James Bond 007, is a fictional British spy created by writer
Ian Fleming in 1952. Fleming wrote numerous novels and
short stories based upon the character and, after his death in
1964, further literary adventures were written by Kingsley
Amis (pseudonym 'Robert Markham'), John Pearson, John
Gardner, Raymond Benson, and Charlie Higson. In addition,
Christopher Wood wrote two screenplay novelisations and
other authors have also written various unofficial permutations
of the character.
Although initially made famous through the novels, James Bond is now best known from the EON Productions film
series. Twenty-one films have been made (as of 2006) as well as two that were independently produced and one
American
television adaptation of Fleming's first novel under legal licence. The EON films are generally referred to as the
'official' films (although its origin is unclear, this terminology is used throughout this article). Albert R. (Cubby)
Broccoli and Harry Saltzman......
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