Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!rose From: rose@sdcsvax.UUCP (Dan Rose) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes Message-ID: <1163@sdcsvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 03:43:18 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.1163 Posted: Fri Oct 25 03:43:18 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 07:29:08 EDT References: <405@mot.UUCP> Reply-To: rose@sdcsvax.UUCP (Dan rose) Distribution: net Organization: EECS Dept. U.C. San Diego Lines: 30 Summary: In article <405@mot.UUCP> al@mot.UUCP (Al Filipski) writes: >- >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. -- Dan (not Broadway Danny) Rose rose@UCSD