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that the James Bond Movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker strayed so far from Ian Fleming s novels that Eon Productions authorized the screenwriter for both, Christopher Wood, to write novelizations based upon the films, rather than promote the original novels.

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Fun Fact: that the James Bond Movies “The Spy Who Loved Me” and “Moonraker” strayed so far from Ian Fleming’s novels that Eon Productions authorized the screenwriter for both, Christopher Wood, to write novelizations based upon the films, rather than promote the original novels.

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