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Cheating Death – Part 2

Cheating Death – Part 2 John Hutchinson, VJ Books November 5, 2015 Thanks to Matt Damon, Jason Bourne has become an icon. It was 1980 when Jason Bourne emerged from Treadstone in Robert Ludlum’s Bourne Identity.  While Ludlum wrote over 20 books, only three...

Spy vs. Spy

Spy vs. Spy When the cold war ended and the last spy came in from the cold, it was predicted that the espionage novel would fade with the “duck and cover” films. No longer were we under the constant threat of annihilation – we were finally free from the fear of...

Ludlum Franchise Keep Growing

 Earlier this month, Grand Central signed a new contract for one of its bestsellers, Robert Ludlum. The deal was for two more thrillers featuring the amnesiac hit man Jason Bourne, as well as two books with the retired government operative introduced in the 2002...

Studio Nabs Future Bourne Rights

(movies.ign.com, Nov. 21 2008, Orlando Parfitt) Universal wants the Bourne series to become their answer to the James Bond franchise, according to Variety. They report that the studio has signed a deal with the estate of Bourne author Robert Ludlum (who died in 2001)...