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44 Post-Fleming periods B - List of the John Gardner novels (James Bond - The Books)




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This article is from the James Bond FAQ, by Michael Reed reed55@core.com with numerous contributions by others.

44 Post-Fleming periods B - List of the John Gardner novels (James Bond - The Books)


It was not until 1981 that the Bond series was revived once
again. Anne Fleming, following Amis' novel, had wanted the books to
cease. Upon her death the publishing company, Glidrose, hired British
author John Gardner who published a new novel almost every year until
the spring of 1996. He retired after equaling Fleming's total of
fourteen original novels, Gardner feeling the novelizations of the
movies did not count. Gardner was already an established writer, best
known for the series of "Boysie Oakes" novels, such as "The
Liquidator".

When assuming the mantle, Gardner's only direction was that he was not to
make any mention of the offspring of Bond alluded to in "You Only Live
Twice" and that Bond would be set in present time.

Title                   fn. Year
-----                   --- ----
Licence Renewed             1981
For Special Services        1982
Icebreaker                  1983
Role Of Honour              1984
Nobody Lives Forever        1986
No Deals, Mr. Bond          1987
Scorpius                    1988
Win, Lose Or Die            1989
Brokenclaw                  1990
Licence To Kill         (A) 1990
The Man From Barbarossa     1991
Death Is Forever            1992
Never Send Flowers          1993
SeaFire                     1994
GoldenEye               (A) 1995
Cold                    (B) 1996

(A) A novelization of the film
(B) U.S.A. copies titled "Cold Fall"

1 - Stories to read in order
To fully appreciate Gardner's works, read his last three original books
in order, "Never Send Flowers", "Seafire" and "Cold", as a story arc links
them. He also had his own SPECTRE trilogy with "For Special Services", "Role
Of Honour" and "Nobody Lives Forever", with a separate story separating them
a la "The Spy Who Loved Me" for Fleming.

Gardner had to write the "GoldenEye" novelization prior to writing Sir Miles
out of the M position, shown in "Cold", so reading them in reverse order of
release is actually preferable.

 

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