<Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print (hardback & paperback) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> On Her Majesty's Secret Service </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> The Man with the Golden Gun </Td> </Tr> <P> You Only Live Twice is the eleventh novel (and twelfth book) in Ian Fleming's James Bond series of stories . It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom on 26 March 1964 and sold out quickly . The book holds the distinction of being the last novel by Fleming to be published in his lifetime, with subsequent works being published posthumously . You Only Live Twice is the concluding chapter in what is known as the "Blofeld Trilogy". </P>

Once when you were born and once when you look death in the face