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JamesBond
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TheJamesBondseriesfocusesonafictionalBritish
SecretServiceagentcreatedin1953bywriterIan
Fleming,whofeaturedhimintwelvenovelsandtwo
shortstorycollections.SinceFleming'sdeathin1964,
sevenotherauthorshavewrittenauthorisedBond
novelsornovelizations:KingsleyAmis,Christopher
Wood,JohnGardner,RaymondBenson,Sebastian
Faulks,JefferyDeaverandWilliamBoyd,witha
furtherinstalmentdueinSeptember2015byAnthony
Horowitz.AdditionallyCharlieHigsonwroteaseries
onayoungJamesBond,andKateWestbrookwrote
threenovelsbasedonthediariesofarecurringseries
character,Moneypenny.
Thecharacterhasalsobeenadaptedfortelevision,
radio,comicstrip,videogamesandfilm.Thefilms
arethelongestcontinuallyrunningandthesecond
highestgrossingfilmseriestodate,whichstartedin
1962withDr.No,starringSeanConneryasBond.As
of2014,therehavebeentwentythreefilmsintheEon
Productionsseries.ThemostrecentBondfilm,Skyfall
(2012),starsDanielCraiginhisthirdportrayalof
BondheisthesixthactortoplayBondintheEon
series.Therehavealsobeentwoindependent
productionsofBondfilms:CasinoRoyale(a1967
spoof)andNeverSayNeverAgain(a1983remakeof
anearlierEonproducedfilm,Thunderball).
TheBondfilmsarerenownedforanumberof
features,includingthemusicalaccompaniment,with
thethemesongshavingreceivedAcademyAward
nominationsonseveraloccasions,andonewin.Other
importantelementswhichrunthroughmostofthe
filmsincludeBond'scars,hisgirls,hisguns,andthe
gadgetswithwhichheissuppliedbyQBranch.

JamesBond

IanFleming'simageofJamesBondcommissioned
toaidtheDailyExpresscomicstripartists.
First
appearance

CasinoRoyale,1953novel

Last
appearance

Solo,2013novel

Createdby

IanFleming

Portrayedby

GeorgeBaker
PierceBrosnan
Christopher
Cazenove
DanielCraig
SeanConnery

Contents

TimothyDalton
BobHolness

1Publicationhistory
1.1Creationandinspiration
1.2Novelsandrelatedworks
1.2.1IanFlemingnovels
1.2.2PostFlemingnovels

MichaelJayston
GeorgeLazenby
RogerMoore
BarryNelson
DavidNiven
TobyStephens

1.2.3YoungBond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond

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