Charlie Higson's SilverFin released as unabridged MP3 audiobook

An unabridged MP3 CD audiobook of Charlie Higson’s debut Young James Bond adventure, SilverFin, has been released in the UK by Chivers Children’s Audiobooks.

The Young Bond Dossier alerts us to this new release, which can currently be ordered from BBC Audiobooks, where it retails for £36.50.

This audiobook version of SilverFin is read by Nathaniel Parker, who has previously lent his voice to the previous Young Bond audiobook releases.

• Order the MP3 CD audiobook edition of SilverFin from BBC Audiobooks

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The Blades Library Book Club: SilverFin

Welcome back to The Blades Library Book Club – the place for quality discussions of the books of James Bond!

Every two months a James Bond 007 novel is chosen for the club members to read. A thread is posted in the CommanderBond.net Discussion Forums listing locations where you can find the novel. Discussions about the book will go on as the book is read and when it is finished. Another thread will be created so that club members can post their review and give a rating on the current book.

All fans of the Literary Bond are eligible for membership. All you need to do to sign up is register on the CBn Forums (it’s free and only takes a minute) and then post your name in the sign up thread.

The Book Club’s 36th Book

We are progressing though the James Bond 007 novels in chronological order, since quite a number of members are using the club as an opportunity to read the books for the very first time. After moving through the Bond novels by Ian Fleming, Kingsley Amis, John Gardner and Raymond Benson the club will now move onto Charlie Higson’s Young Bond era and start off with his first novel: 2005’s SilverFin.

Obtaining The Book

Ordering online should be fairly easy. SilverFin can be ordered online from the following sources:

• Amazon.co.uk
• Amazon.com
• eBay

Discuss other places to buy SilverFin or where you got your copy in this thread.

Discuss The Book While Reading

Want to talk about the book while reading it? Post a new thread in The Blades Library.

Review And Rate The Book

After you have finished reading SilverFin, you can discuss it with other club members in The Blades Library, and give the book your personal rating out of five in this thread.

If you have any questions or suggestions just post them in a new thread. Happy reading.

*New* Archive Of All Past Read Books

Additionally, club members can review or comment on any of the past read books in the club any time they want. Click here for the full archive of the past read books in the club.

Previous Books Read

• The Man with the Red Tattoo: October 2009 – November 2009
• Never Dream of Dying: August 2009 – September 2009
• Doubleshot: June 2009 – July 2009
• High Time To Kill: April 2009 – May 2009
• The Facts of Death: February 2009 – March 2009
• Zero Minus Ten: December 2008 – January 2009
• COLD: October 2008 – November 2008
• SeaFire: August 2008 – September 2008
• Never Send Flowers: June 2008 – July 2008
• Death Is Forever: April 2008 – May 2008
• The Man From Barbarossa: February 2008 – March 2008
• Brokenclaw: December 2007 – January 2008
• Win, Lose Or Die: October 2007 – November 2007
• Scorpius: August 2007 – September 2007
• No Deals, Mr. Bond: June 2007 – July 2007
• Nobody Lives Forever: April 2007 – May 2007
• Role Of Honour: February 2007 – March 2007
• Icebreaker: December 2006 – January 2007
• For Special Services: October 2006 – November 2006
• Licence Renewed: August 2006 – September 2006
• Colonel Sun: June 2006 – July 2006
• Octopussy & The Living Daylights: April 2006 – May 2006
• The Man With The Golden Gun: February 2006 – March 2006
• You Only Live Twice: December 2005 – January 2006
• On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: October 2005 – November 2005
• The Spy Who Loved Me: August 2005 – September 2005
• Thunderball: June 2005 – July 2005
• For Your Eyes Only: April 2005 – May 2005
• Goldfinger: February 2005 – March 2005
• Doctor No: December 2004 – January 2005
• From Russia, With Love: September 2004 – November 2004
• Diamonds Are Forever: July 2004 – August 2004
• Moonraker: May 2004 – June 2004
• Live and Let Die: May 2003 – June 2003
• Casino Royale: March 2003 – April 2003

Charlie Higson's SilverFin Graphic Novel chosen for Angouleme Selection

Ian Fleming Publications alerts us to the news that Charlie Higson’s and Kev Walker’s SilverFin: The Graphic Novel has been chosen for the Angoulême Selection.

The Angoulême International Comics Festival, now in its 37th year, is the biggest comics and comic books convention in the world, and has chosen SilverFin: The Graphic Novel as one of the 58 best graphic novels published in the last year.

For further information, visit the official Angoulême International Comics Festival website.

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Is Young Bond set for a return in 2011?

Our friends at The Young Bond Dossier have stumbled across some potentially huge Young Bond news today.

According to a Northants Evening Telegraph article, Harry Enfield (comedian partner of author Charlie Higson) was a guest at the ‘Kids Lit Quiz’ finals which took place at Oxford Town Hall on Friday, 27 November. Reading further on, the article points out that Mr. Enfield brought along a rather spectacular treat for those in attendance…

‘The guest at the final was comedian Harry Enfield, who did a reading from the first page of the new young James Bond book by Charlie Higson, which is not going to be available until 2011.’

If true, then it looks like the literary James Bond will be back in a big way come 2011. As 007 readers are well aware, Higson’s initial wave of Young Bond adventures concluded with the 2008 publication of By Royal Command, although Higson has hinted that there will be further books in the future.

CommanderBond.net stresses the point that this report from the Northants Evening Telegraph is not yet confirmed as publisher Ian Fleming Publications have issued no formal statement or announcement.

It is possible that the Telegraph are mistakenly referring to the forthcoming book in Higson’s non-Bond series, The Enemy…

…but we hope not.

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More signed copies of The Young Bond Dossier from Ian Fleming Publications

After the enthusiastic response to the first batch of signed copies of the Charlie Higson’s Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier, Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. will have a second extremely limited set, available for purchase from 10:00am on Monday 7th December.

If you are keen to reserve a copy before these books go on sale, please email your request to [email protected]. Please note that we will do our best to reserve copies as requested, but cannot guarantee that we will be able to meet every request that we receive.

Similarly to their last batch, in order to make sure that as many people as possible are able to order a signed copy, Ian Fleming Publications will again be limiting purchases to a maximum of 2 copies per mailing address. Orders of more than 2 copies per individual will be refunded.

Visit the IFP shop on Monday morning to buy your copy, or email [email protected] to request that a copy be set aside.

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International edition of Charlie Higson's Young Bond Dossier listed on Amazon

Back in June of this year, it was reported that an international paperback edition of Charlie Higson’s Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier would be released alongside the regular UK hardback edition in October.

As literary 007 collectors are no doubt aware, international/open market paperback editions of James Bond novels can be quite difficult to come by for collectors as they mark the first true appearance of the book in a paperback format and are often printed in extremely limited quantities.

For collectors looking to pick up a copy, this title is now listed on Amazon.co.uk, available to purchase from several marketplace sellers:

• Order the international paperback edition of Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier from Amazon.co.uk
• Order the UK hardback edition of Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier from Amazon.co.uk

International paperback editions were previously issued for Higson’s By Royal Command, Hurricane Gold and SilverFin—all of them appearing almost identical in appearance to the UK hardback original.

Touted as the complete and definitive guide to Higson’s Young Bond, the aptly-titled Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier includes in-depth character profiles, information on the cars, weapons and exotic locations, plus photographs, maps, and illustrations by artist Kev Walker.

As an added bonus, the book also features a brand new Young Bond story by Higson entitled A Hard Man to Kill. For more details on that story, click here.

Be sure to keep checking the CommanderBond.net main page and our Discussion Forums for all the latest Young Bond-related news.

Hurricane Gold US audiobook coming in March 2010

The Young Bond Dossier reports the news today that Blackstone Audio will be releasing an audiobook edition of Charlie Higson’s Hurricane Gold in the US early next year.

This will be the first Young Bond release from Blackstone as all three of the previous Higson Bond books were released under the Random House Listening Library label.

The Hurricane Gold audiobook will be read by Gerard Doyle and released as a 6-CD set, 6-cassette set and on MP3. All editions are due in March 2010 and available to order online:

• Order the US audiobook edition of Hurricane Gold from Amazon.com (CD)
• Order the US audiobook edition of Hurricane Gold from Amazon.com (Cassette)
• Order the US audiobook edition of Hurricane Gold from Amazon.com (MP3)

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Charlie Higson's Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier published

Charlie Higson’s latest contribution to the literary James Bond canon—Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier—is published today in the UK.

Touted as the complete and definitive guide to Higson’s Young Bond, the aptly-titled Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier includes in-depth character profiles, information on the cars, weapons and exotic locations, plus photographs, maps, and illustrations by artist Kev Walker.

As an added bonus, the book also features a brand new Young Bond story by Higson entitled A Hard Man to Kill. For more details on that story, click here.

Published in hardback by Puffin Books, Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier retails for £12.99 and can currently be picked up in stores or ordered online.

• Order the UK hardback edition of Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier from Amazon.co.uk

Be sure to keep checking the CommanderBond.net main page and our Discussion Forums for all the latest Young Bond-related news.

Ian Fleming Publications to offer The Young Bond Dossier signed copies

If you haven’t already ordered a copy of Charlie Higson’s latest addition to the Young James Bond series, Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier, then this brand new offer might be the perfect way to go.

Starting on Thursday, 29 October, the official Ian Fleming Publications Ltd website will be offering for sale an extremely limited number of signed first editions of the book.

Literary 007 fans will be able to order the signed Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier through the IFP website, with each copy priced at £12.99, plus postage and packaging.

As noted above, there won’t be many copies, so be sure to check back early on Thursday.

Touted as the complete and definitive guide to Higson’s Young Bond, the aptly-titled Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier will include in-depth character profiles, information on the cars, weapons and exotic locations, plus photographs, maps, and illustrations by artist Kev Walker.

As an added bonus, the book will also feature a brand new Young Bond story by Higson entitled A Hard Man to Kill. For more details on that story, click here.

Be sure to keep checking the CommanderBond.net main page and our Discussion Forums for all the latest Young Bond-related news.

Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier shipping early

Even though it isn’t due to be officially released until next week, the Young Bond Dossier passes along the news that a few online retailers are already shipping copies of Charlie Higson’s Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier.

Literary James Bond fans can order the book now from Waterstone’s and Amazon.co.uk, with both sites displaying ‘in stock’ messages:

• Order the UK hardback edition of Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier from Amazon.co.uk
• Order the UK hardback edition of Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier from Waterstones.com

Touted as the complete and definitive guide to Higson’s Young Bond, the aptly-titled Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier will include in-depth character profiles, information on the cars, weapons and exotic locations, plus photographs, maps, and illustrations by artist Kev Walker.

As an added bonus, the book will also feature a brand new Young Bond story by Higson entitled A Hard Man to Kill. For more details on that story, click here.

Be sure to keep checking the CommanderBond.net main page and our Discussion Forums for all the latest Young Bond-related news.