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The subtitle, Five Secret Occasions in the Life of James Bond, was added for publication; 21,712 copies were printed and quickly sold out. [10] For Your Eyes Only was published in the US in August 1960 by Viking Press and the subtitle was changed to Five Secret Exploits of James Bond; in later editions, it was dropped altogether. [24]
The stories were originally titled The Rough with the Smooth, although this was changed to For Your Eyes Only for publication, which included the subtitle Five Secret Occasions in the Life of James Bond. [26] After Fleming's death, a second collection featuring two short stories was released, Octopussy and The Living Daylights. [29]
The original Young Bond short story "A Hard Man to Kill" written by Charlie Higson, is included in the companion book, Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier, which was released by Puffin Books on 29 October 2009. An extract from the story appears in the paperback edition of By Royal Command. It is the longest James Bond short story yet written.
The story has Bond as catalyst for a narrative told in flashback, rather than as the main character for action; as such, it is told in the manner of "Quantum of Solace", a short story first published in 1959 and then included in the collection For Your Eyes Only. [12] "Octopussy" was serialised in the Daily Express from 4–8 October 1965. [13]
In 2005, the author and comedian Charlie Higson released SilverFin, the first of five novels and one short story in the life of a young James Bond; [134] his final work was the short story "A Hard Man to Kill", released as part of the non-fiction work Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier, the companion book to the Young Bond series. [135]
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The strip was reprinted by Titan Books in The James Bond Omnibus Vol. 2, published in 2011. [95] The novel was also serialised in the April, May and June 1964 issues of Playboy magazine, with illustrations from Daniel Schwartz. [96] [97] In the January 1997 edition of Playboy, the short story "Blast from the Past" appeared. Written by Raymond ...
The journalist and author Christopher Hitchens observes that "the central paradox of the classic Bond stories is that, although superficially devoted to the Anglo-American war against communism, they are full of contempt and resentment for America and Americans"; [47] Benson sees that Diamonds Are Forever contains examples of Fleming's feelings ...