Dr. No is the sixth novel by the English author Ian Fleming to feature his British Secret Service agent James Bond. Written at Fleming's Goldeneye estate in Jamaica, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape in 1958. In the novel Bond looks into the disappearance in Jamaica of two fellow MI6 operatives who had been investigating Doctor No. Bond travels to No's Caribbean island and meets Honeychile Rider, who is there to collect shells. They are captured and taken to a luxurious facility carved into a mountain. The character of Doctor No, the son of a German missionary and a Chinese woman, was influenced by Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu stories. Dr. No was the first of Fleming's novels to face widespread negative reviews in Britain, but it was received more favourably in the United States. The story was adapted in 1962 as the first film in the Bond series, with Sean Connery in the lead role. (This article is part of a featured topic: Ian Fleming's James Bond novels and short stories.). Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Ian_Fleming%27s_James_Bond_novels_and_short_stories> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1909: Pluto was photographed for the first time at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, U.S., 21 years before it was officially discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto> 1950: Korean War: United Nations forces repelled an attempt by North Korea to capture the city of Taegu. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taegu> 1989: The final stage of the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide, South Australia, was completed, at the time the world's longest and fastest guided busway with buses travelling a total of 12 km (7.5 mi) at maximum speeds of up to 100 km/h (62 mph). <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Bahn_Busway> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: mezzanine: 1. (architecture) 2. An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol. 3. (by extension) An apartment, room, etc., on such an intermediate floor. 4. (Canada, US) The lowest balcony in an auditorium, cinema, theatre, etc.; the dress circle. 5. (obsolete) 6. Additional flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level. 7. In full mezzanine window: a small window at the height of a mezzanine floor (sense 1.1) or an attic, used to light these floors. 8. (theater, obsolete) A floor under the stage, from which contrivances such as traps are worked. 9. (banking, business) Characteristic of or relating to high-interest loans which have no collateral, and are regarded as intermediate in nature, ranking above equity but below secured loans. 10. (engineering) Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function. 11. (transitive) To fit (a building or other place) with a mezzanine floor. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mezzanine> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:   There are moments, as I myself have emphasized on different occasions, in which "kairos," the right time, is united with "logos," the "eternal truth," and in which the fate of philosophy is decided for a special period.   --Paul Tillich <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Tillich>