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Bond ... James Bond. When Ian Fleming wrote Casino Royale in 1952 at his home in Jamaica, he needed a name for his fictitious spy.

Back in the day, before Wordlab and even before the Internet, writers naturally turned to books for inspiration. In his library, Fleming spotted a book by ornithologist James Bond and decided to "borrow" the bird nerd's name.

"I was determined that my secret agent should be as anonymous a personality as possible," said Fleming. "It struck me that his [Bond's] name, brief, unromantic and yet very masculine, was just what I needed."

James Bond's bird book is still in print and, despite being first published in 1936, is still the only definitive bird identification book covering all the birds of the West Indies.

Coincidentally, Agent OO7 turned out to be quite a bird watcher, himself. Check out Pussy Galore and a whole lot more at Snark Hunting where we're treated to a list of the wonderful names of the hottest Bond Girls and the world's most memorable villains from the imagination of Ian Fleming.

Posted by abnu on Sunday, June 01, 2003 @ 9:23 AM [ + ]

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