Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

　　不是間諜小說，但情節緊張。書中這輛引擎有毛病的老爺車，不但能上天飛行、下水航行，還可以自己判斷、思考，采取應變措施，非常厲害，看過這本書的小朋友，都巴不得擁有這樣一輛汽車呢！

　　《世界文學名著青少版科幻經典:飛天萬能車》是伊恩•弗萊明唯一的一本兒童文學作品，也是他特別為他的兒子卡斯珀寫的。可惜在這本書出版的那一年(一九六四年)，他就因為心臟病突然過世，要不然應該會有更精彩的續集出現。

　　這輛飛天萬能車究竟有哪些神奇的功能呢？現在就讓我們隨著《飛天萬能車》中的孿生兄妹，一起乘著它飛翔吧！

　　本中文簡介取自簡體中譯本<<飛天萬能車>>由上海文藝出版社出版  

　　With the proceeds from his latest invention, Crackpot Whistling Sweets, Commander Caractacus Pott buys his family their first car. It looks like a wreck, but once restored it turns out to be no ordinary vehicle; Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is a magical car which can fly, swim and even think. Chitty and the eccentric, plucky Pott family set off on a succession of increasingly perilous adventures that take them across the English Channel and all the way to Paris.

　　First published in 1964, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was Ian Fleming's only children's book, written for his son Caspar. Fleming was inspired by a celebrated English racing car nicknamed 'Chitty-Bang-Bang', which was built and raced by Count Louis Zborowski in the 1920s.

　　This stunning edition features gorgeous illustrations by Joe Berger.

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伊恩‧佛萊明（Ian Fleming）

　　生於1908年，伊頓公學畢業。曾進入英國桑德赫斯特皇家軍事學院就讀，之後前往海外深造。

　　1931年申請進入英國外交部遭拒，轉而加入路透社。二次大戰期間擔任英國海軍情報局局長之私人助理，最高官階為中校。透過這段戰時的工作經驗，他獲得許多第一手的情報工作背景知識。

　 　戰後，佛萊明成為《肯斯里報》（Kemsley Newspaper）的國際新聞部主任。他在牙買加建立自己的宅邸「黃金眼」（Goldeneye），並於44歲寫出第一本007情報員詹姆士‧龐德系列 小說《皇家夜總會》（Casino Royale）。1964年佛萊明過世前，007龐德系列小說的銷售量已超過四千萬本。第一部龐德電影《第七號情報員》（Dr. No）於1962年上映，由史恩康納萊主演，之後的系列電影更持續了全球賣座佳績。佛萊明亦是兒童奇幻故事《飛天萬能車》（Chitty Chitty Bang Bang）的作者。

　　佛萊明的小說廣受同時代作家推崇，作家金斯里‧亞米思、推理小說家雷蒙‧錢德勒、詩人約翰‧白傑明一致認為其作品為驚悚小說的經典。佛萊明所塑造的007情報員詹姆士‧龐德，成為了二十世紀後半最偉大的英國小說代表角色。

　　Ian Fleming - famous across the globe for creating James Bond - loved cars. And the faster the car, the better. It was this love that inspired him to write his only children's book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car - about a car that could fly. Fast.

　　He wrote it for his little boy, Caspar, when Fleming was recovering from a heart attack and his wife had hidden his typewriter to force him to rest. He wrote it secretly and in longhand, eventually sending it to his bemused editor, who had been expecting a new Bond novel. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, published just after Fleming's death, became an immediate bestseller. It has been reinvented as a musical and as a film (with a screenplay by Roald Dahl). It is a jewel in the crown of children's fiction in the UK and across the world.

　　Several sequels have since been published, written by author Frank Cottrell Boyce.