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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jun 19, 2016 21:47:15 GMT
I enjoy Davies' work (Veiled Detective, though, did start stronger than it ended), and I was thoroughly engrossed by The Albino's Treasure and The Man From Hell.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jun 27, 2016 22:03:42 GMT
Even Peerless Peer, which I know gets a bum wrap even with Jose Farmer's name attached, wasn't terrible, it was just more pulp than Doyle.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2016 22:47:52 GMT
It's not strictly Holmes, but there's a lot to adore about The Case of the All-Consuming Fire and how it manages to entangle three separate mythoi within its pages -- Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes and H.P. Lovecraft, respectively. It has a love and admiration for all three really.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2016 5:51:45 GMT
I love Nicolas Meyer's Seven Per Cent Solution, though it's as much a deconstruction as a pastiche. The film was good but the book was great.
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Post by aemiliapaula on Jun 29, 2016 18:48:20 GMT
I love Nicolas Meyer's Seven Per Cent Solution, though it's as much a deconstruction as a pastiche. The film was good but the book was great. I have not seen the film but I read a graphic novel of this. I picked up a copy of the novel in a second-hand bookshop and am looking forward to it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2016 19:00:45 GMT
I love Nicolas Meyer's Seven Per Cent Solution, though it's as much a deconstruction as a pastiche. The film was good but the book was great. I have not seen the film but I read a graphic novel of this. I picked up a copy of the novel in a second-hand bookshop and am looking forward to it. It's terrific. I would recommend the film for two reasons - Nicol Williamson as Holmes and Alan Arkin as Freud. Robert Duvall was added as Watson to give it more mianstream US appeal and....his accent has to be heard to be believed. |
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Post by mbt66 on Jul 9, 2016 10:25:03 GMT
I enjoy Davies' work (Veiled Detective, though, did start stronger than it ended), and I was thoroughly engrossed by The Albino's Treasure and The Man From Hell. After your mention of the Veiled Detective I had a look on Amazon at the different pastiche novels available - there are an awful lot of them! I read the original Conan Doyle stories a long time ago, but hadn't thought about reading more Sherlock Holmes. I now have The Giant Rat of Sumatra by Richard L Boyer and The Thinking Engine by James Lovegrove waiting on my kindle. Also I notice that Cavan Scott has written a story called The Patchwork Devil - I wonder if he could adapt it for audio? |
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jul 10, 2016 17:58:24 GMT
I have not seen the film but I read a graphic novel of this. I picked up a copy of the novel in a second-hand bookshop and am looking forward to it. It's terrific. I would recommend the film for two reasons - Nicol Williamson as Holmes and Alan Arkin as Freud. Robert Duvall was added as Watson to give it more mianstream US appeal and....his accent has to be heard to be believed. Honestly, I don't think his accent is all that bad. He doesn't have many lines and Duvall is still a capable enough actor to carry himself past that. |
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Aug 18, 2017 23:17:32 GMT
Murder at Sorrow's Crown was not half bad.
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