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Post by Cpt. Sir Dominic Flandry on Apr 17, 2012 4:33:34 GMT -5
www.thebookbond.com/2012/04/william-boyd-to-write-next-james-bond.html?spref=fbWilliam Boyd to write new James Bond novel
Boyd takes Bond back to the Sixties with all the style and flair of Ian Fleming
William Boyd, the award-winning and bestselling author of Restless and Any Human Heart, is to write the next James Bond novel.
The novel, which is yet to be titled, will be published in the UK and Commonwealth in autumn 2013 by Jonathan Cape – Ian Fleming’s original publisher and an imprint of Vintage Publishing – and simultaneously by HarperCollins Publishers in USA & Canada. Rights were sold in the English language by Jonny Geller of Curtis Brown, on behalf of Ian Fleming Publications Ltd.
William Boyd is the third author in recent years to be invited by the Ian Fleming estate to write an official Bond novel, following in the footsteps of the American thriller writer Jeffery Deaver, who wrote Carte Blanche in 2011, and Sebastian Faulks, whose Devil May Care was published to mark Ian Fleming’s centenary in 2008.
Boyd is a writer of international acclaim whose 11 novels and short-story collections have been translated into over 30 languages with many of them adapted for film and television. While the details and title of the next 007 adventure naturally remain secret, the author has revealed that next year’s publication will mark a return to 'classic Bond' and will be set in the late 1960s.
Boyd comments: "When the Ian Fleming estate invited me to write the new James Bond novel I accepted at once. For me the prospect appeared incredibly exciting and stimulating – a once-in-a-lifetime challenge. In fact my father introduced me to the James Bond novels in the 1960s and I read them all then – From Russia with Love being my favourite."
Corinne Turner, Managing Director of Ian Fleming Publications Ltd, comments: "William Boyd is a contemporary English writer whose classic novels combine literary elements with a broad appeal. His thrillers occupy the niche that Ian Fleming would fill were he writing today and with similar style and flair. This alongside his fascination with Fleming himself makes him the perfect choice to take Bond back to his 1960s world."
As well as the publication of the new novel, 2013 is a significant year for Bond, marking 60 years since Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, was published by Cape in 1953. Cape was also the publisher of the first ever official Bond novel following Fleming's death in 1964, when Kingsley Amis took up the mantle writing Colonel Sun as Robert Markham in 1968.
Dan Franklin, Publisher, Jonathan Cape comments: "It is fantastic that Bond is returning to Cape, his birthplace, and even more so that he will do so in the hands of William Boyd. I can’t think of anyone better qualified."
"In more ways than one, William Boyd really is the perfect author to write the next chapter in the life of James Bond," adds Tim Duggan, VP and Executive Editor of HarperCollins Publishers. "His sophisticated storytelling, his knowledge of history and espionage, and his sheer inventiveness will all come together to make this novel as grippingly suspenseful as anything I’ve ever read."
Jonny Geller, Managing Director of literary agency Curtis Brown observes: "This is a dream come true – a fantasy literary combination. Bringing together this country’s most beloved literary character with one of our finest contemporary writers will produce a classic James Bond novel, true to the spirit of Ian Fleming."
Iris Tupholme, Vice President, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, HarperCollins Canada remarks: "William Boyd, whose mastery of plot and character has won him readers all over the world, is the right person to take the beloved James Bond in a new, fresh direction. We are delighted to be publishing the new Bond novel in Canada."
Boyd's most recent novel, Waiting for Sunrise, is published by Bloomsbury in the UK and HarperCollins Publishers in the US on 17 April.
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Post by drfanshawe on Dec 21, 2012 5:47:42 GMT -5
From Skyfall to the Sixties: New James Bond novel by author William Boyd set in 1969 www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/from-skyfall-to-the-sixties-new-james-bond-novel-by-author-william-boyd-set-in-1969-8406221.html James Bond will be thrust into a world of Woodstock, Vietnam protests and man’s first steps on the Moon, the author entrusted with writing a new chapter in the 007 saga has revealed. William Boyd, the third writer invited to pen a new story by the estate of Ian Fleming, will publish his Bond novel next Autumn, to mark the 60th anniversary of the spy’s first literary outing in Casino Royale. The acclaimed author of Any Human Heart, Boyd is giving little away about the plot, or even a title but has disclosed that his story is set amid the political and social ferment of the late 60s. “All I will say is it’s set in 1969,” Boyd told Radio Times. “Fleming died in 1964. He was in his mid-50s, so conceivably if he’d looked after himself a bit better, hadn’t smoked and drunk so much, he might have written a James Bond novel in that year.” The author has avoided Skyfall, the latest Bond film, which became the highest-grossing movie in UK box office history after just 40 days. “I deliberately haven’t seen it,” Boyd said. An expert in Bond’s life and times, Boyd corrects an error in the climax of Sam Mendes’ film, which sought to return OO7 to his childhood home, the Skyfall Lodge in Glencoe, Scotland. “Bond was brought up by an aunt in somewhere like Wiltshire,” Boyd said. “He was sent to boarding school in Edinburgh, Fettes – which is Tony Blair’s old public school – but only after he was thrown out of Eton for a dalliance with a maid.” “In the films Bond is a cartoon character, but in the novels he is far more troubled, nuanced and interesting.” Daniel Craig’s rugged portrayal is, however, true to Fleming’s source material. “Bond’s father was Scottish and his mother was Swiss so he didn’t have a drop of English blood in him. He’s not the suave Roger Moore-type English toff at all.” “New” Bond novels have been penned by American thriller writer Jeffery Deaver, who wrote Carte Blanche in 2011 and and Sebastian Faulks, whose Devil May Care was published to mark Ian Fleming’s centenary in 2008. Deaver’s story, set in the present day, portrayed Bond as a Royal Naval Reserve veteran whose service included a tour of Afghanistan. Boyd’s espionage novel Restless, based on a covert operation mounted by the British Secret Service in 1940 to manipulate and influence American public opinion in favour of joining the war, has been adapted for a two-part drama serial, starring Charlotte Rampling and Michelle Dockery, which is set to be a highlight of BBC1’s Christmas schedule. Boyd previously wrote Ian Fleming into the narrative of Any Human Heart, making him responsible for recruiting the protagonist, Logan Mountstuart, to the Naval Intelligence Division in World War II. |
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Post by Cpt. Sir Dominic Flandry on Dec 23, 2012 9:04:40 GMT -5
Fleming's Bond was brought up in his aunt's house in Kent and went to Eton so even though he has Scottish and Swiss parents (as everyone knows the Scottish parent was added by Fleming late in the book series to reflect the casting of Connery) Fleming's Bond does have a touch of the Moore English gentleman.
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Post by drfanshawe on Apr 15, 2013 14:29:04 GMT -5
New Bond novel to be called Solo www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2309509/James-Bond-New-novel-called-Solo-star-middle-aged-007-unauthorised-mission.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490The latest James Bond novel will be called Solo, its author William Boyd revealed today. Following the record-breaking success of Bond film Skyfall at the box office last year, Solo is hotly-anticipated as a follow-up to Bond creator Ian Fleming's bestselling books. Britain's most famous secret agent will travel across Africa, America and Europe as middle-aged man of 45. Boyd told fans on the opening day of The London Book Fair that Bond will 'go off on a self-appointed mission of his own, unannounced and without any authorisation' He revealed: 'The journey Bond goes on takes in three continents - with the main focus honing in on Africa. As part of James Bond's enduring appeal since the first novel in 1953, other authors have been writing sequels in the style of Bond's creator Ian Fleming. Boyd follows in the footsteps of Jeffery Deaver, who wrote Carte Blanche in 2011, and Sebastian Faulks's Devil May Care in 2008. Boyd explained: 'Titles are very important to me and as soon as I wrote down Solo on a sheet of paper I saw its potential.' 'Sometimes less is more. Not only did it fit the theme of the novel perfectly, it's also a great punchy word, instantly and internationally comprehensible The new bond novel will be published on September 26 in the UK by creator Ian Fleming's original publisher Jonathan Cape an imprint of Vintage Publishing, part of The Random House Group. Corinne Turner, managing director of Ian Fleming Publications Ltd, said: 'We and the Fleming family are looking forward to immensely.' |
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Post by harrypalmer on Aug 27, 2013 11:04:01 GMT -5
These new Bond continuation novels written by accomplished writers do not seem to be popular. When I read the Bond forums most fans hate them.
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Post by John P. Drake on Aug 30, 2013 17:10:10 GMT -5
Ian Fleming Publications revealed a plot summary...
Zanzarim. What the hell is Zanzarim? Have they lost their minds? Bond doesn't even have his charisma anymore. Even with the novels. Why hire someone who hates Fleming's novels and considers them "idiotic and supernatural"? It's simply ripped off from today's headlines! Bond was about fantasy merged with some realism, not a down-the-earth modern political conspiracy. They should make up their minds!
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Post by James on Sept 25, 2013 12:15:10 GMT -5
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 39104.html 007 author wants Daniel Day-Lewis for next James Bond filmWilliam Boyd, the author of the new Bond novel 'Solo', says he thinks Daniel Day-Lewis 'actually resembles the Bond that Fleming describes'
Wednesday 25 September 2013 As James Bond returns to print in a new adventure, author William Boyd has revealed his surprise choice to play the super-spy were it adapted for the big screen: Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis. Solo, released this morning at The Dorchester hotel, is a new novel featuring Bond set in 1969 with Boyd writing as original author Ian Fleming. The acclaimed author of A Good Man in Africa has written screenplays for work starring three Bond actors: Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, who he also directed in The Trench, and said he would not pick a favourite between them. “If there was going to be an actor to play my James Bond, I’d choose another actor who’s been in a film of mine and who is also called Daniel,” he continued. “Daniel Day-Lewis actually resembles the Bond that Fleming describes.” Fleming describes Bond in three novels as looking like Hoagy Carmichael, a singer-songwriter famous around the Second World War. “He was a tall, lean, rangy, very dark haired good looking man. there’s a sense that image is what he saw his Bond looking like. Daniel Day-Lewis looks a bit like Hoagy Carmichael.” Boyd said the films were getting “further and further away from Fleming’s Bond” adding: “The current Bond is fantastically interesting even though the current films are half a century on than the novels. The link gets fainter and fainter. The Bond films are all contemporary.” Solo is published by Jonathan Cape, Fleming’s original publisher and comes 60 years since Casino Royale was first released. Boyd said he had been given no remit for the character but all the “classic ingredients” for a Bond novel could be found in Solo. “You have to respect the tradition of Bond,” Boyd said. “It’s my invention, but of course being Bond you’d be a fool not to nod to certain aspects to Bond and aspects we love.” The supporting cast includes M, CIA agent Felix Leiter and Miss Moneypenny. “There’s a lot of eating and drinking, and a lot of reference to clothes. Bond is a sensualist,” Boyd said. “There is a certain amount of weaponry, automobiles and two beautiful women he has relationships with. It would not be a Bond novel without these things in it.” Boyd said he did not come under any pressure to sanitise Bond for the modern era, despite some problematic issues including accusations of racism and misogyny especially in the early Fleming novels. “There’s no doubt if you read the earlier novels, they are very reflective of the unthinking attitudes of a man of his class and era and education would have.” He added: “I have no desire to water down or make Bond more acceptable for modern sensibilities. He’s a man of his time. He drinks and smokes and does everything you’d expect from the classic Bond.” An advantage of setting the novel in 1969, the author said, “is the massive shift in attitudes that took place in the mid-1960s. An intelligent man such as Bond, though born in pre-war, could not have been unaware of how society and values were changing. I haven’t set out to make Bond ultra-modern, but he’s aware of how the world has changed around him and his attitudes have changed as well.” Lucy Fleming, the original author’s niece, said the estate was not only “flattered” that an author of the stature of Boyd would write a Bond book “but that he should do so with such panache”. Boyd follows authors including Kingsley Amis, Sebastian Faulks and Jeffery Deaver in writing new Bond novels. He said it was particularly helpful that he had written spy novels, Restless and Any Human Heart. “I had a familiarity with the genre and knowing what a spy novel has to do is a requirement to write a Bond book.” The author is also a self-confessed devotee of the Bond novels, and said he re-read all of them in preparation for writing Solo. Following in Fleming’s footsteps, he also included a few recipes for a dry martini and even a vinaigrette. “This is in the Fleming tradition. In one of his short stories there’s a recipe to make perfect scrambled eggs. I thought I’d borrow that device,” Boyd said.
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Post by Carl Stromberg on Oct 2, 2013 11:11:21 GMT -5
Seems odd that someone who looks like Craig was cast as Bond and yet everyone loves him.
I thought there was a specific Bond look.
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Post by mh4213 on Oct 5, 2013 3:59:02 GMT -5
Seems odd that someone who looks like Craig was cast as Bond and yet everyone loves him. I thought there was a specific Bond look. Now Craig is popular will the next Bond be a short, craggy looking serious actor? |
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Favourite James Bond Films: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Mission: Impossible and any upcoming action films starring Pierce Brosnan (no, it's not James Bond which is good because he'll need it to expand his reputation as an actor, especially in the action realm)
Favourite Films: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Star Trek, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Harry Potter, Middle-Earth, The Matrix, Mission: Impossible
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Post by FormerBondFan on Oct 6, 2013 0:07:50 GMT -5
Seems odd that someone who looks like Craig was cast as Bond and yet everyone loves him. I thought there was a specific Bond look. Now Craig is popular will the next Bond be a short, craggy looking serious actor? Like those minions said, looks don't count, and it doesn't matter who plays him. That being said, James Bond can be anyone or anything. |
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Post by James on Oct 16, 2013 12:36:46 GMT -5
Now Craig is popular will the next Bond be a short, craggy looking serious actor? Like those minions said, looks don't count, and it doesn't matter who plays him. That being said, James Bond can be anyone or anything. I think the casting of Craig was almost to give themselves complete freedom to cast absolutely anyone they want as James Bond. James Bond can be literally ANYTHING now after being played for the last several years by a 5'9 Derek Deadman lookalike with toilet brush hair. I would actually find it amusing if they had a black Bond next as everyone seems to be up in arms at the prospect. They would get a taste of how I feel at the moment. |
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Favourite James Bond Films: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Mission: Impossible and any upcoming action films starring Pierce Brosnan (no, it's not James Bond which is good because he'll need it to expand his reputation as an actor, especially in the action realm)
Favourite Films: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Star Trek, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Harry Potter, Middle-Earth, The Matrix, Mission: Impossible
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Post by FormerBondFan on Oct 16, 2013 17:37:13 GMT -5
Like those minions said, looks don't count, and it doesn't matter who plays him. That being said, James Bond can be anyone or anything. I think the casting of Craig was almost to give themselves complete freedom to cast absolutely anyone they want as James Bond. James Bond can be literally ANYTHING now after being played for the last several years by a 5'9 Derek Deadman lookalike with toilet brush hair. I would actually find it amusing if they had a black Bond next as everyone seems to be up in arms at the prospect. They would get a taste of how I feel at the moment. James Bond will be less and less human and may end up as a robot or a creature. |
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Post by Cpt. Sir Dominic Flandry on Oct 17, 2013 5:45:03 GMT -5
Like those minions said, looks don't count, and it doesn't matter who plays him. That being said, James Bond can be anyone or anything. I think the casting of Craig was almost to give themselves complete freedom to cast absolutely anyone they want as James Bond. James Bond can be literally ANYTHING now after being played for the last several years by a 5'9 Derek Deadman lookalike with toilet brush hair. I would actually find it amusing if they had a black Bond next as everyone seems to be up in arms at the prospect. They would get a taste of how I feel at the moment. I think you are being unfair on Sir Derek Deadman comparing him to Craig. ;D ;D ;D |
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