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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2019 2:15:49 GMT
In hindsight, the timing of this release in 2015 has a rather nice bit of serendipity to it: Andy Lane, the original author, was also writing a Young Sherlock Holmes series at the time. His last published novel for the range, Night Break, was released a couple months before All-Consuming Fire's adaptation. He was unavailable to adapt his Sherlock Holmes story... because he was writing his Sherlock Holmes story.  If anyone's hankering for more Holmes vis-à-vis Lane, there are now eight books in total to scoop up and devour. |
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Post by Ela on Apr 11, 2019 12:56:37 GMT
Interesting. I didn't know that. Wondering how good the novel was.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 21:55:07 GMT
Interesting. I didn't know that. Wondering how good the novel was. Pretty good, it got me into the actual Sherlock Holmes ouvre by proxy. There's a lot of care and poetry put into ensuring that it feels like something written by Conan Doyle. Same style, emphasis and wry observations, but transposed into the England you'd see in Doctor Who. It does that same trick as Cold Fusion where it started off as a Season 19 story and ended up a New Adventure. In this case, it begins as a Holmes story, then gently slides over into the Cthulhu mythos through the course of the book (with Doctor Who tying it altogether beneath *wiggles fingers*).
It's beautifully written. Lane seemed to be a definite fan of all three and makes the meld seem wholly natural. I try to make a habit of rereading it when I can.
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If anyone's hankering for more Holmes vis-à-vis Lane, there are now eight books in total to scoop up and devour.
