Bond’s Literary News

More time for marketing Q?

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Do you have a source for this May '26 info? Other than the recent history of adult Bond being released around Ian Fleming’s birthday (DMC, CB, FAAD and WAMTK)? Also, @secretagentfan I think you’re right. In Vaseem Khan’s newsletter he has a new riddle every month until October. So promotion has kind of started, honestly.

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Our old friend Zencat at The Book Bond, followed by Amazon UK having the pre-order up with a May 21 2026 date.

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Thank you for the information!

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Interesting, thanks for the update! Shame too, given how the last one ended. I was looking forward to finishing her trilogy this summer. In any event, I’m still a bit leery on the Q book but then again, it’s not like I’m not going to buy it. I really hope they release a Bond story this year, everything else aside. Fingers crossed Higson got the nod to put something new together.

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They have to ramp up that marketing before Q takes over the film franchise. :wink:

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At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if Q gets a storyline in a Bond movie akin to M in SF.

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I can already see the teaser trailer now. The famous dots roll across the screen before stopping in the middle and turning into a Q, which zooms at the screen as a guy in a lab coat walks towards the camera. “You were expecting someone else?”

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I would not be surprised. Q, if successful, could become Bond‘s partner with a full time commitment. A duo.

Of course, Q would be a woman. And they could become a couple. And the big shock would be Bond being killed and Q reviving him in a gadget to carry around, reversing the dynamic and making Q a 00 being helped by an AI Bond.

00Q.

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Brilliant :joy::joy:

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Sorry, I meant to say I wouldn’t be surprised. I was talking with some other fans about a female Q in the movies. Some bigger names that were brought up were Emily Blunt, Felicity Jones, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Daisy Ridley were some names that were brought up.

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Things truly come in threes in Literary Bond. Just this week, we had one of the IFP directors step down after 30+ years there. Then we find out about Kim Sherwood’s unfortunate situation, delaying Double 00 book three. Lastly, Vaseem Khan has sent out another riddle for the Q Mysteries. It seems that Literary Bond has more of an interesting year ahead than what they announced recently.

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If only Bond himself were a part of it…

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