Spy fiction is a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device. It emerged in the early twentieth century, inspired by...
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Spy Fiction (スパイフィクション, Supai Fikushon) is a 2003 stealth-based video game by Access Games for the PlayStation 2. The game is promoted as "stealth action...
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basis for fantasy (such as many James Bond films). Many novels in the spy fiction genre have been adapted as films, including works by John Buchan, le...
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arts film Pace (narrative) Spy fiction Thriller novel Turco (1999, pp. 58, 116) "Leisure Reads: Fiction and Popular Non-Fiction". Robert W. Van Houten Library...
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merrier. ... I'm a genre writer of a sort. I write literary fiction, which is like spy fiction or chick lit". Likewise, on The Charlie Rose Show, he argued...
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into both a television series and a film, and remains a staple of the spy fiction genre. In 2022, the novel was included on the "Big Jubilee Read" list...
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Men's adventure Military fiction Nautical fiction Outdoor literature Picaresque novel Robinsonade Subterranean fiction Spy fiction Swashbuckler Thriller...
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Historical fiction Horror fiction Mystery fiction Science fantasy Space horror Spy fiction Spy-fi Superhero fiction Supernatural fiction Utopian and...
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Slow Horses (novel) (category British spy novels)
bureaucrats, turf wars, and the Great Game." Jeff Quest, creator of spy fiction review website Spy Write, praised Herron's cast of characters, saying while they...
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Spy-fi is a subgenre of spy fiction that includes elements of science fiction, and is often associated with the Cold War. Features of spy-fi include the...
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Disguise (section Detective and spy fiction)
is sometimes used in criminal activity and in spying, and is a common trend in detective and spy fiction. Arsene Lupin is feared in Maurice Leblanc's stories...
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Reconnaissance satellite (redirect from Spy satellites)
humanitarian missions. Spy satellites are commonly seen in spy fiction and military fiction. Some works of fiction that focus specifically on spy satellites include:...
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A Perfect Spy (1986) is a novel by British author John le Carré about the mental and moral dissolution of a high-level intelligence-officer. Major aspects...
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Alex Berenson (category American spy fiction writers)
novelist. He has written 12 spy novels, all featuring the same protagonist, CIA agent John Wells. His first novel, The Faithful Spy, was released in April...
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Alexander Wilson (English writer) (redirect from Alexander Wilson (writer and spy))
Patrick "Alec" Wilson (24 October 1893 – 4 April 1963) was an English writer, spy, MI6 officer, and polygamist. He wrote under the names Alexander Wilson,...
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techno-thriller or technothriller is a hybrid genre drawing from science fiction, thrillers, spy fiction, action, and war novels. They are defined by a thriller style...
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XXX (film series) (category Spy film series)
XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is an American spy fiction action film series created by Rich Wilkes. It consists of three full-length feature...
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is based on the 2015 non-fiction book The Billion Dollar Spy by David E. Hoffman, and stars Russell Crowe as the titular spy, alongside Harry Lawtey,...
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services for the operator. These situations are a very common trope in spy fiction and media portrayals of female espionage. Variations include same-sex...
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and Russian writer of spy fiction and detective fiction, also scriptwriter and poet. He is well known for creating the fictional spy Stierlitz. Semyonov's...
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The Spy Who Loved Me is the ninth novel and tenth book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published by Jonathan Cape on 16 April 1962. It is the...
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American popular culture. In Cold War spy fiction, Russian women are often depicted as beautiful, seductive, and deadly spies. Anti-Russian sentiment Grandfather...
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John le Carré (category English spy fiction writers)
Soldier Spy (1974). Le Carré's first two novels, Call for the Dead (1961) and A Murder of Quality (1962), are mystery fiction. Each features a retired spy, George...
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Robinsonade Spy: fiction involving espionage and establishment of modern intelligence agencies. Spy-Fi: spy fiction that includes elements of science fiction. Subterranean...
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Literary fiction, serious fiction, high literature, or artistic literature, and sometimes just literature, encompasses fiction books and writings that...
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June 11, 2010. Szulc, Compulsive Spy, 128 Szulc, Compulsive Spy, 127 Szulc, Compulsive Spy, 130 Szulc, Compulsive Spy, 131 Marjorie Hunter, "Colson Confirms...
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Thriller (genre) (redirect from Thriller fiction)
Adventure fiction Crime fiction Giallo Horror and terror International Thriller Writers List of thriller films List of thriller writers Spy fiction Suspense...
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included director, designer, and writer. He is the director of the games Spy Fiction, Deadly Premonition and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die. He then left the company...
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (category American spy television series)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy fiction television series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC. The series...
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