James Bond Bond novels, three novelizations and three short stories. 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. The book—titled "Devil May Care"—was published in the UK by Penguin Books and by Doubleday in the US. American writer Jeffery Deaver was then commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications to produce "Carte Blanche", which was published on 26 May 2011. The book updated Bond into a post-9/11 agent, independent of MI5 or MI6. On 26 September 2013 "Solo", written
The Man with the Golden Gun (novel) form in the "Daily Express" newspaper on a daily basis from 22 March 1965 onwards. This novel was also serialised over four issues of "Playboy" from April through July 1965. The novel was adapted as a daily comic strip which was published in the "Daily Express" newspaper and syndicated around the world. The adaptation ran from 10 January to 10 September 1966. The adaptation was written by Jim Lawrence and illustrated by Yaroslav Horak. The strip was reprinted by Titan Books in "The James Bond Omnibus Vol. 2", published in 2011. In 1974, Eon Productions made the ninth Bond film,