This post contains an AI images of Mr Big as described by Ian Fleming in the novel Live and Let Die. In Live and Let Die, Ian Fleming describes Mr. Big through various details about his appearance, background, activities, and the perceptions of others who know or encounter him: Physical Description: Background and Identity: Criminal … Read more
This post contains AI generated images of Solitaire based solely on Ian Fleming’s descriptions of her. Solitaire was difficult to capture, I had to try many iterations before finding images which seemed accurate. Solitaire is described as one of the most beautiful women Bond had ever seen. Physical Appearance: Personality and Traits: Background and History: … Read more
I’ve got you a car, Sunbeam Talbot coupé. New tyres. Fast. Right car for these roads. Live and Let Die, chapter 16 At the tail of the line stood the black Sunbeam Alpine of Commander John Strangways, RN (Ret.), Regional Control Officer for the Caribbean–or, less discreetly, the local representative of the British Secret Service. … Read more
This entryway into Jamaica (now known as Norman Manley International Airport) is featured in three Ian Fleming novels – Live and Let Die, Dr No and The Man With The Golden Gun. In Live and Let Die, Bond is met at the airport by Strangways following his departure from the United States via Tampa, a brief … Read more
On the Phantom train with Solitaire in Live and Let Die, they get settled in after boarding. Bond ordered Old Fashioneds, and stipulated ‘Old Grandad’ Bourbon, chicken sandwiches, and decaffeined ‘Sanka’ coffee so that their sleep would not be spoilt. In Thunderball, after a long first day (and before a long night) arriving in the … Read more
This page will be updated as we go through the novels) This Kentucky-based barrel-aged whisky seems to be a Bond staple when abroad. An observation can be made about Bond’s drinking preferences and habits. He’ll drink a martini at a bar or restaurant or when in company, while when drinking alone or in his hotel … Read more
Even before it became the name of perhaps the most famous criminal organization in fiction in the novel Thunderball, Ian Fleming liked the word “spectre”. This interesting little word, according to Collins English Dictionary can be defined thusly: spectre (ˈspɛktə) or specter n 1. (Alternative Belief Systems) a ghost; phantom; apparition 2. a mental image of something unpleasant or menacing: the … Read more
When Felix Leiter and James Bond meet in the King Cole Bar at the St Regis in Live and Let Die prior to heading out to Harlem, they have martinis while making plans for the night. Leiter ordered medium-dry Martinis with a slice of lemon peel. He stipulated House of Lords gin and Martini Rossi. … Read more
Residing as I do in the greater Boston area, I’m interested in the occasions when Ian Fleming brings James Bond close to my home. Unfortunately, in the novels at least, the only glimpse Bond gets of Boston is from the air. He does venture into New England, going into Vermont for the events of For … Read more
As Moonraker opens, Bond is in the firing range in the basement of the headquarters building, getting some firing work in with the Instructor. THE TWO thirty-eights roared simultaneously. The walls of the underground room took the crash of sound and batted it to and fro between them until there was silence. James Bond watched … Read more