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| Original Title: | The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| ISBN: | 1597801607 (ISBN13: 9781597801607) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Sherlock Holmes, Mrs Hudson, Dr. John Watson |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Anthology (2010) |
John Joseph Adams
Paperback | Pages: 454 pages Rating: 4.37 | 19583 Users | 323 Reviews
Define Appertaining To Books The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
| Title | : | The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| Author | : | John Joseph Adams |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 454 pages |
| Published | : | September 15th 2009 by Night Shade Books (first published September 1st 2009) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Short Stories. Fantasy. Fiction. Anthologies. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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A Sherlockiana primer / Christopher Roden -- The doctor's case / Stephen King -- The horror of the many faces / Tim Lebbon -- The case of the bloodless sock / Anne Perry -- The adventure of the other detective / Bradley H. Sinor -- A scandal in Montreal / Edward D. Hoch -- The adventure of the field theorems / Vonda N. McIntyre -- The adventure of the death-fetch / Darrell Schweitzer -- The shocking affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland / Mary Robinette Kowal -- The adventure of the mummy's curse / H. Paul Jeffers -- The things that shall come upon them / Barbara Roden -- Murder to music / Anthony Burgess -- The adventure of the inertial adjustor / Stephen Baxter -- Mrs. Hudson's case / Laurie R. King -- The singular habits of wasps / Geoffrey A. Landis -- The affair of the 46th birthday / Amy Myers -- The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey / Peter Tremayne -- The vale of the white horse / Sharyn McCrumb -- The adventure of the Dorset Street lodger / Michael Moorcock -- The adventure of the lost world / Dominic Green -- The adventure of the antiquarian's niece / Barbara Hambly -- Dynamics of a hanging / Tony Pi -- Merridew of abominable memory / Chris Roberson -- Commonplaces / Naomi Novik -- The adventure of the Pirates of Devil's Cape / Rob Rogers -- The adventure of the Green Skull / Mark Valentine -- The human mystery / Tanith Lee -- A study in emerald / Neil Gaiman -- You see but you do not observe / Robert J. Sawyer.Rating Appertaining To Books The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Ratings: 4.37 From 19583 Users | 323 ReviewsColumn Appertaining To Books The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
As with any modern anthology of Sherlock Holmes stories, there are some high points as well as a few lows. And this collection is no different. Some of my favorite stories in this collection are the ones that follow the traditional Doyle formula. And then there are the stories that push the boundaries, taking the reader out of his or her comfort zone and pitting Holmes and Watson against dinosaurs, aliens, demonic spirits, pirates and the like. Some of these unconventional tales are entertainingLike all anthologies, this collection is hit or miss. None of the stories were particularly bad or anything, it's just that not a whole lot of them were particularly awesome, either. A lot of them were fun and entertaining, but also forgettable. (I commented in my status updates with brief thoughts after pretty much every story, so the run down is there.)The ones I remember the most, off hand, though, are:The Doctor's Case A Study in EmeraldThe Vale of the White Horse (i.e. "the one with the
Welcome to the 1st Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Awards Show, where yours truly presents awards to the stories in this anthology as a way to celebrate the honestly fabulous talent displayed in this book. But before I go ahead with declaring the winners, I have a few words to say about the editor of this fine collection. This is the first John Joseph Adams anthology Ive had the pleasure to read, and Im glad to report that it was a wonderful ride. Never had I read a better organized and
I really, really liked this book. I mean, I love Sherlock Holmes, so pretty much anything that's got him it it is good :-). This was also the first time I"ve ever read Holmes stories not by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, so I was a little leery about it, but I was pleasantly surprised. Most of them were good. I enjoyed almost all of them. I mean, some of them you could tell the author really wanted to be writing their own stuff and just inserted Holmes and Watson into their own style("The Specter of
Beloved duoseldom read, often copiedunsuccessfully.
Not for me.
This is a nice collection of pastiches and homages with a fantastic or speculative bent selected from a wide range of sources. There has been a vast number of new works or varying quality featuring Holmes since he entered the public domain, and this volume collects many of the better short pieces that I've tried. (Another favorite is Sherlock Holmes in Orbit edited by Resnick and Greenberg in 1995; Robert Sawyer's excellent story appeared there first.) I quickly became impatient with some of the
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