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    Thunderball (novel) - Wikipedia

    • Thunderball is the ninth book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, and the eighth Bond novel. It was published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 27 March 1961. The first novelisation of an unfilmed James Bond screenplay, it was born from a collaboration by five people: Ian Fleming, Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, Ivar Bryce and Ernest Cuneo, altho… See more

    Plot

    During a meeting with his superior, M, the Secret Service agent James Bond learns that his latest physical assessment is … See more

    Background and writing history

    The author Ian Fleming had long considered the possibility of his literary creation James Bond appearing on screen, and he had been in discussion with the filmmaker Sir Alexander Korda about a version of the 1954 novel … See more

    Originally publishedJanuary 1, 1961
    AuthorIan Fleming
    SeriesJames Bond (Original Series) · James Bond - Extended Series
    GenreFiction · Thriller · Espionage · Adventure · Mystery · Classics · Mystery Thriller · Spy Thriller · Action
    Development

    As with the previous novels in the series, aspects of Thunderball come from Fleming's own experiences: the visit to the health clinic was inspired by his own 1955 trip to the Enton Hall health farm near Godalming, … See more

    Style

    In 1962 Fleming wrote of his work, "while thrillers may not be Literature with a capital L, it is possible to write what I can best describe as 'thrillers designed to be read as literature'." To achieve this he used well-known bran… See more

    Themes

    At the time Fleming was writing Thunderball the Cold War seemed to be easing, with relations between East and West thawing. Fleming decided to use a politically neutral enemy for Bond; he wrote "I could not see any point i… See more

    Release and reception

    Thunderball was published on 27 March 1961 in the UK as a hardcover edition by the publishers Jonathan Cape; it was 253 pages long and cost 15 shillings. 50,000 copies were printed and Cape sent out 32,000 copi… See more

    Adaptations

    A comic strip adaptation was published daily in the Daily Express and syndicated worldwide, beginning on 11 November 1961. The owner of the Daily Express, Lord Beaverbrook, cancelled the strip on 10 February 1… See more

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