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The Spy Who Loved Me is the ninth novel and tenth book inIan Fleming'sJames Bond series. First published on 16 April 1962, it is the shortest and most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels, as well as the only Bond novel told in thefirst person. Its narrator is a young Canadian woman, Viv Michel. Bond does not appear until two-thirds of the way through the book,arriving at precisely the right moment to save Viv from being raped and murdered. Fleming wrote a prologue to the novel giving the character Viv credit as a co-author. The story uses a recurring motif ofSaint George against the dragon, and contains themes of power and the moral ambiguity between those acting with good and evil intent. The reviews were largely negative, with some expressing a desire for a return to the structure and form of the previous Bond novels. Fleming attempted to suppress elements of the book: he blocked a paperback edition and permittedEon Productions to use only the book's title but not its plot.(This article is part of afeatured topic:Ian Fleming's James Bond novels and short stories.)

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TheMauritius ornate day gecko (Phelsuma ornata) is adiurnal species ofgecko in the familyGekkonidae, the common geckos. It occurs in Mauritius, on the main island up to an elevation of 300 metres (980 feet) and on most of the surrounding islands. The species feeds on insects and nectar from flowering plants. It has a typical length of 10 to 13 centimetres (3.9 to 5.1 inches), and can be bluish green, with a back covered with red coloured dots and a head with a T-shaped pattern. This Mauritius ornate day gecko was photographed on theÎle aux Aigrettes, an islet of the southeastern coast of the main island.

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