Episode Details

Summary

Mark Edlitz (X, LinkedIn) joins Andrew (X; LinkedIn) to discuss how James Bond lived on in literature after the death of Ian Fleming. Mark is an author and pop culture expert. 

What You’ll Learn

Intelligence

• The original Fleming novels
• Intellectual property and author’s rights to iconic characters
• The evolution of Bond as a literary character 
• The relationship between the Bond books and the Bond movies

Reflections

• Can icons ever truly die?
• Just how malleable are our favorite characters?

And much, much more …

Resources 

SURFACE SKIM

*Spotlight Resource*

• James Bond After Fleming: The Continuation Novels, Mark Edlitz (2023)

*SpyCasts*

• The James Bond Collector with Mike VanBlaricum (2024)
• 70th Anniversary of James Bond, Special with Alexis Albion on 007, Part 1 of 2 (2023)
• 70th Anniversary of James Bond, Special with Alexis Albion on 007, Part 2 of 2 (2023)
• My Life Looking at Spies and the Media with Paul Lashmar (2022)

*Beginner Resources*

• James Bond Books: The Continuation Novels, D. Leigh, The James Bond Dossier (2024) [Short biographies of each continuation author]
• Ian Fleming – Life Story, Short Biographies, YouTube (2023) [8 min. video]
• Can I do a sequel to someone else's book or movie? Miller IP Law (n.d.) [Short article]

DEEPER DIVE

Books

• Bond, James Bond: Exploring the Shaken and Stirred History of Ian Fleming’s 007, B. Gilmore & M. Kalinowski (Mango, 2022)
• The Many Lives of James Bond: How the Creators of 007 Have Decoded the Superspy, M. Edlitz (Lyons Press, 2019)
• James Bond: The Evolution of the World's Most Famous Spy, A. Geiger (CompanionHouse Books, 2016) 

Primary Sources 

• An Interview with Raymond Benson (2023)
• License Renewed: Interview with John Gardner (1994)
• Gardner Assumes Ian Fleming's Pen To Keep James Bond Alive (1988)
• An Interview with Kingsley Amis (1975) 
• Allen Dulles and Ian Fleming (1964) 
• Books of the Times (1963) 

*Wildcard Resource*

• Jame