James Bond Novels

By Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming. Photo by Horst Tappe.

In February 1952, Ian Fleming began work on his first James Bond novel. At the time, Fleming was the Foreign Manager for Kemsley Newspapers, an organisation owned by the London Sunday Times. Upon accepting the job, Fleming asked that he be allowed two months vacation per year. Every year thereafter until his death in 1964, Fleming would retreat for the first two months of the year to his Jamaican estate, Goldeneye, to write a James Bond novel. The copyright status of this vintage image is undetermined; it may still be copyrighted. ... The copyright status of this vintage image is undetermined; it may still be copyrighted. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ...

Between 1953 and 1966, twelve James Bond novels and two short story collections by Fleming were published, with one novel and one short story collection issued posthumously. To this day, it is still debated whether Fleming himself actually finished 1965's The Man with the Golden Gun, as he died very soon after completing the book. His first anthology of short stories, For Your Eyes Only, mostly consisted of converted screenplays for a CBS television series based on the character. When the project fell through, Fleming turned them into short stories: (i) "From a View to a Kill", (ii) "For Your Eyes Only", (iii) "Risico", plus two additional stories, "The Hildebrand Rarity" and "Quantum of Solace", which were previously published. The second anthology, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (in many editions titled only Octopussy), originally only contained two short stories, "Octopussy" and "The Living Daylights"; a third story, "The Property of a Lady" was added in the 1967 paperback edition, and a fourth, "007 in New York", was added in 2002. See also: 1952 in literature, other events of 1953, 1954 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Casino Royale is the first James Bond novel by author Ian Fleming. ... See also: 1953 in literature, other events of 1954, 1955 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Live and Let Die is the second James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, first published in 1954. ... See also: 1954 in literature, other events of 1955, 1956 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Moonraker is the third James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. ... 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Post-Fleming James Bond novels

After Fleming's death, Glidrose Productions attempted to continue the Bond series with Colonel Sun.

Following Fleming's death in 1964, Glidrose Productions, publishers of the James Bond novels, planned a new book series, credited to the pseudonym "Robert Markham" and written by a rotating series of authors. Ultimately, only one Markham novel saw print, 1968's Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis. Amis had previously written two books on the world of James Bond, the 1964 essay The James Bond Dossier and the tongue-in-cheek 1965 release The Book of Bond, or Every Man His Own 007 (written under the pseudonym "Lt.-Col. William ("Bill") Tanner", a recurring character in the Bond novels. Amis had also been claimed for many years as the ghost writer of The Man with the Golden Gun, although this has been debunked by numerous sources. See The controversy over The Man with the Golden Gun.) This image is a book cover. ... This image is a book cover. ... Ian Fleming Publications is the production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited, named after its founders John Gliddon and Norman Rose. ... 1978 reprint by Panther Books of the first and only James Bond novel by Robert Markham. Robert Markham is a pseudonym created by Glidrose Publications in the mid-1960s. ... 1978 reprint by Panther Books. ... Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... The James Bond Dossier (1965, Jonathan Cape) by Kingsley Amis is a critical analysis of Ian Flemings James Bond novels. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... This article is about a ghostwriter, the type of writer. ... 2004 Penguin Books paperback edition The Man with the Golden Gun is the thirteenth and final James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming and published posthumously in the United Kingdom and the United States by Glidrose Productions, in 1965. ... 2004 Penguin Books paperback edition The Man with the Golden Gun is the thirteenth and final James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming and published posthumously in the United Kingdom and the United States by Glidrose Productions, in 1965. ...

In 1973, Fleming biographer John Pearson was commissioned by Glidrose to biograph the fictional character James Bond. Pearson wrote James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007 in the first person as if meeting the secret agent himself. The book was well-received by aficionados—readers and viewers, alike. Since the book has many discrepancies with Fleming's Bond (for example his birth year), the canonical status of James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007 is debated among fans—some consider it apocryphal, though at least one publisher, Pan Books, issued it as an official novel along with the rest of Fleming's series for its first paperback edition. Glidrose reportedly considered a new series of novels written by Pearson, but this did not come to pass. Prior to writing this, Pearson had written an early biography of Ian Fleming, The Life of Ian Fleming. See also: 1972 in literature, other events of 1973, 1974 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John Pearson (born May 10, 1930) is a writer best associated with James Bond creator Ian Fleming. ... 1986 British paperback edition. ... In Judeo-Christian theologies, apocrypha refers to religious Sacred text that have questionable authenticity or are otherwise disputed. ... The Life of Ian Fleming is a biography on Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, among others. ...

In 1977, the film The Spy Who Loved Me was released and was subsequently novelised and published by Glidrose due to the radical difference between the script and Fleming's novel of the same name. This would happen again with 1979's Moonraker. Both novelisations were written by screenwriter Christopher Wood and were the first official novelisations, although technically, Fleming's Thunderball was a novelisation having been based on scripts by himself, Kevin McClory, and Jack Whittingham (although it predated the movie), and the For Your Eyes Only collection was also, for the most part, based upon unproduced scripts. See also: 1976 in literature, other events of 1977, 1978 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Spy Who Loved Me is the tenth film in the EON Productions James Bond series and the third to star Roger Moore as British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond. ... See also: 1978 in literature, other events of 1979, 1980 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Moonraker is a 1979 James Bond film based on the Moonraker book by Ian Fleming starring Roger Moore. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Christopher Wood (November 5, 1935 in London, England, UK) is a screenwriter best known for the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me (1977 with Richard Maibaum) and Moonraker (1979), as well as for the two novelizations based upon these films. ... Kevin ODonovan McClory (b. ... Jack Whittingham (1910 - July 4, 1972) was a British playwright, film critic, and screenwriter. ...

In the 1980s, the series was finally revived with new novels by John Gardner; between 1981 and 1996, he wrote fourteen James Bond novels and two screenplay novelisations, surpassing Fleming's original output. The biggest change in Gardner's series was updating 007's world to the 1980s; however, it would keep the characters the same age as they were in Fleming's novels. Generally Gardner's series is considered a success although their canonical status is disputed. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

In 1996, Gardner retired from writing James Bond books due to ill health, and American Raymond Benson quickly replaced him. As a James Bond novelist, Benson was initially controversial for being American, and for ignoring much of the continuity established by Gardner. Benson had previously written The James Bond Bedside Companion, a book dedicated to Ian Fleming, the official novels, and the films. The book was initially released in 1984 and later updated in 1988. Benson also contributed to the creation of several modules in the popular James Bond 007 role-playing game in the 1980s. Benson wrote six James Bond novels, three novelisations, and three short stories. See also: 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Coronet Books British paperback edition. ... See also: 1981 in literature, other events of 1982, 1983 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Berkley Books American paperback edition. ... 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Benson's three short stories remain uncollected, unlike previous short stories from Ian Fleming. Benson also wrote a fourth short story entitled "The Heart of Erzulie" that was rejected for publication. See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature. ... In the late 1990s, Raymond Benson, who at the time was the official novelist of the James Bond literary franchise, became the first author since Bonds creator, Ian Fleming, to write officially sanctioned short stories featuring the superspy. ... See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Zero Minus Ten, published in 1997, was the first James Bond novel by Raymond Benson, picking up where Ian Fleming and John Gardner left off. ... See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth James Bond film made by EON Productions, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Flemings secret agent, James Bond. ... See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Facts of Death, first published in 1998, was the third novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Flemings secret agent, James Bond (including Bensons novelization of Tomorrow Never Dies). ... See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... In the late 1990s, Raymond Benson, who at the time was the official novelist of the James Bond literary franchise, became the first author since Bonds creator, Ian Fleming, to write officially sanctioned short stories featuring the superspy. ... See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... In the late 1990s, Raymond Benson, who at the time was the official novelist of the James Bond literary franchise, became the first author since Bonds creator, Ian Fleming, to write officially sanctioned short stories featuring the superspy. ... See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth official James Bond film made by EON Productions and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Flemings secret agent, James Bond. ... See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Categories: Literature stubs | 1999 books | James Bond books ... See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Categories: Literature stubs | 2000 books | James Bond books ... See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Never Dream of Dying, first published in 2001, was the seventh novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Flemings secret agent, James Bond (including film novelizations). ... See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Man with the Red Tattoo, first published in 2002, was the sixth and final original novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Flemings secret agent, James Bond (including film novelisations). ... See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Die Another Day is the twentieth James Bond film made by EON Productions and the fourth and final film to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Flemings James Bond. ... In the late 1990s, Raymond Benson, who at the time was the official novelist of the James Bond literary franchise, became the first author since Bonds creator, Ian Fleming, to write officially sanctioned short stories featuring the superspy. ... In the late 1990s, Raymond Benson, who at the time was the official novelist of the James Bond literary franchise, became the first author since Bonds creator, Ian Fleming, to write officially sanctioned short stories featuring the superspy. ...

Benson abruptly resigned as Bond novelist at the end of 2002 to write original, non-Bond works of his own. At the same time, Ian Fleming Publications planned to focus on reissuing Fleming's original novels for the 50th anniversary of the character and re-examine its publishing strategy. The year 2003 marked the first year since 1985 that a new James Bond novel had not been published.

Young Bond

Main article: Young Bond

2005's SilverFin

In April 2004, Ian Fleming Publications (Glidrose) announced a new series of James Bond books. Instead of continuing from where Raymond Benson ended in 2002, the new series featured James Bond as a thirteen-year-old boy attending Eton College. Written by Charlie Higson the series is intended to align faithfully with the adult Bond's back-story established by Fleming. The first novel became an international bestseller and was released to good reviews. The second novel, released in 2006, did even better, topping the children's best-selling list in the UK and holding the spot for eleven weeks. ^[1]SilverFin only went as high as #8 on the same list. ^[2] Illustration of a young James Bond by Kev Walker Young Bond is a series of novels featuring Ian Flemings superspy James Bond as a young teenage boy attending school at Eton College. ... 007 - SilverFin book cover This image is a book cover. ... 007 - SilverFin book cover This image is a book cover. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a prestigious and internationally known Public School for boys. ... Charlie Higson (born, 1958 in Frome, Somerset) is an English actor and producer, an author, television writer and a comedian. ...

The series is currently planned out for five novels, but will also include graphic novels beginning in 2008. The first, according to Charlie Higson, will be an adaptation of SilverFin, while other graphic novels coming out afterwards may feature original storylines. Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ...

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The Moneypenny Diaries

The Moneypenny Diaries is a planned trilogy of novels chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary. The novels are penned by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook, who is depicted as the book's "editor". The first instalment of the trilogy, subtitled Guardian Angel, was released on October 10, 2005 in the UK. A second volume, subtitled Secret Servant is scheduled for publication on November 2, 2006 in the UK [1]. Miss Moneypenny is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. ... M is the title and code letter for James Bonds boss and fictional head of the British Secret Intelligence Service or MI6. ... Samantha Weinbergs Novel, A Fish Caught In Time Samantha Weinberg is a British novelist and travel writer. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Weinberg is the first woman to write officially licenced Bond-related literature, although Johanna Harwood had previously co-written the screenplay for Dr. No and had adapted From Russia with Love for the screen.

The novels had originally been touted as the secret journal of a "real" Miss Moneypenny and that James Bond was a possible pseudonym for a genuine intelligence officer, an idea shared by John Pearson's earlier biography, James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007. The publisher, John Murray, admitted on August 28, 2005 that the books were a spoof after an investigation by The Sunday Times of London. Ian Fleming Publications, who had previously refused to comment as to whether the book was authorised, officially confirmed the book was and always had been a project by them on the day of the book's publication. John Murray is a British publishing house, renowned for the roster of authors it has published in its history, including Jane Austen, Lord Byron and Charles Darwin. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Centenary novel

Ian Fleming Publications has announced that a new James Bond novel will be published in May 2008 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ian Fleming's birth. Reportedly, a "well-known and respected writer" has been commissioned to write the book, which will see the first literary appearance of the adult version of James Bond since the Die Another Day novelisation of 2002, although IFP is promising that the book will be "far removed from the gloss of 007's cinematic incarnation, marking a return to the dark and complex nature of Fleming's early works.” The identity of the author has not yet been announced; IFP intends to keep the writer's identity secret until the book's release. [2]. Ian Fleming Publications is the production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited, named after its founders John Gliddon and Norman Rose. ...

Other Bond-related fiction

In 1967, Glidrose authorised publication of 003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior written under the pseudonym R. D. Mascott. The book was written for young-adult readers, and chronicles the adventures of 007's nephew (despite the inaccurate title). To this day the real author of the novel has never been acknowledged or confirmed by the Ian Fleming Estate. According to the reference work The Bond Files by Andy Lane and Paul Simpson, there are claims that Mascott was really Arthur Calder-Marshall, but Lane and Simpson indicate no definitive proof has yet been uncovered.

In 1991 an animated television series, James Bond Jr, ran for 65 episodes. The series chronicled the adventures of James Bond's nephew, James Bond Jr. The use of "Jr." in the character's name was unusual in that this naming convention is generally reserved for sons as opposed to nephews and other indirect offspring. Alternatively, it has been proposed that Fleming's James Bond had a brother, also named James Bond, who is the father of James Bond Jr. The series was mildly successful and spawned six novelisations published in 1992 by John Peel writing as John Vincent, a 12 issue comic book series by Marvel Comics published in 1992, as well as a video game developed by Eurocom for the NES and the SNES in 1991. James Bond Jr. ... John Peel (born 1954) is a British writer, best known for his books connected to several television series. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Eurocom (founded: October 1988) is a UK-based video game developer founded specifically to develop games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. ... NES redirects here. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia. ...

Russians were often the villains in Fleming's Cold War-era novels in at least some form. In 1968, they hit back with a spy novel of their own called Avakoum Zahov vs. 07 by Andrei Guliashki, in which a communist hero finally and forcefully defeats 007. The Cold War (Russian: Холодная Война Kholodnaya Voina) was the protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between a worldwide military alliance of capitalist states led by the United States and a rival alliance of communist states led by the Soviet Union. ... The Zakhov Mission is an espionage detective novel written by the Bulgarian-born author Andrei Gulyashki in 1959. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...

In addition to numerous fan fiction pieces written since the character was created, there have been two stories written by well-known authors claiming to have been contracted by Glidrose. The first in 1966, was Per Fine Ounce by Geoffrey Jenkins, a friend of Ian Fleming who claimed to have developed with Fleming a diamond-smuggling storyline similar to Diamonds Are Forever as early as the 1950s. According to the book The Bond Files by Andy Lane and Paul Simpson, soon after Ian Fleming died, Glidrose Productions commissioned Jenkins to write a James Bond novel. The novel was never published. Some sources have suggested that Jenkins novel was to be published under the Markham pseudonym. The second story, 1985's The Killing Zone by Jim Hatfield goes so far as to have been privately published as well as claim on the cover that it was published by Glidrose; however it is highly unlikely that Glidrose contacted Hatfield to write a novel since at the time John Gardner was the official author. The text of The Killing Zone is available on the Internet and can be found here. Fan fiction (also spelled fanfiction and commonly abbreviated to fanfic) is fiction written by people who enjoy a film, novel, television show or other media work, using the characters and situations developed in it and developing new plots in which to use these characters. ... Per Fine Ounce is the title of an unpublished novel by Geoffrey Jenkins featuring Ian Flemings superspy James Bond. ... Geoffrey Jenkins (1920-2001) was a South African novelist born in Port Elizabeth where he wrote his first novel by the age of seventeen. ... Andy Lane is a British writer. ... Paul Simpson is a musician, vocalist, lyricist and writer from Liverpool, England. ... The Killing Zone is an unauthorised James Bond novel by Jim Hatfield. ... James Howard Hatfield (January 7, 1958 - July 18, 2001) was an American author. ...

In 1997, the British publisher B.T. Batsford produced Your Deal, Mr. Bond, a collection of bridge-related short stories by Phillip King and Robert King. The title story features James Bond, M, and other characters and features an epic bridge game between Bond and the villain, Saladin. No credit is given to Ian Fleming Publications, suggesting this rare story may have been unauthorised; a photo of Sean Connery as Bond is featured on the cover of the book. Contract bridge, more usually known as Bridge, is a trick_taking card game for four players who form two partnerships, or sides. The partners on each side sit opposite one another. ...

In Clive Cussler's novel, "Night Probe", there is a character named Brian Shaw, whom the hero, Dirk Pitt suspects to be James Bond. Brian Shaw's choice of pistol, a .25 calibre, echoes that of James Bond's preference for the .25 calibre Beretta. Shaw's old office was located in Regent Park, and he was supposed to have been on SMERSH's hit list.

Lance Parkin's Doctor Who novel Trading Futures features a Bond-like character named Jonah Cosgrove, described by the author thus: "Cosgrove is (and I mean 'is' here in the very precise, non-trademark violating, sense of the word) the Sean Connery Bond, but one who never retired and who's been a secret agent for fifty years. So he's about eighty, and all the time he's just been piling on more muscles and getting more wrinkled, and ever more set in his ways and bitter and anachronistic. He's Sean Connery in The Rock, as drawn by Frank Miller, and by now he's been promoted to M." Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... The Rock has several meanings: // People The Rock - the stage name of the American film actor and former professional wrestler, Dwayne Johnson. ...

See also

• James Bond (main article)
• 9007 James Bond (Asteroid named after the character)
• James Bond Pun
• MI6.co.uk