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Post by dem bones on Sept 3, 2017 14:11:42 GMT
David Stuart Davis (ed.) - The Game's Afoot (Wordsworth, 2008) Joszef Rippi-Ronai: A Park At Night Introduction Denis O. Smith - The Adventure of the Richmond Horror David Stuart Davis - The Adventure of the Whitrow inheritance Mark Valentine - The Adventure of the Green Skull June Thomson - The Case of the Gustafsson Stone John Hall - The Disappearance of the Cutter Alicia M. J. Elliot - The Adventure of the Forgetful Assassin Rafe McGregor - The Long Man Denis O. Smith - The Adventure of the Brown Box Matthew Booth - The Tragedy of Saxon’s Gate Allen Stockwell - The Adventure of the Intermittent Jig-Saw Puzzle John Hall - The Adventure of the Christmas Bauble Christopher Sequeira - The Return of the Sussex Vampire M. J. Elliot - The Adventure of the Hanging Tyrant Denis O. Smith - The North Walk Mystery June Thomson - The Case of the Vanishing Barque David Stuart Davis - Sherlock Holmes and the Ghost of Christmas Past Matthew Booth - The Dragon of Lea Lane Mark Valentine & John Howard - Jerusalem Keep Christopher Sequeira - The Adventure of the Haunted Showman David Stuart Davis - Sherlock Holmes and the Reichenbach Secret
Blurb: Once more, the game's afoot as Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street returns in twenty new adventures specially commissioned for Wordsworth's Mystery & Supernatural series. The celebrated detective, along with his friend and biographer, Dr Watson, investigate a variety of baffling mysteries that will delight fans of the famous sleuth. Striding through the foggy gas lit streets of London, Holmes tackles such cases as the Puzzle of the Green Skull, The Secret of the Brown Box, the conundrum of the Dragon of Lea Lane, as well as coming face to face once again with The Sussex Vampire. We also learn what really happened at the Reichenbach Falls when Holmes had his fateful encounter with Professor Moriarty.
David Stuart Davies, Denis O. Smith, Mark Valentine, Matthew Booth, M.J. Elliott and the other talented writers who have contributed to this collection have followed closely in the footsteps of Arthur Conan Doyle in creating a wonderful feast of Sherlockian entertainment
Friend Richard's stall in the Sclater street Market was more Film poster & DVD orientated this A.M., but still came away with two Wordsworth editions at 50p a time. Arthur Conan-Doyle's Tales Of Unease we've met, but not so this one. Judged on titles alone there may be a few here meet morbid needs. Anyone had the pleasure?
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Post by Shrink Proof on Sept 3, 2017 19:22:06 GMT
There are juggernauts full of "new" Holmes/Watson stories from the pretty good Conan Doyle pastiches to the utterly ludicrous (Holmes as Dracula, etc.). Which makes it hard to know where to look for the decent ones, assuming that, like me, you have a mental image of Jeremy Brett as Holmes and a sort of "I can't define it exactly but I know it when I see/read it" view of Conan Doyle/Watson's writings. This collection isn't bad and is an OK place to start.
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Post by jamesdoig on Sept 3, 2017 20:47:43 GMT
No, but I'll look out for it - Chris Sequeira is Australian and a long-time Sherlockian. I've a series of SH comics he wrote and published in Australia, which are pretty good. Hopefully the Sussex vampire is real this time.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Sept 4, 2017 12:46:38 GMT
No, but I'll look out for it - Chris Sequeira is Australian and a long-time Sherlockian. I've a series of SH comics he wrote and published in Australia, which are pretty good. Hopefully the Sussex vampire is real this time. I can tell you if it's real or not. Anyway, it wasn't real the first time.
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Post by ripper on Dec 27, 2017 4:57:39 GMT
I have a copy and have read several of the stories, though haven't dipped into it for a while. The stories that I read were okay and I agree that it is not a bad place to start. I recognise a few of the authors; June Thomson in particular has written quite a few Holmes short story collections and is, I believe, rather well-regarded for them.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Aug 26, 2020 12:02:41 GMT
David Stuart Davis (ed.) - The Game's Afoot (Wordsworth, 2008) Joszef Rippi-Ronai: A Park At Night Introduction Denis O. Smith - The Adventure of the Richmond Horror David Stuart Davis - The Adventure of the Whitrow inheritance Mark Valentine - The Adventure of the Green Skull June Thomson - The Case of the Gustafsson Stone John Hall - The Disappearance of the Cutter Alicia M. J. Elliot - The Adventure of the Forgetful Assassin Rafe McGregor - The Long Man Denis O. Smith - The Adventure of the Brown Box Matthew Booth - The Tragedy of Saxon’s Gate Allen Stockwell - The Adventure of the Intermittent Jig-Saw Puzzle John Hall - The Adventure of the Christmas Bauble Christopher Sequeira - The Return of the Sussex Vampire M. J. Elliot - The Adventure of the Hanging Tyrant Denis O. Smith - The North Walk Mystery June Thomson - The Case of the Vanishing Barque David Stuart Davis - Sherlock Holmes and the Ghost of Christmas Past Matthew Booth - The Dragon of Lea Lane Mark Valentine & John Howard - Jerusalem Keep Christopher Sequeira - The Adventure of the Haunted Showman David Stuart Davis - Sherlock Holmes and the Reichenbach Secret
Blurb: Once more, the game's afoot as Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street returns in twenty new adventures specially commissioned for Wordsworth's Mystery & Supernatural series. The celebrated detective, along with his friend and biographer, Dr Watson, investigate a variety of baffling mysteries that will delight fans of the famous sleuth. Striding through the foggy gas lit streets of London, Holmes tackles such cases as the Puzzle of the Green Skull, The Secret of the Brown Box, the conundrum of the Dragon of Lea Lane, as well as coming face to face once again with The Sussex Vampire. We also learn what really happened at the Reichenbach Falls when Holmes had his fateful encounter with Professor Moriarty.
David Stuart Davies, Denis O. Smith, Mark Valentine, Matthew Booth, M.J. Elliott and the other talented writers who have contributed to this collection have followed closely in the footsteps of Arthur Conan Doyle in creating a wonderful feast of Sherlockian entertainment
Friend Richard's stall in the Sclater street Market was more Film poster & DVD orientated this A.M., but still came away with two Wordsworth editions at 50p a time. Arthur Conan-Doyle's Tales Of Unease we've met, but not so this one. Judged on titles alone there may be a few here meet morbid needs. Anyone had the pleasure? For an anthology of entirely new stories it's not bad. Seventeen of the stories are okay and three are duds (you can make your own mind up here). The best such collection remains The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Penguin 1985, with reprints) edited by Richard Lancelyn Green. This is because he was able to use existing stories. The contents are: Introduction The Adventure of The First-Class Carriage by Ronald A. Knox The Adventure of the Sheffield Banker by Arthur Whitaker The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet by Vincent Starrett The Adventure of the Marked Man by Stuart Palmer The Adventure of the Megatherium Thefts by S.C. Roberts The Adventure of the Trained Cormorant by W.R. Duncan Macmillan The Adventure of Arnsworth Castle by Adrian Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Tired Captain by Alan Wilson The Adventure of the Green Empress by F.P. Cillie The Adventure of the Purple Hand by D.O. Smith The Adventure of Hillerman Hill by Julian Symons His very informative 28-page introduction cites one excellent story that he did not use, "The Problem of the Purple Maculas" by James C. Iraldi. As for a real mystery, Richard Lancelyn Green's body was found face down on his bed, garrotted with a shoelace that had been tightened with the handle of a wooden spoon. This is what you get now I have full internet access again.
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Post by peedeel on Aug 26, 2020 15:50:49 GMT
"As for a real mystery, Richard Lancelyn Green's body was found face down on his bed, garrotted with a shoelace that had been tightened with the handle of a wooden spoon." Such a sad end for a brilliant but very disturbed gentleman. “I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.” Sherlock Holmes in Doyle's A Study in Scarlet
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Post by Michael Connolly on Aug 29, 2020 10:49:41 GMT
From 1995, this anthology of new Sherlock Holmes stories is one to avoid. It contains only one good story, "The Richmond Enigma" by John DeChancie. It involves Holmes and Watson with the unnamed hero from The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. While it's open ended it's an intriguing read. All of the other stories including "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" by the late Vonda N. McIntyre are disappointing. The Field Theorems are crop circles.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Aug 30, 2020 15:01:39 GMT
From 1995, this anthology of new Sherlock Holmes stories is one to avoid. It contains only one good story, "The Richmond Enigma" by John DeChancie. It involves Holmes and Watson with the unnamed hero from The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. While it's open ended it's an intriguing read. All of the other stories including "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" by the late Vonda N. McIntyre are disappointing. The Field Theorems are crop circles. Where has the cover to SHERLOCK HOLMES IN ORBIT that I attached disappeared to?
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Post by andydecker on Aug 30, 2020 15:30:38 GMT
Where has the cover to SHERLOCK HOLMES IN ORBIT that I attached disappeared to? On my screen it didn't turn up when I read your post yesterday. It seemed to be coverless.
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Post by dem bones on Aug 30, 2020 16:27:01 GMT
From 1995, this anthology of new Sherlock Holmes stories is one to avoid. It contains only one good story, "The Richmond Enigma" by John DeChancie. It involves Holmes and Watson with the unnamed hero from The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. While it's open ended it's an intriguing read. All of the other stories including "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" by the late Vonda N. McIntyre are disappointing. The Field Theorems are crop circles. Where has the cover to SHERLOCK HOLMES IN ORBIT that I attached disappeared to? Error messageEvidently the server hosting the image does not allow hotlinking.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Sept 1, 2020 12:22:10 GMT
Where has the cover to SHERLOCK HOLMES IN ORBIT that I attached disappeared to? Error messageEvidently the server hosting the image does not allow hotlinking. Here is the cover. Or maybe not.
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