daemon@decwrl.UUCP (The devil himself) (01/31/85)
I am a big fan of Sherlock Holmes. I have quite a collection of books based
on The Canon but I am constantly checking the bookstores for more. Can anyone
point me at more titles featuring Holmes?
I have the following books in my library:
The Pandora Plague - Lee A. Matthias
The Giant Rat of Sumatra - Richard L. Boyer
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story - Michael Dibdin
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes - Loren D. Estleman
Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula - " "
Enter the Lion - Michael P. Hodel and Sean M. Wright
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution - Nicholas Meyer
The West End Horror - " "
The Holmes-Dracula File - Fred Saberhagen
Exit Sherlock Holmes - Robert Lee Hall
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird - Frank Thomas
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword - " "
Death by Gaslight - Michael Kurland
The Return of Moriarty - John Gardner
The Revenge of Moriarty - " "
The Private Life of Dr. Watson - Michael Hardwick
(The last three are not really "Holmes stories" but they do feature
The Great Detective and are based on "Holmes characters")
Thanks in advance for any help.
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"Department of Redundancy Department"djl@ptsfb.UUCP (Dave Lampe) (02/04/85)
> > I am a big fan of Sherlock Holmes. I have quite a collection of books based > on The Canon but I am constantly checking the bookstores for more. Can anyone > point me at more titles featuring Holmes? > > I have the following books in my library: > > The Pandora Plague - Lee A. Matthias > The Giant Rat of Sumatra - Richard L. Boyer > The Last Sherlock Holmes Story - Michael Dibdin > Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes - Loren D. Estleman > Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula - " " > Enter the Lion - Michael P. Hodel and Sean M. Wright > The Seven-Per-Cent Solution - Nicholas Meyer > The West End Horror - " " > The Holmes-Dracula File - Fred Saberhagen > Exit Sherlock Holmes - Robert Lee Hall > Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird - Frank Thomas > Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword - " " > Death by Gaslight - Michael Kurland > The Return of Moriarty - John Gardner > The Revenge of Moriarty - " " > The Private Life of Dr. Watson - Michael Hardwick > > (The last three are not really "Holmes stories" but they do feature > The Great Detective and are based on "Holmes characters") > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > -- Bill Lynch > USPS: Digital Equipment Corp / MKO1-2/H7 > Continental Blvd, Merrimack, NH 03054 > Tele: (603) 884-8317 > EasyNet: TOPDOC::LYNCH > UUCP: {decvax,allegra,ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-topdoc!lynch > ARPA: lynch%topdoc.DEC@decwrl.ARPA > > "Department of Redundancy Department" You asked for other books based on the Canon. The following are ones that I have (with comments). The Adventure of the Peerless Peer Philip Jose Farmer Dell paperback - 1974 Sherlock and Tarzan join forces to defeat Von Bork in Africa. The Memoirs of Schlock Holmes Robert Fish Bobbs-Merrill - 1974 A hilarious parody of Holmes and Watson where all Holmes' deductions are as logical as in the Canon, and all wrong. Sherlock Holmes in New York D.R. Benson Ballantine paperback - 1976 The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes Adrian Conan Doyle; John Dickson Carr Pocket Books - 1952 Short stories by the son of Watson's literary agent and a good modern mystery writer. The Adventures of Creighton Holmes Ned Hubbell Popular Library paperback - 1979 The casebook of Sherlock's grandson. The Infernal Device Michael Kurland Signet paperback - 1978 Moriarty is the hero and must stop the Russians from sinking the Queen with a stolen submarine. Copper Beeches Arthur Lewis Pocket Books - 1971 Some of "The Sons of the Copper Beeches", a BSI club in Philidelphia set out to prove that the Master's methods will actually work. The Earthquake Machine Austin Mitchelson; Nicholas Utechin Belmont paperback - 1976 Sherlock must stop the Kaiser from getting the atomic bomb. Hellbirds Austin Mitchelson; Nicholas Utechin Belmont paperback - 1976 Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds Manly Wellman; Wade Wellman Warner paperback - 1975 H.G. Wells had only part of the story. Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space Isaac Asimov (editor) Bluejay Books - 1984 A collection of science fiction short stories based on the characters or the methods of the Canon. The Martian Crown Jewels Poul Anderson - 1958 A short story in "A Treasury of Great Science Fiction", volume 1 edited by Anthony Boucher. I am sure that most of these are out of print and the only way to find them is to haunt the used book stores. I would especially recommend the book by Robert Fish for laughs and the book by Adrian Conan Doyle for straight Canonical stories. Dave Lampe @ Pacific Bell {ucbvax,amd,zehntel,ihnp4,cbosgd}!dual!ptsfa!ptsfb!djl (415) 774-9581
moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) (02/04/85)
Wow! Someone with MORE Non-Doyle Holmes books that I! I particularly
didn't know about The Pandora Plague and the other Gardner Moriarty book
(Hee hee hee). The only other ones I can name are:
1) The Earthquake Machine, by ? (write me if you want the author, I'll
have to search). Not very good.
2) A collection by Adrian Conan Doyle and someone else, which I haven't
seen in years. Not bad -- they take some of the titles that Watson
mentions, but never recounts, in the Canon, and expand on it.
3) The Infernal Device, by Michael Kurland. This is the first of the
Moriarty trilogy by Kurland, and it won him the an Edgar award for best new
talent the year it was published. Like "Death by Gaslight", the following
volume, it recounts an adventure from an associate of Moriarty's, and is
*extremely* well done; both also features Holmes prominently. It also puts
forward that while Moriarty was a rogue, he was not "evil" -- he plots
robberies to fund his scientific experiments, and while being a criminal, he
does not murder people -- and that Holmes has a fixation on implicating him
in everything. A third chapter was promised, but I've never seen it (and
have been checking constantly with local bookstores); if anyone knows what
became of it, I'd love to find out.
Of those mentioned in the original column, I'd recommend "The Giant Rat of
Sumatra" as the best Doyle imitation (and a darn good story to boot), and
the Meyer and Kurland books also.
I might mention that y'all have Kurland to thank (or blame) for my unique
login name.
"He is the Napoleon of Crime, Watson..."
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPAsteiner@topaz.ARPA (Dave Steiner) (02/07/85)
I'm also interested in Sherlock Holmes and was very interested to see
you list of books since I am missing a number of them. Here are a few
that I didn't see on your list:
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes - Adrian C. Doyle & John D. Carr
(Very good and close to the originals. Adrian is Arthur's son.)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life and Crimes - Michael Hardwick
(Just out in hc. Seems to be a sort of autobiography by Holmes.)
Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space - Ed. Asimov et al
(Noted in an earlier posting.)
Sherlock Holmes: The Published Apocrypha - Ed. Jack Tracy
(Stories not in the canon by a number of people including Sir ACD.)
The Truthful Lady - J. Storer Clouston
The Adventure of the Purple Hand - "ed by" D. O. Smith
The Adventure of the Unseen Traveller - "ed by" D. O. Smith
The last three were gotten from Magico Magazine. The publish a number of
books and pamphlets about holmes. There address is:
Magico Magazine
PO Box 156
NY, NY 10002
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ds
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arpa: STEINER@RUTGERSkeesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris M. Keesan) (02/08/85)
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Incidentally, the collection "Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space"
includes the story "A Scarletin Study", by "Jonathan Swift Somers III", which
is Philip Jose Farmer's sequel (sort of) to "Venus on the Half Shell" by
"Kilgore Trout".
To review: a few months ago, there were some queries in this newsgroup as to
whether Kilgore Trout had written anything since "Venus on the Half Shell".
The answer is that Kilgore Trout is a fictional character invented by Kurt
Vonnegut, appearing in some of Vonnegut's novels. "Venus on the Half Shell"
was written by Philip Jose Farmer using "Kilgore Trout" as a pseudonym. One
of the characters in "Venus on the Half Shell" is a writer named "Jonathan
Swift Somers III", who writes a series of detective stories about a dog
detective named "Ralph von Wau Wau". "A Scarletin Study" is a
"Ralph von Wau Wau" story by Farmer writing under the name of Somers III.
P.S. Has anyone other than me noticed the blatant typo on the title page of
"Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space"? I mentioned it to Blujay Books'
director of advertising, marketing, etc., and he said neither he nor anyone
else at Bluejay had noticed it.
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keesan @ BBN-UNIX.ARPAwombat@ccvaxa.UUCP (02/10/85)
/**** ccvaxa:net.books / keesan@bbncca / 5:09 pm Feb 7, 1985 ****/ P.S. Has anyone other than me noticed the blatant typo on the title page of "Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space"? I mentioned it to Blujay Books' director of advertising, marketing, etc., and he said neither he nor anyone else at Bluejay had noticed it. /* ---------- */ Does Bluejay even have a decent proofreader? Every Bluejay book I've read has been full of typos. Since they do a lot of reprints, the Bem suggested that it wasn't their fault, that maybe they printed from the original plates, but the more I see the more I tend to think they're just sloppy. "When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all." Roger Zelazney, *Doorways in the Sand* Wombat ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!wombat
wombat@ccvaxa.UUCP (02/11/85)
Sherlock Holmes fans might be interested in getting Robert and Phyllis Weinberg's monthly catalog. They specialize in horror, fantasy, SF, and mystery, and the catalog usually has a page or so of Holmes material. This month they list *Illustrious Client's Case Book*, *Illustrious Client's Third Case Book*, *Sherlockian Atlas*, *The Making of Sherlock Holmes*, *Sherlock and Porlock*, *Sherlock Holmes and Music*, *Decorated Mr. Holmes*, *A Study in Surmise*, *Some Notes on a Meeting at Chisham*, *Sherlock Holmes is Mr. Pickwick*, and *The Baker Street Gasogene* #1. Some of these are reprints of rare items, some new scholarly studies; many are published by Magico. In their most recent catalog, they say they've finally entered their out-of-print list into the computer and will send it out to anyone sending them a SASE. The address is Weinberg Books 15154 Oxford Drive Oak Forest, IL 60452 "When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all." Roger Zelazney, *Doorways in the Sand* Wombat ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!wombat
keesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris M. Keesan) (02/20/85)
---------------------------------- >/**** ccvaxa:net.books / keesan@bbncca / 5:09 pm Feb 7, 1985 ****/ >P.S. Has anyone other than me noticed the blatant typo on the title page of >"Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space"? I mentioned it to Blujay Books' >director of advertising, marketing, etc., and he said neither he nor anyone >else at Bluejay had noticed it. >/* ---------- */ > >Does Bluejay even have a decent proofreader? Every Bluejay book I've read >has been full of typos. Since they do a lot of reprints, the Bem suggested >that it wasn't their fault, that maybe they printed from the original >plates, but the more I see the more I tend to think they're just sloppy. > > Wombat > ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!wombat I think it's not so much sloppiness, as the fact that Bluejay is still a very small operation. The above-mentioned director of advertising, etc. is something like one third or one quarter of the entire full-time staff of Bluejay. This doesn't leave much staff available for proofreading. -- Morris M. Keesan {decvax,linus,ihnp4,wivax,wjh12,ima}!bbncca!keesan keesan @ BBN-UNIX.ARPA
wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (02/21/85)
> I think it's not so much sloppiness, as the fact that Bluejay is still a > very small operation. The above-mentioned director of advertising, etc. is > something like one third or one quarter of the entire full-time staff of > Bluejay. This doesn't leave much staff available for proofreading. > Morris M. Keesan The thing is, anybody who publishes anything interesting, or worth reading, could get FREE proofreading! A publisher could collect a group of readers in his locale who were interested in the stuff he publishes, and who would read copies of "uncorrected proofs" for the sheer pleasure of reading the material, and annotate those proofs with corrections and give them back. They could be paid by giving them a copy of every book the publisher prints (if it is a small house) or some other barter-type arrangement, if they didn't feel they were adequately paid by the sheer opportunity of reading new stuff before the rest of the world sees it. (A reprint house would probably have to offer some sort of honorarium, like the free books.) After all, wouldn't YOU jump at this chance? I'm assuming the publisher farms the proofs out among a large-enough group that you aren't expected to put in a 40-hour week of proofreading, but maybe a book every two weeks or so. These proofreaders don't even have to know and use the standard symbols (though they'd probably learn them quickly and use them); a for-real proofreader could put in the real symbols very quickly if someone has already found and flagged error locations for them. I would think such arrangements would already exist. Why not? Will Martin USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA
steiner@topaz.ARPA (Dave Steiner) (02/22/85)
I recently was wandering around used mystery book store up in Boston and
found a book called
The Case of the Philosopher's Ring by Collins Randall
which is about Holmes and a bunch of philosophers up at Oxford. Looks
interesting and seems to be in the vain of "The 7% Solution" and "Sherlock
Holmes Vs. Dracula".
ds
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arpa: STEINER@RUTGERSberry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval) (02/25/85)
Fans of both Holmes and SF should check out HER MAJESTIES BUCKETEERS, which is sort of a SF-Holmes pastich, but set in not-Victorian not-England not-on- Earth with not-Human's in all roles. The holmesian nature of the story is not overtly stated, but is hard to miss. Moriarty with six arms is rather interesting.... -- La musique est une science qui veut qu`on rit et chante et dance. -- Guillaume de Machaut Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) (415)932-6900 (kerch@lll-tis.ARPA)
chabot@miles.DEC (L. S. Chabot) (02/25/85)
I find doubt in the viability of Will Martin's proposal. In my limited experience with trying to obtain quality work from people, I have realized that the best way to encourage responsibility is to relate the job to the stomach of the employee: er, what I mean is, to get people to do work, you pay them. What good is giving people copies of the book, if they can merely keep the proof and not finish the proofing of the book? Or, how many people who are willing to read the latest in their favorite genre really want to keep all of it? The reward here doesn't seem big enough to convince enough people to do the work. Also, proof-reading requires some competence. You have to know what to look for. It's not going to save a lot of time if you still have to have a proof-reader reread the entire manuscript to 1) translate the markings of the untrained into standard markings and 2) find the things the volunteer missed. And then there's the logistics of tracking who's got which manuscripts and when are they going to turn them in. Plus, if you've got more than one on a manuscript, then the real proofreader will have to check multiple copies of the books. L S Chabot UUCP: ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot ARPA: ...chabot%amber.DEC@decwrl.ARPA USFail: DEC, LMO4/H4, 150 Locke Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752
crm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin) (02/26/85)
The real problem with this proof-reading for free idea is that doing a decent job of proofreading is NOTHING LIKE getting to read the book for fun. It's more like the Chinese Water Torture. -- Opinions stated here are my own and are unrelated. Charlie Martin (...mcnc!duke!crm) "I am not a number, I'm a free variable!"
laura@utzoo.UUCP (Laura Creighton) (02/27/85)
We tried this (have people proof them) for radio scripts. The idea was to get out anything vaguely slanderous and to correct awkward sentence structure. We noticed several things. The people we paid did a better job than the people we didn't pay. The people we started out not paying and later paid did a better job after we paid them. Enough slander went out the airways anyway that things were always warm. Every 3 or 4 months we would get someone who released our shows to people we didn't want to see them (in particular, the people we were satirising), seemingly just for the hell of it. And if you think that ``warm'' was bad, you should see what happens when a high ranking MP gets the not-boulderdised version... People didn't return scripts on time. People lost scripts. People spilt coffee on scripts. People lent their scripts to other people and then a) couldn't remember who b) couldn't get in touch with them c) got in touch with them and foud that they a') had lent it to other people b') had disposed of it .... It is a wonderful idea, but the logistics are real hard -- and most small publishing companies have such logistic problems anyway... Still, for all those hassles -- *boy* *was* *it* *fun*.... Laura Creighton utzoo!laura
muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy) (02/28/85)
> Fans of both Holmes and SF should check out HER MAJESTIES BUCKETEERS, which > is sort of a SF-Holmes pastich, but set in not-Victorian not-England not-on- > Earth with not-Human's in all roles. The holmesian nature of the story is > not overtly stated, but is hard to miss. Moriarty with six arms is rather > interesting.... > > -- > La musique est une science > qui veut qu`on rit et chante et dance. > -- Guillaume de Machaut > > Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) > (415)932-6900 (kerch@lll-tis.ARPA) "THEIR MAJESTIES' BUCKETEERS." Recommendation seconded, as well as any other books by L. Neil Smith, author of TMB. Correction here, *three* arms, segmented into nine limbs (or is it the other way around?)...anyway, everything is in powers of three, not multiples. Muffy
wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (05/20/85)
Just ran across another Holmes-related book for you completionists out there -- this one hasn't been mentioned in the lists that circulated on the net a while ago, and it is, shall we say, "different": TROUBLE IN BUGLAND, A Collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries, by William Kotzwinkle, profusely illustrated [sic] by Joe Servello. (1983, David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, ISBN 0-87923-472-5) On the copyright page, what might be a quote from some sort of card-catalog entry: Summary: A quick-witted insect sleuth, patterned after Sherlock Holmes, displays his brilliant powers of deduction in solving five mysteries. Now, you'd assume, from the subject, that this is a juvenile. However, the St. Louis Public Library has this shelved with the regular adult mysteries, and, though the print is farily large, it doesn't appear to be a children's book. The illustrations are quite good; all these insects in Victorian clothing and surroundings. The "Watson" character is a Dr. Hopper, who seems to indulge in cookery quite a bit [I don't recall if Watson ever cooked anything in the original stories -- Mrs. Hudson did all that, as far as I recall -- or did he ever display culinary talents?]. The wife and I found this to be a rather charming and amusing book. I recommend that any Holmesians out there, who are not deadly serious about the Canon and the Great Detective, take a look at this. Regards, Will Martin USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA