There is a scene in chapter one of the Sign of the Four that shines a light on the absurdity of how Sherlock Holmes solves crimes. The first step of Holmes' method is to have ludicrous amounts of detailed information about every topic at instantaneous recall. Second, you have to accept that definiti...
This is my first real dive into the world of Sherlock Holmes, aside from a couple of short stories, so I'm not sure how A Study in Scarlet ranks in comparison. But I have a few thoughts, from my SH newbie status: The origin story of Dr. Watson meeting and understanding SH's work was fascinating an...
The writing is atmospheric and descriptive enough to make this short horror story entertaining, but I might have strained my eyeballs by rolling them so hard through this story of an honorable man whose life and reputation is ruined by the spiteful woman he rejected. Give an ugly woman a little bit ...
This is a great mystery, told in the same sparse but eloquent style used with the Holmes stories. I could, and did as I was reading, nitpick about a few things, which is why I went with 4 stars. Don't ask me what they were though; I just finished it, and yet can't put my finger on what I found lac...
Dr. Watson kehrt aus den Kolonien nach London zurück. Er trifft unversehens durch einen alten Bekannten einen Sonderling: Sherlock Holmes. Ab sofort teilen sie sich eine Unterkunft und Dr. Watson wird durch seinen detektivischen Mitbewohner laufend auf's Neue verblüfft."Eine Studie in Scharlachrot" ...
This Dover edition bundles work by Arthur Conan Doyle, and in the introduction states that Doyle in his later life had troubles to promote his other works due to the popularity of the Sherlock Holmes novels. Since this collection is mainly taken up by SH, it is easy to comprehend this statement. Mos...
I pulled this out intending to do my annual Christmas read of The Blue Carbuncle, but made the mistake of glancing at the introduction. 12 chapters of introduction later, I finally read The Blue Carbuncle yesterday. Baring-Gould didn't so much as introduce the annotated volumes and write a short ...
After one year and almost four months, our buddy read, or rather "buddy listen", of the complete Sherlock Holmes canon narrated by Stephen Fry came to an end tonight. I'm still in shock, and I'm sure grief will set in at some point, too. I've immensely enjoyed reading the stories every week an...
An entertianing collection of all the Professor Challenger stories. The Lost World was the best story in the collection. DESCRIPTION: "These lively, varied and thought-provoking science-fiction stories (from the era of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells) are linked by their imposing central character, t...
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