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Ian Fleming Publications is the production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited, named after its founders John Gliddon and Norman Rose. In 1952, author Ian Fleming bought it after completing his first James Bond novel, Casino Royale; he assigned most of his rights in Casino Royale, and the works which followed it, to Glidrose.

In 1956, Ian Fleming hired literary agent Peter Janson-Smith to handle the foreign translation rights in the James Bond novels. He was the literary consultant and chairman of Ian Fleming Publications until 2001.

Today, Ian Fleming Publications administers all of Ian Fleming's literary oeuvre and is owned by Fleming's family.

Publication history

After Fleming's death, in 1964, Glidrose Productions Ltd planned a continuation series of James Bond books, to be written by a rotating series of authors, under the pseudonym "Robert Markham". In 1968, the first continuation novel published was Colonel Sun, by Kingsley Amis, afterwards the Robert Markham book series was cancelled. A few years later, Glidrose published by John Pearson and considered having Pearson write a continuation series of Bond novels, but no further books resulted. In 1977 and again in 1979, Glidrose authorized Christopher Wood to write novelisations of his scripts for the Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker since the filmed stories deviated drastically from the original Fleming novels of the same titles (indeed, Fleming had instructed Glidrose to only sell the movie rights to the title of The Spy Who Loved Me, rendering the film by necessity an original story).

In 1981, the James Bond book series was revived, with new novels written by John Gardner. In 1996, John Gardner retired from writing Bond books, and Raymond Benson quickly replaced him. Benson is the first American to write James Bond novels, a fact that was initially controversial. It was during Benson's tenure that the company changed names from Glidrose Productions Ltd to Ian Fleming Publications; the publisher's new name appeared first in High Time to Kill, (1999). In turn, Benson retired from writing Bond books in 2002. Since then Ian Fleming Publications has started a new series of Bond books, however, this time based on a young teenage James Bond in the 1930s. The series, written by Charlie Higson, is planned out for 5 novels and has been dubbed Young Bond.

In 2005, Ian Fleming Publications launched another series of Bond-related books entitled The Moneypenny Diaries by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym "Kate Westbrook". IFP initially denied any connection with the books, but this was later revealed to be part of a publicity stunt for the release of the first book, Guardian Angel.

A new adult Bond novel is expected in 2008 as a one-off by an unknown author to commemorate what would have been Ian Fleming's 100th birthday.

James Bond books

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1. Casino Royale (1953) — first American paperback title: You Asked For It
2. Live and Let Die (1954)
3. Moonraker (1955) — first American paperback title: Too Hot to Handle
4. Diamonds Are Forever (1956)
5. From Russia with Love (1957)
6. Dr. No (1958)
7. Goldfinger (1959)
8. Thunderball (1961) — "based on a screen treatment by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham and Ian Fleming"
9. The Spy Who Loved Me (1962)
10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963)
11. You Only Live Twice (1964)
12. The Man with the Golden Gun (1965)

Short stories

For Your Eyes Only (1960)
Short story	Published date	Publication
"For Your Eyes Only"	1960
"From a View to a Kill"	1960
"Quantum of Solace"	May 1959	Cosmopolitan
"Risico"	1960
"The Hildebrand Rarity"	March 1960	Playboy
Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966)
Short story	Published date	Publication
"Octopussy"	March/April 1966	Playboy
"The Living Daylights"	June 1962	Argosy Magazine
"The Property of a Lady"	1963	The Ivory Hammer
"007 in New York"	1963	Thrilling Cities

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1. Colonel Sun (1968) — last book copyrighted under the Glidrose Productions name

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1. Licence Renewed (1981) — American title: License Renewed
2. For Special Services (1982)
3. Icebreaker (1983)
4. Role of Honour (1984) — American title: Role of Honor
5. Nobody Lives For Ever (1986) — American title: Nobody Lives Forever
6. No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987)
7. Scorpius (1988)
8. Win, Lose or Die (1989)
9. Brokenclaw (1990)
10. The Man from Barbarossa (1991)
11. Death is Forever (1992)
12. Never Send Flowers (1993)
13. SeaFire (1994)
14. COLD (1996) — American title: Cold Fall

by

1. Zero Minus Ten (1997)
2. The Facts of Death (1998) - last Bond novel copyrighted under the Glidrose Publications name
3. High Time to Kill (1999) - first Bond novel copyrighted by Ian Fleming Publications
4. Doubleshot (2000)
5. Never Dream of Dying (2001)
6. The Man with the Red Tattoo (2002)

Short stories

James Bond uncollected short stories by Raymond Benson
Short story	Published date	Publication
"Blast from the Past"	January 1997	Playboy
"Midsummer Night's Doom"	January 1999	Playboy
"Live at Five"	November 1999	TV Guide

by Higson's novels, part of a series called Young Bond, are prequels to Fleming's series.

1. SilverFin - March 2005
2. Blood Fever - January 2006
3. Young Bond Book 3 - January 2007
4. Young Bond Book 4 - January 2008
5. Young Bond Book 5 - 2009

Novelisations

• James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) by Christopher Wood
• James Bond and Moonraker (1979) by Christopher Wood
• Licence to Kill (1989) by John Gardner
• GoldenEye (1995) by John Gardner
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) by Raymond Benson
• The World Is Not Enough (1999) by Raymond Benson
• Die Another Day (2002) by Raymond Benson

James Bond spinoffs

James Bond Jr.

Written under the pseudonym R. D. Mascott, it was the first James Bond related book not written by Ian Fleming to be published after Fleming's death. To this day, the real author of the novel has never been acknowledged or confirmed by Ian Fleming Publications.

1. (1967)

The Authorised Biography

Written by Fleming's friend and colleague, John Pearson, the book differs from all other Bond novels in that it is a biography told in the first-person by Pearson upon meeting James Bond.

1. (1973) — first book copyrighted under the Glidrose Publications name

The Moneypenny Diaries

The Moneypenny Diaries is a planned trilogy chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny. The books are written by Samantha Weinberg (credited as "edited by Kate Westbrook").

1. - October 2005
2. - November 2006
3. Third volume (title to be announced) - publication date to be announced.

Other published works

• The Diamond Smugglers (1957) — Ian Fleming
• Thrilling Cities (1963) — Ian Fleming
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1964) — Ian Fleming

External links

• [Ian Fleming Publications Official Website]

 

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