Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!pyrnj!topaz!steiner From: steiner@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Dave Steiner) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes Message-ID: <4114@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 16:01:35 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.4114 Posted: Thu Oct 24 16:01:35 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 07:15:34 EDT References: <405@mot.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 152 > From: al@mot.UUCP (Al Filipski) > Message-ID: <405@mot.UUCP> > Date: 20 Oct 85 02:57:07 GMT > > I have recently become addicted to Sherlock Holmes stories. I got > into the habit of reading one before going to bed. The problem is, > I have RUN OUT OF STORIES. I have read all of Arthur Conan Doyle's > Sherlock Holmes stories (56 of them, I believe). Actually there are 60. 56 short stories and 4 novels. If you're lucky, you still have 4 more to go...if not, oh well. > I have heard that > others after Conan Doyle also wrote Sherlock Holmes stories. Is this > true? 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? Well, there are quite a few books by other authors. Some are ok, most are not that great, none are quite as good as ACD. Below is a list of the ones that I know of. The ones that are *'ed are ones that I liked or that have been recommended to me. > Any other information about Holmes > would be appreciated. I have heard that there is an organization > called the "Baker Street Irregulars" that is sort of a Holmes fan > club. What do they do? Are there any members reading this? I'm not a member of the BSI but I do subscribe to the Baker Street Journal. It is a quarterly journal with articles ranging from pastiches to "scholarly research" to tidbits of news. To subscribe ($12.50/yr) write to Fordham University Press University Box L Bronx, NY 10458 BTW, there are quite a few Sherlockian Societies (Scions) throughout the country (and the world). Most of them are local (the BSI is not) and get together for a dinner, talks, and fun about twice a year. If you let me know where you are from, I could probably get you an address of the nearest one. > Before reading the stories, my perception of Holmes was > largely shaped by the Rathbone/Bruce movies. I now realize that > they are far from being true to the original characterizations. > Watson, In particular, is not the fool portrayed by Nigel Bruce. > The PBS "Mystery" series of Holmes stories, on the contrary, were > absolutely true to the original. I agree 100%. > I was also surprized to see that > Moriarty only appears in two or three of the original stories. > The popular association seems to be that Holmes is continually > battling Moriarty. > Anyway, I would be interested in any other comments or > pointers to other information or stories about Holmes. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Alan Filipski, UNIX group, Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ U.S.A > {seismo|ihnp4}!ut-sally!oakhill!mot!al | ucbvax!arizona!asuvax!mot!al > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here is the list of SH books by other authors. There are probably more around that I don't know of (if you know of any, let me know). 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 - Loren D. Estleman * Enter the Lion - Michael P. Hodel and Sean M. Wright * The Seven-Per-Cent Solution - Nicholas Meyer * The West End Horror - Nicholas Meyer * 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 - Frank Thomas Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train - Frank Thomas Sherlock Holmes, Bridge Detective - Frank Thomas bridge games by Holmes/Watson and a few small mysteries. The Infernal Device - Michael Kurland * Death by Gaslight - Michael Kurland * The Return of Moriarty - John Gardner * The Revenge of Moriarty - John Gardner * Prisoner Of The Devil - Michael Hardwick * The Private Life of Dr. Watson - Michael Hardwick * Sherlock Holmes: My Life and Crimes - Michael Hardwick Sherlock Holmes Through Time & Space - eds. Asimov, Greenburg and Waugh * The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes - Adrian C. Doyle & John D. Carr * Sherlock Holmes: The Published Apocrypha - Ed. Jack Tracy 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 Adventure of the Peerless Peer - Philip Jose Farmer * The Memoirs of Schlock Holmes - Robert Fish Sherlock Holmes in New York - D.R. Benson The Adventures of Creighton Holmes - Ned Hubbell Copper Beeches - Arthur Lewis The Earthquake Machine - Austin Mitchelson; Nicholas Utechin Hellbirds - Austin Mitchelson; Nicholas Utechin Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds - Manly Wellman; Wade Wellman The Martian Crown Jewels - Poul Anderson A short story in "A Treasury of Great Science Fiction", volume 1 edited by Anthony Boucher. The Case of the Philosopher's Ring - Collins Randall Their Majesties' Bucketeers - L. Neil Smith The Amazing Mycroft Mysteries - F.F. Heard A trilogy of A Taste for Honey, Reply Paid & The Notched Hairpin. Ten Years Beyond Baker Street - Cay Van Ash Murder Most Irregular - H. Paul Jeffers The Case Of The Baker Street Irregulars - Anthony Boucher Basil of Baker Street (and related titles) - Eve Titus The Case of the Ectoplasmic Man - ??? The Mycroft Memoranda - Ray Walsh The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter - Lewis S. Feuer * The Adventures of Solar Pons (#1) - August Derleth * The Chronicles of Solar Pons (#2) - August Derleth * The Memoirs of Solar Pons (#3) - August Derleth * The Casebook of Solar Pons (#4) - August Derleth * The Reminiscences of Solar Pons (#5) - August Derleth * The Return of Solar Pons (#6) - August Derleth * Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey (#7) - August Derleth * The Dossier of Solar Pons (#8) - Basil Copper * The Further Adventures of Solar Pons (#9) - Basil Copper * The Secret Files of Solar Pons (#10) - Basil Copper * The Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons (#11) - Basil Copper Three Problems for Solar Pons - August Derleth (these were included in The Return of Solar Pons) A Praed Street Dossier - August Derleth (not sure if this is included in others, or is new material) The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes - ed by Ellery Queen (1944) The Science-Fictional Sherlock Holmes - ed by Norman Metcalf * The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - by Sir Arthur C. Doyle, collected by Peter Haining A Study in Terror - Ellery Queen Trouble in Bugland - William Kotzwinkle Death of a Scavenger - Keith Spore Baker Street - Jerome Coppersmith (Text to the musical) For a lot of reprints and interesting Holmes studies: Magico Magazine PO Box 156 NY, NY 10002 Hope this all helps. Let me know if you have any other questions. -- ds uucp: ...{harvard, seismo, ut-sally, sri-iu, ihnp4!packard}!topaz!steiner arpa: Steiner@RUTGERS