Articles: James Bond titles

Michael G. Wilson On Bond Titles: 'If we can get away with Quantum of Solace...' by Devin Zydel
(from CommanderBond.net)
"...we can get away with anything." And that sums up the whole article, really.

For those who are unaware, there are precisely four Ian Fleming-created James Bond titles that haven't been used as film titles...

All of the novels' names have been used -- Casino Royale was the last

Several film titles were taken from Bond-related paraphernalia -- GoldenEye being Fleming's Jamaican home, The World is Not Enough being the Bond family motto, and Licence to Kill being the character's famous, er, licence

And there have even been a couple of entirely original ones -- namely, Tomorrow Never Dies and Die Another Day.

The four that remain -- before they get into pilfering chapter titles or something -- are all short stories, and, for the most part, are perfectly reasonable titles for a series that includes such entires as Thunderball and The Spy Who Loved Me.

"But what are they?" I hear you clamour. Well, there's...

Risico -- everyone who's read this seems to think it's a silly suggestion, so I presume the title must have a silly meaning within the story. In an of itself, there's nothing amiss about it, so why not?

The Hildebrand Rarity -- doesn't sound much like a Bond film, but then I'm sure some of the old titles didn't until they were. Makes the plot quite specific, unless they can come up with a very original meaning for that title.

The Property of a Lady -- very soppy, to be sure, but then so's The Spy Who Loved Me, and Bond's been a bit love-lorn of late anyhow.

007 in New York -- no.

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