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Originally Posted by alansplace
I've certainly enjoyed Spenser so far, just one book, and I see the roots of Harry Dresden in the Spenser character. The only thing I know about Hawk is the the TV version was played by Avery Brooks before he joined Star Fleet.  I did a little research and observed that Hawk doesn't show up till Promised Land (Spenser #4)!
A while back I started the HH series and gave up on it rather quickly. As I remember it seemed to be way too full of techno-babble and background filler about military hardware and objectives for my personal taste.
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The Spenser series are pretty bad IMO. A lot of running and a lot of stuff that never occurred in a Spenser novel. The movies are a bit better, but a lot of anomalies. Spike is in all of them and AFAIK never was a Spenser character, (he was a Sunny Randall character) and tough, not stout and soft.
Avery Brooks smiles constantly while Hawke never did. A discreet uplift of the corners of his mouth was a rare occurrence.
The Jesse Stone Movies are pretty good though, despite Tom Selleck playing a 30+ character when he was 65-70.
No doubt I will watch them all eventually as even bad Parker is better than no Parker
Helen