Until licence to kill, all official bond films shared titles with novels by ian fleming or short stories, in the case of octopussy, a view to a kill, for your eyes only and the living daylights. Its 1969, and, just having celebrated his 45th birthday, british agent james bond 007 is summoned to headquarters to receive an unusual mission. The publisher is still involved in producing new bond books. List of james bond novels and short stories wikipedia. The first two authors to pen james bond novels after the death of ian fleming in 1964 were kingsley amis, under the pseudonym robert markham, and christopher wood, who wrote novelizations of the. Heffner was one of the biggest fans and pushers of james bond in the beginning. The new series by steve cole will pick up where charlie higson left off and will follow teenaged james in the aftermath of his expulsion from eton. Other previous authors of official james bond novels include kingsley amis, john gardner and raymond benson. If youre interested in any of these books, please let us know before you purchase so we can adjust the price.
Set in the 1930s, they show how jamess early adventures shape the man he is to become. Bbc culture ranking the james bond authors after ian. James bonds changing incarnations books the guardian. Many of the james bond novels were originally serialized and syndicated in playboy. Ian fleming passed away in august of 1964 but his characters live on. Jeffery deaver is the latest in a surprisingly long list of authors who have written official 007 sequels james harker thu 2 jun 2011 08.
Kingsley amis amis was the first to assume the mantle of. Since flemings death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised bond novels or novelizations. We also have books 1539 in the extended james bond book series. Contentsshow history fleming fleming wrote 9 short stories about bond in his lifetime, 6 of which were serialized in magazines and newspapers including playboy and the uks the sunday times. Raymond bensons bond series 6 primary works 12 total works these are the further adventures of ian flemings james bond character, as written by raymond benson. Raymond benson first came to the attention of bond fans worldwide when he published the james bond bedside companion in 1984. Aside from the 38 official james bond books, ian flemingand other official bond authors have written several short stories within the james bond universe. James bond, often referred to by his code name, 007, is a british secret service agent.
Which bond movies are not based on ian fleming books. The james bond novels have been adapted for a lot of mediums. The james bond bedside companion covers the bond films through the living daylights 1987 and the novels through john gardners scorpius. They have been made into tv shows, movies, radio shows and even comics. Ian fleming wrote the bond novels until his death in 1964. The james bond literary franchise is a series of novels and short stories, first published in 1953 by ian fleming, a british author, journalist, and former naval intelligence officer. The james bond series focuses on a fictional british secret service agent created in 1953 by writer ian fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two shortstory collections. Biblical unity do the books of the bible form a unified. Raymond benson is the highly acclaimed author of twentyfive books, six original james bond 007 novels, three film novelizations, three short stories, and two anthologies on bond. Fleming bought a small publishing house, gildrose publications, renamed to ian fleming publications in 1964, to publish his books. Gardner has also written three novels that feature sir conan doyles popular fictional character named professor moriarty. Royal navy commander james bond, cmg, rnvr, is a fictional character created in 1953 by british journalist and novelist ian fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two shortstory collections.
James bond continuation novels the james bond dossier. No were filmed such as the famous scene where actress ursula andress arises from the surf with seashell in hand. Stories similar to james bond books, stories, and novels like the james bond series by ian fleming. The latest novel is trigger mortis by anthony horowitz, published in september 2015. He wrote 12 bond novels and two collections of short stories. Since then, a number of other authors have carried on the legacy at the request of the ian fleming publications. He has also written nonfiction books, short stories, produced musical composition for theatre, produced plays and written and designed computer and roleplaying games. James bond ian fleming, easton press first edition 14. The james bond character was created by english author ian fleming in 1953.
The novels were broken up, published chapter by chapter, and accompanied by many of the finest illustrators that playboy could find. Complete set series lot of 14 original james bond 007. As well as horowitz, authors including kingsley amis, sebastian faulks and william boyd have also written official 007 novels. The original 14 books, though, continue to hold the most appeal to readers, film fans, and book collectors. Many of the stories that were never used as film t. James studied history at the university of kent and worked as a television executive. The origin and development of the bond character the bond books and short stories written by ian fleming and the authorized works produced by additional authors the twentythree bond movies and their boxoffice performance major characters and other recurring roles and the actors whove portrayed them the unforgettable bond. Since fleming died, other authors have continued the series. Since then, he has appeared in numerous novels and over 20 films. These authors include kingsley amis under the pseudonym robert markham, john gardner, raymond benson, sebastian faulks and jeffery deaver. Samantha weinberg, writing as kate westbrook, is the author of the moneypenny diaries. The 1979 film moonraker, which other than the villains name also substantially diverged from the original source novel, was also produced in novel form, as james bond and moonraker.
How many james bond novels did ian fleming write answers. Contrast the historic harmony of the biblical authors with the james bond screenwriters who once dec. If you like ian flemings bond, read these books james. However, most of these films are based on the novels written by the creator of 007, ian fleming. There is also a series about a young james bond and one about moneypenny, called the moneypenny diaries. In addition charlie higson has begun to write a series of books detailing the young james bond. The james bond bedside companion kindle edition by. Below, images of all the books in chronological order. The most recent novel was released on september 26th 20 and was called solo.
In that time, benson wrote 12 james bond novels including three novelizations. Books that perform well based on their reader engagement are published by inkitt in different formats and channels. Faulks devil may care was published in 2008 to honor the centenary. Currently he is being portrayed by english actor daniel craig, but he has also been portrayed by sean connery, george lazenby, roger moore, timothy dalton and. After flemings death in 1964 other authors were hired to continue the bond franchise, most notably kingsley amis, who published colonel sun in 1968 under the pen name robert markham.
A dozen bond novels, and two short story collections, were penned by fleming. In 1990, after flemings death in 1964, subsequent james bond novels were written by kingsley amis as robert markham, john pearson, john gardner and raymond benson. Born in london in 1963, british writer erika leonard is better known by her pen name, e. Ranking the james bond authors after ian fleming 1. Literary star boyds solo, just out in paperback, is a wellcrafted novel. Even after fleming passed away in 1964, there have been other authorized bond novels or novelizations written by other authors. A prima facie consideration of the books is not unlike the general impression one gets from the movies. Other than the james bond books, gardner was also famous for writing his original series called boysie oakes. Since then a number of other authors have written additional bond adventures. Her erotic romance trilogy, of which fifty shades of grey was the first published, has sold over 35 million copies in the u.
The bestselling young bond novels were first written by charlie higson. He also covered the continuation novels including, quite critically, those of john gardner. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The subtitle of the book is the complete unauthorized, uncensored oral history of james bond, and thats important, because for the most part, the authors of the book, let their subjects do the talking. James bond authors past and present from kingsley amis to jeffrey deaver, william boyd has joined a long list of writers to pen a james bond novel. The 40 authors of scripture never sat down to script fiction for profit, which is exactly what the producers of the james bond movies did. The original james bond books were written by ian fleming, who worked in naval intelligence during the second world war. Over the course of 11 years, ian fleming wrote 12 james bond novels and nine short stories before his death in 1964, forming the basis for the film series which. James bond beach is nearby, where scenes from the movie dr. Since flemings death in 1964, several other authors have written authorised bond novels or novelizations.
Kingsley amis also wrote two nonfiction james bond books published in 1965. Benson examined ian fleming, his books and the films spawned by them. The james bond films are based on a series of novels written by ian lancaster fleming 19081964 from 1953 to 1964 with two published posthumously. James bond books by other authors the moneypenny diaries james bond s righthand mi6 woman, jane moneypenny features as lead in her own mini series of novels by kate westbrook. James bond, author on the spectator there is one last james bond book from the late 1950s that remains unpublished. This book is broken up into different decades of bond, but the meat of the text is predominantly just direct quotes from every single important person who worked on. When it comes to the books, other authors pick up certain areas of his life, and some have even written from the perspective of his bond girls.
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