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Griffon vulture, aka Eurasian griffon
A kettle
A committee
A wake
http://albalearning.com/audiolibros/kafka/elbuitre-en.html#inicio
Suggested readings of Kafka: “The Eagle”; “Prometheus”.
Inspired art from Israeli Yosl Bergner for Kafka's "The Vulture".
Modern uses of the vulture naturally align with comic-book storytelling.
DC Comics. Vulture organization.
Marvel Comics. Vulture villain.
And who can forget the 1967 British film The Vulture? Or remember at this point.
So Ian Fleming was open about using ornithologist James Bond's name for his fictional spy, and Americans James and Mary Bond were aware. Mary read the novels, and corresponded with Fleming to recognize shared experiences at the involved locations.
Just a matter of time, bird business took the couple to Jamaica and they stopped at Fleming's estate Goldeneye unannounced. Introducing himself as "James Bond" apparently shook up Fleming's cook.
The photo at the doorway is taken by Mrs. Bond.
Also on hand were Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Bray, friends of the Flemings. I've read reports that Fleming made comments on their meeting during the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) interview filmed on site that day, but I couldn't locate a video for that. Fleming passed on a signed copy of You Only Live Twice as thanks to the couple.
Mary Wickham Bond did write her own book on the subject.
Credited to Barbosa, what a beautiful callback to the Richard Chopping covers of the original Fleming novels.
But @MooseWithFleas and some others may enjoy Richard Chopping's own novel The Fly, Secker & Warburg 1965, and his cover art. (No relation to the 1958 film. Still, maybe an evolution from his The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopusssy & The Living Daylights dustjackets that, um, gathered flies.)
Did Fleming ever give praise to the covers? I'd be interested in knowing what he thoughts of them. As the first prints, I'm sure he had some say in what the final covers sent to market would look like.
Short article, worth reading.
Trompe l'oeill, Richard Chopping
Looking around, I see he even has A Book of Birds. Published by Bantam, of course, 1944.
As an artist and wannabe designer, I find it very interesting how Chopping was able to cling to the same motifs and ideas in so much of his work, often using similar backgrounds and that same 3D effect that really makes all of his creations derived from the same roots.
In a way, those covers make Fleming's books feel like what I hold they are: works of literary art. His art really gave the pedigree to books that might have been looked down upon by the "elite" literary banner-wavers. "That Fleming, he writes smut. Sex and secret agents, how barbarian." Chopping made the books feel like something you just had to experience, a perfect example of why cover art is instrumental in sales and getting consumers to even pick up your book in the first place. It's great to hear that Fleming loved the final products so much, and was a real ring-bearer for Chopping's continued involvement in his work.
I also find it utterly perfect that-of course-Chopping had a book called A Book of Birds. The parallels between Fleming, his associates and the occupation and name of the man who inspired his character are staggering. You couldn't make it up.
I don't. But I will.
Looks like you'll have to give it a purchase!
[Be sure to read that as me doing my best loud salesman impersonation]
Witness volume one:
01:10:22 Crab Key, Caribbean Sea. 1962
You may suspect clarity is given on screen to Columba livia or Ara ararauna and Gyps fulvus. But not much else.
A mix of a select few closeups, the rest elusive but on screen nonetheless.
[Clockwise from upper left.]
01:37:13 Ionian Sea. 1981
00:09:21 Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. 1967
01:41.50 North Africa. 1983
01:16:23 Swiss Alps, Switzerland. 1969
As taxonomy, there's also a purity to the approach. No film names. [And no bird IDs.]
There is simply the run time reference, city, country, and year of film release. For example, an iconic Bird Bond moment is represented as "00:40:57 Venice, Italy 1979". Of course. It had to be.
And it's the story location, not the real world filming location. So "00:11:47 SPECTRE Island. 1963", rather than some film lot or shooting locale.
01:16:23 Swiss Alps, Switzerland. 1969
The back half of the book recognizes ornithologist James Bond with color photos of research specimens
(apparently still on hand) and papers. A nice contrast for cinema versus stark reality.
Disclaimer: an expensive volume for a very specialized audience.
Here's the video: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1856624190
The interruption is around the 7:55 mark. If you haven't watched the entire interview, please do--it's the only substantial footage of Fleming around.
A nice little moment in the interview, @Revelator. It's a Grackle, Fleming himself calls it the Kling kling
as the local Jamaica name for it. A feature of his last full-length novel The Man with the Golden Gun,
we covered the bird on Page 8.
You're right, that's the most complete version of the CDC interview I've seen.
Partridge - ˈpär·trij/ - noun
1. a small game bird with a short tail
Middle English (partrich). Old French (pertriz, or perdriz). Latin (perdix).
Partridge (Phasianidae, or subfamily Perdicinae): ground-dwelling birds that eat bugs and seeds. Smaller than Pheasant, larger than Quail. Old World game birds found across Europe, Asia, Africa. May be raised for release in the wild for hunting purposes, introduced to North America that way.
Varieties: Snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa), Verreaux's monal-partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus), Szechenyi's monal-partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii), Arabian partridge (Alectoris melanocephala), Przevalski's partridge (Alectoris magna), Rock partridge (Alectoris graeca), Chukar (Alectoris chukar), Philby's partridge (Alectoris philbyi), Barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara), Red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa), See-see partridge (Ammoperdix griseogularis), Sand partridge (Ammoperdix heyi), Grey partridge (Perdix perdix), Daurian partridge (Perdix dauurica), Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae), Long-billed partridge (Rhizothera longirostris), Hose's partridge، Rhizothera dulitensis[/i]), Madagascar partridge (Margaroperdix madagascarensis), Black wood-partridge (Melanoperdix nigra), Rubeho forest partridge (Xenoperdix obscuratus), Udzungwa forest partridge (Xenoperdix udzungwensis), Hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola), Sichuan partridge (Arborophila rufipectus), Chestnut-breasted partridge (Arborophila mandellii), White-necklaced partridge (Arborophila gingica), Rufous-throated partridge (Arborophila rufogularis), White-cheeked partridge (Arborophila atrogularis), Taiwan partridge (Arborophila crudigularis), Hainan partridge (Arborophila ardens), Chestnut-bellied partridge (Arborophila javanica). Grey-breasted partridge (Arborophila orientalis), Bar-backed partridge (Arborophila brunneopectus), Orange-necked partridge (Arborophila davidi), Chestnut-headed partridge (Arborophila cambodiana), Red-breasted partridge (Arborophila hyperythra), Red-billed partridge (Arborophila rubrirostris), Scaly-breasted partridge (Arborophila chloropus), Chestnut-necklaced partridge (Arborophila charltonii), Sumatran partridge (Arborophila sumatrana), Vietnam partridge (Arborophila merlini), Ferruginous partridge (Caloperdix oculea), Crimson-headed partridge (Haematortyx sanguiniceps), Crested partridge (Rollulus roulroul), [/i]), Mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii), Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracica).
Snow partridge
Rock partridge
Chukar
Red-legged partridge
Black wood-partridge
Grey partridge
Taiwan partridge
Chinese bamboo partridge
Miscellaneous.
Roast partridge
Derek Partridge - Vulcan Bomber Crewman, Thunderball, 1965
Tim Partridge- Dolby sound consultant, GoldenEye, 1995
Rob Partridge – Armorer, Skyfall, 2012
Actually not partial to pear trees. [Potential sloppy translation of "une perdrix".]
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge.
HMS Partridge, 1893
HMS Partridge (#7 overall), launched 1941 (sunk 1942)
Partridge Family