The James Bond Bedside Companion
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Authors: Raymond Benson
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Raymond Benson
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Copy-edited by: David Dodd
Cover design by David Dodd
Digital Edition Copyright 2012 by Raymond Benson
Original edition copyright 1984; updated edition copyright 1988
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The James Bond Bedside Companion
was written in memory of Ian
Lancaster Fleming, for whom the world was not enough.
It is dedicated to my father (who made the mistake of
taking me to see
Goldfinger
when I was nine), and to my English "aunt," who made much of
this possible.
PART ONE: THE JAMES BOND PHENOMENON
The Seventies and Into the Eighties
PART TWO: IAN FLEMING - A REMEMBRANCE
PART THREE: JAMES BOND - A PORTRAIT
Clothing and Other Personal Habits
Taste in Food, Drink, and Drugs
Attitudes Toward His Profession
Attitudes Toward Women and Marriage
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
THE JAMES BOND PHENOMENON - UPDATE
APPENDIX I: Notable Books Relating to James Bond
and Ian Fleming
APPENDIX II: List of Weapons Used by Bond
APPENDIX III: List of Injuries Sustained by Bond
Ian Lancaster Fleming. May 28, 1908—August 12, 1964. (Photo by Douglas Glass.)
A
mong the many people who have helped shape this book, I must first thank those on the business side: Patricia Berens, Peter Janson-Smith, Norman Kurz, Ruth Pollack, Maryann Richichi, Eric Roper, Haydee Santiago, Miriam Spaulding, Cynthia Vartan, Victoria Woods, and Lydia Zelaya.
For certain photographic material, I owe gratitude to John Bianchi, Fred Cantey, Paul Dantuono, Morris L. Hallowell III, Pamela Cunningham Hampton, Giorgio Levi, Mama Libbey, Bob McGee, Steven Jay Rubin, Pete Sansone, Richard Schenkman, Rick Sylvester, Michael Van Blancum, the Lilly Library of Indiana University, and especially Mary Slater.
A great deal of appreciation goes to Kingsley Amis, Clare Blanshard, John Brosnan, Ivar Bryce, Josephine Bryce, Naomi Burton, lain Campbell, Lady Mary Clive, Kenneth Corden, Violet Cummings, Ernest Cuneo, John Gardner, Robert Harting, Al Hart, Kevin McClory, Florin Morgan, and John Pearson.
Finally, on a personal basis, I must thank George Almond, Andy East, Janet Kroll, Doug McGrath, Kenneth Siegel, Richard Schenkman and the James Bond 007 Fan Club, everyone at Technimetrics, Inc. (for their tolerance), my supportive parents, and all my friends who have been behind the project, especially James Goodner and Stuart Howard, whose encouragement, enthusiasm, and advice I couldn't have done without.