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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: The Killing Zone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It was privately published in paperback in 1985 under the guise that it was officially sanctioned by Glidrose Publications.
At the time, the official author of the Bond series was John Gardner who wrote from 1981 to 1996.
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.
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  Ian Fleming Publications - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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".
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).
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 colonel sun - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Published in 1968 by Glidrose Productions, it was written by "Robert Markham", a pseudonym created by Glidrose for British novelist Kingsley Amis.
Glidrose had intended publishing a continuation series of James Bond novels written by different authors under the Robert Markham name, but Colonel Sun was the only novel published.
Discounting the screenplay novelizations, and (1973), by John Pearson, Colonel Sun was the last, new James Bond novel published until Licence Renewed, by John Gardner, in 1981.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Christopher Wood (writer)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ward in Miami Blues (1990) Frederick Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American actor born in San Diego, California.
Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was an English author, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as a childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Similarly, the plot of Moonraker, renamed James Bond and Moonraker, is almost entirely written by Wood, although it does share some similarities with the novel, in particular the villain Sir Hugo Drax.
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 James Bond - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Their production company, EON Productions (supposedly an acronym for 'Everything Or Nothing', which was their motto), set up a semi-regular schedule of releases (initially annually, then usually once every two years) until 1989.
Following Ian Fleming's death in 1964, Glidrose Productions, publishers of the James Bond novels, planned a new book series, credited to the pseudonym "Robert Markham" and written by a rotating series of authors.
In 1973, Ian Fleming biographer John Pearson was commissioned by Glidrose to biograph the fictional character James Bond.
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 Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Per Fine Ounce"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It was completed circa 1966 and is considered a "lost" novel by fans of James Bond because it was actually commissioned by Glidrose Productions, the official publishers of James Bond.
Since Fleming's death Glidrose was interested in pursuing other authors to continue writing James Bond novels, a notion that Fleming's wife, Ann, was against, but his brother, Peter Fleming, who at the time was the Glidrose director, was for.
In November 1965, Jenkins met with Harry Saltzman, a producer of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1974, and Charles Tyrell from Glidrose Productions to discuss the possibility of finishing the novel and having it published as the first continuation novel.
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 Ian Fleming Publications - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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), by Raymond Benson.
In turn, Benson retired from writing Bond books in 2002, as of November 2004 no new writer has been announced, however, also in 2004, a new book series was announced, to be written about the thirteen-year-old James Bond, aimed at the "Harry Potter audience".
One additional short piece, "007 in New York," appeared in Fleming's collection of travel essays, Thrilling Cities (1963) and was added to new editions of Octopussy and The Living Daylights beginning in 2002.
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 James Bond Encyclopedia Article @ Vanquishing.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Twenty-one films have been made (as of 2006) as well as two that were independently produced and one American television adaptation of Fleming's first novel under legal licence.
The James Bond film series from EON Productions has a number of its own traditions, many of which date back to the very first movie in 1962.
Since it was not made by Broccoli's production company, EON Productions, it is therefore not considered a part of the official film series.
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 James Bond - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Their production company, EON Productions, set up a semi-regular schedule of releases: initially annually, then usually once every two years, although there have been a couple of times where the gap was larger, usually due to external events.
Image:ColonelSunOld.jpg Following Fleming's death in 1964, Glidrose Productions, publishers of the James Bond novels, planned a new book series, credited to the pseudonym "Robert Markham" and written by a rotating series of authors.
In 1973, Fleming biographer John Pearson was commissioned by Glidrose to biograph the fictional character James Bond.
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 Colonel Sun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glidrose had intended publishing a series of James Bond novels written by different authors under the Robert Markham name, but Colonel Sun was the only novel published.
Discounting the two screenplay novelisations by Christopher Wood, and James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007 (1973), by John Pearson, Colonel Sun was the last, new James Bond novel published until Licence Renewed, by John Gardner, in 1981.
Nonetheless, the novel may have inspired elements of several James Bond films, such as the Greek setting of For Your Eyes Only (1981) and the kidnapping of M in The World Is Not Enough (1999).
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 Glidrose Productions
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.
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".
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).
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 Geoffrey Jenkins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After Fleming's death it has been reported that Glidrose Productions commissioned Jenkins to write a James Bond novel in 1966.
Jenkins claimed that he and Fleming together developed a diamond-smuggling storyline in 1957, which he finished for Glidrose entitled Per Fine Ounce, but it was rejected.
Raymond Benson the fourth official Bond author has confirmed its existence, which has caused some fans to call for its publication.
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 Comprehensive information and links about James Bond
The first actor to play Bond was American Barry Nelson, in the 1954 CBS television production of in which the character became a U.S. agent named "Jimmy Bond." In 1956, Bob Holness provided the voice of Bond in a South African radio adaptation of.
The second story, 1985's by Jim Hatfield goes so far as to have been privately published as well as claim on the cover that it was published by Glidrose; however it is highly unlikely that Glidrose contacted Hatfield to write a novel since at the time John Gardner was the official author.
McClory did so in 1983 by producing the film was not made by Broccoli's production company, EON Productions, and is, therefore, not considered a part of the official film series.
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 Absolutely James Bond - The definitive unofficial James Bond 007 community
Clever old Ian purchased Glidrose Productions, changed its name to Glidrose Publications, and assigned the copyright to this corporation.
Since Glidrose is still "alive"--although now renamed Ian Fleming Publications--it can continue to renew the copyright on the Bond novels until.
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 James Bond
Bond is the main protagonist in numerous novels and short stories by Fleming, and later by Kingsley Amis, John Pearson, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, and Charlie Higson.
After Ian Fleming's death in 1964, Glidrose Productions, the James Bond publishers, planned a book series—authored by the pseudonymous "Robert Markham"—and written by a rotating series of authors.
Hatfield claimed to have received, from Glidrose, the rights to publish a James Bond novel, which is unlikely since John Gardner at the time was the current Bond novelist.
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 Glidrose Publications - Double-Oh-Wiki - a Wikia wiki
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".
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).
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.
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 Ian Fleming Publications Facts and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ian Fleming Publications is the production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited, named after its founders and.
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 "".
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 ', (1999).
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 James Bond!
The first actor to play Bond on-screen was American Barry Nelson, in the 1954 CBS television production of Casino Royale in which the character became a U.S. agent named "Jimmy Bond." In 1956, Bob Holness provided the voice of Bond in a South African radio adaptation of Fleming's third novel, Moonraker.
After Fleming's death, Glidrose Productions attempted to continue the Bond series with Colonel Sun.Following Fleming's death in 1964, Glidrose Productions, publishers of the James Bond novels, planned a new book series, credited to the pseudonym "Robert Markham" and written by a rotating series of authors.
In 1967, Glidrose authorised publication of 003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior written under the pseudonym R. Mascott.
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 CBn Forums > Did Glidrose change their name (and then change it back)?
I don't know anything about Glidrose, and until recently I thought it was called Gildrose, as Jim seems to want to call them.
I have read an explaination for the name Glidrose in some reference book, but for the life of me I can not remember which one.
With that in mind Fleming bought a small theatrical agency called Glidrose Productions (named after its two principals John Gliddon and Norman Rose) and transformed it into Glidrose Publications Ltd., with himself and his wife as co-directors.
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 James Bond - Slider
Introduced in 1953, Bond is the main protagonist in numerous novels and short stories by Fleming, and after Fleming's death further literary adventures were written by Kingsley Amis, John Pearson, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, and Charlie Higson.
In 1967, Glidrose authorised publication of 003½: The Adventures of James Bond Jr.
Due to Never Say Never Again not being made by Broccoli's production company, EON Productions, it is not considered a part of the official film series.
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 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It was the first official Bond film not to be produced by Harry Saltzman, who had previously sold his shares of EON Productions to United Artists in 1975.
Regardless of all the problems throughout production of the film, ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' was a financial and box office success, raking in $185,400,000 worldwide on a production budget of $14 million USD.
Since the screenplay for the film had nothing to do with Fleming's original novel, Glidrose Publications, for the first time, authorised that a novelisation be written based upon the script.
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 Octopussy and The Living Daylights
Octopussy and The Living Daylights is a collection of James Bond short stories, by Ian Fleming, published posthumously in the United Kingdom and the United States by Glidrose Productions, in 1966, as a postscript to his James Bond canon.
When the first paperback edition of the collection was published in 1967, it was expanded with a third short story, "The Property of a Lady" which Fleming wrote, in 1963, for inclusion in The Ivory Hammer, the annual publication of Sotheby's auction house.
It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
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 James Bond
The twenty-first official film, Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig as Bond, is in production and is scheduled for a November 17, 2006 release.
The liner-notes of a 'Best of Bond' music compilation CD stated that this was because the early films all used titles from Fleming's novels; having outpaced the novels with the current Bond films, the abbreviated version is used instead.
On October 14, 2005, EON Productions announced that Daniel Craig would be the sixth official James Bond and will star in the latest adventure, Casino Royale, in 2006.
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 Moonraker
Fleming's novel was later adapted again as the eleventh film in the official James Bond series of films by EON Productions in 1979 and the fourth to star Roger Moore as Bond.
One noticable difference between the novelisation and the screenplay for Moonraker, is that Jaws does not gain a girlfriend and stays true to Wood's description as being a mute.
Glidrose Productions chose not to commission novelisations of the next few Bond films; the next film to be novelised would be Licence to Kill 10 years later.
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 PB Files: Interviews: Madison- Uncommon Bond (1999)
A dizzying range of licensed James Bond products continues to be made and sold in every inhabited corner of the world (my own particular favorites being James Bond postage stamps issued by two ex-Soviet republics: Turkmenistan and Chechnya).
About the countless disparate ups and downs of roughly 30 years of acting — in fringe theater and miniseries, as a popular TV detective, in arty foreign productions and finally, in mainstream blockbuster cinema, as a leading man. About raising three children and losing his wife after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer.
All the while living through the sheer bloody day-to-day stress of seven major feature film roles (and a number of supporting parts) in less than five years.
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 no.5251 - James Bond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
These three productions, not having originated with EON, are not considered to be official Bond films, although MGM/Sony now owns the distribution rights to them In addition to novels and films, Bond is a prominent character in many computer and video games, comic strips and comic books and has been the subject of many parodies.
The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil reserves; primary energy production accounts for 10% of GDP, one of the highest shares of any industrial state.
After Fleming's death, Jenkins was commissioned by Bond publishers Glidrose Productions to turn this story, Per Fine Ounce into a novel, but it was never published.
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