The James Bond books are being rewritten – new editions in April

In February, it was decided that Roald Dahl’s children’s books such as “Matilda” and “Kalle och chocolatfabriken” would be rewritten. The publisher will publish new editions of the puff, in which many words and expressions considered offensive will be changed. The news upset readers around the world, and the publisher chose to release both the original editions and updated editions to accompany it.

Now the James Bond books are set to be rewritten with new, updated language, reports The Telegraph. The updated editions will be released in April to coincide with the Bond series celebrating 70 years.

An example of a change is in the book “Live and Let Die” from 1954. In the book, Bond describes Africans as good people, except “when they were drunk”. In the updated version, the detail that filled them was removed. The N-word used in Fleming’s books in the 1950s and 1960s would be replaced by “black person” or “black man”. In other books, such as “Thunderball” and “Goldfinger”, the races of various characters have been removed.

Already during his lifetime, Ian Fleming accepted some changes in his books, and the publisher says in a statement that he only changed things that Fleming approved.

“We’ve removed words or synonyms and replaced them with words that are more accepted today, while keeping them from the time they were written,” Ian Fleming Publications told The Telegraph.