I remember liking the movie adaptation with Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour.

I bet it cut out the worst of the anti-semitism, and the repetition. I don't think I ever saw it, maybe I'll see if it's on Youtube.

I remember liking the movie adaptation with Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour.

That really was delightful.

My father, in particular, had a thing about that and even quoted from it for years. He used to be fun--kind of annoying fun, but as that guy goes farther and farther away, I'm more inclined to count it. Especially as it makes for a shorter line between him and me, right?

I have heard of a recent retelling called Scarlet that sounded interesting. I forget what its deal is, but I got a sample to remind me to look into it. All I know about the original is that little rhyme (and I know it from the movie which I otherwise do not remember) ending in ”damned elusive Pimpernel”. Always like to see the flowers.

Yes, I think The Incandescent is the latest Tesh. Some Desperate Glory was the Hugo winner, I haven’t read that one yet.

Some Desperate Glory starts kind of predictable, and then goes off in some really interesting directions. I ended up liking it a lot.

So, I'm sure this is old news to anyone who cares about this sort of thing, but I just found out that Dick Francis's son Felix is writing "Dick Francis novels" and has been for some time. Anyone have an opinion on those? I have been vaguely feeling whatever Dick Francis I missed (which could be a lot as I only ever read what I came across in used book stores) and now I'm wondering if I should explore these as well, or only after I am "caught up", or maybe don't bother.

For context, if you need it, I am entirely against the new Poirot novels without bothering to read any of them, just the concept seems very wrong to me. I have read a couple of post-M C Beaton Hamish Macbeth books, which I hated. I read all of the Jill Paton Walsh Wimsey books (because, I am sorry to say, I really like the covers and that is one adage I just cannot seem to follow) and I do not approve of many of her choices. I don't even want to talk about Brian Herbert. But I think Christopher Tolkien has been doing the lord's work.

I feel the same way about the guy who writes new Nero Wolfe stories. They're fine? But the heart isn't there.

There are some pretty good Nero Wolfe pastiches/homages I have come across, although I am not super familiar with the originals. I don't know why whoever makes these decisions thinks continuations are necessary.

I think the last Dick Francis novel I liked was To The Hilt.

I bounced off the next two. I think I tried one of his son's novels, but bounced off that too. That was a long time ago.

That's helpful, thanks