In April 2023, an updated series of books by Ian Fleming will be published about James Bond, in which specifically racist statements will be removed. writes about it Telegram.
According to the publication, the term “Negro”, which still appears in books from the 1960s, will be removed from the works, as well as some images of black people will be recycled or removed. Publishers also reviewed references to other ethnic groups, leaving Bond’s taunts to Korean Oddjobe in the seventh Goldfinger novel.
In his book Live and Let Die, the sentence was cut about African criminals, who, according to Bond, were “quite law-abiding men, except when they drank too much.” In this sentence, the words related to alcohol have been omitted.
At the same time, references to “wasteful women,” “the sweet taste of rape,” and others will remain in the books. “This book was written at a time when terms and views that might be offensive to the modern reader were prevalent,” this phrase will accompany any book.
The reprint of the James Bond series is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the publication of Ian Fleming’s first novel, Casino Royale.
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