When @madelineashby.bsky.social and I co-edited Licence Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond back in 2015, the writers had no trouble at all coming up with James Bond stories in the Fleming mold. Perhaps Amazon should give one or two of them a call...

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Forget the Aston Martin! I want to see what that Bentley can do on the open road. If there's to be a big, improbable stunt, let 007 train up for it for a week or two, and pop some amphetamines for good measure.

Also, it's well past time that James Bond beat a Nazi at bridge.

Give me the James Bond who guessed British TV licensing was a Soviet plot, while he mooned about his flat after Tiffany Case dumped him! Who fell hard for broken-nosed Honey Ryder after being moved by her back-story! Who snickered with Felix Leiter about Floridian pensioners on the boardwalk!

No one's done that yet - Craig's characterization did come close, but didn't place him in the post-War context that had the literary Bond make a bit of sense. And even Connery's James Bond - closer to the period - was a bit too laddish, far too smug, to fit with those books.

How about this: a total reboot of the films, to a time before Dr. No, set in the 1950s. Sand off the casual racism and misogyny, and tell stories about the patriotic self-destructive romantic that Fleming made up for his secret agent.

That guy!