Licence Renewed (1981)

The sixteenth James Bond novel (second continuation novel, and first of fourteen by John Gardner).

Author

Publication History

First Editions

• London: Jonathan Cape.
• License Renewed. New York: Richard Marek.

Proof Copies

• London: Jonathan Cape. Uncorrected proof.

Later British Hardbacks

• London: Swordfish, 2011. ISBN 978-0-85782-044-0

British Paperbacks

• London: Orion, 2021. With an introduction by M. J. Arlidge. ISBN 978-1-398-70124-3

Reviews

• J. H. Dreisbach, Best Sellers, July 1981, p. 135.
• G. Cohen, Booklist, 15 May 1981, p. 1241.
• British Book News, July 1981, p. 392.
• James Kaufmann, “The Butler Didn't…,” Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 1981, p. 17.
• Kirkus Reviews, 1 March 1981, p. 311.
• Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, Fall 1982, p. 10.
• Roger W. Winks, Library Journal, 1 May 1981, p. 994.
• Marghanita Laski, “Blessed Releases,” Listener, 20 August 1981, p. 184.
• National Review, 23 July 1982, p. 913.
• Nicholas Shrimpton, “Bond at 70,” New Statesman, 22 May 1981, p. 21.
• Michael Malone, “Bond and Company,” New York Times Book Review, 14 June 1981, pp. 14–15.
• Jean Seligmann, “The Bond Wagon Keeps Rolling Along,” Newsweek, 4 May 1981, p. 11.
• Observer, 31 May 1981, p. 29.
• People Weekly, 22 June 1981, p. 14.
• Publishers Weekly, 13 March 1981, p. 73.
• Publishers Weekly, 26 March 1982, p. 73.
• D. Pitts, Punch, 20 May 1981, p. 801.
• Punch, 16 December 1981, p. 1121.
• Paul Stuewe, Quill & Quire, August 1981, p. 31.
• John Adams, School Library Journal, September 1981, p. 144.
• John Coleman, “Sleuths Sweet and Sour,” Sunday Times, 31 May 1981, p. 42.
• Time, 6 July 1981, pp. 75–76. Book review of ‘Licence Renewed’. Quoted from by Bennett and Woollacott (1987, 11): “Literature's most celebrated spy still retains his license to kill.”
• Times, 21 May 1981, p. 15.
• Philip Larkin, “The Batman from Blades,” Times Literary Supplement, 5 June 1981, p. 625.
• Wall Street Journal, 4 June 1981, p. 26.

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