After Roald Dahl, it's James Bond's turn to be bowdlerized... Ahead of the reissue of the Bond novels in April, rights holders Ian Fleming Publications commissioned a review by sensitivity readers. variety.com/2023/film/glob… #JamesBond #RoaldDahl
Each Bond book will carry a disclaimer: “This book was written at a time when terms and attitudes which might be considered offensive by modern readers were commonplace. A number of updates have been made in this edition, while keeping as close as possible to the original text.”
Examples of changes to the Bond books: In Live and Let Die, 'a segment in the book describing accented dialogue as “straight Harlem-Deep South with a lot of New York thrown in,” has been removed... In several of the books, ethnicities have been removed.'
As with the Roald Dahl, James Bond is a massively lucrative business. As Variety reports: "The James Bond films are one of the most successful franchises of all time, grossing a combined $7.8 billion." Ian Fleming's Bond books have sold more than 100 million copies.
Some James Bond trivia. Well-known novelists commissioned to write 'continuation' Bond books: Kingsley Amis, Sebastian Faulks, William Boyd. Amis wrote the Bond book, Colonel Sun, under the pseudonym "Robert Markham".
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