James Bond FAQ

01 This Newsgroup (alt.fan.james-bond)

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02 Other Bond Newsgroups

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03 The FAQ (alt.fan.james-bond)

David Marsh wrote version 1.0 of the FAQ in November 1994. From there, ...

04 The character of James Bond

James Bond is a fictional British secret agent. He holds the double-...

05 The films (James Bond)

While Ian Fleming's creation began as a pulp fiction hero, there can be ...

06 The latest James Bond film

Die Another Day was released November 22, 2002, the twentieth EON release....

07 EON and its trademarks (James Bond)

EON Productions, Ltd., is the maker of James Bond films, dating back to ...

08 List of EON's James Bond films

Here is the chronological list of EON's James Bond films. Note that ...

09 List of other James Bond films

Some of the films featuring James Bond were made apart from EON. For ...

10 The actors who have played James Bond

A few talented men have gotten to portray James Bond. We start with the ...

11 The actors who could have played James Bond

Besides the men listed above many others have tried out for the role of 007....

12 The actors who have played Felix Leiter

Many of the films have featured CIA Agent Felix Leiter, Bond's ...

13 Repeat offenders (James Bond)

Too extensive to list every example here, is it easy to spot actors ...

14 Over dubbing (James Bond)

Also prevalent in Bond films if you watch carefully is the number of ...

15 Specific films FAQ (James Bond)

Certain questions seem to crop up often regarding things in specific films....

16 Casino Royale - the television episode

This was the first time Bond appeared in the visual media. Not a ...

17 Casino Royale - the movie

Fleming's first novel, Casino Royale was offered for film rights for $...

18 Dr. No / Live And Let Die

Both of these films get fans asking, Where's Q? Q is in Dr. No. ...

19 From Russia With Love

There are two questions regarding this film. The first is about ...

20 Goldfinger

When the bomb is ticking away and Bond is feverously trying to disarm it ...

21 Thunderball / Never Say Never Again

This is the most rancorous debate of anything regarding James Bond. ...

22 On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Two prevalent questions arise often. The first is explaining why ...

23 Diamonds Are Forever

Two of the three common questions regarding this film arise from editing,...

24 For Your Eyes Only

More frequent questions arise from this film than any other. Here are ...

25 Octopussy

An interesting question concerns Robert Brown appearing as M in the film....

26 Licence To Kill

This is not easy for everyone to discover but it is true that bullets ...

27 Tomorrow Never Dies

There is a large misconception regarding Bond's failure to read the ...

28 Die Another Day

Madonna, in addition to performing the theme song, has a cameo as Verity,...

29 List of theme songs & artists

Here is a list of the films' theme songs, as well as vocal recordings ...

30 The James Bond Theme debate

Every Bond film credits Monty Norman as the composer for the James ...

31 Soundtracks & scores (James Bond)

Ten men have scored a James Bond film. Here are the credits for each. ...

32 Bond meets an Oscar

While the films have been wildly successful with audiences the world over,...

33 What's in a name? (James Bond)

The Bond films almost always work the film's title into the script somehow....

34 The latest James Bond novel

Author Raymond Benson penned the novelization to Die Another Day, ...

35 Ian Fleming (James Bond -The Books)

Ian Lancaster Fleming created James Bond. He was born May 28, 1908, (a ...

36 List of Ian Fleming novels

This is a complete list of Ian Fleming's Bond novels....

37 Stories to read in order

The books follow a chronological sequence, and later books ...

38 Who wrote The Spy Who Loved Me?

Ian Fleming did. The story is the most left-field Bond adventure, with ...

39 The Kennedy myth

One of the things that helped Fleming's books get noticed in the ...

40 SMERSH

SMERSH is a conjunction of two Russian words: Smiert Spionam (Death ...

41 SPECTRE

Fleming had a real affection for this word. He created a Spectreville ...

42 Does Bond die in From Russia With Love?

No, but readers were meant to think so upon its initial release. At the ...

43 Post-Fleming periods A - Kingsley Amis' novel (James Bond - The Books)

44 Post-Fleming periods B - List of the John Gardner novels (James Bond - The Books)

45 Post-Fleming periods C - List of the Raymond Benson novels (JamesBond - The Books)

46 Post-Fleming periods D - Other Glidrose novels featuring Bond (James Bond - The Books)

Glidrose, the publishing company with rights to James Bond material, ...

47 Post-Fleming periods E - Reference books (James Bond - The Books)

There are also many reference books about James Bond on screen and in print....

48 Fan fiction (James Bond)

Bond is a copyrighted product and Glidrose, the company who owns Bond'...

49 Films and books - links or broken links? (James Bond)

The newsgroup often notes that Sean Connery's films did not, for the ...

50 Explain the names "M" & "Q" (James Bond)

When Mansfield Cumming was head of the real SIS he would sign documents ...

51 What other "00" agents are mentioned? (James Bond)

In the James Bond films, a number of 00 agents have been depicted over ...

52 The Walther and other machinations (James Bond)

In the Fleming novels, Bond started out with a .25 Beretta. In Doctor ...

53 Bright Leiter (James Bond)

The novels and the films never had the chance to follow a ...

54 The websites (James Bond)

There are many interesting, exciting and grand websites dedicated to ...

55 The fan clubs (James Bond)

There are several fan clubs devoted to Bond. Before joining any of them,...