James Bond and Moonraker
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 1979 Triad Panther British paperback edition | |
| Author | Christopher Wood |
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| Language | English |
| Series | James Bond |
| Genre | Spy fiction |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape, Triad Panther |
Publication date | 1979 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Hardback, paperback |
| Pages | 222 pp |
| Preceded by | James Bond, the Spy Who Loved Me |
James Bond and Moonraker is a novelisation by Christopher Wood of the James Bond film Moonraker. Its name was changed to avoid confusion with Ian Fleming's novel. It was released in 1979.[1]
British Secret Service agent James Bond, codename 007, must prevent Sir Hugo Drax's plan to murder the entire human race and then restart humanity from outer space.
Background
The screenplay of Moonraker differed so much from Ian Fleming's novel that Eon Productions authorised the film's screenwriter, Christopher Wood to write a novelisation based upon the film, as he had done for The Spy Who Loved Me.
As with the first novelisation, Wood had no input from, or communication with Glidrose Publications. Instead he worked directly with Jonathan Cape publisher Tom Maschler.[2]
Unlike Wood's first novelisation, which showed a significant difference from the actual film, in James Bond and Moonraker, Wood writes a virtually direct novelisation of the screenplay.[1] The only noticeable differences between the novelisation and the screenplay for Moonraker is that there is no mention of Dolly (Blanche Ravalec), Jaws (Richard Kiel)'s girlfriend, and his characterisation stays true to Wood's description as being a mute. In addition, at the conclusion of the Venetian canal chase sequence, James Bond (Roger Moore)'s gondola does not sprout a flotation device and ascend to St. Mark's Square as it does in the film.