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Title: My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective by Michael Kurland ISBN: 0-312-28093-9 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 12 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Nice to have other viewpoints than Watson
Comment: I enjoyed this book very much, although some of the stories were shakey. I was pleased to note that I have shared magazine space with one author, Michael Mallory, author of the Amelia Watson series which ran in Murderous Intent Magazine, which also published my gallows-humor poem "He Escaped". One often wonders just what others thought of Holmes when Mrs. Hudson is always described as "long-suffering" and Lestrade and Co. as "The best of a bad lot." Then there was Watson's wives, who surely must have been the world's most understanding women. And Irene "The Woman" Adler-Norton: Did she really consider Holmes "The Man" or just another "fool man"? Great stuff, guys and gals! Four Sherlock stars from the Blade. And Mr. Mallory, I really must find me a copy of your book "The Adventures of the Second Mrs. Watson". I read all the ones in my subscription to Murderous Intent with relish!
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't bother
Comment: For want of a new Sherlock Holmes pastiche collection to read, I decided to give this one a try after reading about it in Booklist. The premise sounded interesting; alas, it plays out poorly. Holmes is so far out of character in most of these that it's not even funny. Yes, these stories are supposed to be other characters' views of him, but they could have at least retained some spirit of Doyle's original. Instead many writers take Holmes' character and run with it. For instance, the story involving Irene Adler's relationship with Holmes is not only unoriginal but ridiculous. I hope that there will be a new collection of pastiches, one that vastly outweighs this one in the quality department.
Rating: 5
Summary: unique accounts of encounters with Holmes
Comment: Though it would seem that every Doyle character and anyone of real fame or not the so famous from the late Victorian Era has had a shot at moving aside Watson to provide their Holmes viewpoint. This anthology proves that Dr. Watson has many more bedfellows as thirteen individuals, one to a tale, tells their side of a relationship with Holmes. Each contribution is quite good as the authors do more than just genuflect to the master by relating a thrilling adventure. Thus the Baker St. Irregulars will find MY SHERLOCK HOLMES a clever well-written anthology in which each protagonist or in some cases antagonist provides a unique first person account of an encounter with the sleuth.
Harriet Klausner
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Title: Murder, My Dear Watson: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes by Martin Harry Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower ISBN: 0786710810 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Ted Riccardi ISBN: 1400060656 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Shadows Over Baker Street by Michael Reaves, John Pelan ISBN: 0345455282 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Singular Adventures of Mr. Sherlock Holmes by Alan Stockwell ISBN: 1843750104 Publisher: UPSO Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Story for Which the World Is Not Yet Prepared by Stephen Pierce ISBN: 1401053920 Publisher: Xlibris Corporation Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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