The various influences on John Gardner's James Bond Novels?

Silhouette Man

They say that all writing is derivative - an author comes along, and magpie-like picks some bits from one author/film/TV show etc. and one bit from another and adds his/her own special twist to it. John Gardner was no different from any other author in this, and other, respects.

The object of this thread is to try and collate all of the influences we can think of that work on the John Gardner James Bond continuation novels (1981-1996):

Licence Renewed (1981) - The China Syndrome (film), Three Mile Island, 1979
For Special Services (1982) - The US Star Wars umbrella defence satellite programme-Space Wolf (Gardner)
Icebreaker (1983) - Neo-Nazi stories/novels/books/Fourth Reich thriller writers' trite device
Role of Honour (1984) - Billion Dollar Brain by Len Deighton (film/novel, both 1960s)
Nobody Lives Forever (1986) - From Russia, with Love (1957) by Ian Fleming (SMERSH revenge plot element)
No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987) - A Killer For A Song (1975) by John Gardner (same plot used there)
Scorpius (1988) - televangelist Jim Bakker's scandal (Gardner confirmed this in his Benson Interview for 007 Magazine), 1980s (real world) Charles Manson and his 'Family'/Helter Skelter murders, USA 1969, Rev. Jim Jones - the Jonestown Massacre 1970s. (real world)
Win, Lose or Die (1989) - Egyptology for BAST/Top Gun (1986) (film)
Brokenclaw (1990) - A Man Called Horse/Dances with Wolves (films), Indian-American reform history in the US - many books
The Man From Barbarossa (1991) - John Grisham Legal Thrillers/John Le Carre Spy Novels etc./Newspaper Headlines 1990-91/Gulf War/End of Cold War 1991/August 1991 Coup (after the fact)
Death is Forever (1992) - No Deals, Mr Bond (1987)/A Killer For A Song (1975) by John Gardner
Never Send Flowers (1993) - The Silence of the Lambs/Red Dragon - Thomas Harris (novels/films)/General Serial Killer Genre
SeaFire (1994) - Icebreaker (1983) by John Gardner/Environmental concerns/oil spills etc./Ian Fleming - ecological awareness legacy
COLD (1996) [U.S. title, Cold Fall] - ? Bush Admninistration (after the fact)/ American Nazi Party/Clinton Administration??

Please feel free to add/subtract from this list. I'd love to hear your views on these influences and your own suggestions, too.

chrisisall

That was a comprehensive & neat list. Well done! Excellent for those of us still to read Gardner's work! Thanks.

Muston

I'm still to read any of Gardners work but have to say I'm really looking forward to getting around to it.

Bodie

Wouldn't rush Muston. I've read them all and they are not worth the hours of your life that you spend. The only continuation novel worth reading is Colonel Sun.

Silhouette Man

Bodie wrote:

Wouldn't rush Muston. I've read them all and they are not worth the hours of your life that you spend. The only continuation novel worth reading is Colonel Sun.

Well, I wouldn't go that far, Bodie!

Silhouette Man

Just added a few more influences to Scorpius there - Charles Manson and Rev. Jim Jones as these two seem particularly apt!

Silhouette Man

Has anyone else got any other suggestions regarding the OP. If so, I'd love to hear from you. -{