![]() ![]() Glidrose, however, had an alternative: In 1966, they commissioned a novel that would be centered around Bond’s nephew, a boy of boarding school age who would become embroiled in a plot to steal gold. It seemed too monumental a task to follow a writer who was virtually as famous as Bond himself. Only one proper novel, 1968’s Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis, was released in the years immediately following Fleming’s death. ![]() While the Bond movies were expected to continue indefinitely, no one at Glidrose Productions-the company Fleming had purchased to handle the literary rights to his creation for business purposes-was exactly sure how to proceed with his adventures on the printed page. No and From Russia with Love-make Bond an international phenomenon, with a third ( Goldfinger) released just a month after his death. The author had also lived to see two wildly successful film adaptations of his work- Dr. ![]() When Ian Fleming died of a heart attack at the age of 56 in 1964, he had completed 12 full-length novels and a number of short stories featuring his marquee superspy James Bond. ![]()
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