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Poll: How long have you been reading Dick Francis?
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I've been making some long-overdue updates to the DickFrancisBooks.com website. Once upon a time we had several polls going, but the site that hosted them shut down. Now that Goodreads has group polls, I thought I would set one up for us:
http://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/2862....
There were other polls we had as well, so I'll probably add those later. If you have ideas for polls, feel free to start one or post the idea here.
I read my first in 1970 ("Dead Cert"), when DF was described as "A Racing Alistair McLean", another of my heroes. I've not stopped since - he gets into thwe blood does DF.
Chris
(In Cyprus).
I think since about the 70's, the first was Forfeit and suprisingly I wasn't sure at first it I liked it and it took me awhile to read it, but after that I was off and running, next was Dead Cert which I loved. My favorites, however, as with many others, are the Sid Halley seried.
Deb Smith
I wonder if I am the longest-standing fan around here? I read my first in approx. 1965, it was For Kicks. I was in my teens, on school holiday in the summer, and my mother and I got into the habit of listening to the afternoon book reading on BBC radio - For Kicks! We got hooked. And after that we went out and got whatever else by Dick Francis we could get our hands on. At that time there was only Dead Cert and Nerve, so we eagerly awaited each new book every year from then on!
Very cool, Alison! You should go vote in the poll and click on "Since the very beginning." You would be the first one to choose that option in this particular poll.
My dad had "Twice Shy" checked out from the library in 1985. I read the first sentence of it and was hooked immediately. I eventually read all the DF mysteries and am glad he (with Felix) is still writing. I'm enjoying "Silks" at the moment.
