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Not if the book burners burn the servers...
In the current age of toppling statutes and whitewashing over the past I'm afraid I'm not so sure about books not bring hurled into the flames again. History does have a worrying tendency to repeat itself.
As pointed out by @FoxRox the Folio editions are expensive, but understandably so. If the titles are all still available, I might try and collect them all over time.
@Dragonpol Second hand is also an option, of course. Might be lucky and find some near perfect copies of more recent releases too.
If you're in the US, any editions from 2002 onward should have the complete texts. That includes any releases by Penguin and the Thomas & Mercer editions. The latter are probably the final releases of the unedited books. If you're in the UK, any editions before this year should be fine--I think the Vintage paperbacks were the most recent.
I have a few of the UK Vintage Classics books, and would love to complete my set of those. I see they're out of stock on several sites, so I guess used editions are my best chance.
If looking at US editions, the Thomas & Mercer editions might be the ones to go for.
Indigo, Canada's largest bookshop chain, has been been publishing its own editions of Fleming for a few years now. Indigo's edition of Live and Let Die reprints the original British text, and presumably so do the rest.
The covers share a generically minimalist template:
Here's what you see in the first few pages:
I presume the fourth paragraph is boilerplate legalese dropped into every book Indigo publishes. Its only legal standing would be to prohibit literal reproduction of the Indigo edition rather than its text, which presumably has been unaltered by the company. Now if Indigo had added material to the Bond books, it could copyright those editions and slap on stickers proclaiming "Now with EXTRA Sex, Snobbery, and Sadism!"
So if I'm in the U.S., even if I email that address, they won't sell and ship me copies?
I’ve only got Goldfinger in this edition, because I left the copy I was reading at home one day.
@Revelator if you want me to do any Indigo based research, let me know! I’m always near one.
I made a pretend order and it looks like Indigo will ship to the U.S. However, shipping is $19.67, which costs more than the book!
Thanks very much for your report (the maps sound neat!) and the kind offer. I'm actually more interested in this annotated edition of Casino Royale, which can't be shipped outside Canada. If you ever encounter it, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Copy secured!
Where do you find this option, @brinkeguthrie?
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Lost a bidding on a complete set of Pan Books on Ebay yesterday, which would have completed my collection of Ian Fleming Bond books (in various releases). I also lost a bidding on a hardback release of OHMSS, but I didn't expect to have the winning bid on either listing. I did however buy Pan Books releases of OHMSS, YOLT and TMWTGG – as well as The Diamond Smugglers (also a Pan Books release), in what looked to be books of decent condition overall. I'll see when I get them.
With shipping, the total is probably a bit more than I would like to pay, but at least I didn't have to bid for them. That leaves me with finding Octopussy and The Living Daylights.
If you're interested, drop me a PM. Postage to Norway should be only EUR 3,70 10.99.
EDIT: I just found out that since 2019, you can only send documents, but no more books as a "letter" from Germany, so it must be a "small package". And unfortunately a small package to Norway costs EUR 10.99, as I found out by deciphering the DHL shipping price lists.
That quote from Fleming, Very Bondian!
Some love is fire, some love is rust. But the finest, cleanest love is lust
Thank you very much for the offer @j_w_pepper, I really appreciate it, but I just managed to secure a 60's Pan Books copy of OP before I saw this. Maybe someone else here on this thread would like a 2006 Penguin edition!
With so many brilliant lines like that, one has to be the worst pair of writers in the world not to include them in the films.
"Content and devices/preferences"
Is this an option on the device itself? I don't have my Kindle in front of me right now.
My edition of LALD (T&M, 2012) has the chapter titles indicated in the photo.
I have given my two cents on this matter, here and there, and will strongly stand by it: the edits were approved by the Fleming Estate, who has sole rights to do so. I can't think of anyone else better suited to make such changes, based on what they know of Ian's own intentions. Their public statement makes this clear.
I really believe people are making a bigger deal out of this than need be. From my understanding, this is the Fleming estate's last big opportunity to make some $ before the books go into public domain--in some places, they already have. It's partly a marketing ploy. I have all of 007 novels, in editions I enjoy, and have no need to purchase the 70th. My guess is, this is also the case with most Bond fans.
If you don't want the edited books, then don't buy them. It's that simple, really. And there are plenty of ways to get ahold of earlier editions.
The Fleming Estate's decision on these edits is not a sign of the apocalypse.
A good, measured response that makes a lot of sense.
No, you just click OFF at the source on the Amazon website. Shuts down all updates to any devices you have.
Ah, found it in the end. Thanks!
I agree that this is a fine response.