Tyrone Pardue

This year marked the centenary of the Ian Fleming's birth, the author of the ubiquitous James Bond stories. Penguin has revived the Bond series several times over the many years since they were originally published. But most of the designs were unremarkable.

In celebration of Ian Fleming's birthday this year, Penguin has done an outstanding job of resurrecting the magic with these new designs that really make you want to own the whole collection! Designed by MIchael Gillete, they succeed in capturing a 'cool and sexy' sort of vibe with a touch of the sixties about them. I really love the retro type with bullet holes on The Man with the Golden Gun cover (bottom right)!

These illustrations are actually paintings, which remind me of those sixties and seventies Playboy story illustrations. Not that I ever looked at Playboy of course...


See the Full Book List Here (Click on the Bond Books Link)