THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS - Robert Ryan

Hmmm.... haven't heard of most of those folks, but I'm thrilled by the news (which has taken a while to trickle down to yours truly) that the wonderful Fahey covers will be hitting UK editions. YES!!!!!!!!

Mo Hayder for YOLT, eh? Chosen purely for having written the mediocre thriller "Tokyo", no doubt. Doesn't seem to be any imagination at all to this list - is there anyone on it who isn't a British thriller writer? (Fair enough, like I say I haven't heard of most of these people, but I would hardly be surprised to learn that they're all Brit thriller scribes.)

Still, those Fahey covers are the thing. Woo-hoo!

Authors Announced For Ian Fleming James Bond Reprints

[sub]Due out in October 2006[/sub]

WOW! Is the 2008 continuation author in this list then!?

The exact same thought occurred to me, BC, but I hope not. Just because someone's a reasonably established Brit thriller writer, it doesn't necessarily follow that he or she has the right to wear the crown of Bond continuation novelist (or, for that matter, to write an introduction to a Fleming reissue, he writes, warming to his grumpy theme ).

There are plenty of talented unknowns out there. Just check out some of the best of fanfiction. Yes, I'm talking to you, IFP!

I hope he's on that list -- because I hope it's Charlie Higson!

I'm thrilled that Jeffery Deaver is doing an intro for Casino Royale as he's probably my all-time favourite author. I'm sure he'd do a cracking Bond novel if he was given the chance too.