Field, Matthew; Chowdhury, Ajay (2015). Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-6421-0. OCLC 930556527.

Porterfield, Christopher (8 August 1977). "Cinema: Giggles, Wiggles, Bubbles and Bond". Time. p.58. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022 . Retrieved 3 January 2021.Wetbike — a hydrofoil "water motorcycle" used by Bond to travel from the US Submarine to Stromberg's Atlantis to save Anya. Built by a subsidiary of Minnesota-based Arctic Enterprises. You know how I'd previously observed that Fleming tended toward misogyny... yeah, this is like a nasty culmination of that line of thinking. The Spy Who Loved Me 40th Anniversary (1977–2017)". 007magazine. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020 . Retrieved 17 April 2020. The two mobsters are however stopped in the third part of the book when British secret service agent James Bond appears, blaming his being there on a flat tire while passing by. He later details to Michel why he's actually in America saying that after Operation Thunderball was completed, S.P.E.C.T.R.E. was pretty much finished except that the allied nations were still searching for Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who had gotten away. The book ends with Bond protecting Michel through the night and later killing Sluggsy and Horror in a gun battle and alerting the authorities to Mr. Sanguinetti's plan, resulting in his arrest. Lane, Andy; Simpson, Paul (2002). The Bond Files: An Unofficial Guide to the World's Greatest Secret Agent. London: Virgin Books. p.207. ISBN 978-0-7535-0712-4.

Richard Kiel as Jaws, Stromberg's seemingly indestructible juggernaut of a henchman, afflicted with gigantism and having a set of metal teeth. Let's recap: Viv had just undergone severe beatings, rape and death threats, and the one thing on Bond's mind is to have sex with her.

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Vivienne is left in charge, supposedly for only one night, when the Phanceys leave after closing the motel down for the end of the tourist season in October. The owner, Mr. Sanguinetti, will come the next day to get the keys, Vivienne is told. It is not until part three of the novel, “Him” where Bond finally makes his entrance and rescues the damsel in distress. It turns out he is on a mission and it involves the SMERSH gang, two of which are these two thugs. Bond spends more time spilling his mission secrets to this previously unknown woman than he does in taking out the bad guys and even though they prove tougher than the reader would at first suspect given their behavior, Bond eventually triumphs. I found what follows lying on my desk one morning. As you will see, it appears to be the first person story of a young woman, evidently beautiful and not unskilled in the arts of love. According to her story, she appears to have been involved, both perilously and romantically, with the same James Bond whose secret service exploits I myself have written from time to time. With the manuscript was a note signed 'Vivienne Michel' assuring me that what she had written was 'purest truth and from the depths of her heart'. I was interested in this view of James Bond, through the wrong end of the telescope so to speak, and after obtaining clearance for certain minor infringements of the Official Secrets Act I have much pleasure in sponsoring its publication. The Spy Who Loved Me". MI6.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 February 2006 . Retrieved 29 August 2007. Richard Kiel's son was an extra on-set. He appeared during the scene when the Lotus Esprit submarine emerges from the sea and drives up the beach.