Feb 25, 2026
Spybrary’s James Bond Book Club jumps back to 1966 to discuss
Ian Fleming’s final book of 007 short
stories—Octopussy and The Living
Daylights.
The episode closes with a forward-looking discussion: spy
fiction is exploding, and Fleming’s legacy may be less
about continuation novels and more about how he opened the
floodgates for Len Deighton, John le Carré, Modesty Blaise,
Quiller, and the entire “spy mania” era—on page and
screen.