Need some help: Novels vs. Short Stories

dougeisenbraundougeisenbraun Posts: 3MI6 Agent
edited October 2010 in James Bond Literature
I just finished reading "Casino Royale", and will soon be moving on to "Live and Let Die". I noticed that "For Your Eyes Only" and "Octopussy and the Living Daylights" are compilations of short stories. Do these follow the plot of the previous novels, or are they completely separate? For example, "For Your Eyes Only" was published in 1960, preceded by "Goldfinger" in 1959. Do the short stories in "For Your Eyes Only" pick up where "Goldfinger" left off?

Thank you!

I've always liked the James Bond movies and videogames, but I never read the books. I really liked "Casino Royale" and I'm looking forward to reading the others.

Comments

  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,906Chief of Staff
    No; the short stories are all "stand alones"--they're taken to be many different adventures that happen at different times in Bond's life.
    Vox clamantis in deserto
  • j.bladesj.blades Currently? You must be joking?Posts: 530MI6 Agent
    Personally I really enjoyed the Short Stories of For Youre Eyes Only extensivley. Escpescially, Risico and the Hilbrandt Rarity (pardon my spelling don't feel like looking it up). And they are stand alone.
    "I take a ridiculous pleasure in what I eat and drink."

    ~ Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • Ricardo C.Ricardo C. Posts: 916MI6 Agent
    I believe the following book pin-points, I guess to a reasonable degree, when these short stories took place in the Fleming canon.

    http://www.amazon.com/Ian-Flemings-James-Bond-Chronologies/dp/1425931006
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