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Title: The Singular Adventures of Mr. Sherlock Holmes by Alan Stockwell ISBN: 1-84375-010-4 Publisher: Upso Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Fun, but not the best
Comment: PRO: The author avoids the trap of overloading his stories with gratuitous references to Holmes trivia (the opium syringe, the persian slipper, the coal scuttle, "the game's afoot!" etc.). Thanks to this, the stories read like genuine new Holmes stories and not cookie-cutter pastiches.
CON: However, to me the tone is not authentic. It sounds almost 20th Century American in places, although I understand the author is British. Holmes at times behaves in so un-Holmes-like a way as to suggest that an imposter has taken his place. He tends to be more uncooperative and disagreeable than the Holmes of the canon, and shows some curious intellectual and logical lapses in solving, or failing to solve, the mysteries. He occasionally does things, as in the last story, that Holmes simply wouldn't do.
The stories themselves present true problems (as opposed to being simply action stories featuring a character named Sherlock Holmes). However, the solutions tend to be a bit obvious in some of them.
I will happily read almost any pastiche, and I enjoyed these, but I'd place them no higher than the middle of the pack overall because of the inauthentic tone and sometimes unimaginative plots. (Of course Doyle sets a high standard.)
Rating: 5
Summary: True to original
Comment: Well written pastiche in true Conan Doyle Style. Only criticism is what i consider to be a flaw in the 'alibi' tale - but I won't spoil it for you.... Highly recommended - go buy it!! +++
Rating: 4
Summary: Good going, my dear Stockwell!
Comment: This book captures the heart and soul of Sherlock Holmes quite well except for the last story. There is no way that Holmes would deliberately expose Watson to such danger. Holmes often did not take Watson into his full confidence, simply because Watson was an astutely honest face that was poor at any form of deception. But as Sherlockians may recall in The Adventure of the Three Garridebs when the villian wounds Watson, Holmes coldly informs him that if Watson had been killed the villian would never have left the room alive. So having Holmes expose Watson to deadly danger and then be caviler about it is unthinkable. But the rest of the book is a solid four Sherlock stars! Good work! Write some more and pay more careful attention to detail. The Blade says stay sharp!
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Title: Shadows over Baker Street by Michael Reaves, John Pelan ISBN: 0345455282 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Sherlock Holmes: A Duel With the Devil by Roger Jaynes ISBN: 0947533753 Publisher: Breese Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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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: Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara by Alan Vanneman, Otto Penzler ISBN: 078671297X Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Affair of the Incognito Tenant: A Mystery With Sherlock Holmes by Lora Roberts ISBN: 1880284677 Publisher: John Daniel & Company Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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