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Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.
Ian Fleming Casino Royale · 1953

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“He [James Bond] was about six feet tall, slim and fit-looking. The eyes in the lean, slightly tanned face were a very clear gray-blue and as they observed the men they were cold and watchful. The narrowed watchful eyes gave his good looks the dangerous, almost cruel quality that had frightened me when I had first set eyes on him.”

Ian Fleming · The Spy Who Loved Me, 1962 · Primary source

Authors

British novelist and journalist · 1908-1964
Ian Fleming

Creator of James Bond whose spy novels became an enduring part of popular culture.

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Works

Ian Fleming · 1953
Casino Royale

A British intelligence officer is sent to bankrupt a Soviet-linked financier at the gambling tables of a French casino.

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Ian Fleming · 1957
From Russia, with Love

James Bond is drawn into a Soviet intelligence plot involving defection, deception, assassination, and Cold War rivalry between Britain and the USSR.

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Ian Fleming · 1954
Live and Let Die

James Bond investigates a powerful criminal network linking organised crime, smuggling, espionage, and Soviet intelligence across the United States and Caribbean.

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Ian Fleming · 1955
Moonraker

James Bond investigates industrialist Hugo Drax and uncovers a conspiracy involving Britain’s Moonraker missile programme, espionage, deception, and nuclear attack.

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Ian Fleming · 1956
Diamonds Are Forever

James Bond infiltrates an international diamond-smuggling operation linking African mines, organised crime, gambling, and the American underworld.

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Ian Fleming · 1958
Dr. No

James Bond investigates a disappearance in Jamaica and uncovers Dr No’s secret operation on the isolated island of Crab Key.

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Ian Fleming · 1959
Goldfinger

James Bond investigates gold magnate Auric Goldfinger, uncovering an international smuggling operation and an audacious plan to raid Fort Knox.

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Ian Fleming · 1960
For Your Eyes Only

Five James Bond stories exploring espionage, revenge, smuggling, personal relationships, and moral judgement across varied international settings.

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Ian Fleming · 1961
Thunderball

James Bond investigates the theft of two nuclear weapons by SPECTRE and a ransom plot centred on the Bahamas.

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Ian Fleming · 1962
The Spy Who Loved Me

Vivienne Michel becomes trapped with two armed criminals at an isolated Adirondack motel before a travelling James Bond unexpectedly intervenes.

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Ian Fleming · 1963
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

James Bond pursues SPECTRE leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Switzerland while forming a serious relationship with Teresa di Vicenzo.

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Ian Fleming · 1964
You Only Live Twice

James Bond travels to Japan on an intelligence mission and confronts Blofeld while struggling with grief, revenge, and personal identity.

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Ian Fleming · 1965
The Man with the Golden Gun

James Bond returns from Soviet captivity and is sent to Jamaica to eliminate Francisco Scaramanga, a highly skilled professional assassin.

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Ian Fleming · 1966
Octopussy and The Living Daylights

Four James Bond stories exploring espionage, assassination, betrayal, intelligence work, and the consequences of past actions across varied international settings.

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