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Title: Sherlock Holmes: Mysteries of the Victorian Era : by Rock DiLisio ISBN: 0-595-23035-0 Publisher: Writer's Showcase Press Pub. Date: 27 June, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not For The Purest Holmes Fans
Comment: Since we can no longer add to the original 56 stories written by Conan Doyle, we have to accept and be somewhat pleased with anyone who attempts to keep the Sherlock Holmes name in the limelight and allows us to sink into the Victorian Era for ever so short periods of time. I thank the author for that.
This book is not for the pure Holmes fan. It appears to be more of light-hearted attempt at writing some Holmes stories (something that most Holmes followers have done). This is a self-published book (since it is iUniverse) and that must be taken into consideration. A couple of the stories are pretty good and it states this is the author's first book so take it for what it's worth. For entertainment, it's fine.
Rating: 2
Summary: What WAS the author thinking?
Comment: The first story bored The Blade beyond belief! I almost tossed the book (I gotta learn not to buy every book with Sherlock Holmes in the title!) but I forced myself to finish. It's bloody sure Dilisio is not British, nor has he read much British fact or fiction. In fact, he blew it badly. Some stories amused The Blade, so two stars. The only worse pastiche is Michael Dibdin's The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, which indeed should be the last one HE writes. Ditto for this book and dreary Dilisio.
Rating: 3
Summary: New Twists are Intriguing
Comment: This book was interesting in the fact that it was different than other Holmes books. It has some different approaches and moves into some different areas where other Holmes books don't attempt (such as the last story). This is supposedly the author's first book and it's not bad in that regard. I read some of the other reviews and noticed that the "purest" of the Holmes society have once again tried to trash anyone who tries to write out of the original canon. Shame on them. There are some editing problems in the book, but I have found that these are somewhat common from the specific publisher.
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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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Title: Sherlock Holmes: A Duel With the Devil by Roger Jaynes ISBN: 0947533753 Publisher: Breese Books Ltd Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective by Michael Kurland ISBN: 0312280939 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 12 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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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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