Potshot was one of his worst, almost as bad as A Catskill Eagle. I liked his early stuff, but after awhile, the books were, well, mostly awful. On the other hand, Small Vices was a pretty searing look into Spenser coming back from being shot. (Parker revisited the topic with Hawk being shot in Cold Service.)Originally Posted by UNM1136
The less said about the post-death pastiches the better.
Loved, loved, LOVED Oldman in the remake of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
https://youtu.be/VW-F1H-Nonk
In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
Bullet was 95 grains, that must be subsonic.
But at least The Stones appear in the soundtrack.
In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
He's been a brilliant actor for a long time. I'm glad he finally began to receive the recognition he deserved. He's been a chameleon...going back to the 80's.
One of my favorite early roles was in "State of Grace" with a cast worthy of his performance.
There's nothing civil about this war.
Apropos of nothing but I find myself watching old reruns on INSP. Actually not necessarily watching but having on for background noise. Mostly a result of being tired of Fox News which was my previous choice.
Anyway, one show I've now caught a few episodes of is called "Cheyenne." It starred Clint Walker. He was a soldier of fortune of sorts. A military veteran who roamed the Old West by himself looking for adventure and meting out justice.
I don't know if the Clint Walker character had any influence on the creation of Jack Reacher. Maybe none. But it does make me wonder if Mr Grant wasn't influenced by this show.
I guess we can wonder the same thing about "Renegade" with Lorenzo Lamas....
I used to read Spenser religiously as they came out. God Save the Child, Mortal Stakes, and Early Autumn are some of my favorites.
Just a dog chauffeur that used to hold the dumb end of the leash.
9mm 95gr subsonics
British-born author-speak for “.380acp.”
The most powerful and harmful influence Trump has had on our politics…has been the effect on his opponents. They have been triggered into an orgy of self-mutilation—eager to amputate their own history and disfigure their own political traditions.
It's like WEB Griffin's series Badge of Honor. He wrote the first book in the early 1970's (under a different name). Story centers around the Philly PD at the time. He wrote seven more books, all on a reasonable timeline. Then book 8 comes out and all of the characters get picked up transported to the 2000's. His son was helping write the books now.
I joke that I have the rule of seven. Few if any authors can carry a series past seven books without coming off the rails.
The Spenser books fell apart at the end. The endless worship of Susan as a goddess was starting to grate and the endless quips in almost every line of dialogue. The gun usage was ridiculous as when Spenser had to go to a major fight with a lever action and Hawk kept toting a 44 mag for effect. The description of this guy or that guy being a superhuman level shot, yeah, right.
The introduction of some awful cliche of a native-American - what were you thinking?
The post-death books even worse.
The Reacher actor played Hawk in the execrable Titans superhero series. Don't watch it!!
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