steiner@topaz.ARPA (Dave Steiner) (03/26/85)
I recently came across another Sherlock Holmes book by Frank Thomas
called
Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train
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arpa: STEINER@RUTGERSmoriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (03/27/85)
There is another one out called "The Case of the Ectoplasmic Man", where
Holmes meets Houdini. Why they have to keep shoveling historical figures
into these, I'll never know...
Give it a C-.
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"Thanks!"
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPAstratton@brl-tgr.ARPA (Sue Stratton ) (04/04/85)
> There is another one out called "The Case of the Ectoplasmic Man", where > Holmes meets Houdini. Why they have to keep shoveling historical figures > into these, I'll never know... > > Give it a C-. > > "You can thank the Rock 'n Roll detector for leading you to your doom!" > "Thanks!" > > Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer > John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. > UUCP: > {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ > {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty > ARPA: > fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA I liked "Ectoplasmic Man" a little better than that, but that's neither here nor there. If you don't mind Holmes mixing with historical figures, you might want to read another new one, "The Mycroft Memoranda" (available from Magico or at the public library). In it, Holmes meets and unmasks the infamous "Jack the Ripper." [Come to think of it, this might be a little more fair than having him meet Houdini; after all, nothing says the greatest detective had to meet the greatest magician of the day, but it makes sense to think that the greatest detective sought the most horrible and elusive criminal of the day...] You might have a hard time swallowing the author's choice of identity for the Ripper (I know I did), but the book had other redeeming features. May- be a B-. Karen Wilson <kwilson@amsaa.ARPA> P.S. What about net.books.holmes? Just a thought.............
ted@usceast.UUCP (Ted Nolan) (04/15/85)
In article <9719@brl-tgr.ARPA> (Karen Wilson ) writes: > >I liked "Ectoplasmic Man" a little better than that, but that's neither >here nor there. If you don't mind Holmes mixing with historical figures, >you might want to read another new one, "The Mycroft Memoranda" (available >from Magico or at the public library). In it, Holmes meets and unmasks the >infamous "Jack the Ripper." [Come to think of it, this might be a little >more fair than having him meet Houdini; after all, nothing says the greatest >detective had to meet the greatest magician of the day, but it makes sense >to think that the greatest detective sought the most horrible and elusive >criminal of the day...] > >You might have a hard time swallowing the author's choice of identity for >the Ripper (I know I did), but the book had other redeeming features. May- >be a B-. > >Karen Wilson <kwilson@amsaa.ARPA> > >P.S. What about net.books.holmes? Just a thought............. Talking about unbelievable identities for Jack the Ripper... In a book called (I think) _Exit Sherlock Holmes_ . We find out that Holmes was in fact HIMSELF Jack the Ripper as well as Moriarty (sorry Jeff). The book details Watson's growing horror as he ferrets out the truth. He finally confronts Holmes at Richenback (sp?) and forces enough sanity back into him for him to commit suicide rather than hurt Watson. (So both Holmes and Moriarty both went down in the falls). Watson admits that all the stories thereafter are fictional (or actually happened earlier). I can't really recomend this one - it's really a downer. (I kept waiting for some plot twist that would show that things were not what they seemed, but it never came). Ted Nolan ..usceast!ted -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Nolan ...decvax!mcnc!ncsu!ncrcae!usceast!ted (UUCP) 6536 Brookside Circle ...akgua!usceast!ted Columbia, SC 29206 allegra!usceast!ted@seismo (ARPA, maybe) ("Deep space is my dwelling place, the stars my destination") -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stratton@brl-tgr.ARPA (Sue Stratton ) (04/17/85)
> In article <9719@brl-tgr.ARPA> (Karen Wilson ) writes: [concerning Ray Walsh's "The Mycroft Memoranda," a recent Holmes pastiche] > > > >You might have a hard time swallowing the author's choice of identity for > >the Ripper (I know I did), but the book had other redeeming features. May- > >be a B-. > > > >Karen Wilson <kwilson@amsaa.ARPA> > > > >P.S. What about net.books.holmes? Just a thought............. > > Talking about unbelievable identities for Jack the Ripper... > In a book called (I think) _Exit Sherlock Holmes_ . We find out that > Holmes was in fact HIMSELF Jack the Ripper as well as Moriarty (sorry > Jeff). The book details Watson's growing horror as he ferrets out the > truth. He finally confronts Holmes at Richenback (sp?) and forces > enough sanity back into him for him to commit suicide rather than hurt > Watson. (So both Holmes and Moriarty both went down in the falls). > Watson admits that all the stories thereafter are fictional (or actually > happened earlier). I can't really recomend this one - it's really a > downer. (I kept waiting for some plot twist that would show that things > were not what they seemed, but it never came). > > Ted Nolan ..usceast!ted > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ted Nolan ...decvax!mcnc!ncsu!ncrcae!usceast!ted (UUCP) > 6536 Brookside Circle ...akgua!usceast!ted > Columbia, SC 29206 allegra!usceast!ted@seismo (ARPA, maybe) > > ("Deep space is my dwelling place, the stars my destination") > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I, too, read this books and waited for the "plot twist" that never came. How- ever, I think you have the title confused with that of yet another unpalatable Holmes pastiche. The story you mentioned is called THE LAST SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY. EXIT SHERLOCK HOLMES postulates Holmes and Moriarty as clones (from the same mold) from the future; Moriarty has returned back to "primitive" Vic- torian England because he thinks it'll be an easy world to conquer and rule; Holmes is there to stop him. In this one, Watson claims that it was Wiggins (who had grown up to become a fine actor) who played the role of Altamont in "His Last Bow," rather than Holmes, who had already departed for his own time. Karen Wilson