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                                             August   24, 2005
                                             September 5, 2005

A question about the evolution
of the promiscuous male hero:
                                          ROUGHLY_READ

The year 1953 saw two events:

  o  The first issue of Playboy  
                               
  o  The first James Bond novel: "Casino Royale"
   

But in the first Bond novel,
Bond's trademark promiscuity        WINNING_VESPER
is not in evidence.                               
                                               According to Pearson's    
Did it develop throughout                      biography, Fleming    
the run of the novels?                         himself did a lot of    
                                               sleeping around -- but
At what point?                                 then Fleming also did   
                                               a lot of lying his ass    
The Sean Connery Bond is pretty clearly        off, too.             
the Playboy fantasy in action...                        
                                                   COUGHING_UP_FLEMING
   Which came first?

   Is there some third source?



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