FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: Five Secret Exploits of James Bond
Ian Fleming
Paperback
(signet, March 15, 1963)
He was planning on wearing the glasses on my feet, but the optometrist said they were................... For Your Eyes Only is a collection of James Bond short stories by Ian Fleming. It marked a change of pace for Ian Fleming, who previously had written only full-length novels featuring James Bond. The collection contains five short stories "From a View to a Kill", "For Your Eyes Only", "Quantum of Solace", "Risico", and "The Hildebrand Rarity". The title story of the collection lent its name to the 12th official James Bond film in the series, For Your Eyes Only. Released in 1981, it was the fifth film to star Roger Moore as the British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond. The film used elements and characters from the short stories "For Your Eyes Only" and "Risico" from this collection. "From a View To a Kill" lent its title (but no characters or plot elements) to the 14th Bond film, A View to a Kill (1985). Plot elements from "The Hildebrand Rarity" were incorporated in the 16th Bond film, Licence to Kill (1989). "Quantum of Solace" was used as the title for the twenty-second Bond film. The title of the collection is derived from a piece of jargon often used in government circles with regards to classified information. An "Eyes Only" notification indicates either a) the information contained is for the knowledge of authorised readers only; b) information contained is not to be discussed with anyone; or both of these.