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Authorized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate, this brand-new collection of 26 Sherlock Holmes stories takes place in Holmes' own era, in our present time, and in the future. All the tales contain some science fiction or fantasy element, and all remain true to the spirit and personality of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous and enduring creation.
Hardcover, 374 pages
Published
February 1st 1997
by MJF Books
(first published January 1995)
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Visiškai simboliška knyga. Pradėjau skaityti per Holmso gimtadienį, baigiau per savo. Tai pirmoji šiemet perskaityta Holmso knyga - :( - ir paskutinė šiemetinio GR iššūkio knyga. Ir tt. Ir niekas nebuvo planuota, tiesiog šiandien sukrito. Arba - dėl mūsų likimo žvaigždės kaltos!
Nuo Holmso pastišų teko truputį atsitraukti, jau net susikaupė krūva nepradėtų. Šitoj knygoj (kurią oficialiai "autorizavo"=užskaitė Conan Doyle'io dukra!) surinktos trumpos istorijos, kurių didžioji dauguma Holmsą įtupdo ...more
Nuo Holmso pastišų teko truputį atsitraukti, jau net susikaupė krūva nepradėtų. Šitoj knygoj (kurią oficialiai "autorizavo"=užskaitė Conan Doyle'io dukra!) surinktos trumpos istorijos, kurių didžioji dauguma Holmsą įtupdo ...more
Like many collections, this one includes some hits and some misses. It's divided into four sections: "Holmes in the Past," "Holmes in the Present," "Homes in the Future," and "Holmes After Death." On the whole, the majority of the stories are quite worth reading, and I'm glad I encountered these science fictional interpretations of Sherlock Holmes.
I quite liked "The Musgrave Version" by George Alec Effinger, a story told from Reginald Musgrave's point of view about Sherlock Holmes's early ...more
I quite liked "The Musgrave Version" by George Alec Effinger, a story told from Reginald Musgrave's point of view about Sherlock Holmes's early ...more
Mike Resnick is famous for editing & writing weird tales this is an odd ball of weird Holmes set not in Victorian times but in both time & space It is over 20ys since read this so love to read it again.
Quick review: Overall it was probably more good than bad. I liked that the variety in stories meant that even the bad ones didn't matter much. There were a few really good stories too. Not something I'd recommend to many people but if you're into this sort of thing then it's good.
Best stories: The Adventure of the Field Theorems, The Greatest Detective of All Time
Worst Stories: The Mouse and the Master, The Adventure of the Pearly Gates
Short review of all the stories because hey why not right. ...more
Best stories: The Adventure of the Field Theorems, The Greatest Detective of All Time
Worst Stories: The Mouse and the Master, The Adventure of the Pearly Gates
Short review of all the stories because hey why not right. ...more
A collection of Sherlock Holmes stories with a science fiction or fantasy element. Quite a number involve time travel (interactions with The Time Machine particularly popular). Many are parodies, and most of the poor stories are the ones where the humour doesn't work.
Another collection of sci-fi Holmes pastiches; this one is much better than Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space, despite opening, for some bizarre reason, with what's by far the worst story in the whole book. (Profic writers really could learn a thing or two from fandom. Rule No. 1: Don't character bash. Rule No. 2: DON'T CHARACTER BASH.) I suspect this is because all these stories were written specifically for this anthology, while the other was a collection of previously published stuff.
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This is a collection of short-story fanfictions about Sherlock Holmes, all with a speculative fiction bent. There are tales about ghosts and robots and lots and lots of time travel. The best of the bunch is the "The Adventure of the Missing Coffin," a parody by Laura Resnick wherein Holmes is hired by a vampire to find his missing coffin. My least favorite was "A Study in Sussex by Leah A. Zeldes which is truly bizarre. Holmes, while experimenting with immortality, turns himself into a swarm of
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While one or two stories were worth reading the rest were, at best, boring or pointless (one spent a few pages trying to establish that Watson is a jealous, compulsive liar, and that the adventures of Holmes are either made up or another man aided him...that's it, no actual story-line...come to think of it, there were three stories written around this basis in one way or another) and, at worst, offensive to true Sherlock fans (Sherlock is a meth addict with schizophrenia whose sidekick is an
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Not all short stories are wonderful to all audiences. Even ones that are focused on a specific character or idea. This compilation is no exception.
That being said, there is so much that is good here. So many tasty tales and bite-sized bits of Holmesian goodness that will appeal to a variety of fans and folks who like neat stories with a dash of mystery and logic in them.
You probably won't enjoy all of them. I don't and I cannot think of anyone who does. But you should find at least a few ...more
That being said, there is so much that is good here. So many tasty tales and bite-sized bits of Holmesian goodness that will appeal to a variety of fans and folks who like neat stories with a dash of mystery and logic in them.
You probably won't enjoy all of them. I don't and I cannot think of anyone who does. But you should find at least a few ...more
This collection of post-Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories is not the least bit traditional, yet it is entirely enjoyable. Styles range from holding close to feeling like Doyle to nowhere near his type of wording. Sometimes this leads to near incomprehensibility. But whether the story is good, great, or head scratching, it is always compelling.
Dec 13, 2012
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I have always been a classical (or originalist) Sherlockian, meaning a strong point of view that the characters belong and do best in their own time period and location (i.e. Victorian London or thereabouts). However, this volume of short stories, each with a little or a lot of sci-fi elements, was worth a read through. The 26 selections are grouped into four categories: Holmes in the past, in the present, in the future, and after death. Some were silly ("The Sherlock Solution", "The Adventure
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Normally when you collect short stories not all of them are good or even great, but in this case only 2 or 3 of them gave me the feeling that I was reading a Sherlock Holmes story hence the 2 stars.
Of all the stories, the one that struck me the most was the encounter of Holmes with St Peter in heaven, yup Holmes in Heaven!
The stories truly try to take Holmes where he hasn't been before and in that part they succeed. I just wish they could have wrote better stories in those scenarios (past, ...more
Of all the stories, the one that struck me the most was the encounter of Holmes with St Peter in heaven, yup Holmes in Heaven!
The stories truly try to take Holmes where he hasn't been before and in that part they succeed. I just wish they could have wrote better stories in those scenarios (past, ...more
Overall this is a very good theme-anthology which features all things Sherlockian. It's divided into four sections, with Holmes in the past, the present, the future, and after death. As with all such volumes there are highs and lows; it's essentially fan-fiction, after all, and I tended to most enjoy the stories that seemed to me to be closest to the original. Almost all of these stories had a fantasy or science-fiction-themed slant, but I still think Doyle may well have approved.
This one is among the best Sherlock Holmes anthologies I have read, for consistent quality. Out of 26 stories, several were excellent, nearly all were enjoyable, and only a few didn't really work for me.
Anyone with an open mind about departures from the traditional canon approach to Holmes should give this one a look.
Anyone with an open mind about departures from the traditional canon approach to Holmes should give this one a look.
One of the better anthologies, some of the most interesting stories were the ones where Holmes crossed paths with a Vampire, Dr. Fu Manchu, Lewis Carroll, and an author by the name of Arthur Conan Doyle.
As is usual with books of this sort, some were better than others. A few were excellent.
Not bad. Sort of fun to read new Sherlock stories.
I enjoyed this anthology a lot. There's a number of different styles of SF here and different styles of mystery. Well worth a read to mystery fans, Sherlockians, and SF fans as well.
It's a nerve wrecking story...>3<
Jul 16, 2007
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fans of Sherlock Holmes. Scifi readers.
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I bought a second hand copy of this book.
See my note in my blog:
[http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/20...]
See my note in my blog:
[http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/20...]
7/374
Great book with a wide variety of faux-Holmes tales that are delightful to non sci-fi readers as well
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