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Orion UK Paperbacks 2012
John Gardner James Bond novels
Cover design by Dan Mogford

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the publication of John Gardner's LICENCE RENEWED, Orion Books published all his continuation novels in paperback in the UK in five batches throughout 2012. The novels were published in the same order as the original hardback series, except for BROKENCLAW, which appeared out of sequence. The series also included LICENCE TO KILL and GOLDENEYE, which were novelizations of the screenplay for the respective films. The series had been published four months earlier in the USA by Pegasus Books with the same covers, but using the American spellings for LICENSE RENEWED, ROLE OF HONOR, LICENSE TO KILL, and the alternate title COLD FALL for John Gardner's final James Bond novel, COLD.

The cover designs by Dan Mogford, who used a ‘00’ motif on each paperback with a small silenced Walther PPK representing the ‘seven’. Each cover used a different solid colour and featured a simple icon that represented a significant plot element for each story - an idea initiated by Raymond Hawkey on his ground-breaking covers for the Ian Fleming PAN paperbacks, which sold in their millions at the height of ‘Bondmania’ in the mid-1960s. A box set containing all five titles was also issued in 2012.

LICENCE RENEWED FOR SPECIAL SERVICES ICEBREAKER

ROLE OF HONOUR

LICENCE RENEWED
Published 2nd February 2012

FOR SPECIAL SERVICES
Published 2nd February 2012
ICEBREAKER
Published 10th May 2012

ROLE OF HONOUR
Published 10th May 2012

NOBODY LIVES FOR EVER NO DEALS, MR. BOND BROKENCLAW

SCORPIUS

NOBODY LIVES FOR EVER
Published 10th May 2012
NO DEALS, MR. BOND
Published 5th July 2012
BROKENCLAW
Published 5th July 2012

SCORPIUS
Published 2nd August 2012

WIN, LOSE OR DIE LICENCE TO KILL THE MAN FROM BARBAROSSA DEATH IS FOREVER

WIN, LOSE OR DIE
Published 2nd August 2012

LICENCE TO KILL
Published 2nd August 2012
THE MAN FROM BARBAROSSA
Published 2nd August 2012

DEATH IS FOREVER
Published 2nd August 2012

NEVER SEND FLOWERS SEAFIRE GOLDENEYE

COLD

NEVER SEND FLOWERS
Published 8th November 2012
SEAFIRE
Published 8th November 2012
GOLDENEYE
Published 8th November 2012
COLD
Published 8th November 2012

5 CLASSIC BOND STORIES

5 CLASSIC BOND STORIES by John Gardner
5 CLASSIC BOND STORIES
Published 2012
Contains ICEBREAKER, LICENCE TO KILL, DEATH IS FOREVER, GOLDENEYE & COLD
LICENCE RENEWED Proof cover

ABOVE: A proof copy of the cover for LICENCE RENEWED (with several uncorrected spelling mistakes). BELOW: Spines for the 2012 Orion paperback reissues of John Gardner's sixteen James Bond novels in the order of their original publication. Ian Fleming Publications insisted that their own 007 logo also appear on the spine of each novel.

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Orion UK Paperbacks
John Gardner James Bond novels - later reprints

FOR SPECIAL SERVICES 2020 LICENCE RENEWED 2021

A standalone reprint of John Gardner's second James Bond novel FOR SPECIAL SERVICES was published by Orion Books on November 12, 2020.

A 40th Anniversary paperback edition of John Gardner's first James Bond novel LICENCE RENEWED was then released by Orion Books on August 19, 2021. The paperback includes a new introduction by author M. J. Arlidge.

FOR SPECIAL SERVICES
Published 12th November 2020

LICENCE RENEWED
Published 19th August 2021

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