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The Book of Bond, James Bond

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I recently purchased this book and found that most of the information is correct. Whoever edited the book did a lousy job (these people should learn how to spell S-C-A-R-A-M-A-N-G-A). Also, a few facts are totally fictitious. In one part, it lists all of the automobiles driven by Bond in films. It doesen't even mention that Bond drove his Aston Martin to M:I-6 headquarters in Tommorow Never Dies. After skimming through the book, the thought crossed my mind that these guys might not have even seen all of the Bond films.

This book has so many spelling errors, It forgets to list a lot of information, bad pictures, not organized! I hated it so much, I returned it! Don't but Bond fans! Buy a DVD, not this!

This book is packed with information about James Bond and it includes everything you would want to know and more. It gives a synopsis of the storyline in each James Bond novel and movie. It lists all the women, all the villains, all the weapons and gadgets that he used. It also give a brief biographical sketch of all the actors who played the role of 007. This book even gives a physical description of James Bond as he appears in the novel, the clothes he wears, and the things that he likes. In short, this book has everything from A - Z regarding James Bond. If you are an avid fan of 007, you would really enjoy reading this book!

Although impressive in scope, this is not the first time an author has attempted an A-Z listing of all things "Bondian." Although the authors do score with some interesting compilations, such as number of men Bond's killed per movie, or a concise summary of the movie and book locations, time is also spent rehashing movie and book plots, several of which were laden with errors which makes one wonder if they watched the movie or just wrote the book from memory. Overall, not an impressive volume.

I am a serious fan of the Bond films, and enjoy any written works on the topic. But what set this book apart besides its marvelous detail, was that it also paid homage to the novels, which, thanks to the preponderance of the movie industry, one may not even know about! I knew that Ian Fleming had written books, but had no idea that there is an ongoing series of Bond novels, including some recent and current ones that are not even in movie form. At least not yet. Further, the thumbnail sketches included in this book about each novel let me know that they, and not just the movies, are exciting and worthwhile.

Thanks to this book, I have discovered a whole new Bond interest/outlet. In fact, I immediately went out and bought four of the recent Bond novels for my library, have read three, and plan to acquire all of them over time.

Bond fans should not miss this book!