But the movies have only glancingly touched on them.
The Fleming books are, by comparison, a bit more low-key and certainly of their time.
(This was done becauseDr.
Nowas the most recent bestselling release when the Bond films went into production.)
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Nonetheless, those first four 007 films are all still relatively faithful to the books.
Many elements of the novelDr.
Nowere retained while a handful of others were changed or discarded.
The movie Bond (Sean Connery) also does not fight a giant squid (damn!)
Thunderball, the novel, was the first of three Fleming books unofficially known as the Blofeld Trilogy.
Its fair to say this is the beginning of major cinematic deviations from Flemings source material.
Bond foils Blofelds plan, but the villain escapes and murders Tracy shortly after she and Bond are married.
The movie trashes almost everything except the villains name and his trademark weapon.
The books Scaramanga is a thug, a crude psychotic who frequents bordellos and enjoys sordid sex shows.
Pepper (Clifton James) fromLive and Let Die, and is only redeemed by Lees excellent performance.
In any event, the Man with the Golden Gun bore little resemblance to the one in the book.
Thats because Flemings ninth Bond book hardly features 007 in it until the final third.
Bond must team up with a beautiful Russian spy (Barbara Bach) to stop him.
Moonraker
Ian Flemings third 007 novel,Moonraker, is considered one of his finest.
While the films Drax, played by Michel Lonsdale, has some pretty delicious lines (Look after Mr. No antics with Max Zorin, May Day, or Silicon Valley here.
When Daniel Craig inherited the role in 2006, it was a whole different ballgame.
James Bond will return.
