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The James Bond Files ~ Robert G. Weiner
 In January 2023, on his radio program Flashback, which aired online over the radio station KSAV, Wesley Britton kicked off a “James Bond Avalanche” to celebrate the 70 years of Agent 007. Featured were several authors, actors, behind-the-scenes folks, and fans of the world of James Bond. The series continued on Monday, January 16, 2023, with an interview with Robert Weiner, co-editor of James Bond in World and Popular Culture: The Films are Not Enough (2011). That indispensable collection of 40 essays looked at the realm of 007 from a wide, interdisciplinary range of perspectives that have earned a long-standing stamp of respect from the 007 fan universe. And among the contributors to this book is Dr. Wesley Britton, who wrote an article on the music in the Bond films! Robert G. Weiner co-edited the book with B. Lynn Whitfield and Jack Becker. Also on the program was a new interview with James L. Neibaur and Gary Schneeberger, co-authors of From Connery to Craig: The James Bond Film Series (2022). The interview is available as a podcast on Wesley Britton’s podcast Remember When. To listen, click the link below. Wes chats with James, Gary and Rob – 3 Bond experts! On June 15, 2022, Wes Britton posted his interview with Robert Weiner as a podcast on Remember When. To listen, click the link below. Wes chats with Robert Weiner – author About James Bond in World and Popular Culture: The Films are Not Enough ~  James Bond in World and Popular Culture: The Films are Not Enough provides the most comprehensive study of the James Bond phenomena ever published. The 40 original essays provide new insights, scholarship, and understanding to the world of James Bond. Topics include the Bond girl, Bond related video games, Ian Fleming’s relationship with the notorious Aleister Crowley and CIA director Alan Dulles. Other articles include Fleming as a character in modern fiction, Bond Jr. comics, the post Fleming novels of John Gardner and Raymond Benson, Bond as an American Superhero, and studies on the music, dance, fashion, and architecture in Bond films. Woody Allen and Peter Sellers as James Bond are also considered, as are Japanese imitation films from the 1960s, the Britishness of Bond, comparisons of Bond to Christian ideals, movie posters, and much more. Scholars from a wide variety of disciplines have contributed a unique collection of perspectives on the world of James Bond and its history. Despite the diversity of viewpoints, the unifying factor is the James Bond mythos. James Bond in World and Popular Culture: The Films are Not Enough is a much-needed contribution to Bond studies and shows how this cultural icon has changed the world. About Robert Weiner ~ Robert G. Weiner is Associate Humanities Librarian at Texas Tech University. His presentation “How My X-Wife Taught Me to Love James Bond” has been given at conferences, and even once in a church. He has taught several classes on Bond and Popular Culture, and is Area Chair for James Bond and Popular Culture for the Southwest Popular Culture Association. He has been published in the Texas Library Journal, Journal of Southwest Cultures, International Journal of Comic Art, and the East Texas Historical Journal. He is the author and editor of books on the Grateful Dead, and most recently edited Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives, and co-edited From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse and Cinema Inferno: Celluloid Explosions from the Cultural Margins. This book on Bond has long been a dream of his. |