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In the New Yorker...
southendmd:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 07, 2011, 09:40:15 pm ---Pooh! Sherlock Holmes and John Watson ain't queer. ... ;D
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Well, Sherlock sure seems to think he has good gaydar:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zG8CbCiBD4[/youtube]
Monika:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 06, 2011, 12:07:06 pm --- I had never thought about Conan Doyle and Wilde moving in the same circles.
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I wouldn´t have guessed it either. Cool to know.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 07, 2011, 11:01:10 pm ---Nobody's business but theirs. ;D
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:laugh:
Front-Ranger:
Last night I was reading Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes, a kind of collection of fan fiction. The first story by Stuart Kaminsky, "The Man From Capetown" had the climactic murder scene set at the Cadogan Hotel, described as "known to be the London residence of Lilly Langtree and rumoured to be an occasional hideaway of the notorious playwright Oscar Wilde. "
It is too soon to say since I'm just on the second story, but so far the writing doesn't measure up to Doyle. But it is interesting to see how the various authors interpret his work.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Tony-Ranger on August 08, 2011, 01:41:44 pm ---Last night I was reading Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes, a kind of collection of fan fiction. The first story by Stuart Kaminsky, "The Man From Capetown" had the climactic murder scene set at the Cadogan Hotel, described as "known to be the London residence of Lilly Langtree and rumoured to be an occasional hideaway of the notorious playwright Oscar Wilde. "
It is too soon to say since I'm just on the second story, but so far the writing doesn't measure up to Doyle. But it is interesting to see how the various authors interpret his work.
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It happens. For years I wanted to read the stories where Holmes goes after Dracula and then after Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. When I finally found a copy of the book, I found both stories kind of disappointing.
OTOH, I enjoyed Nicholas Meyer's "editions" of a few long-lost manuscripts of Dr. Watson. ;D
I suppose all True Believers still hope for the discovery of the manuscript of the case involving the Giant Rat of Sumatra. ;D
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