In Memoriam -- Dick Francis

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Dick Francis
1920-2010


Oh dear. The passing of Dick Francis makes the second of my well-loved writers to die this year. This distresses me; I'm already living in terror of Anne McCaffrey's eventual demise, ditto Stuart Woods. (As well as a few non-writers: Peter O'Toole looks rather frail these days, and Kirk Douglas is a shadow of his once-robust self.)

As a horse-mad kid, I read the condensed version of "Enquiry" in one of the women's mags (remember when 'zines used to have *gasp* monthly fiction?!), I acquired the rest over the years, and just in the last couple weeks revisited "To the Hilt" and "Hot Money". What with the Canadian Olympics, I was thinking of perusing "The Edge" again. (Not "Trial Run". Too Cold War and dated.)

I haven't read any of the "and Felix" books after "Executive Orders", which I thought was subpar, but all of the others, yes. I even have a couple signed volumes, courtesy of my dearly departed brother Peter.

I'll bet that Peter, who was also quite a fan, has given him a hearty welcome on the far side of the Pearly Gates....

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