John Gardner

...not penned by his creator. After Fleming s death in 1964, subsequent James Bond novels were written by Kingsley Amis (under the pseudonym Robert Markham), John Pearson, John Gardner and Raymond Benson. Charlie Higson has also penned a...

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...in 1962 with ''Dr. No ''. After Fleming's death in 1964, subsequent James Bond novels were written by Kingsley Amis (as Robert Markham), John Pearson , John Gardner , Raymond Benson and Sebastian Faulks. Moreover, Christopher Wood...

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...a Saab and get married had something to do with it: Gardner was eventually replaced by Raymond Benson, an American who steered Bond up to the Faulksian present in forgettable style. Among the most enjoyable works on and around Bond,...

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...exactly, apart from the cocktails, the lunch and the snorkelling." Previous authors of official Bond novels include Kingsley Amis, John Gardner and Raymond Benson. Joel Rickett, the deputy director of The Bookseller magazine, said he...

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...the first post-Fleming Bond novel, "Colonel Sun," in 1968. Later, John Gardner and Raymond Benson -- controversially, an American -- wrote 20 original Bond novels between them. Now Sebastian Faulks -- like Amis, an established,...

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...promptly chose Benson to replace him. As a James Bond novelist, Raymond Benson was initially controversial for being American, and for ignoring much of the continuity established by Gardner. Benson had previously written The James Bond...

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...was published posthumously). Later, continuation novels were written by Kingsley Amis (as Robert Markham), John Gardner , Charlie Higson, Raymond Benson, who was the first American author of James Bond. The Young Bond series of novels...

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...official website. Author Raymond Benson also wrote modules for the James Bond 007 role playing game and, from 1997 to 2002, was commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications to succeed John Gardner as the author of the James Bond novels series.

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...a success although their canonical status is disputed. In 1996, Gardner retired from writing James Bond books due to ill health, and American Raymond Benson quickly replaced him. As a James Bond novelist, Benson was initially...

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