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==== Post-Fleming novels ==== After Fleming's death, a continuation novel, ''[[Colonel Sun]]'', was written by [[Kingsley Amis]] (as [[Robert Markham]]) and published in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|title=Colonel Sun |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=81 |work=The Books |publisher= Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=2 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227071453/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=81 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> Amis had already written a literary study of Fleming's Bond novels in his 1965 work ''[[The James Bond Dossier]]''.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=32}} Although [[novelisation]]s of two of the [[Eon Productions]] Bond films appeared in print, ''[[James Bond, the Spy Who Loved Me]]'' and ''[[James Bond and Moonraker]]'', both written by screenwriter [[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christopher Wood]],<ref name="IFP, Novelizations">{{cite web|title=Film Novelizations |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=163 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=2 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918184837/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=163 |archive-date=18 September 2011 }}</ref> the series of novels did not continue until the 1980s. In 1981, the thriller writer [[John Gardner (British writer)|John Gardner]] picked up the series with ''[[Licence Renewed]]''.{{sfn|Simpson|2002|p=58}} Gardner went on to write sixteen Bond books in total; two of the books he wrote were novelisations of Eon Productions films of the same name: ''[[Licence to Kill]]'' and ''[[GoldenEye]]''. Gardner moved the Bond series into the 1980s, although he retained the ages of the characters as they were when Fleming had left them.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=149}} In 1996, Gardner retired from writing James Bond books due to ill health.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ripley|first=Mike|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/02/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Obituary: John Gardner: Prolific thriller writer behind the revival of James Bond and Professor Moriarty|access-date=14 November 2011|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 November 2007|page=41|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415133341/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/02/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|url-status=live}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- style="vertical-align:top; width:225px;" | style="width:400pt;"| * 1981 ''[[Licence Renewed]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Licence Renewed |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=141 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227092749/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=141 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1982 ''[[For Special Services]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=For Special Services |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=211 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227092955/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=211 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1983 ''[[Icebreaker (novel)|Icebreaker]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Ice Breaker |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=142 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227092651/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=142 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1984 ''[[Role of Honour]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Role Of Honour |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=143 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227092007/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=143 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1986 ''[[Nobody Lives for Ever]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Nobody Lives Forever |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=144 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227092102/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=144 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1987 ''[[No Deals, Mr. Bond]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=No Deals Mr Bond |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=145 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227092157/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=145 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1988 ''[[Scorpius (novel)|Scorpius]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Scorpius |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=145 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227092157/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=145 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1989 ''[[Win, Lose or Die]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Win, Lose Or Die |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=147 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227092427/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=147 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> | style="width:400pt;"| * 1989 ''Licence to Kill''<ref name="IFP, Novelizations" /> (novelisation) * 1990 ''[[Brokenclaw]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Brokenclaw |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=148 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227092455/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=148 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1991 ''[[The Man from Barbarossa]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=The Man From Barbarossa |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=149 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227092554/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=149 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1992 ''[[Death Is Forever]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Death is Forever |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=150 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008202437/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=150 |archive-date=8 October 2011 }}</ref> * 1993 ''[[Never Send Flowers]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Never Send Flowers |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=151 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227093052/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=151 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1994 ''[[SeaFire]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Seafire |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=152 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227093233/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=152 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1995 ''GoldenEye''<ref name="IFP, Novelizations" /> (novelisation) * 1996 ''[[Cold (novel)|Cold]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Cold |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=153 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227093337/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=153 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> |} In 1996, the American author [[Raymond Benson]] became the author of the Bond novels. Benson had previously been the author of ''[[The James Bond Bedside Companion]]'', first published in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|title=Books – At a Glance|url=http://www.raymondbenson.com/books/|work=RaymondBenson.com|access-date=3 November 2011|author=Raymond Benson|author-link=Raymond Benson|archive-date=27 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127115953/http://www.raymondbenson.com/books/|url-status=live}}</ref> By the time he moved on to other, non-Bond related projects in 2002, Benson had written six Bond novels, three novelisations and three short stories.<ref>{{cite web|title=Raymond Benson |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=176 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227071253/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=176 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- style="vertical-align:top; width:225px;" | style="width:400pt;"| * 1997 "[[James Bond uncollected short stories#"Blast from the Past"|Blast From the Past]]"{{sfn|Simpson|2002|p=62}} (short story) * 1997 ''[[Zero Minus Ten]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Zero Minus Ten |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=210 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227093949/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=210 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1997 ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''<ref name="IFP, Novelizations" /> (novelisation) * 1998 ''[[The Facts of Death]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=The Facts Of Death |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=134 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227093647/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=134 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 1999 "[[James Bond uncollected short stories#"Midsummer Night's Doom"|Midsummer Night's Doom]]"{{sfn|Simpson|2002|p=63}} (short story) * 1999 "[[James Bond uncollected short stories#"Live at Five"|Live at Five]]"{{sfn|Simpson|2002|p=64}} (short story) | style="width:400pt;"| * 1999 ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''<ref name="IFP, Novelizations" /> (novelisation) * 1999 ''[[High Time to Kill]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=High Time To Kill |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=135 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227093753/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=135 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 2000 ''[[DoubleShot]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Doubleshot |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=136 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227093445/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=136 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 2001 ''[[Never Dream of Dying]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Never Dream Of Dying |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=137 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227093544/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=137 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 2002 ''[[The Man with the Red Tattoo]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=The Man With The Red Tattoo |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=138 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227093615/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=138 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> * 2002 ''[[Die Another Day]]''<ref name="IFP, Novelizations" /> (novelisation) |} After a gap of six years, [[Sebastian Faulks]] was commissioned by [[Ian Fleming Publications]] to write a new Bond novel, which was released on 28 May 2008, the 100th anniversary of Fleming's birth.<ref>{{cite news|title=Faulks pens new James Bond novel|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6289186.stm|access-date=3 November 2011|newspaper=[[BBC News]]|date=11 July 2007|archive-date=12 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212225504/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6289186.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The book—titled ''[[Devil May Care (Faulks novel)|Devil May Care]]''—was published in the UK by Penguin Books and by Doubleday in the US.<ref name="Faulks">{{cite web|title=Sebastian Faulks |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=177 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227071357/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=177 |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> American writer [[Jeffery Deaver]] was then commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications to produce [[Carte Blanche (novel)|''Carte Blanche'']], which was published on 26 May 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=James Bond book called Carte Blanche|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12204547|access-date=3 November 2011|newspaper=BBC News|date=17 January 2011|archive-date=19 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319150348/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12204547|url-status=live}}</ref> The book turned Bond into a post-[[September 11 attacks|9/11]] agent, independent of [[MI5]] or MI6.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeffery Deaver |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=268 |work=The Books |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |access-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415123737/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=268 |archive-date=15 April 2012 }}</ref> On 26 September 2013, ''[[Solo (Boyd novel)|Solo]]'' by [[William Boyd (writer)|William Boyd]], set in 1969, was published.<ref>{{cite web|title=Solo Published Today |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/solo-published-today/ |publisher=[[Ian Fleming Publications]] |access-date=1 October 2013 |date=26 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234832/http://www.ianfleming.com/solo-published-today/ |archive-date= 4 October 2013 }}</ref> In October 2014, it was announced that [[Anthony Horowitz]] was to write a ''Bond'' continuation novel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/11133873/James-Bonds-secret-mission-to-save-Stirling-Moss.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/11133873/James-Bonds-secret-mission-to-save-Stirling-Moss.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |title=James Bond's secret mission: to save Stirling Moss |first=Anita |last=Singh |date=2 October 2014 |access-date=6 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Set in the 1950s two weeks after the events of ''Goldfinger'', it contains material written, but previously unreleased, by Fleming. ''[[Trigger Mortis]]'' was released on 8 September 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32899911 |title=James Bond: Pussy Galore returns in new novel |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=28 May 2015 |access-date=28 May 2015 |archive-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513215956/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32899911 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Alison |last=Flood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/28/new-james-bond-novel-trigger-mortis-pussy-galore-anthony-horowitz |title=New James Bond novel Trigger Mortis resurrects Pussy Galore |newspaper=The Guardian |date=28 May 2015 |access-date=28 May 2015 |archive-date=8 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608035412/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/28/new-james-bond-novel-trigger-mortis-pussy-galore-anthony-horowitz |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11634404/Pussy-Galore-returns-for-new-James-Bond-novel-Trigger-Mortis.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11634404/Pussy-Galore-returns-for-new-James-Bond-novel-Trigger-Mortis.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=Pussy Galore returns for new James Bond novel ''Trigger Mortis'' |first=Hannah |last=Furness |date=28 May 2015 |access-date=6 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Horowitz's second Bond novel, ''[[Forever and a Day (novel)|Forever and a Day]]'', tells the origin story of Bond as a 00 agent prior to the events of ''Casino Royale''. The novel, also based on unpublished material from Fleming, was released on 31 May 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/forever-and-a-day/ |title=Forever and a Day |work=IanFleming.com |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |date=8 February 2018 |access-date=16 February 2019 |archive-date=18 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218042318/http://www.ianfleming.com/forever-and-a-day/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/books/james-bond-forever-and-a-day-anthony-horowitz.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/books/james-bond-forever-and-a-day-anthony-horowitz.html |archive-date=3 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=New James Bond Novel Is a Prequel to Fleming's First |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=12 February 2018 |access-date=16 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Horowitz's third Bond novel, ''With a Mind to Kill'', was published on 26 May 2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ianfleming.com/new-horowitz-bond-title-and-cover-revealed/ |title=New Horowitz Bond Title and Cover Revealed |work=IanFleming.com |publisher=Ian Fleming Publications |date=16 December 2021 |access-date=16 December 2021 |archive-date=16 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216190241/https://www.ianfleming.com/new-horowitz-bond-title-and-cover-revealed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Charlie Higson|Charlie Higson's]] first adult Bond novel, ''On His Majesty's Secret Service'', was published on 4 May 2023 to celebrate the [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|Coronation of King Charles III]] and support the [[National Literacy Trust]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/james-bond-king-charles-coronation-on-his-majestys-secret-service-1235569901/ |title=New James Bond Story 'On His Majesty's Secret Service' Commissioned to Celebrate King Charles' Coronation |first=Naman |last=Ramachandran |date=31 March 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=5 May 2023 |archive-date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505181215/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/james-bond-king-charles-coronation-on-his-majestys-secret-service-1235569901/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- style="vertical-align:top; width:225px;" | style="width:400pt;"| * 2008 ''[[Devil May Care (Faulks novel)|Devil May Care]]'' * 2011 ''[[Carte Blanche (novel)|Carte Blanche]]'' * 2013 ''[[Solo (Boyd novel)|Solo]]'' * 2015 ''[[Trigger Mortis]]'' | style="width:400pt;"| * 2018 ''[[Forever and a Day (novel)|Forever and a Day]]'' * 2022 ''With a Mind to Kill'' * 2023 ''On His Majesty's Secret Service'' |}
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