"The Spy Who Loved Me" was the tenth James Bond novel to be written by Ian Fleming. It was first published on April 18, 1962. The only common story elements between the novel and the movie are its title, and henchmen Jaws and Sandor, who are loosely inspired by the book's villains Horror (with steel-capped teeth) and Slugsy (short and bald). This movie is considered the first Bond movie whose story is completely original (the second was GoldenEye (1995)). Fleming only allowed the novel's title to be used, as it was told in the first person of a Bond Girl character, with Bond only appearing in chapters ten through fourteen out of fifteen. The names of the heroine (Vivienne Michel) and the villains' employer (Mr. Saguinetti) are not mentioned in the movie. The novelization of the movie by screenwriter Christopher Wood was called "James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me" to distinguish it from Fleming's novel. This was the first novelization of a Bond movie, rather than the other way around. Some later Bond movies, such as Moonraker - Operazione spazio (1979), 007 - Bersaglio mobile (1985), and Quantum of Solace (2008), followed the example of using one of Fleming's titles, and creating a wholly or mostly new story for it.
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