Found this book review of Ian Fleming's 1953 book Casino Royale. The very first James Bond novel. It's Dave Schwartz's blog, Dave is a gaming historian. Scroll down about 2/3 of the page to "Book Review: Casino Royale" at: http://www.dieiscast.com/ This is a different kind of Bond than we've come to know after all this time. Remember Bond stretched out on the table and the ruby red laser making it's progress towards 007's Chip Rack? Bond's in similar trouble again, this time before lasers and you'll be amused at the torture tech of the time.