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John Gardner

Born

in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, The United Kingdom

November 20, 1926

Died

August 03, 2007

Website

http://www.john-gardner.com/

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Before coming an author of fiction in the early 1960s, John Gardner was variously a stage magician, a Royal Marine officer and a journalist. In all, Gardner has fifty-four novels to his credit, including Maestro, which was the New York Times book of the year. He was also invited by Ian Fleming’s literary copyright holders to write a series of continuation James Bond novels, which proved to be so successful that instead of the contracted three books he went on to publish some fourteen titles, including Licence Renewed and Icebreaker.

Having lived in the Republic of Ireland, the United States and the UK, John Gardner sadly died in August of 2007 having just completed his third novel in the Moriarty trilogy, Conan Doyle’s eponymous villain of t ...more

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	License Renewed (John Gardner's Bond, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 3,409 ratings — published 1981 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nobody Lives Forever (John Gardner's Bond, #5) 3.74 avg rating — 2,241 ratings — published 1986 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For Special Services (John Gardner's Bond, #2) 3.58 avg rating — 2,235 ratings — published 1982 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Role of Honor (John Gardner's Bond, #4) 3.47 avg rating — 1,944 ratings — published 1984 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Icebreaker (John Gardner's Bond, #3) 3.49 avg rating — 1,753 ratings — published 1983 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	GoldenEye (John Gardner's Bond, #15) by John Gardner, Michael France (Screenplay), Jeffrey Caine (Screenplay) 3.70 avg rating — 1,406 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Deals, Mr. Bond (John Gardner's Bond, #6) 3.55 avg rating — 1,296 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scorpius (John Gardner's Bond, #7) 3.54 avg rating — 1,210 ratings — published 1988 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Return of Moriarty (Professor Moriarty, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 981 ratings — published 1974 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Licence to Kill (John Gardner's Bond, #9) 3.48 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Across the hidden places of my heart, You search me out; Following the tracery of my daily life So Death can never conquer The secret generations of our souls. The”
― John Gardner, The Secret Generations

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“Do you think it possible for a woman to love two men at the same time?’ ‘A man can love two women, so I see no problem.”
― John Gardner, The Secret Generations

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“hundred and sixty degrees and then turned to follow through in the opposite direction. The little plane lifted over the jungle once more. ‘There’s nothing there. Absolutely nothing,’ Natalya said. ‘Let’s give it another go. I’ll take her down very close to the drink. Keep your eyes peeled.’ He extended the aircraft’s flaps to allow himself to fly safely at a slower speed, just over the water; curving around the complete circle, looking down on the wingtip which seemed to be only a foot or so above the smooth blue-green tint of the lake. Still nothing. Maybe Wade was right, Bond thought. He put on power, then retracted the flaps and climbed, crossing the lake diagonally, then,”
― John Gardner, Goldeneye: A James Bond thriller

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