Ian Fleming's James Bond:
Annotations and Chronologies for
Ian Fleming's Bond Stories
Table of Contents PREFACE..................................................................................xi
FOREWORDS...........................................................................xiii
INTRODUCTION......................................................................xvii
OVERVIEW.................................................................................1
CREATING HIGH LEVEL CHRONOLOGY FOR
IAN FLEMING'S JAMES BOND............................................2
STATEMENT CONCERNING MISLEADING REFERENCES
IN THE BOND BOOKS......................................................6
STEP-BY-STEP HIGH LEVEL CHRONOLOGY
CROSSCHECK BY SEQUENCE OF IAN FLEMING'S
BOND BOOKS PUBLISHED PLUS SPECIFIC
ANNOTATIONS (HOW THEY WERE IMPACTED BY
SUBSEQUENT STORIES).................................................7
FINAL HIGH LEVEL CHRONOLOGY AFTER
IMPACTS BY SEQUENCE................................................13
THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICE OF IAN FLEMING'S
JAMES BOND...............................................................14
WHERE WERE THE HEADQUARTERS OF BOND'S
SECRET SERVICE AND HIS CHELSEA FLAT
LOCATED?...................................................................18
'Q' OF Q BRANCH................................................................25
CONCERNING JAMES BOND AND SIR THOMAS BOND'S
COAT OF ARMS AND MOTTO...........................................26
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS BY JAMES BOND'S AGE .................27
CHRONOLOGY FOR ERNST STAVRO BLOFELD.........................34
CARS MENTIONED IN IAN FLEMING'S JAMES BOND
NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES.........................................36
LISTING OF SOME OF THE FIREARMS FOUND IN
IAN FLEMING'S JAMES BOND NOVELS AND SHORT
STORIES.......................................................................39
LISTING OF SOME OF THE GADGETS, SPECIALIZED
EQUIPMENT, AND CONCEALED WEAPONRY FOUND
IN IAN FLEMINGS JAMES BOND NOVELS AND SHORT
STORIES.......................................................................41
GLOBAL GLOSSARY.............................................................43
CASINO ROYALE.......................................................................51
GLOSSARY FOR CASINO ROYALE..........................................52
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF CASINO ROYALE.................57
THE EUROPEAN ROULETTE WHEEL AND TABLE........................67
Analysis of CASINO ROYALE ROULETTE GAME,
EVENING OF JUNE 15, 1951
CHAPTER VII- ROUGE ET NOIR......................................71
LIVE AND LET DIE. ...................................................................74
GLOSSARY FOR LIVE AND LET DIE.......................................75
VOODOO (ALSO KNOWN AS VODOU)..................................79
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF LIVE AND LET DIE..............82
MOONRAKER.............................................................................92
GLOSSARY FOR MOONRAKER.............................................93
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF MOONRAKER..................105
Analysis of MOONRAKER Contract Bridge,
Monday, May 25, 1953..................................................117
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.........................................................137
GLOSSARY FOR DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.........................138
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER...........................................151
FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE........................................................167
GLOSSARY FOR FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE........................168
COMMUNISM: A BRIEF BACKGROUND................................176
A BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF
THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST
REPUBLICS AND THE SPREAD OF
COMMUNISM UP TO AND INCLUDING
THE PERIOD OF THE FLEMING
JAMES BOND ADVENTURES..........................................177
SMERSH: Smyert Shpionam: Death to Spies.......................183
Chronology of Soviet Political Police...................................185
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF
FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE..........................................187
ANALYSIS OF CHESS GAME FOUND IN
CHAPTER 7- THE WIZARD OF ICE................................199
DOCTOR NO............................................................................204
GLOSSARY FOR DOCTOR NO............................................205
BRITISH COLONIAL EMPIRE ADMINISTRATION
AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS (1956)........................214
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF DOCTOR NO....................216
GOLDFINGER...........................................................................225
GLOSSARY FOR GOLDFINGER...........................................226
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF GOLDFINGER..................243
A Closer Look at Goldfinger Golf Game,
Wednesday, May 22, 1957...........................................255
'RISICO'..................................................................................266
GLOSSARY FOR 'RISICO'..................................................267
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF 'RISICO'........................270
'QUANTUM OF SOLACE'..............................................................271
GLOSSARY FOR 'QUANTUM OF SOLACE'.............................272
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF
'QUANTUM OF SOLACE'...............................................273
'THE HILDEBRAND RARITY'........................................................274
GLOSSARY FOR 'THE HILDEBRAND RARITY'........................275
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF
'THE HILDEBRAND RARITY'...........................................277
'FROM A VIEW TO A KILL'..........................................................278
GLOSSARY FOR 'FROM A VIEW TO A KILL'...........................279
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF
'FROM A VIEW TO A KILL'.............................................281
'FOR YOUR EYES ONLY'.............................................................282
GLOSSARY FOR 'FOR YOUR EYES ONLY'.............................283
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF
'FOR YOUR EYES ONLY'...............................................285
THIJNDERBALL.........................................................................288
GLOSSARY FOR THUNDERBALL.........................................289
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF THUNDERBALL...............307
OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THUNDERBALL.............................325
'OCTOPUSSY'..........................................................................327
GLOSSARY FOR 'OCTOPUSSY'..........................................328
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF 'OCTOPUSSY'.................331
'THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS'..........................................................332
GLOSSARY FOR 'THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS'.........................333
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF
'THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS'...........................................337
'THE PROPERTY OF A LADY'.......................................................338
GLOSSARY FOR 'THE PROPERTY OF A LADY'......................339
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF
'THE PROPERTY OF A LADY'........................................342
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME...........................................................343
GLOSSARY FOR THE SPY WHO LOVED ME...........................344
THE CHRONOLOGY OF
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME............................................352
ON HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE,
'007 IN NEW YORK', AND PORTION OF
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME..............................................355
GLOSSARY FOR
ON HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE...........................356
SUB-GLOSSARY FOR '007 in New York'
(short story which is found
in Ian Flemings Thrilling Cities.....................................376
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF
ON HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE...........................378
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE..............................................................392
GLOSSARY FOR YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.............................393
'Sayonara to James Bond' by Richard Hughes....................411
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE...............................................417
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN..............................................426
GLOSSARY FOR
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN................................427
THE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN................................438
A CHRONOLOGY OF DEATHS.......................................................445
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...............................................................446
BIBLIOGRAPHY..........................................................................447
ABOUT THE AUTHOR..................................................................455
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