With 23 Bond films now in the can, and Skyfall about to be released to cinemas, it is about time to reflect on where the franchise may go next - and while upcoming articles will explore some concrete predictions for the direction of Bond 24, this article will look backwards, as opposed to forwards for inspiration, to find the greatest Bond stories not yet told on screen. Though most of Ian Fleming's Bond stories have now been adapted, there remain a couple that were not in whole, and there are a number of the continuation works, written by Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks and Jeffery Deaver which have not yet been referenced or chosen outright for adaptation. And though some will invariably turn their nose up at the suggestion that some of the best Bond stories didn't come from the pen of the spy's creator, that well of material has enough promise to suggest that the next Bond film could come from a literary source. Some stories are better than others, and while shorts like 007 In New York may have worked in the original medium, having Bond discuss his definitive recipe for scrambled eggs and musing on the city in what amounts to a travelogue wouldn't necessarily translate onto film. A nice one for the completists all the same. So, without further ado, let's look at the best James Bond stories (for one reason or another) not yet adapted for the screen...