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Post by newt5996 on Aug 3, 2019 5:57:11 GMT
So I enjoyed Briggs and Earl as Holmes and Watson in All-Consuming Fire and as I know Big Finish kind of do their own take on Holmes mixing in classic Conan Doyle stories with originals and adaptations of other works I was wondering how best to listen to them? And where to the first two releases fit in?
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Post by muckypup on Aug 3, 2019 9:24:01 GMT
Start with perfidious mariner to get flavour of how they do the non cannon stories.......
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2019 12:55:41 GMT
The Nick Briggs' stories before Perfidious Mariner are standalone.
Speckled Band is (if I remember correctly) a straight reading of the original. Hound of the Baskervilles I found too compressed, being two hours.
Reification of Hans Gerber I loved as a new but traditional Sherlock Holmes story. Holmes and the Ripper less so, but still good.
Tangled Skein is an adaptation of a book. If you want Sherlock Holmes vs vampires, there you go.
Perfidious Mariner through Sacrifice must be listened to in order. I really enjoyed them, putting Sherlock Holmes into a trilogy of Big Finish four-episode box sets. Some elements become slightly fantastical, though.
While Fleet Street Transparency and Master of Blackstone Grange I think are meant to be set in the same universe as the trilogy, they are standalone.
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Post by mbt66 on Aug 3, 2019 13:45:54 GMT
I am assuming that the next release that has been confirmed will be a follow on from the Master of Blackstone Grange.
I really like the Big Finish Sherlock Holmes range, but have to agree with eightelements that they did get too fantastical for my liking towards the end.
And now when I am reading Sherlock Holmes novels, such as the Mrs Hudson trilogy, I hear the Nick Briggs & Richard Earl versions of Holmes and Watson in my head.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Aug 27, 2019 11:44:44 GMT
Personally, I did't mind the fantastical elements that much. Helped give it a different flavour, and I'm a fan of the Titan ranges which do similar things. Funnily though, I thought Skein felt much more compressed than BF's Hound adaptation.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2019 14:43:11 GMT
I have enjoyed them all but Hound is now a very personal favourite...it was so well done I had to buy into the range I have only disliked one story I won’t say which that took it out of my perception of what a Holmes story should be.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2019 15:06:39 GMT
I have enjoyed them all but Hound is now a very personal favourite...it was so well done I had to buy into the range I have only disliked one story I won’t say which that took it out of my perception of what a Holmes story should be. Oh go on - say which one! Was it ...
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... The Adventure of the Fleet Street Transparency?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2019 15:23:46 GMT
I have enjoyed them all but Hound is now a very personal favourite...it was so well done I had to buy into the range I have only disliked one story I won’t say which that took it out of my perception of what a Holmes story should be. Oh go on - say which one! Was it ...
{Spoiler}
... The Adventure of the Fleet Street Transparency?
Spot on lol....you know I could accept Skein but this one I really did wish for a clever explanation but alas
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2019 19:00:12 GMT
Oh go on - say which one! Was it ...
{Spoiler}
... The Adventure of the Fleet Street Transparency?
Spot on lol....you know I could accept Skein but this one I really did wish for a clever explanation but alas I quite enjoyed the story if I'm honest. It is a strange meeting of two larger-than-life characters but it's very well written, I think. I am really looking forward to the promised new stuff next year!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2019 19:06:51 GMT
Spot on lol....you know I could accept Skein but this one I really did wish for a clever explanation but alas I quite enjoyed the story if I'm honest. It is a strange meeting of two larger-than-life characters but it's very well written, I think. I am really looking forward to the promised new stuff next year! Oh it’s not that I didn’t enjoy it I just did not like that particular pay off but even the Doctor Who tale with them in it isn’t a favourite of mine am anal I know lol i can take Doctor Who meeting Conan Doyle But meeting fictional characters. No unless of course they are in the land of fiction.it was like a previous thread with Dark tower series where the author does something that I found just throws me out of the story .Jago and Litefoot meet Conan Doyle that I can take meeting Sherlock no it’s just. Preference that’s all it’s lol fiction in the end isn’t it lol. It works as a story but I tend when I listen to Fleet Street to treat it as. Fictional story told by Watson at a Christmas gathering lol
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2019 19:56:40 GMT
It works as a story but I tend when I listen to Fleet Street to treat it as. Fictional story told by Watson at a Christmas gathering lol That works for me
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Post by pawntake on Dec 2, 2019 8:33:39 GMT
Long time no Sherlock???Ithought we were getting an announcement this year???
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Post by mbt66 on Dec 29, 2019 11:38:37 GMT
Long time no Sherlock???Ithought we were getting an announcement this year??? Yes with them appearing in the current Christmas sale I had hoped for some announcement. I have just looked to see what Richard Earl is doing. No mention of more Doctor Watson having been recorded and he is on tour from the beginning of February, so I hope they have some recording planned for January!
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Post by mbt66 on May 20, 2020 10:35:06 GMT
This coming Sunday, the 22nd of May, has been designated Sherlock Holmes Day!
If every there was a day for Big Finish to release news of their next Sherlock Holmes production this would be it!
And then they can put The Guttering Candle as the free Monday release with the rest of the Jonathan Barnes canon on offer.
Just a bit of idle speculation! The sale won’t be of any interest to me, but the chance to pre-order some more would be.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2020 10:54:22 GMT
This coming Sunday, the 22nd of May, has been designated Sherlock Holmes Day! If every there was a day for Big Finish to release news of their next Sherlock Holmes production this would be it! And then they can put The Guttering Candle as the free Monday release with the rest of the Jonathan Barnes canon on offer. Just a bit of idle speculation! The sale won’t be of any interest to me, but the chance to pre-order some more would be. I think you actually mean this Friday...😊 Totally agree though - a perfect opportunity both for an announcement on future releases (seem to recall reading something about two boxsets, either due out this year or next.) and a weekend sale / weekly deal. (The sale would be of interest to me if the last release was included.)
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Post by mbt66 on May 25, 2020 13:44:52 GMT
Well I was partially right...good news for some regarding the sale, but unfortunately no announcement of anything new.
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Post by The Brigadier on Oct 22, 2020 12:35:04 GMT
With @mark867 posting today about The Tangled Skein going OOP, it's reminded me that there was talk about a boxset or two of new stories being released at some point. Has there been any further updates / announcements on this?
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Post by mark687 on Oct 22, 2020 12:52:35 GMT
With @mark867 posting today about The Tangled Skein going OOP, it's reminded me that there was talk about a boxset or two of new stories being released at some point. Has there been any further updates / announcements on this? I believe the latest is that the Scripts are all done but that cannot find a way for Richard Earl to Record. Regards mark687
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2020 13:04:09 GMT
With @mark867 posting today about The Tangled Skein going OOP, it's reminded me that there was talk about a boxset or two of new stories being released at some point. Has there been any further updates / announcements on this? I believe the latest is that the Scripts are all done but that cannot find a way for Richard Earl to Record. Regards mark687 It's good to hear new recordings are being planned, even if the scheduling needs to be worked out further. These stories are terrific, I listen to them a lot. It's a shame they aren't more regular.
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Post by The Brigadier on Oct 22, 2020 13:21:17 GMT
With @mark867 posting today about The Tangled Skein going OOP, it's reminded me that there was talk about a boxset or two of new stories being released at some point. Has there been any further updates / announcements on this? I believe the latest is that the Scripts are all done but that cannot find a way for Richard Earl to Record. Regards mark687 Ah...thank you for that. I guess until they find a way around the recording issue it's going to be a case of either a) twiddling my thumbs for the next few months while we wait for the new material or b) retreading old ground by starting a relisten from 'The Last Act' onwards. Which thinking about it.. if combined with the last few volumes of Jago and Litefoot and the Paternoster Gang that I STILL haven't got round to listening to..not to mention the newly released volume 4 of Heritage..might be worth doing during December and the run up to Christmas and the New Year. Hmmm..I rather like the idea of that..🤔
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