Any James Bond fans here? The Fleming novels are now 70 years old

Frank from Cleveland

Frank from Cleveland

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Hard to believe but the first Ian Fleming novel, Casino Royale, came out this very day today in 1953. Then just under a decade later the movies began and a franchise was born.
And sure the character by now is arguably outdated but the estate keeps signing up authors to continue the books (which have passed a total of 50 books already (not including the non-fiction offerings) and the production company continues to film new adventures.
And in the films the character has made a handful of adjustments according to the times so the character is still pretty popular.
So anyway I was wondering if there are Bond fans here
And if you are and you're interested here is a big fat article on wikipedia that has links for all the novels
List of James Bond novels and short stories - Wikipedia
 

When I was a young teen, I read a few Bond novels because they were already in the house:

I read From Russia With Love because it appeared that James Bond was killed at the end of the book. Then I read Dr No, the follow up.

I read Casino Royale, Goldfinger, and I'm no longer sure what other titles I read at the time.

Russia and Casino were the best written.

The movie, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, was the only film to try and recreate the Bond as characterized in the novels. So I like it because it's TRUE to the book.
 
Spies and secret agents were red-hot in the 1960ā€™s. Bond was #1, but spawned imitators like televisionā€™s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as well as spoofs like Get Smartā€¦

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