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From: rose@sdcsvax.UUCP (Dan Rose)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes
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Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 03:43:18 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 25 03:43:18 1985
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In article <405@mot.UUCP> al@mot.UUCP (Al Filipski) writes:
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>I have recently become addicted to Sherlock Holmes stories. . .
>Does anyone know the names of any authors or collections of
>Holmes stories besides Doyle's?  Are they faithful to the Doyle 
>style and characterizations?

I am also a Holmes fan, although it's been a while since I've read
the stories.  A recent non-Doyle Holmes book I enjoyed was
_The Seven Percent Solution_ by Nicholas Meyer, which came out
sometime in the 70s and was also made into a movie.  It's about
Holmes cocaine addiction, among other things, and includes
appearances by Sigmund Freud AND Prof. Moriarty, whose identity
and background is explained.  It's also all done in a very
Doyle-like style;  I seem to remember the critics all being very
impressed with this.

Nicholas Meyer, the author, apparently had read a lot of other
people's attempts at "new" Holmes stories, and was convinced he
could do better.  A couple years later, he saw "Star Trek:
The Motion Picture" and felt the same way.  He went on to direct
"The Wrath of Khan."  His commitment to original style was pretty
evident there, and he apparently screened all 75 or so episodes
of the Star Trek series before planning the direction of "Khan".
But this discussion is drifting away from books.


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			Dan (not Broadway Danny) Rose
			rose@UCSD