Taiwanese pirate editions of the Fleming books

alantongalantong Posts: 41MI6 Agent
in James Bond Literature
Hi,

Does anyone else collect the Taiwanese pirate editions of the Fleming books? Some of them have really strange artwork (eg Diamonds Are Forever has the "flames" artwork stolen from the Cape edition of Moonraker).

These are the ones I have so far.

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I would love to put together a complete set so if anyone has any others I would be interested in buying them / swapping (I have spare copies of DAF, CR and OHMSS).

Regards
Alan

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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Interesting -{
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    Interesting indeed. I've not heard of or seen those ever before! :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Nope, new to me too. :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    Now if only the Fleming estate would see this and sue for an account of profits, that'd be great.
    "Watch the birdie, you bastard!"
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I wonder do the Somali pirates read the Taiwanese pirate Copies ? :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I wonder do the Somali pirates read the Taiwanese pirate Copies ? :))

    That's probably where they get their ideas and I hear that the Thunderball translation is of especial interest to them! 8-) :))
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I thought they'd be lost at sea, adrift ! ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I thought they'd be lost at sea, adrift ! ;)

    If only they were...nobody would send out a search party for that lot! :)) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Are pirate books like the old pirate vhs tapes ?
    Half way through the book the writing will go all
    Blurry, and off to one side with the odd word missing.
    Only to come near the end, with a bleed through from the
    Porno story it was printed over ? :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I think in one of them, M declares his Love for Bond :))
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  • David SchofieldDavid Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    I think in one of them, M declares his Love for Bond :))

    You've come across BOND STRIKES CAMP by Cyril Connolly?
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    To be honest, thats the first Time I've ever heard of Bond Strikes Camp :))
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  • David SchofieldDavid Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent
    Early 60s, Fleming's friend Cyril Connolly wrote a short story of that name.

    Obviously, it's a parody, but written straight. M sends Bond to a transvestite club to track down a Ruskie. Bond obviously has to go in drag. M pitches up, ultimately, tells Bond it has just been a ruse to get him there and attempts to seduce him...
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,868Chief of Staff
    I didn't enjoy that story at all. It struck me as poorly written and harsh, unlike "Alligator" - which had a sense of fun and a love for Bond (or should I say B*nd? :) )
  • David SchofieldDavid Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent
    Clearly, Connolly was having a go at the 60s Bond image (you know the one: men want to be him, women want to be with him...) and the Bond-M relationship of the novels against the background of the time - MI6, the Cambridge spies and homosexuality.

    ALLIGATOR, alternatively, is just a genuine, fun 60s parody without much subtext, as you suggested.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I remember an interview with some of the Star Trek actors, who said there was
    a stack of fan stories about their characters, which mainly involved them having
    wild space sex. :)) ...... Is there anything like that in the Bond Fandom ?
    or should I start writing now ? :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,868Chief of Staff
    I have no knowledge of this phenomenon...
  • David SchofieldDavid Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent
    Didn't we get almost that far with the sex scenes in Benson's professional fan fic? :#

    I will always chuckle at the scene in DOUBLESHOT when Bond gives way his identity to the hench-female because during penetrative sex it is clear he has a much bigger nob than his double. :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Bond does love that Jersey butter. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • David SchofieldDavid Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent
    And he did attend Eton.

    Huge shaft of opportunity for the Young Bond novelists to penetrate there. :o
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Bond uses his right Hand to shoot ;)
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,868Chief of Staff
    Take it to the pub, guys- http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/43943/the-silencer-and-bra-strap/
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    I liked the covers of the Taiwanese editions. It reminded me of the Norwegian first edition of Casino Royale from 1954. What makes it interesting is how the artist managed to incorporate the title of the book into the cover drawing.

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,868Chief of Staff
    Great cover!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    +1, Very nice cover artwork. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    On a Great Pan Release of CR, Bond is depicted a being blond. Maybe they predicted Craig? :))
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • David SchofieldDavid Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent
    edited November 2014
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    On a Great Pan Release of CR, Bond is depicted a being blond. Maybe they predicted Craig? :))

    Nothing in the world of lit Bond could have predicted Craig-Bond.... ;)

    Some of the 70s paperbacks around the world blonded Bond up in deference to Rog as the Bond du jour. The worst one is probably the tie-in edition of FYEO. :(

    Deference to the incumbent being the case, I am pretty sure the white-tuxedoed Bond shooting on the cover of the UK paperback first of CS is based on good 'ole GL... :o
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Here you go, Moored up Bond Cover Arts :))


    jove2crop.jpg


    jove2+copy+2.jpeg
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    edited November 2014
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    On a Great Pan Release of CR, Bond is depicted a being blond. Maybe they predicted Craig? :))

    Very few did :))
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    David Schofield wrote:
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    On a Great Pan Release of CR, Bond is depicted a being blond. Maybe they predicted Craig? :))

    Nothing in the world of lit Bond could have predicted Craig-Bond.... ;)

    Some of the 70s paperbacks around the world blonded Bond up in deference to Rog as the Bond du jour. The worst one is probably the tie-in edition of FYEO. :(

    Deference to the incumbent being the case, I am pretty sure the white-tuxedoed Bond shooting on the cover of the UK paperback first of CS is based on good 'ole GL... :o

    That is a very interesting observation indeed, David. :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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