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'''James Bond fandom''' is an international and informal community drawn together by Ian Fleming's ''[[James Bond]]'' series. The fandom works through the use of many different forms of media, including [[web site]]s,<ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/crossoverfic/tag/james+bond Crossover Fan Fiction<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=March 2011}}</ref> [[fan fiction]],<ref>[http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/fanfiction/index.php3 MI6 :: The Home Of James Bond 007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> magazines,<ref>[http://www.mi6magazine.com/ MI6 Declassified - The New Magazine for James Bond and Beyond<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.mi6confidential.com/ MI6 Confidential - James Bond magazine]</ref> [[WebZine]] [[podcast]]s, [[fan art]] and [[songvid]]s.<ref>[http://www.fanlib.com/fandom/James_Bond/2pg0h FanLib.com - James Bond Fan Stories, Fan Art, and Fan Videos<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
'''James Bond fandom''' is an international and informal community drawn together by Ian Fleming's ''[[James Bond]]'' series. The fandom works through the use of many different forms of media, including [[web site]]s,<ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/crossoverfic/tag/james+bond Crossover Fan Fiction<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=March 2011}}</ref> [[fan fiction]],<ref>[http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/fanfiction/index.php3 MI6 :: The Home Of James Bond 007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> magazines,<ref>[http://www.mi6magazine.com/ MI6 Declassified - The New Magazine for James Bond and Beyond<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.mi6confidential.com/ MI6 Confidential - James Bond magazine]</ref> [[WebZine]] [[podcast]]s, [[fan art]] and [[songvid]]s.<ref>[http://www.fanlib.com/fandom/James_Bond/2pg0h FanLib.com - James Bond Fan Stories, Fan Art, and Fan Videos<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


Revision as of 17:12, 3 September 2013

James Bond fandom is an international and informal community drawn together by Ian Fleming's James Bond series. The fandom works through the use of many different forms of media, including web sites,[1] fan fiction,[2] magazines,[3][4] WebZine podcasts, fan art and songvids.[5]

The first James Bond Fan Club was in the summer of 1974, when Richard Schenkman and Bob Forlini, two students at Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, NY, put together a fan club and published a mimeographed, stapled-together magazine called BONDAGE.[6]

Concept car designer Frank Rinderknecht, James Bond fan created underwater car in the movie “The Spy Who Loved Me” after three decades. He worked with his team to create “sQuba”.[7]

Fan sites

Since its foundation, MI6-HQ.com (formally MI6.co.uk) has been a trustworthy resource for media organizations across the world. Press organizations and websites who've been assisted by MI6 include Time Magazine,[8] Entertainment Weekly,[9] and MTV.[10]

Fan fiction

Podcasts

Commanderbond.net has featured the podcasts in enhanced iTunes format and standard MP3.[11]

Fanmade computer game remake

GoldenEye: Source is a total conversion mod in development using the Source engine developed by Valve Corporation for the computer game, Half-Life 2. GoldenEye: Source is based on the award winning Nintendo 64 video game, GoldenEye 007, featuring Bond. An alpha release was distributed on December 25, 2005 receiving more than 65,000 downloads in 2 weeks. A Beta release of GoldenEye: Source was scheduled for December 25, 2006, but was released on December 26, 2006.

In January 2007, it was awarded twice in the 2006 annual Moddb awards, a win in Editor's Choice [12] for the Reinvention category, and was player-voted 3rd place in the overall category Mod of the year .[13] A significant rise from the 2005 awards, which earned GoldenEye: Source 4th place in the unreleased category.

On December 5, 2007, one of the developers released an unofficial patch. This patch fixes some of the bugs there are present in the first beta version. The developer team will not support this patch, and support is only available in a topic in the GoldenEye: Source forum.[14]

Landmarks tours

James Bond Island

Some travel agencies have organized a subdivision to create tours specifically highlighting iconic landmarks in the world of James Bond. where Fleming worked and lived, uncovering HQs of the intelligence communities, SOE, SIS,MI5 and MI6.[15]

Ko Tapu found fame through the 1974 film The Man with the Golden Gun. it's now referred to as James Bond Island both by locals as well as in tourist guidebooks.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ Crossover Fan Fiction[dead link]
  2. ^ MI6 :: The Home Of James Bond 007
  3. ^ MI6 Declassified - The New Magazine for James Bond and Beyond
  4. ^ MI6 Confidential - James Bond magazine
  5. ^ FanLib.com - James Bond Fan Stories, Fan Art, and Fan Videos
  6. ^ Tom Mankiewicz Interview from BONDAGE Magazine
  7. ^ Digital Journal - Diehard James Bond fan creates underwater car
  8. ^ "That Old Feeling: Apres-War Movies". Time.
  9. ^ "25 Essential Fansites". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
  10. ^ "Bond 22 to Film in Panama".
  11. ^ The CBn Podcast - James Bond 007 - CommanderBond.net - James Bond At Its Best
  12. ^ Editor's Choice - Mod of the year[dead link]
  13. ^ 3rd place - Mod of the year
  14. ^ Beta 1.1h support topic
  15. ^ james bond tours offered by Brit Movie Tours
  16. ^ James Bond Island - Phuket, Thailand
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