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The story became the basis for the ninth ''Film/JamesBond'' [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun film]].
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The story became the basis for the ninth ''Film/JamesBond'' [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun film]].
film]]. It also got a RadioDrama adaptation on BBC Radio 4 in 2020, with Creator/TobyStephens as Bond.
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* ShoutOut: Felix Leiter refers to blowing up a railroad bridge as "re-enactment of ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai''".
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* ShoutOut: Felix Leiter at one point refers to blowing up a railroad bridge as "re-enactment of ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai''".
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* {{Tuckerization}}:
** Commander Ross, the Station Chief in Jamaica, was named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ross Alan Ross]], the editor of ''The London Magazine'', who provided Fleming with details about the effects of the electroshock therapy that Bond goes through.
** Fleming used the name of the secretary of the Royal St George's Golf Club, Mark Nicholson, for the CIA representative at the hotel.
** Tony Hugill, the sugar planter mentioned in the novel, was named after a member of Fleming's 30 AU unit who managed the Tate & Lyle plantations in the West Indies after the war.
** Commander Ross, the Station Chief in Jamaica, was named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ross Alan Ross]], the editor of ''The London Magazine'', who provided Fleming with details about the effects of the electroshock therapy that Bond goes through.
** Fleming used the name of the secretary of the Royal St George's Golf Club, Mark Nicholson, for the CIA representative at the hotel.
** Tony Hugill, the sugar planter mentioned in the novel, was named after a member of Fleming's 30 AU unit who managed the Tate & Lyle plantations in the West Indies after the war.
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The thirteenth ''Literature/JamesBond'' book by Creator/IanFleming, published in 1965 [[AuthorExistenceFailure after his death]]; Fleming only got it to draft stage. Kingsley Amis was rumoured at the time to have tidied it up - in fact, Fleming's publisher had him look over it for feedback, but ultimately chose not to take any of his suggestions. For that reason it's the most bare-bones Bond novel, with far less of the kind of detail Fleming would usually insert in his second draft, and there are a number of minor continuity errors.
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The thirteenth ''Literature/JamesBond'' book by Creator/IanFleming, published in 1965 [[AuthorExistenceFailure [[DiedDuringProduction after his death]]; Fleming only got it to draft stage. Kingsley Amis was rumoured at the time to have tidied it up - in fact, Fleming's publisher had him look over it for feedback, but ultimately chose not to take any of his suggestions. For that reason it's the most bare-bones Bond novel, with far less of the kind of detail Fleming would usually insert in his second draft, and there are a number of minor continuity errors.
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* FloralThemeNaming: Tiffy tells Bond that she is the youngest of six girls. Her mother named them all after flowers; Violet, Rose, Cherry, Pansy, and Lily. When Tiffy was born she couldn't think of another flower related name so she dubbed her "Artificial".
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Tiffy's actual first name is 'Artifical', because her mother was going with FloralThemeNaming, and couldn't think of another flower name when Tiffy was born.
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Clarifying the Chekov's Gun entry, after reading the relevant passage
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* ChekhovsGun: A funny example in that it's a gun that ''shouldn't'' fire, but does. In one chapter, Bond sneaks into Scaramanga's room and removes the round from the second cylinder of his golden revolver, in order to give him a moment's edge later. In the next chapter, Scaramanga fires six times in quick succession with no mention of a misfire or Scaramanga reloading, and the ruse is never mentioned again. William Boyd, in his introduction, put it down to Fleming's failing health and attention, and Amis or the copy editor failing to notice the discrepancy.
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* ChekhovsGun: A funny example in One that it's a gun that ''shouldn't'' fire, but does. In one chapter, ends up being so wasted as to make the reader question why it occurs. Late in the book, Bond sneaks into tries to give himself an edge by secretly removing one of the rounds from Scaramanga's room and removes gun so that his first trigger pull will fall on an empty chamber (a trick similar to what Billy the round from the second cylinder of his golden revolver, in order Kid used to give him a moment's edge later. avoid murder). In the next chapter, Scaramanga uses his first shot to signal his train and is only briefly perplexed by the missing round. However, there's no mention of reloading and yet Scaramanga fires six times 6 shots in quick succession with no mention of a misfire or Scaramanga reloading, and the ruse is never mentioned again. later, which has led to some (including William Boyd, in his introduction, put it down to Fleming's introduction) missing the brief sentence indicating a dry fire and mistakenly claiming a plot hole that Fleming missed in his failing health and attention, and Amis or the copy editor failing to notice the discrepancy. health.
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A year after his disappearance in the ending of [[Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice the last book]], Bond returns to England and makes contact with MI-6. Unfortunately, he has been [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashed]] to be an assassin for the Soviet Union, and he tries to kill M. This fails, and after his recovery, Bond must prove his worth for the Secret Service by being tasked to take down one Francisco Scaramanga, a ProfessionalKiller who is responsible for deaths of many Bond's fellow agents.
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A year after his disappearance in the ending of [[Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice the last book]], Bond returns to England and makes contact with MI-6. Unfortunately, he has been [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashed]] to be an assassin for the Soviet Union, and he tries to kill M. This fails, and after his recovery, Bond must prove his worth for to the Secret Service by being tasked to take down one Francisco Scaramanga, a ProfessionalKiller who is responsible for the deaths of many of Bond's fellow agents.
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* BondVillainStupidity: M gets this treatment from the Soviet Union's newest assassin, James Bond. He wastes time spouting the propaganda installed to his head.
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* BondVillainStupidity: M gets this treatment from the Soviet Union's newest assassin, James Bond. He wastes time spouting the propaganda installed to in his head.
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The thirteenth ''Literature/JamesBond'' book by Creator/IanFleming, published in 1965 [[AuthorExistenceFailure after his death]]; Fleming only got it to draft stage. Kingsley Amis was rumored rumoured at the time to have tidied it up - in fact, Fleming's publisher had him look over it for feedback, but this is apparantly ultimately chose not true.
to take any of his suggestions. For that reason it's the most bare-bones Bond novel, with far less of the kind of detail Fleming would usually insert in his second draft, and there are a number of minor continuity errors.
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* ChekhovsGun: A funny example in that it's a gun that ''shouldn't'' fire, but does. In one chapter, Bond sneaks into Scaramanga's room and removes the round from the second cylinder of his golden revolver, in order to give him a moment's edge later. In the next chapter, Scaramanga fires six times in quick succession with no mention of reloading or misfiring, and the ruse is never mentioned again. William Boyd, in his introduction, put it down to Fleming's failing health and attention, and Amis or the copy editor failing to notice the discrepancy.
** Or Scaramanga discovered the empty chamber and reloaded it.
** Or Scaramanga discovered the empty chamber and reloaded it.
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* ChekhovsGun: A funny example in that it's a gun that ''shouldn't'' fire, but does. In one chapter, Bond sneaks into Scaramanga's room and removes the round from the second cylinder of his golden revolver, in order to give him a moment's edge later. In the next chapter, Scaramanga fires six times in quick succession with no mention of reloading a misfire or misfiring, Scaramanga reloading, and the ruse is never mentioned again. William Boyd, in his introduction, put it down to Fleming's failing health and attention, and Amis or the copy editor failing to notice the discrepancy. \n** Or Scaramanga discovered the empty chamber and reloaded it.
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Licence to kill takes elements from Live and let die, not man with the golden gun
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The thirteenth ''Literature/JamesBond'' book by Creator/IanFleming, published in 1965 [[AuthorExistenceFailure after his death]]; Fleming only got it to draft stage and stage. Kingsley Amis is was rumored to have tidied it up.
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The story became the basis for the ninth ''Film/JamesBond'' [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun film]] and elements of it were incorporated into the [[Film/LicenceToKill sixteenth]].
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The story became the basis for the ninth ''Film/JamesBond'' [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun film]] and elements of it were incorporated into the [[Film/LicenceToKill sixteenth]].
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* BondVillainStupidity: M who gets this treatment from the Soviet Union's newest assassin, James Bond. He wastes time spouting the propaganda installed to his head.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Bond starts out this way thanks to a year-long stay in Russia, and returns to London in order to carry out his handlers' mission of killing M.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Bond starts out this way thanks to a year-long stay in Russia, and returns to London in order to carry out his handlers' mission of killing M.
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* {{Kneecapping}}: It is mentioned that Scaramanga shot the knees and elbows of agent 098, and forced him to kiss his foot before killing him.
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* {{Kneecapping}}: It is mentioned that Scaramanga shot agent 098 through both knees, forcing him to retire from the Secret Service. He shot another one through the knees and elbows of agent 098, elbows, then made the man crawl and forced him to kiss his foot boots before killing him.finishing him off.
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* UndignifiedDeath: When Bond confronts Scaramanga, he accuses him of having forced one of his wounded victims to crawl over and lick his boots before he'd finish him off.[[note]]The film version of ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' has Grant threaten Bond with a similar death.[[/note]]
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* UndignifiedDeath: When Bond confronts Scaramanga, he accuses him of having forced one of his wounded victims to crawl over and lick kiss his boots before he'd finish him off.[[note]]The film version of ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' has Grant threaten Bond with a similar death.[[/note]]
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* ContinuityNod: After he arrives into UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}}, Bond reminisices about his adventures in ''Literature/DrNo'', and wonders how Honeychile Ryder is doing (last he heard [[BabiesEverAfter she'd married a nice doctor and had two kids]]). (Though Bond remembers her last name as "Wilder," possibly due to an error by Fleming.)
** During his interrogation by the Soft Man, Bond is asked about Maria Freudenstein, a character who figures prominently in the earlier short story "The Property of a Lady" and who is now dead.
** During his interrogation by the Soft Man, Bond is asked about Maria Freudenstein, a character who figures prominently in the earlier short story "The Property of a Lady" and who is now dead.
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* ContinuityNod: After he arrives into UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}}, Bond reminisices reminisces about his adventures in ''Literature/DrNo'', and wonders how Honeychile Ryder is doing (last he heard [[BabiesEverAfter she'd married a nice doctor and had two kids]]). (Though Bond remembers her last name as "Wilder," possibly due to an error by Fleming.)
** During his interrogation by the Soft Man, Bond is asked about MariaFreudenstein, Freudenstein (mis-identified here as "Freudenstadt"), a character who figures prominently in the earlier short story "The Property of a Lady" and who is now dead.
** During his interrogation by the Soft Man, Bond is asked about Maria
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Kingsley Amis felt Bond's running into Scaramanga at Tiffy's brothel was contrived even by Fleming's standards, along with Scaramanga hiring him as a security man when he doesn't know him and, it transpires, doesn't need him either. Some put it down to the "first draft" nature of the manuscript, as with the ChekhovsGun mentioned above.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Kingsley Amis felt Bond's running into Scaramanga at Tiffy's brothel was contrived even by Fleming's standards, along with Scaramanga hiring him as a security man when he doesn't know him and, it transpires, doesn't need him either. Some put it down to the "first draft" nature of the manuscript, as with the ChekhovsGun mentioned above.
* CrazyPrepared: Remembering how his predecessor died (shot at his desk by a rogue agent), M has a sheet of bulletproof glass installed in his office ceiling, ready to drop down if he presses a button under the arm of his chair. It saves his life when Bond tries to squirt him with cyanide.
* CrazyPrepared: Remembering how his predecessor died (shot at his desk by a rogue agent), M has a sheet of bulletproof glass installed in his office ceiling, ready to drop down if he presses a button under the arm of his chair. It saves his life when Bond tries to squirt him with cyanide.
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** He later tries to kill M using a child's water pistol filled with cyanide, an assassination method he had been reading about in "The Property of a Lady."
