Thunderball

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James Bond novel novel

Thunderball is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming that introduced the criminal organization SPECTRE and became one of the most famous entries in the Bond series.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	James Bond novel → novel →
adaptedAs	Never Say Never Again (1983 film) → Thunderball (1965 film) →
author	Ian Fleming →
character	Domino Vitali → Emilio Largo → Felix Leiter → M (James Bond) → Q (James Bond) →
coPlotOrigin	unproduced James Bond film screenplay →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
coverArtist	Richard Chopping →
fictionalOrganizationFeatured	SPECTRE →
filmRightsDisputeInvolved	Kevin McClory →
firstEditionFormat	hardcover →
followedBy	The Spy Who Loved Me →
franchise	James Bond →
genre	spy fiction → thriller →
hasAdaptation	comic strip adaptation → radio dramatization →
hasTheme	Cold War politics → technological warfare → terrorism →
introducedCharacter	Ernst Stavro Blofeld →
introducedOrganization	SPECTRE →
language	English →
literarySeriesNumber	ninth James Bond novel →
mainCharacter	James Bond →
mediaType	print →
notableEdition	first Jonathan Cape edition →
notableFor	introduction of Ernst Stavro Blofeld → introduction of SPECTRE →
partOf	Ian Fleming James Bond canon →
precededBy	For Your Eyes Only →
protagonist	James Bond →
publicationDate	1961 →
publisher	Jonathan Cape →
publisherLocation	London →
series	James Bond →
setting	Bahamas → London → Nassau →
subject	international espionage → nuclear blackmail →
timePeriodOfSetting	Cold War →
workBasedOn	James Bond film treatment co-written by Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
James Bond ("Thunderball (novel)") → Q (James Bond) ("Thunderball (film)") →	appearsIn
Ian Fleming → Sean Connery →	notableWork
Thunderball ("Thunderball (1965 film)") →	adaptedAs
Never Say Never Again →	basedOn
The Spy Who Loved Me →	precededBy