March 28 – Glidrose Publications releases the James Bond novel, Colonel Sun by "Robert Markham" (a pseudonym for Kingsley Amis). Initially intended to relaunch the Bond book series after the death in 1964 of the character's creator, Ian Fleming, Colonel Sun ends up as the final book in the series, discounting a "biography" of Bond and a pair of film-script adaptations, until John Gardner revives it in 1981.
April – The American edition of Andrew Garve's thriller The Long Short Cut becomes the first book printed completely by electronic composition.[2][3]
May – The Action Theater in Munich is disbanded after its building is wrecked by one of its founders, jealous of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's growing power in the group.[4]
November – The English novelist Antony Burgess and his new wife Liana settle in Lija on Malta.[8]
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The first translations and book-length discussion of the Sumerian Enheduanna's work is published.[9] She is a priestess and poet of the 23rd century BC and the earliest named author known.
Dean R. Koontz's first novel, Star Quest, is published by Ace Books in the United States.[10]
^Elsaesser, Thomas (1996). Fassbinder's Germany: History, Identity, Subject. Amsterdam University Press. p. 301. ISBN 90-5356-059-9.
^Sutherland, John; Fender, Stephen (2011). Love, Sex, Death & Words: surprising tales from a year in literature. London: Icon. pp. 283–4. ISBN 978-184831-247-0.
^The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 978-1-85986-000-7.
^Text of the Theatres Act 1968 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
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