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In 2023, it was reported that Ian Fleming's ''[[James Bond]]'' series was being re-published, removing a number of racial slurs and references. A disclaimer was added at the beginning of each book, reading "This book was written at a time when terms and attitudes which might be considered offensive by modern readers were commonplace. A number of updates have been made in this edition, while keeping as close as possible to the original text and the period in which it is set."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haring |first1=Bruce |title=James Bond Books Edited To Avoid Offense To Modern Audiences – Report |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/james-bond-books-rewritten-to-avoid-offense-to-modern-audiences-1235271892/ |website=Deadline |date=26 February 2023 |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Simpson |first=Craig |date=25 February 2023 |title=James Bond books edited to remove racist references |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/25/james-bond-books-edited-remove-racist-references/ |accessdate=16 April 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
Fleming's life is the subject of the 2024 biography, ''Ian Fleming: The Complete Man'', that spans 864 pages and was completed with the help of Fleming's estate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weingarten |first=Marc |date=2024-04-04 |title=James Bond's creator lived a life to rival the spy's |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-04-04/ian-fleming-biography-nicholas-shakespeare |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=Ian Fleming’s Full Life |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2024/06/ian-flemings-full-life/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=National Review |language=en-US}}</ref> It was written by British novelist and biographer [[Nicholas Shakespeare]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salikof {{!}} |first=Ken |title=The Man with the Golden Pen: PW Talks with Nicholas Shakespeare |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/94093-the-man-with-the-golden-pen-pw-talks-with-nicholas-shakespeare.html |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref>
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