More time for marketing Q?
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.
Our old friend Zencat at The Book Bond, followed by Amazon UK having the pre-order up with a May 21 2026 date.
Thank you for the information!
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.
They have to ramp up that marketing before Q takes over the film franchise.
At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if Q gets a storyline in a Bond movie akin to M in SF.
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?”
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.
Brilliant
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.
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.
If only Bond himself were a part of it…