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| Founded | 1952 |
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| Founder | John Gliddon Norman Rose Ian Fleming |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | Soho, London |
| Distribution | United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, United States, Canada |
| Key people | Ian Fleming |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www |
Ian Fleming Publications is the successor to the production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited, which holds the rights to Ian Fleming's books; the author of the James bond series. Since Fleming's death in 1964, the company have issued several authors to write sequels to the James Bond series, along with the follow-ups to Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. The first author to publish a James Bond novel after Fleming's death was Kingsley Amis, despite opposition from Fleming's wife Ann. John Gardner followed, writing fourteen novels - the exact same as Fleming - before retiring, which lead to Raymond Benson who wrote six novels. In 2008, Sebastian Faulks was commissioned to write Devil May Care, Jeffery Deaver followed with Carte Blanche, and in 2013, William Boyd was announced to be writing a new novel, Solo. Along with the introduction of sequels to Fleming's books, the company has commissioned several spin-offs, such as the Young Bond franchise by Charlie Higson, The Moneypenny Diaries by Samantha Weinberg focussing on M assistant Miss Moneypenny, and sequels of Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, written by Frank Cottrell Boyce.
Publication history
[edit]Ian Fleming and the company
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Fleming, having wrote his first book Casino Royale, was instructed by his accountant to buy already existing Glidrose Productions.[1] Named Glidrose after the founders, John Gliddon and Norman Rose, Fleming appointed the company the rights to Casino Royale, along with his subsequent works.[1] Fleming died, age 56, in 1964.[2] After his death, the company held the rights to Fleming's works.[1] The company published Octopussy and The Living Daylights, on 23 June 1966.[3] As the Bond character could not be copyrighted, and in order to retain rights in the Bond product, Glidrose decided to commission a sequel.[4] The company changed its name twice, from Glidrose Productions, then to Ian Fleming Publications, the latter since 2002.[1]
Peter Janson-Smith was the chairman of Ian Fleming Publications.[5] Gardner showed much appreciation towards Janson-Smith saying he "made it as easy as could possibly be allowed".[6] Gardner said, "By the time we got to the final book, some fourteen years later, I owed him a great debt of gratitude because he did the hard work of haggling with editors", also revealing that he named two of the fourteen books".[6] In 2002, Ian Fleming Publications announced the launch of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award, presented by the Crime Writers' Association to the best thriller, adventure or spy novel originally published in the UK.[7] Corrine Turner is the managing director.[8]
Geoffrey Jenkins
[edit]- Per Fine Ounce (1966)
Novel by Geoffrey Jenkins circa 1966.
R.D Mascott
[edit]Written by the pseudonymous R. D. Mascott, it was the first James Bond related book not written by Ian Fleming to be published after Fleming's death. To this day, Ian Fleming Publications has never disclosed or confirmed the author's identity.
Kingsley Amis
[edit]- Colonel Sun (1968)
Upon the death of Fleming, the company issued Kingsley Amis to write the first novel after Fleming's death, Colonel Sun.[9]Initially the company approached author James Leasor to write a continuation novel, but he declined.[10] Fleming's wife, Ann, did not endorse any further Bond works and disliked Amis, saying that he would create "a petit bourgeois red brick Bond".[11][12] Amis wrote the novel under the pseudonym "Robert Markham", and it was published in 1968, becoming a "great success" upon release.[9] Amis said in 1991, "When Ian Fleming died in 1964, it was felt that James Bond was too popular a figure to be allowed to follow him", and due to his past experience writing The James Bond Dossier, he said, "I could not wait to try it".[9]
John Pearson
[edit]Written by Fleming's friend and colleague, John Pearson, the book differs from all other Bond novels in that it is a biography told in the first-person by Pearson upon meeting James Bond.
Christopher Wood
[edit]- James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
- James Bond and Moonraker (1979)
In 1977 and 1979, Eon Productions authorized Christopher Wood to write novelisations of his scripts for the Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.
John Gardner
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In 1981, John Gardner was approached by the company to write the next Bond book, beginning with Licence Renewed.[13] Gardner wrote fourteen more, exactly the same as Fleming, as well as novelizations of Licence to Kill and GoldenEye.[13] Firstly, when Gardner received a request from Glidrose to write a sequel James Bond book, he was going to decline.[6] "I wrote a letter saying very politely that I didn't think it was for me, but that wasn't the end of the matter. I considered that to write more of them was a no-win situation".[6] However his agent persuaded him to change his mind.[6] Gardner attended a meeting at Glidrose, saying, "When I finished talking the board gave what I can only describe as a corporate beam. I had satisfied the members of the Glidrose Board that I was the one to do the job".[6] Gardner retired after the fourteenth, in 1996.[13] Gardner opined that his, along with Glidrose's, favorite of the books he wrote was The Man from Barbarossa.[6]
The company changed its name from Glidrose Productions to Glidrose Publications. Raymond Benson quickly replaced him. Benson is the first American to write James Bond novels, a fact that was initially controversial. It was during Benson's tenure that the company changed names from Glidrose Publications Ltd to Ian Fleming Publications; the publisher's new name appeared first in the 1999 book High Time to Kill. In turn, Benson retired from writing Bond books in 2002.
Raymond Benson
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The Heart of Erzulie unpublished.
Charlie Higson
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Ian Fleming Publications allowed Puffin Books to acquire the rights to release a series entitled Young Bond, written by Charlie Higson.[14] A spokesperson from the company said that they were "hugely excited" by this, "important new acquisition", adding "the authentic Thirties settings provide a fascinating backdrop to James Bond`s favorite years and Charlie Higson, with meticulous research, has ensured that his teenage spy remains true to Ian Fleming`s creation".[14] The first book SilverFin was released on 3 March 2005, despite opposition of the writing of a Young Bond series from previous writer John Gardner.[1][15] Higson defended the book saying, "The Bond of the books is a far more interesting and complex character than he is in the films. He is more real in his motivation, more vulnerable. He has thoughts about death, gets hurt, gets cross, and knows that he has to keep himself separate from other people because of his job. I wanted to put all of that in a book, and for it to be a proper book, not a jokey spin-off".[15] The book was a success[1] and lead to five other Young Bond books being published.[1]
Samantha Weinberg
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The Moneypenny Diaries is a trilogy chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny. The books are written by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook. In 2005 Ian Fleming Publications launched another series of Bond-related books entitled The Moneypenny Diaries by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym "Kate Westbrook". Ian Fleming Publications initially denied any connection with the books, but this was later revealed to be part of a publicity stunt for the release of the first book, Guardian Angel.[citation needed]
Sebastian Faulks
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- Devil May Care (2008)
On what would have been Fleming's 100th birthday—26 May 2011—the novel Devil May Care, written by Sebastian Faulks, was published. Faulks was true to Bond's original character and background too, and provided "a Flemingesque hero"[16] who drove a battleship grey 1967 T-series Bentley.[17] The novel by Sebastian Faulks is a one-off adult Bond novel that follows The Man with the Golden Gun in the 1960s. The book was written to celebrate Ian Fleming's centenary and was released on Fleming's birthday, 28 May 2008. [1]
Jeffery Deaver
[edit]- Carte Blanche (2011)
Jeffrey Deaver was comminshed to write the next sequel.[18] Deaver said upon being asked to write the continuation novel, "My words were taken to heart by the estate, who asked if I'd be interested in writing the next continuation novel. I was absolutely delighted, but I really wanted to update Bond. I was very aware of the responsibility. Daunting is an appropriate word".[19] Deaver had previously won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, and was noticed by Corrine Turner, the managing director of Ian Fleming Publications; "It was at that point that I first thought that James Bond could have an interesting adventure in Jeffery Deaver’s hands".[8] The book was released on 26 May 2011, the same day as Fleming's birthday.[20] The book was previously known as "Project X", and was published by Hodder and Stoughton.[20]
Frank Cottrell Boyce
[edit]- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again (2011)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Race Against Time (2012)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon (2013)
Frank Cotterell Boyce was asked to write three sequels to the 1964 novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang by the Fleming family in 2011.[21] Three sequels were announced, with the first released in October 2011.[21] He said, "I have no idea what made the Flemings think of asking me to write the sequel. I haven't asked them in case it's all a case of mistaken identity. I went back to the book for the first time since I was a boy and was delighted to discover that, first of all, it's really good and, secondly, it's crying out for a sequel".[21] The second, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Race Against Time was released on 27 September 2012.[22] The third book will be released in late 2013, and in America and Canda, early 2014.[23]
William Boyd
[edit]- Solo (2013)
On 11 April 2012, the Fleming estate asked William Boyd to write the next Bond novel, Solo, due for release in the autumn of 2013; published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom.[24] Boyd "accepted at once" when asked to write the novel.[24] Corinne Turner of Ian Fleming Publications said, "Ian Fleming had a great aptitude for naming his books and his Bond titles have become true classics. Solo is a simple yet striking title which fits perfectly alongside the other books in the Bond canon".[25]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Company History". Ian Fleming Publications. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ "Ian Fleming and the British Heart Foundation". Ian Fleming. Ian Fleming Publications. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ Lycett 1996, p. 445.
- ^ Black 2005, p. 181-182.
- ^ "Fleming drew from his intelligence role". Birmingham Post. Trinity Mirror. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g Gardner, John (2001). "In the Autumn of 1980 I was living in the Republic of Ireland: about two miles outside Wicklow town". Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ Cork, John (20 September 2002). "The man with the golden pen". The Bookseller (5044): 20. ISSN 0006-7539.
- ^ a b "About the book". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Colonel Sun". Ian Fleming Publications. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ "Obituary: James Leasor". The Times. 22 September 2007. p. 77.
- ^ Black 2005, p. 182.
- ^ Simpson 2002, p. 54.
- ^ a b c "John Gardner (1926-2007)". Ian Fleming Publications. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Puffin and Charlie Higson to release tales of James Bond's school days". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. 6 April 2004. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Boys' own James Bond". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. 28 February 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ Dugdale, John (29 May 2011). "Spy another day". The Sunday Times. p. 40.
- ^ Davis, Kylie (23 November 2007). "A Bond with the devil". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 8.
- ^ "James Bond book called Carte Blanche". BBC. BBC Online. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ Stephenson, Hannah (28 May 2011). "Lifelong bond with 007; The James Bond mantle has passed to Jeffery Deaver, who tells HANNAH STEPHENSON how he's brought his hero up to date". The Journal. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Carte Blanche Unveiled". MI6. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Frank Cottrell Boyce pens Chitty Chitty Bang Bang books". BBC. BBC Online. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Books". Ian Fleming Publications. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ Corbett, Sue. "Jump-starting an Old Favorite: The Return of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". PW. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ a b "William Boyd takes James Bond back to 1960s in new 007 novel". BBC News. BBC. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ Wood, Victoria (15 April 2013). "James Bond's next novel, Solo, to follow 007 into Africa". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 26 April 2013.