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Forever Yours, With Regret

Nine fan stories by nine authors celebrating the Centenary of Ian Fleming

Written by Jacques Stewart on 02 Jun, 2008

Nine lives of James Bond…

Of all the projects undertaken over the years by the many members of CommanderBond.net in celebrating their enthusiasm for James Bond, it will become clear to anyone reading these nine amazing tales that this one produced a genuine determination to do it right, to do well by Ian Fleming, whose centenary we celebrate this week.

From the minds of nine talented, imaginative, hugely creative writers, something special has come together in celebration of the life of Bond’s creator. In these tales of danger and death, that rich and vivid blend of violence, exotic places, high living, sharp wit and soft skin that indelibly identifies a James Bond story, returns.

From the smart hotels of Geneva, to the ruins of a Chilean city, in the violence of the gun and in the torment of the mind, from old scores to settle to present-day dangers, from hard torture to harder kisses, from a scream to a sigh, everything that is Bond is here, everything that attracted all of us in the first place and the pity is that Ian Fleming could not see it, could not see what he inspired others to achieve. The writers wanted to do it properly, we think they have—and gone beyond—and in gratitude, they are forever his, with regret.

“Now, take diamonds,” Leiter continued. “After World War II, you British staked your claim in the diamond trade by purchasing mines in Sierra Leone. You’re doing pretty well with it too, or so I hear…”

– Excerpt from Mark Cameron’s ‘Quality of the Stone’

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Forever Yours, With Regret
a collection of short stories including:

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