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Ian Fleming's Octopussy and The Living Daylights. Two late short stories that show Fleming exploring possibilities for varying the Bond formula.
Much darker and more cynical than most of the novels. The Living Daylights has Bond displaying almost Deightonesque levels of cynicism. Octopussy, like The Spy Who Loved Me, is quite experimental with Bond appearing very late.
Two excellent stories.
My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2021/08/ian-flemings-octopussy-and-living.html
@d4doome I've been a long time fan of the Bond movies. Find memories of my Dad taking me to see Dr. No.
About 5 years ago I decided to read Fleming's Bond books. I was shocked that the movies were so dissimilar. Basically the movies used the location and character names, and that's it!
So, it was a pleasure to get to experience new Bond stories via his books.