I have the text of a fascinating article by Ian Fleming first published in The Times 1962, and again on the anniversary of Bond film number 20, I think then by Electronic Telegraph.
I have tried to find it again on the net simply to post a link to it for you all to enjoy, however it appears to have been moved or deleted. Luckily I saved it.
It is of course © Fleming, however if anyone is interested in it perhaps it could be posted here on the site subject to the necessary permissions? Or I could distribute it privately? I am unfamiliar with the vagaries of copyright law.
Perhaps someone here could help?
Article on thriller writing by Ian Fleming
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, Nov 07 2002 10:41 AM
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Posted 07 November 2002 - 09:15 PM
Heh, copyright laws are messy. To the best of our knowledge you can grace us with 10% of the text.
What you do behind closed doors is none CBn's business or action etc... and can only come back to you. If you get me. Which means no public requests for the article.
What you do behind closed doors is none CBn's business or action etc... and can only come back to you. If you get me. Which means no public requests for the article.
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Posted 08 November 2002 - 07:33 AM
OK - I have been trawling the web trying to find the damn thing and will continue to do so....watch this space.
Yes the 10% rule reminds me of the notices above the photocopiers at Uni!
Yes the 10% rule reminds me of the notices above the photocopiers at Uni!
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Posted 13 November 2002 - 08:48 AM
I've got a hard copy of that article as well. Bloody good. Easily recognisable as Fleming's as is the humour that he was well known for during his life. Nice, informative and well thought out article. Little wonder he was Atticus at the Sunday Times and Foriegn Manager of Kemsley Newspapers 
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Posted 13 November 2002 - 09:17 AM
How did you get a hard copy 1q2w3e4r?
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Posted 13 November 2002 - 09:25 AM
Not from the actual '62 article. Online, saved and printed it 
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Posted 14 November 2002 - 09:30 AM
Originally posted by 1q2w3e4r
Not from the actual '62 article. Online, saved and printed it
Where did you find it online?
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Posted 14 November 2002 - 09:55 AM
it was at kim lasts site, i checked and its moved now 
You could email her. Don't know exactly how helpful she'd be though
You could email her. Don't know exactly how helpful she'd be though
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Posted 14 November 2002 - 12:51 PM
I thought Kim Last was a man, oops, no wonder she/he never replied to my email before about something else....*blush*
Oh well, I might try a cunning text search to try and find it.....
Oh well, I might try a cunning text search to try and find it.....
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Posted 15 November 2002 - 06:20 AM
"I'm sorry. I thought you were a man!" Yeah, I can see why you didn't get a reply. Im busy for the next few days, but when I get a chance during the next week I'll scan it in the PC
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Posted 15 November 2002 - 09:05 AM
I do have a copy myself, I was just looking for a legal way to make it more widely available in terms of copyright. A posting on the web somewhere legitimate would have been ideal. It must be somewhere still.