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The story was first published in the New York Herald Tribune in October 1963 as "Agent 007 in New York", but was subsequently renamed as "007 in New York" for the 1964 US editions of Thrilling Cities. Release and reception. Octopussy and The Living Daylights was published in Britain on 23 June 1966 by Jonathan Cape and cost 10s.6d.
- Ian Fleming
- 1966
Octopussy and The Living Daylights: Ian Fleming Jonathan Cape 23 June 1966: 94 pp : The first edition contained only two stories: "Octopussy" and "The Living Daylights"; subsequent editions have also contained "The Property of a Lady" and "007 in New York".
TitleDateLength (first Edition)Plot13 April 1953213 ppJames Bond is sent to play against and ...5 April 1954234 ppBond is sent to the United States to ...5 April 1955256 ppBond joins M at Blades to stop a member, ...26 March 1956257 ppBond follows a diamond smuggling ring to ...Initially, the book contained only two short stories: (i) The final James Bond short story to be published, "Octopussy" (with agent 007 in a minor role), which was first serialized in the March and April 1966 issues of Playboy magazine, some two years after Ian Fleming's death; and (ii) "The Living Daylights", considered by critics to be the ...
Oct 3, 2016 · Publication date: 23rd June 1966. Publisher: Jonathan Cape. Cover artist : Richard Chopping. Search for first edition copies on Abebooks. The first story, Octopussy, is a conversation between Bond and a treacherous retired Royal Marine major.
The first instalment of this five-part abridged version of the short story was printed on the same day as the hardback first edition of FOR YOUR EYES ONLY was published by Jonathan Cape. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS ( Sunday Times Colour Section 4th February 1962 ) with an illustrated title piece
Jun 23, 2016 · Today it is a tourist attraction, but in 1962, when The Living Daylights was written, this might have been the first introduction to it for his readers, despite several incidents there. The story eerily foreshadowed the death of an East German teenager Peter Fechter on 17 August 1962, six months after the story was first published.
1966 Octopussy and the Living Daylights (short story collection) –Octopussy (first serialised in The Daily Express in 1965) –The Living Daylights (first published in The Sunday Times magazine in 1962) –The Property of a Lady
