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Post by Michael Connolly on Nov 17, 2021 14:10:56 GMT
Upcoming: Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula by Christian Claver (Titan Books, Nov 16th).  From Amazon: In this thrilling supernatural mystery, Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula must join forces to banish a terrible enemy.... Sherlock Holmes is dead. His body lies in a solitary grave on the Sussex Downs, England. But Dr. Watson survives, and is now given permission to release tales in Sherlock's ‘classified dossier’, those cases that are, dear reader, unbelievable – for their subject matter is of the most outré and grotesque nature. In this thrilling first instalment of The Classified Dossier, a Transylvanian nobleman called Count Dracula arrives at Baker Street seeking the help of Sherlock Holmes, for his beloved wife Mina has been kidnapped.But Dracula is a client like no other and Sherlock and Watson must confront – despite the wild, unbelievable notion – the existence of vampires. And before long, Sherlock, Watson and their new vampire allies must work together to banish a powerful enemy growing in the shadows….
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker were friends and admired each other's work. I'm happy to think that both of them would have greatly enjoyed Christian Klaver's exuberant, reverent mashup of their two best-known characters.- James Lovegrove, author of The Cthulhu Casebooks.
A great start to a new series. Klaver knows his Holmes – and his Dracula – and tells a compelling tale that will delight all fans of Holmes and things horrific.- Eric Brown, author of The Martian Menace.
As James Lovegrove wrote the very silly Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons and Eric Brown's T he Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Martian Menace was so bad I stopped reading it after thirty pages, and Titan Books seem not to be edited at all, I doubt that Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula will be worth two damns. But then, I have been wrong before. You can now look inside this on Amazon. It looks to be of some interest: www.amazon.co.uk/Classified-Dossier-Sherlock-Holmes-Dracula/dp/1789097126/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1637154001&sr=1-2 |
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Post by andydecker on Feb 16, 2023 11:21:38 GMT
Charles Viney – Sherlock Holmes in London (Phoebe Philips Editions, 1989, 168 pages)
  This is an oversized hardcover and too big for my means to scan properly. I had to combine the cover from two scans, and the result is not very good. So just one crude interior scan to illustrate the concept – the featured story on the page and the quoted text is The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.
The idea is as simple as it is fun. The writer quotes some Sherlock Holmes stories and accompanies the text with photos of Victorian London. The variety is fairly big. Scenes of buildings and interiors, famous and not so famous ones, but also street scenes with murderous traffic. Particulary the railway stations are impressive. |
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Post by dem on Feb 20, 2023 18:53:32 GMT
Charles Viney – Sherlock Holmes in London (Phoebe Philips Editions, 1989, 168 pages)
The idea is as simple as it is fun. The writer quotes some Sherlock Holmes stories and accompanies the text with photos of Victorian London. The variety is fairly big. Scenes of buildings and interiors, famous and not so famous ones, but also street scenes with murderous traffic. Particulary the railway stations are impressive. Aldgate Station looking good! That shop - the premises, anyhow - served as a newsagent up until not so many years ago, bought some discount paperbacks from there: Lori Hertzer's Obsession and Possession as I recall, because they were cheap and I liked the covers. It's now a Black Sheep coffee stall, along with every other building in London. If you have your copy handy, does SHIL have any photo's of Harrow & Wealdstone, station and 3 Gables, Wealdstone ( The Three Gables. aka "the Harrow Weald case"?). |
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Post by Knygathin on Feb 21, 2023 6:34:11 GMT
It's now a Black Sheep coffee stall, along with every other building in London. I think I detect a current of disappointment over how things are progressing. |
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Post by andydecker on Feb 21, 2023 8:35:03 GMT
If you have your copy handy, does SHIL have any photo's of Harrow & Wealdstone, station and 3 Gables, Wealdstone ( The Three Gables. aka "the Harrow Weald case"?). There are only these pages of The Three Gables. The opposite page shows one photo of Lime Street, one big building. And the next pages - it isn't clear if it is still the story or not - are photos of St. James Street, Boodle's Club, another of St. James Street, and opposite is Grovenor Square. I can do a scan, if wanted. Like I wrote, the oversized format makes it difficult to do good scans. I tried to improve this one a bit. |
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Post by andydecker on Feb 21, 2023 9:03:09 GMT
It's now a Black Sheep coffee stall, along with every other building in London. I think I detect a current of disappointment over how things are progressing. We don't have Black Sheep on the continent, but I looked it up. Are they really as uncomfortable and expensive as the first impression suggests?
In the many bakery shops we have in the city - local businesses with a handful of branch offices, small shops, only few seats, often part of a supermarket - currently you pay 1,64 GBP to 2,30 for a small cup of coffee. Coffee to go is more expensive. In a restaurant coffee is also more expensive. Tea is just a bag and hot water, but always cost the same as a coffee, even before the current price explosion.
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Post by dem on Feb 21, 2023 11:34:06 GMT
Many thanks for taking the time, Andreas, although trying to locate where exactly that photo was taken is going to drive me insane - it doesn't ring any bells at all. Surprised he didn't include a shot of the station though, admittedly, it doesn't play any great part in the story (Holmes arrives by train).
Can't really help you with Black Sheep, I just noticed them sprouting across town fast as the betting shops, many of which took over former pub premises, are closing.
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Post by samdawson on Feb 21, 2023 12:48:19 GMT
Nick Catford's Disused Stations site is a good source for this kind of thing (though it's a bit of a misnomer, as Harrow & Wealdstone is still in use with some lovely art deco additions; only one platform is redundant). The relevant page is www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/harrow_wealdstone, where you can see a pic of how the station looked in 1913 and, presumably, in Conan Doyle's day. Quite handsome. Note the wood block platform surfaces. Later it was the site of England's worst ever train crash. |
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Post by dem on Feb 22, 2023 12:30:22 GMT
Nick Catford's Disused Stations site is a good source for this kind of thing (though it's a bit of a misnomer, as Harrow & Wealdstone is still in use with some lovely art deco additions; only one platform is redundant). The relevant page is www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/harrow_wealdstone, where you can see a pic of how the station looked in 1913 and, presumably, in Conan Doyle's day. Quite handsome. Note the wood block platform surfaces. Later it was the site of England's worst ever train crash. Lieutenant Abbie Sweetwine, Harrow & Wealdstone’s ‘Angel of Platform Six’ honoured on 70th anniversary of crash Harrow & Wealdstone Station during the 1950s |
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Post by andydecker on Feb 23, 2023 14:44:37 GMT
Harrow & Wealdstone Station during the 1950s Thanks for the pictures, Dem. Harrow & Wealdstone Station during the 1950s could easily have been a decade earlier. I never realized that there were so many train stations basically just a corner away. And thanks for the link, Sam! Always something new - or old but never knowing it existed - and this was really interesting. I never had much interest for trains and such, but I know it was a hobby for many people. After browsing there I could better understand why The Avengers did at least two episodes putting trains and stations into the middle of the plot. Train lore must have been very popular back then. |
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