LALD censoring in US/UK

hegottheboot

Somewhere I read that LALD had been heavily censored in the US and other countries. Does anyone know if this is true, and what exactly was cut?

Hardyboy

LALD was actually censored in South Africa because of the interracial relationship between Bond and Rosie Carver. So far as I know, it was never cut down in the US or UK.

j.blades

hopefully your right because i would hate to have missed something.

hegottheboot

Well, it seems unfortunately that I was right. There was some censoring, and only the new Penguin paperbacks have the original British version. Here's the article from commanderbond.net
http://commanderbond.net/4332/bond-novels-that-were-edited-censored-and-banned.html

Hardyboy

What a brain fart! I thought I was in the films forum and missed the fact you were talking about the novel! Blame it on me being on vacation. But, yes, it was only with the recent Penguin editions that LALD appeared in the U.S. with the N-word and stereotypical dialogue restored.

Silhouette Man

See my article here for more details:

http://thebondologistblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/james-bond-novels-that-were-edited.html

AlphaOmegaSin

I have the Vintage 007 Reprints that came out only last Year. Are these Censored as well?

perdogg

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

I have the Vintage 007 Reprints that came out only last Year. Are these Censored as well?

Go to chapter 5, if the title is "Seventh Avenue" then you have the US edition, which was edited. If chapter 5 is NOT "Seventh Avenue" you have the original UK/Commonwealth version.

chrisisall

Silhouette Man wrote:

See my article here for more details:

http://thebondologistblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/james-bond-novels-that-were-edited.html

Wow! Excellent info there, SM!!!!

Silhouette Man

chrisisall wrote:

Silhouette Man wrote:

See my article here for more details:

http://thebondologistblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/james-bond-novels-that-were-edited.html

Wow! Excellent info there, SM!!!!

Thanks, I'm planning a new article solely focusing on the 'race edits' on LALD and DAF specifically - a fascinating subject!

Silhouette Man

perdogg wrote:

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

I have the Vintage 007 Reprints that came out only last Year. Are these Censored as well?

Go to chapter 5, if the title is "Seventh Avenue" then you have the US edition, which was edited. If chapter 5 is NOT "Seventh Avenue" you have the original UK/Commonwealth version.

Yes, there it was "Nigger Heaven". I'm planning an article on this at some point as I have all of the differences noted down somewhere on my computer. It should be a really fun exercise.