Octopussy and The Living Daylights unit. One of Fleming's neighbours in Jamaica, and later his lover, was Blanche Blackwell, mother of Chris Blackwell of Island Records. Fleming had previously used Blackwell's name as the guano-collecting ship in "Dr. No", calling it "Blanche". Blackwell had given Fleming a coracle called "Octopussy", the name of which Fleming used for the story. "Octopussy" was posthumously serialised in the "Daily Express" newspaper, 4–8 October 1965. Fleming originally titled "The Living Daylights" as "Trigger Finger", although when it first appeared, in "The Sunday Times" colour supplement of 4 February 1962, it was under the title of "Berlin Escape". It was
The Times Literary Supplement years ago. It is the most serious, authoritative, witty, diverse and stimulating cultural publication in all the five languages I speak.” "The Times Literary Supplement" has appeared in works of fiction. One of the most backhanded of such mentions appears in the English translation of Samuel Beckett's novel "Molloy" (1953), in which Molloy relates that: ... in winter, under my greatcoat, I wrapped myself in swathes of newspaper, and did not shed them until the earth awoke, for good, in April. The "Times Literary Supplement" was admirably adapted to this purpose, of a neverfailing toughness and impermeability. Even farts made