The Seven-percent Solution (paper)
The first of "rediscovered" Sherlock Holmes adventures, THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION is now a new classic. These reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., recount the unique collaboration of Holmes and the equally great detective of the human psyche, Sigmund Freud, as they solve a mystery on which...
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The first of "rediscovered" Sherlock Holmes adventures, THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION is now a new classic. These reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., recount the unique collaboration of Holmes and the equally great detective of the human psyche, Sigmund Freud, as they solve a mystery on which the lives of millions may depend. "What a splendid book, what grand fun! A corking good read and a crackling good adventure that performs the delicious miracle of bringing back to life the greatest detective of them all." (Chicago Tribune)
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Format: paper
ISBN:
9780345298140 (0345298144)
Publish date: December 12th 1985
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Edition language: English
Series: Nicholas Meyer Holmes Pastiches (#1)
The first half is promising. Unfortunately the promise is never fulfilled. We get a mystery of a dubious quality, almost no resolution to that either, and in the last 10 pages the author suddenly remembers that he had set up a fertile ground for psychoanalysis in the beginning and tries to wrap it u...
One of the things I enjoy about the original Holmes-stories is that they're often so small-scale. Holmes only has to deal with a handful of murderers and in many cases there wasn't even an actual crime comitted. So pastiches in which the fate of the world/Europe/England depend on Holmes abilities......
This is professional fanfic. Interesting in the way it tries very hard to be like canon but falls a little short. It read to me like a angst, hurt/comfort fic with Watson holding vigil besides Holmes in the thrall of cocaine withdrawal. The whole Vienna, German conspiracy plot felt plastered on. The...
I greatly enjoyed this alternative take on Sherlock Holmes' "death" at Reichenbach Falls, in which Sigmund Freud tackles the problem of Holmes' cocaine addiction. One of the better Holmes pastiches I've read.
Sigmund Freud cures Sherlock Holmes of his cocaine addiction, forces him to deal with his issues regarding Professor Moriarty, and gets involved in Holmes' case, complete with battle on the roof of a train. What more could you ask for?
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