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I remember that when I was a teenage deejay at WCRA radio in Effingham, IL, I wrote to United Artists to ask if they would send me the Jame...

Ian Fleming and Noel Coward “Dear Beastie — “This is just to inform you that I have read ‘Dr. No’ from cover to cover and thoroughly enjoyed...

Everybody loves a great anecdote. Below, Roger Moore in "The Spy Who Loved Me."

“James Bond’s favorite meal of the day was breakfast,” Tom Weiss wrote. “It was also the favorite meal of Ian Fleming, 007’s creator. Fl...

James Bond encounters synchronicity in Ian Fleming’s novel Moonraker: “Startled at the great crimson words, Bond pulled in to the curb...

You can probably thank Bill Paley for For Your Eyes Only . During the summer of 1958, CBS commissioned Ian Fleming to write a TV series...

Signet paperback art by Barye Phillips Bond versus the American vulgarians — that’s Diamonds Are Forever, Ian Fleming’s fourth 007 th...

I realized after 70 years that my first big break was when I was five: I learned to read and write ... so that for me was the break. — ...

The comic book industry was always alert to popular trends, including the 1960s superspy craze inspired by the success of James Bond 00...

Spectre is the James Bond film I had hoped and expected to see after Casino Royale in 2006, one that retains the dark ...

James Bond had his first drink of the evening at Fouquet’s. It was not a solid drink. One cannot drink seriously in Fren...

Watching 1962's Dr. No, which I haven't really seen in years. The quality of the James Bond series was baked in from Day One,...

While the first James Bond film , Dr. No, was being filmed in Jamaica, Ian Fleming was nearby in his house Goldeneye ...

James Bond probably owes much of his success to the comic strips. Before the films were made, Ian Fleming's novels ...

Just back from “Kingsman,” a sly and elegant homage to the classic midcentury 007 films with the violence and sexual referenc...

The second James Bond film, released in 1963, was based on Ian Fleming's 1957 novel.

“From Russia With Love” has the distinction of being what many consider to be Ian Fleming’s best Bond novel, what many also c...

Art by Isdailic Sir Ian McKellen as Auric Goldfinger? Why the hell not? Here's another BBC radio play of an Ian Fleming novel, this ...

In his 1958 novel "Dr. No," the veteran gambler Ian Fleming finally tipped his hand. Prior to this, his sixth James Bond thril...

Now here's a find — the 1964 Ian Fleming novel "You Only Live Twice" done as a BBC radio play. The thriller is much differe...