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Hopefully, we’ll have something in September. Folio confirmed again today that they’re working on new Bond releases.
Yeah, it will come later in the year.
I'm pretty sure it will come out in mid October like always.
I ask because the original UK first edition didn't have that story, and they've been keeping to the text of the UK first editions so far.
Fourth down looks like it could be Fleming.
Now, I just need to know that Property of a Lady will definitely be in the next book, (Octopussy and The Living Daylights), and I can rest easy.
Yep here it is.
I am once again in awe of Fay Dalton's talent. 😍
I'm torn between "I prefer it when Bond's face isn't shown" and "Bond is super hot".
(I do like the images where you can't really tell what he looks like. Hard to keep that up for the whole series though.)
I wonder if Bond was telling Judy in this scene: “The Chinese have a saying; “Before setting off on revenge, you first dig two graves!”
And the way Judy's face looked like kinda telling that: "Why you're telling me that?! And do I care at all? Mr. Bond?!"
I wonder if Dalton does that not just because hiding Bond creates a sort of disconnect from the audience as they read, but also because of how intimidating it can be to illustrate Bond. By hiding him in far shots or with illustrations that have him facing away from the reader, she is able to avoid the usual trap of Bond not looking like people would expect. Particularly because the book Bond has very defined features that readers would expect to see captured by an illustrator, from his similarity to Hoagy Carmichael's mug and his distinct scar, to his cold blue eyes and the comma of hair that is always falling over his forehead. And how in the hell do you draw a "cruel mouth" anyway? Drawing Bond right and in a way that readers can recognize and accept is definitely an intimidating challenge.
I can also attest to how difficult it is to capture Bond's essence in a drawing, which is why I find Dalton's work so incredible. Having Bond's face be obscured might be more of an edict from IFP than her artistic choice because iirc the 2002 Penguin covers changed to having Bond in silhouette. Then again even earlier there's the Pan cover for Moonraker that I love, which feels like direct inspiration for her works. I definitely think it's a case of keeping Bond a cipher and audience surrogate.
But her artwork is very true to the text, and It'd be a fun thing, once the Folio Flemings have run their course, to have a forum poll on our favourite Dalton illustration from the entire series.
Off the top of my head, the slipcase cover for Live and Let Die takes some beating.
I also think the cover of Casino Royale is great, I like that Bond looks a little like a young Ian Fleming.
But I think some of all-time favourites are the villains, she puts so much detail into them. You can feel Viv's shock in seeing Sluggsy and Horror. And with Blofeld in OHMSS, I love the hard shadow shapes on his face and edge control in the vest is marvellous.
But my favourite is probably this from TSWLM. The book that inspired me to get a scooter - motorcycling has ended up such a huge part of my life.
But this one caught my eyes, an iconic shot from Tiffany Case.
https://ianfleming.com/welcome-home-007/
What is Talk of the Devil about?
It's a collection of Fleming's non-fiction and early non-Bond short stories as far as I remember. Stuff that hadn't been published before anywhere for the most part. It was published by Queen Anne's Press (which Fleming himself set up) back in 2008 as part of Fleming’s Centenary Year. The only thing was it cost about £1000 at that time (maybe even more) and so was out of the reach of most Bond fans.
Thank you for the information! I hope that the Folio Society can do other Bond novels other than just Fleming’s!
No bother. It's from memory so I just hope I've explained what it's about properly. Of course I'm all for new releases of the Bond continuation novels.