دانلود کتاب James Bond - a celebration

James Bond started out a cultural hero of the Sixties,
but has proved himself a man of the Seventies and
Eighties too. And, as the New York Times remarked,
he is probably a man of the next century as well.

It is now estimated that James Bond has provided
escape and enjoyment for 100 million readers and
one-and-a-half billion cinemagoers. He has become
a worldwide cult figure crossing all race and .
language barriers and can now be numbered
among the six most famous characters in literature,
a truly remarkable achievement for a character
created initially as a money spinner and a means of
escape from routine for his author.

Just what is it that has created this phenomenon?
Many critics and authors have attempted explanations
for it: Len Deighton; Raymond Chandler; Kingsley
Amis; John LeCarré. Films and Filming, the
prestigious cinema magazine, stated: ‘James Bond
is not Just a screen hero, he is an institution, and as
such has influenced world affairs, art, music, motion
pictures and fashion’

Fleming himself generally felt that Bond should not
be analysed too closely and said ‘They're reading
too much into the man-he’s not all that important’
This may be so, but there is unquestionably
something in the Bond formula which still leaves
people the world over asking for more. A precise
explanation for this remains elusive, but author
Peter Haining offers some clues from the
experiences and recollections of those involved in
the making of the 007 legend, both in print and on
screen. He charts the evolution of Bond in both
literature and films, and presents some of his own
provocative speculations as to the literary origins
of 007 and the arch-villains in Fleming's novels.