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Young Bond is a series of novels featuring Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a young teenage boy attending school at Eton College. The series, currently planned out for five novels, is being written by Charlie Higson. Illustration of a Young James Bond by Ian Fleming Publications from http://news. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Illustration of a young James Bond by Kev Walker Kevin (Kev) Walker is a British comics artist and illustrator, based in Leeds, who works mainly on 2000 AD and Warhammer comics and the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. ...
Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was an English author, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as the childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ...
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The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (that is, an independent, fee-charging secondary school) for boys. ...
Charlie Higson (born, 1958) is a British television writer, actor, an author, and a comedy performer. ...
Books in the series
According to Charlie Higson, Ian Fleming Publications initially planned for him to only write one novel and that every subsequent novel would be written by a rotating author, possibly similar to the defunct Robert Markham pseudonym of the 1960s. This plan, however, fell apart and Higson agreed to author future books in the series; however, comments made by Higson in a CommanderBond.net interview could suggest that after Higson's five books are completed, the series may be continued by another author. 1978 reprint by Panther Books of the first and only James Bond novel by Robert Markham. Robert Markham is a pseudonym created by Glidrose Publications in the mid-1960s. ...
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by Charlie Higson SilverFin is the first novel in the Young Bond series that depicts Ian Flemings superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. ...
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Blood Fever is the second novel in the Young Bond series depicting Ian Flemings superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. ...
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History and controversy
 The first novel in the series, SilverFin Prior to the release of SilverFin, the idea of a Young Bond series had not gone over too well with the fans of the more traditional Bond literature and had come under heavy fire, with some fans comparing it to an unsuccessful 1960s attempt by Bond's publishers to launch a youth-oriented line of fiction that resulted in only one book: 003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior written by Arthur Calder-Marshall under the psuedonym R.D. Mascott. There was also a moderately successful James Bond Jr. television series in the early 1990s aimed at children that dealt with Bond's supposed nephew. 007 - SilverFin book cover This image is a book cover. ...
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John Gardner, who had written fourteen original novels and two novelisations featuring the adult Bond, was also critical of the series prior to the release of the first book. He stated: This article concerns the British author of spy thrillers John Gardner. ...
- "It's just the last desperate attempt to draw in a new audience. The films have little to do with the Bond we used to know, and now the books are going the same way."[1]
Higson, for his part, has been on record as stating that he intends to stay true to the backstory Ian Fleming created for Bond, though this in many ways contradicts the popular James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 by John Pearson, which is considered canonical by some. 1986 British paperback edition. ...
John Pearson (born May 10, 1930) is a writer best associated with James Bond creator Ian Fleming. ...
When SilverFin was published in early 2005, reviews of the novel were good. This, in addition to a large marketing campaign in the United Kingdom elevated SilverFin to the "Top Ten Children's Bestseller list" for 11 weeks selling 125,000 in the U.K. alone.
Future releases
 Blood Fever is expected in January 2006 In July 2005, a second book in the Young Bond series was announced, Blood Fever, that is currently slated for release on January 5, 2006 having been delayed from an initial release in October 2005. Image File history File links Blood Fever book cover This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the publisher of the book. ...
Image File history File links Blood Fever book cover This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the publisher of the book. ...
Blood Fever is the second novel in the Young Bond series depicting Ian Flemings superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. ...
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Higson, when commenting on future books in the series was quoted as saying,
- "The second book takes place largely in Sardinia and involves bandits, art theft and people smuggling. My working title was Double M, but don’t expect it to be called this when it comes out. Book three will take place largely in the darker corners of London. Book four will be set in the Alps..."
Other media On April 23, 2005, Ian Fleming Publications released the first illustration of the thirteen year old Bond. It is currently expected that this illustration or one similar will be used for a graphic novel that is likely to be released at the end of 2006. Jump to: navigation, search April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ...
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The idea of a Young James Bond film has been brought up with the success of SilverFin, however Ian Fleming Publications at this point is hoping to release a few more books before possibly considering it. It has been believed the film rights to James Bond on film reside exclusively with Danjaq, L.L.C., the parent company of EON Productions; however, according to Charlie Higson this is not exactly the case [2]. Danjaq, L.L.C. (formerly Danjaq S.A.) is the holding company owned by the family of Albert R. Broccoli, co-initiator of the popular James Bond film franchise. ...
Jump to: navigation, search EON Productions is a film production company best known for the James Bond film series. ...
References - "Young Bond graphic novel information". Young Bond Gets Graphic. URL accessed on April 27, 2005.
- "Charlie Higson interview with CommanderBond.net". The Charlie Higson CBn Interview. URL accessed on February 23, 2005.
- ^ "John Gardner on Young Bond series". Boys' own James Bond. URL accessed on February 28, 2005.
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