Bond has a Scottish housekeeper, May, who is mentioned several times but appears only twice. Flandry acquires Chives who accompanies him on missions.
Bond drives fast cars. Flandry has an interstellar speedster.
Bond operates while the British Empire is being dismantled whereas Flandry operates while the Terran Empire is in long term decline.
Bond's conflict with Blofeld becomes a personal vendetta. Flandry regrets his conflict with Aycharaych.
Bond has a more powerful ally, the CIA. Flandry does not.
Bond blows up the Castle of Death. Flandry bombards Chereion.
We see more of Bond in his office than of Flandry in his.
Bond remains a Commander throughout his series whereas Flandry advances from Ensign to Fleet Admiral.
Bond dreads aging and is not seen to age, indeed is kept young, even in the books, whereas Flandry does age and interacts with a grown-up son and daughter.
Bond refuses a knighthood. Flandry accepts his.
In Japan, Bond prays at Shinto shrines. On Dennitza, Flandry addresses Kossara, martyred though not yet canonized, in a Cathedral.
Bond senses a response from a Jizo guardian whereas Flandry does not feel that he receives any answer in the Cathedral.
Bond works with the Union Corse, French organized crime, against SPECTRE. David Falkayn works with the Gethfennu, Merseian organized crime, against Valenderay.
Addendum: Maybe there is covert sf in Moonraker? - an impossible-seeming burst of speed from a Russian submarine before it is destroyed by a nuclear explosion. Maybe the Russians were experimenting with a superfast sub?
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