Today in
Bond history two Fleming books were released in the UK: On Her Majesty’s
Secret Service (1963) and The Man
with the Golden Gun (1965), which was
published post-humorously. OHMSS
was Fleming’s tenth novel and was written after the first Eon Productions film,
Dr. No, was being shot nearby in
Jamaica. OHMSS was written as the
second of a Blofeld trilogy – the first being Thunderball and You Only Live Twice. The book was received well, selling 60,000 copies
the first month of release. Richard Chopping was the cover artist.
Due to
Fleming’s death in August 1964, Fleming did not complete his second edits nor
add additional details as was his writing process for his James Bond novels. The
publisher had sought out Kingsley Amis’ expertise to polish Fleming’s novel, however
Amis’ suggestions were not incorporated and The Man with the Golden Gun was published as is. Reviews were “polite” and the
novel was a best seller.
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