Comments on: Celluloid Stumper: Bond Week. James Bond Week.

By: JB

JB — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:10:39 +0000

1. Ian Flemming
2. Wild BIll Donovan

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:42:52 +0000

We’d like to rechristen “tvaddictgurl” as “bondgurl” — she’s right on both counts! Kingsley Amis wrote The Book of Bond under the name of Tanner — Fleming didn’t, although Amis drew on his novels as a source material (more on that tomorrow). And yep, Tanner is M’s chief of staff.

By the way, the book was originally published with a decoy jacket. Anyone know what it was and where the title came from? (Remember, no Googling!)

By: Abby

Abby — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:28:46 +0000

1. Ian Flemming was the author.
2. and Tanner was Kingsley Amis a famous English novelist (he came up with the anti-hero for a main character). He dabbled in science fiction and communism and after Flemming died Amis was hired to finish some of his novels.

By: Jef

Jef — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:24:16 +0000

1. Kingsley Amis
2. Tanner is ‘M’ in the James Bond World

By: Colin

Colin — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:23:10 +0000

Could it be Kingsley Amis? I know he was always a fan of Ian Flemming and wrote a book of Bond fiction himself. And his son (Martin) is an author, so that would fit the clue. I don’t know if he was ornery though.

By: tvaddictgurl

tvaddictgurl — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:17:11 +0000

#1 – Kingley Amis
#2 – M’s Chief of Staff in the Bond novels

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:58:45 +0000

Nope, keep guessing… Here are a couple of hints:

1. He’s famously ornery.
2. He’s not the only literary type in his family.

By: Jason!

Jason! — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:52:32 +0000

Is #1 John Le Carre?

By: Tucker Steele

Tucker Steele — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:39:04 +0000

The answer to the seconds question, is that LTC Tanner was a soldier in South Africa.

As for the first answer, I have no idea so I am going to guess Ian Flemming.