eyes short story collection eyes collection short stories british author featuring fictional agent commander james_bond published april marked change format previously written james_bond stories length novels collection contains short stories view kill eyes quantum rarity stories adaptations plots television series filmed fifth written previously published undertook minor experiments format including story written homage author greatly admired elements stories number james_bond film series including film eyes starring james_bond film elements characters short stories eyes view kill gave title characters plot elements fourteenth bond film view kill plot elements rarity sixteenth bond film licence kill fourth bond film references title quantum title second bond film plots view kill bond investigates murder motorcycle dispatch rider theft secret documents motorcycle riding assassin rider route shape located versailles base station france bond paris superior sends assist investigation way bond dispatch rider follows journey station previous rider expected assassin attempts kill bond bond ready kills assassin assassin hidden base operations eyes eyes begins murder british couple jamaica refused sell estate officer chief cuban secret service killed cuban direction leader major work turn close friends served groom best man wedding subsequently gives bond voluntary assignment unconnected sanctioned secret service duties travel vermont canada find rented estate assassinate warning future criminals think target british citizens bond arrives scene finds daughter intends carry mission revenge bow arrow kills shooting arrow yards away exact moment lake shoot occurs bond cuban gunmen bond kills returns canada wounded quantum completing mission bahamas bond nassau attends dinner party guests left bond remarks marries nice marry air governor tells bond story relationship civil servant air meeting aboard flight london couple married went live bermuda time began long open affair eldest son rich family result masters work deteriorated suffered nervous breakdown recovering given break bermuda governor sent assignment washington return masters determined end marriage divided home sections half refused wife private continued appear couple public eventually returned leaving unpaid debts stranded bermuda cruel act incapable carrying months earlier governor explains point bond quantum drops zero humanity consideration human gone relationship finished despite success masters plan revenge wife recovered emotionally time married rich canadian governor reveals dinner companions bond found dull fact rich canadian husband bond sent investigate drug smuggling operation based italy sending england instructs bond touch cia informant turn tells bond man named bond sets find information captured brought aboard ship informs bond actually charge drug smuggling operation backed russians agrees help bond providing information things long comes italy bond agrees help eliminate bond men sail santa maria men loading shipment drugs attack ship adjacent warehouse discover near warehouse preparing detonate bomb tries escape killed bond rarity bond assignment influential connected local contact meets american millionaire named challenges aid search rare fish rarity bond english wife elizabeth set aboard search fish journey bond learns verbally physically abuses especially wife use tail finds rarity kills fish pouring poison water finding killing rarity sets sail port way gets drunk insults bond tells wife beat tail later night bond hears investigating bond finds murdered apparently having rare fish stuffed throat murder investigation bond throws overboard scene crime making look fell overboard ropes holding broke bond suspects unsure responsible invites bond sail destination aboard accepts invitation reservations characters themes author notes stories quantum rarity experimental whilst remaining straightforward bond adventures experimental stories bond given human quantum bond reaction governor story showing sees real life dramatic recent mission forthcoming trip cia sees dull rarity bond shown humanitarian feelings plight liz hands husband use poison fish aspect bond relationship shown eyes bond taking decision shoulders happen murderers friends scene shows reader weight command path follow daughter friends tough character according parents death wounded allows bond usual role protector story academic identifies character example characters morals closer traditional villains act good support bond type include russia love live twice majesty secret service world war makes appearance stories eyes officer whilst officer colonel served british montgomery rarity german descent sees having fought british war justice revenge themes run stories eyes idea revenge looked number angles bond different interpretation bond approach killing eyes whilst morality killing theme rarity background summer cbs television commissioned write episodes television based james_bond character deal came success television adaptation casino episode cbs television series climax agreed deal began write outlines series cbs later dropped idea january february adapted television plots short stories estate jamaica added fifth story written summer biographer noted time writing television scripts short story collection mood self doubt beginning affect writing seen bond internal monologue thoughts view kill view kill initially intended backstory villain novel story taken place world war featured motorcycle assassin crashes bike taken american field hospital later hospital bombed leaving amnesia face story drawn television series shape head security colonel designed bond hair air bank manager desk silver framed photographs family single white rose description shows colour lack colour personality idea underground hideout inspired brother peter band auxiliary units dug tunnel networks britain resistance movement advance german invasion original story rough smooth original title books eyes chosen publication eyes story originally entitled man work set vermont spent number summers friend model villain story taken general baron hitler opponents considered calling story death leaves echo based story rough justice episode television series quantum quantum based story told neighbour lover real life police inspector turned civil servant thanks story bought watch wrote story style homage writer greatly admired story takes structure agent private conversation high ranking diplomat socially unequal romance short story quantum published magazine november wife ann venice peninsula great admirer work death venice based visited reason location backdrop love interest story girlfriend austria travelled 1930s borrowed surname ferrari engine designer rarity april flew bombay report sunday_times treasure hunt hunt exciting hoped details island rarity combined backdrop experience undergone visited islands jamaica watched scientists similar poison obtain samples villain story abusive american millionaire code greek sea captain ferried british soldiers agents german patrols received whilst beer drank rarity published playboy march release reception eyes published april hardcover edition publishers pages long cost shillings subtitle secret occasions life james_bond added publication copies printed quickly sold eyes published august subtitle changed secret exploits james_bond later editions dropped altogether artist provided cover art book march written cover undertaken saying new jacket big success think splendid job moving eyes said head trying think subject history totally brilliant artistic collaborator reviews writing guardian noting short story format thought better novels wrote story old wild positively flavour thought enjoy novels reason unable read writing guardian sister paper observer thought secret agent bit richardson liked format saying short form suits checks fantasies cuts short love affairs writing spectator pseudonym wrote episode bond novels meant adventure probable hero lost claims know know know sheer carry unlikely plots pounding taking poor bond writing listener opinion bond find form stories high standard believed commander years chronicler cut terms villains book notably saw capacity create villains critic times reflected mood eyes fact good deal sober weary critic thought short form worked bond girls short story allows walk parts wild writing thought licensed assassin pretty good form considered stories occasionally echoes bond writing thought eyes urban mighty smooth tale spinning writing new_york_times described biographer avid anti man described main issue work basic weakness summed words story short story form finds bond tales prose smooth bond simple lack intricate suspense adaptations comic strip short stories eyes adapted comic strips published british newspaper subsequently syndicated world stories adapted illustrated appeared newspaper april december comics published anthology fourth adaptation rarity appear years comic strip versions stories adapted illustrated adaptation reprinted volume james_bond collection eyes number details story film eyes released starring james_bond film shows murder hit man names film changes daughter eyes uses plot including characters view kill title story view kill bond film view kill story film date licence kill foundation incorporated film licence kill starring bond quantum quantum chosen title 22nd bond film story film plot starred bond film said film shares primary thematic element story relates fact don quantum relationship end movie bond doesn girlfriend killed film bond meet london safe house carries plate labelled reference rarity eyes proposed canadian film january original novels short stories entered public domain countries length copyright remains convention minimum life author plus years canadian filmmakers announced plans film adaptation eyes partly set canada completed film able released canada china countries copyright 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