Anniversary BONDS for 2025

HAPPY NEW YEAR and welcome to another year of The Book Bond. Here's a rundown of the Bond novels that will be celebrating notable anniversaries this year. Break out the bookmarks and champagne!

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70th Anniversary

Ian Fleming's third Bond novel finds 007 tangling with the megalomanic Elon Musk. I mean Hugo Drax! Moonraker was published by Jonathan Cape on April 5, 1955 in the UK, and in the U.S. by Macmillian on September 20, 1955.

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60th Anniversary

Ian Fleming's final James Bond novel was published posthumously by Jonathan Cape in the UK on April 1, 1965. It was released in the U.S. in August 1965, by New American Library.

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40th Anniversary

John Gardner took 1985 off, but that didn't mean there wasn't a 007 novel that year...if you knew Jim Hatfield. CLICK HERE for the strange tale of this first unofficial James Bond novel, which turns 40 this year.

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30th Anniversary

John Gardner's novelization of the great comeback James Bond film GoldenEye released in November 1995. A rare hardcover edition was published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton.

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25th Anniversary

Raymond Benson's fourth original James Bond novel, Doubleshot, turns 25. The book was published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton on May 4, 2000. The U.S. edition from Putnam was published on June 5, 2000. 

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20th Anniversary

The terrific Young Bond series by Charlie Higson was launched 20 years ago with the first book, SilverFin. Published in the UK by Puffin on March 3, 2005. The U.S. edition from Hyperion was published on April 27, 2005. 

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10th Anniversary

Anthony Horowitz's excellent debut continuation novel Trigger Mortis turns ten this year. Released simultaneously in the UK and U.S. on September 8, 2015.

Happy reading!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM IFP

Ian Fleming Publications 2024 holiday card points to the release of next year's Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan, the first in a new mystery series of books devoted to Q.

The Book Bond joins in wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

FOR KING AND COUNTRY collected edition released

Dynamite has released a collected edition of their latest "OO7" series, For King and Country by Phillip Kennedy Johnson with art by Giorgio Spalletta.

An all-new nail-biting Bond mission from superstar Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Giorgio Spalletta is now available in this suitably handsome hardcover edition! 

Accused of murder on British soil, James Bond has been branded a traitor by his own government. As M sends the entire double-O division after 007, Bond must go underground with only one ally: Gwendolyn Gann, 003 - another traitor, presumed dead, but secretly on a clandestine mission with global implications! Collects issues #1-6.

Purchase For King and Country at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

Protecting your vintage JAMES BOND paperbacks

Now here's something I can get behind! Enjoy.

KEEPING OO7 ALIVE by Mark Edlitz

Our friend Mark Edlitz, author of James Bond After Fleming, is back with a new book collecting interviews with the various James Bond continuation authors. Cool cover and a worthy subject. We love our continuation novels and novelists!

Purchase Keeping 007 Alive: Conversations with James Bond Continuation Authors from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

LINK: Boots 'Booklovers' books - amongst the 'very first,' of the 1sts

Another knockout post by Peter Crush at James Bond First Editions. I had never heard of the Boots Booklovers editions. Now I know all about them! Click the headline link or the image below to learn all about them yourselves.

New CASINO ROYALE published in Poland

Ian Fleming's Casino Royale is published today in Poland by Skarpa Warszawska. The book was last published in Poland in 2006. Below is the cover art. Hopefully, the other books will follow soon.

Marcin Tadera of jamesbond.org.pl for the info and image.

New IAN FLEMING hardcovers available now

Ian Fleming Publications has released all 14 James Bond novels in new hardcover editions. The books have cover art by Michael Gillette and each contains archival material from the IFP vaults.

The new Ian Fleming hardcovers are available in bookstores across the UK. The rest of the world can buy them via the Ian Fleming Publications website (there's an option to buy the complete set) or via Amazon.co.uk.

To Live and Let Die in L.A.

My good friend Neil McNally, who runs an excellent Doug Henning website, is starting a James Bond appreciation society in Los Angeles. Details below. 

For all 007 lovers in the Los Angeles area and beyond. LA's very first "James Bond Appreciation Society" has commenced its ongoing mission of social meetups, events, cocktail hours, and all manner of Bond related fun!

To get in on the mailing list and to learn more, contact us at one of the places below. Spread the word.

Gmail: liveandlet007@gmail.com

Instagram: @toliveandletdieinla

Facebook: To Live and Let Die in LA-Los Angeles

I might need to join just to make sure the books are represented!

LINK: Do Ian Fleming book collectors badly need a new film too?

If you are not familiar with the website James Bond First Editions, then you've got a treat coming! It's a terrific site with a blog by Peter Crush that is sensational. Case in point is his post today about the impact Eon's current delay might be having on the books. Some really keen insights here backed up with stats. You can read by clicking the headline above or the image below.