Talk:You Only Live Twice (novel)

Title of the book from an austrian author
In 1950 the austrian author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Mario_Simmel had published a novel with the same title in German «Man lebt nur zweimal». Since Flemings story was so successful, has there ever been a dispute about this title? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Werfur (talk • contribs) 11:10, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * No, because there is no copyright in titles. Khamba Tendal (talk) 16:32, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:YouOnlyLiveTwiceNew.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:14, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:FlemingYOLT.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Use of language
One aspect of YOLT of interest that might be added to the article is that it's the only Fleming Bond to include a strong expletive. Specifically, as a euphemism for the F-word, Bond says "Freddie Uncle Charlie Katie" in a conversation with Tiger (on the topic of swearing, as a I recall). This has been discussed in a few sources such as and also in, the latter being partially an adaptation of the Wikipedia article Euphemisms. It's an unusual aspect of the novel, a reflection of Fleming writing in the "transition period" that included works like Naked Lunch blowing the mores off of use of language, and could be seen as a bookend to any discussion regarding the use of the N-word (without any euphemism) in Live and Let Die. 70.72.215.252 (talk) 19:20, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Old Shatterhand
While Fleming may have taken his inspiration for Blofeld's pseudonym from a café Fleming saw in Hamburg with the name "Old Shatterhand", surely it is relevant to point out that the café itself took its name from Old Shatterhand, one of the characters in the wildly popular (in Germany) series of Western books written by Karl May? Partnerfrance (talk) 18:19, 2 July 2014 (UTC)