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Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British writer, journalist and naval intelligence officer who is best known for his James Bond series of spy novels.

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"James Bond in World and Popular Culture: The Films are Not Enough provides the most comprehensive study of the James Bond phenomena ever published..."

"The article discusses the longevity of the popularity of fictional character James Bond, which was created by British author Ian Fleming. Also cited are the introduction of Bond as a member of the British Secret Intelligence Service or M16 in the 1953 novel "Casino Royale," as well as the other novels like "From Russia with Love" and "Goldfinger."..."

"Most of the world knows Ian Fleming's fictional character James Bond through the 12 novels, 2 collections of short stories, and 23 films over the past 50 years which have been made of him. However, very few realize that the character began 60 years ago as a pulp hero standing up for Western values against a morally corrupt, vindictive, and spreading communist empire..."

"A James Bond novel is to be written by a woman for the first time after the Ian Fleming estate authorised an 'expansion' of the spy's fictional universe..."

"The article offers information about author Ian Fleming's James Bond series of spy novels. It discusses the replication of the commercial success of the Fleming books as well as the successor volumes showing how Bond can be used to chart present interests and anxieties and other novels which attempt to subvert the image of Bond as a sexual action hero by making him conform to the theories of the feminist, gay, and gender revolutions..."

Discusses James Bond films, the celebration of 40 years as a franchise, and the release of the motion picture 'Die Another Day,' which stars Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry