![]() ![]() ![]() In the Author's Note at the back (which I read first), Boyce mentions his experience seeing the movie for the first time, and then getting the book so he could immerse himself in the story again - only to find that it was quite different! I decided that I really needed to read the original before diving into the new book. Then I got a copy of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, a new book by Frank Cottrell Boyce, approved by the Ian Fleming Estate. I knew (from the movie credits) that it was based on a book by Fleming, but I never got around to reading the book myself. I was no different: I saw the movie as a kid, and I've watched it with my own kids. and that's the version of this magical car that most people know. But Fleming also wrote a book for kids: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Magical Car, which was later adapted into a movie (by Roald Dahl, among other people) starring Dick Van Dyke. And while his gadgets are fantastic (and beloved by geeks), the Bond movies aren't really family-friendly fare with the violence and innuendo. Ian Fleming is best known, of course, as the creator of superspy James Bond. ![]()
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