Yeah, I just don’t understand “Forever” being released in the U.K. in May but US in November, when we can just order the U.K. version on Amazon, which I’ve done.
And yep, “Magpie” came out last summer.
That is wierd, it’s like his publishers don’t know amazon and FedEx exist.
It’s probably a sign of the sales they expect. They know the hardcore fans will not wait and order directly. In return the US publisher will likely put more emphasis on getting copies to retail stores.
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Gardner’s For Special Services (1982) also had a several month gap. Curiously, you Yanks got to read it first before the Brits.
U.S. first hardback edition: April 1982 Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
U.K. first hardback edition: September 1982 Jonathan Cape
I wonder if that is why Dynamite hasn’t given any updates on their 007 “origins” comic series. However, the Casino Royale graphic novel hasn’t been moved thankfully.
Overall point I’m trying to make here, do you think we could be getting some of Bond’s WW2 adventures told to us in here?
It is a potential reason why. I think also with Origins they need to clear more things with IFP than the modern set Bond comics. I finally got a response from them in November on why nothing had been solicited yet. Full details over in the comics topic: Drawn to 007 - Dynamite’s new hardcovers and beyond - #69 by Double-0-Slevin
Cover art has been released.
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Clever image - I like the visual misdirection. Expecting a bullet? It’s a boat, folks.
Indicative of the book? Maybe its not what we expect for a Bond novel?
The Night Manager, anyone? I’m sure there’s an overhead/aerial shot of speedboats on the Med just like this somewhere in the series.
I never got around to watching the series, so I wouldn’t know.
Very nice. I like the complete image even more now. The blue is very striking.
Very nice.
…and it’s a Baretta 
Wonder if it will confirm/render the Authorised Biography as canon, or contradict it? Not that this is a terribly important thing to wonder about.
I suspect there will be some kind of reference that allows to include the biography without actually saying so.
Maybe I’m not looking hard enough but this is the UK cover right? We should still expect a separate US version I would imagine.
Correct
Quite like the UK cover. Surely the US cover will skip that kind of clever visual image in favor of something as subtle as a sledgehammer to one’s temple.
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