James Bond (novel): Difference between revisions

The Bond of the books is much different character in the films, which often parodied or even disregarded their sources. Given that Fleming was born in 1908, and wrote the novels in the [[The Fifties|1950s]] and [[The Sixties|1960s]], [[Values Dissonance|his books do not always display the most politically correct attitudes with regard to sex, race, and imperialism]].

== Novels and short stories by Ian Fleming ==

* ''Casino Royale'' (April, 1953)

* ''Diamonds Are Forever'' (March, 1956)

* ''From Russia, with Love'' (April, 1957)

** ''The Property of a Lady'' (November, 1963)

** ''Octopussy'' (March-April, 1966)

== Early continuation novels ==

* ''James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) by Christopher Wood. Novelization of the film, quite different from its source. It added characters and organizations from the Fleming novels to the plot.

* ''James Bond and Moonraker'' (1979) by Christopher Wood. Novelization of the film. Mostly faithful to its source, though it excluded part of the film's subplots.

== Novels by John Gardner ==

* ''GoldenEye'' (1995). Novelization of the film. Mostly faithful to its source, expanded certain scenes, dialogues, and character interactions.

* ''COLD'' (1996), also known as ''Cold Fall'' . Gardner retired following this novel, facing health problems.

== Novels and short stories by Raymond Benson ==

* ''The Man with the Red Tattoo'' (May, 2002).

* ''Die Another Day'' (2002). Novelization of the film. Mostly faithful to its source, though Benson changed the geographic setting of certain scenes. The villains, Tan-Sun Moon and Miranda Frost, received more detailed backgrounds, expanded scenes, and additional exploration of their motives. Benson resigned his writing duties following its publication, wishing to work on non-series novels.

== Novels and short stories by Charlie Higson ==

* ''By Royal Command'' (September, 2008)

* ''A Hard Man to Kill'' (October, 2009). Short story. So far, the last original work in this sub-series.

== Novels and short stories by Samantha Weinberg ==

* ''Moneypenny's First Date with Bond'' (November, 2006). Short story, placed prior to ''Casino Royale''. Moneypenny and recently assigned 007 meet for the first time.

* ''The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling'' (May, 2008). Events placed c. 1964, explicitly following ''The Man with the Golden Gun''. Moneypenny is seaching for a mole within the Secret Service.

== Late continuation novels ==

* ''Carte Blanche'' (May, 2011) by Jeffery Deaver. Set in the 2010s. Features a [[Continuity Reboot]]. Bond was born c. 1979, and his current mission involves investigating the deaths of his parents. Who served as [[Cold War]] agents.

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* [[Abduction Is Love]]: Part of Darko Kerim's backstory.