tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post2805671397525040865..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Happy Birthday, Dear Dick FrancisYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-8505400772405925062010-11-04T13:13:53.204-04:002010-11-04T13:13:53.204-04:00Oh, Nan, THANKS SO MUCH for your kind words. Yes, ...Oh, Nan, THANKS SO MUCH for your kind words. Yes, you will love Dick Francis' books, I know it. They don't have to be read in order since most of the books are stand-alones, although the earliest books are his best. Check out my list of favorites and, if you like, you can begin there. I'd be very interested to know what you think of his work, once you get going. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-41381749199170423872010-11-04T12:24:45.915-04:002010-11-04T12:24:45.915-04:00Newish to me also, Yvette. I just began a few year...Newish to me also, Yvette. I just began a few years ago. I do love horses so that's a big appeal to me. I'd have loved being brought up on a Kentucky horse farm. :<) How very wonderful that he wrote to you. Gives me shivers. I'm off to read your tribute now. I could spend my whole day here at your blog!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-54077856619197691012010-10-31T16:58:28.781-04:002010-10-31T16:58:28.781-04:00The horses to me, Becky, are not essential in that...The horses to me, Becky, are not essential in that they don't really advance the stories except, perhaps in a few cases, i.e. COME TO GRIEF where the death of the ponies reveals the increase in fixation. I know next to nothing about horses and racing and that world and I still loved the few stories set at the track. Though in quite a few of his books, the 'horse thing' is incidental. In my view. <br /><br />Yes, the last few years, his writing did drop off. But he left us such a huge back log of wonderful work, there's plenty there to keep us busy. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-34388804507936361552010-10-31T16:50:35.358-04:002010-10-31T16:50:35.358-04:00Been reading Francis since the 70s. I still reread...Been reading Francis since the 70s. I still reread his stuff on a regular basis. While I'm sad he died, his writing had begun to slip over the last few books. And the horses, while essential to the stories, are not characters in the way man "horse story" horses are.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17907800554506780111noreply@blogger.com