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Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#1: Jan 9th 2010 at 7:10:53 AM

We have a thread for the film, so why not one about the literary corpus?

I'm currently reading through The Sign Of The Four. I have the Adventures, the Memoirs, and His Last Bow with me, too.

edited 9th Jan '10 7:11:02 AM by Kinkajou

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#2: Jan 9th 2010 at 8:04:00 AM

The Valley of Fear is definitely my favourite. Not only does it have an amazing name, the backstory is terrific and kept me enthralled when I first read it (I admit, I would be around twelve.)

On a related note, I love the Five Orange Pips, in spite of its pretty cynical and depressing message.

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#3: Jan 9th 2010 at 8:09:14 AM

Well, the Ku Klux Klan plays a major role in that one.

Just finished The Sign of the Four.

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#4: Jan 9th 2010 at 3:05:36 PM

The Sign of the Four is one of my favorites, because of the weird backstory.

Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#5: Jan 9th 2010 at 6:16:08 PM

Has to do with the Mutiny of 1857 and the chaos that followed, right?

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blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#6: Jan 9th 2010 at 9:23:39 PM

Hound of the Baskervilles.

I have the volume that is the recreation of the original stories as published in whatever the hell the magazine was. With illustrations.

Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#7: Jan 9th 2010 at 10:06:31 PM

Published in Strand magazine, with illustrations by Sidney Paget.

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wellinever Last woman standing from Australia Since: Jan, 2001
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#8: Jan 10th 2010 at 4:22:01 AM

I love Scandal. I know that Irene tends to get drummed up in Fanon far more than she should but just the idea of anyone suprising Holmes is awesome.

DarkWolf A manly pony am I from The Little Red Dot Since: Nov, 2009
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#9: Jan 10th 2010 at 5:12:22 AM

Ah, Sherlock Holmes stories. I got both volumes 4 years ago. I found "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" rather interesting at the conclusion. And seeing Watson meet Sherlock Holmes in "A Study of Scarlet" was cool.

"You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."
Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#10: Jan 10th 2010 at 5:26:01 AM

Nobody discussing how nobody likes the second half of A Study in Scarlet?

I think The Case-Book was Doyle's worst, but still pretty good.

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wellinever Last woman standing from Australia Since: Jan, 2001
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#11: Jan 10th 2010 at 6:15:41 AM

Second half of Scarlett is weird and boring and totally politically incorrect. I don't see why it's needed.

There. It's done.

BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
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#12: Jan 10th 2010 at 6:52:15 AM

The portrayal of the Mormons as an evil cult was ridiculous and outdatedly offensive, and kinda ruined it for me. Apart from that I thought it was fairly good; it was sort of thriller-like.

I preferred The Valley of Fear, though.

edited 10th Jan '10 6:53:28 AM by BobbyG

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#13: Jan 10th 2010 at 9:50:44 AM

But there was a sub-cult of Mormons, called the Danites, who were pretty foul characters, and fit the image presented pretty well. It's worth doing some reading about them. All the shit-stirring wasn't on one side, granted.

Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#14: Jan 10th 2010 at 4:33:53 PM

Now reading The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

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RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#15: Jan 10th 2010 at 9:56:47 PM

I'm wondering how the backstory part of A Study In Scarlet is supposed to fit into the Literary Agent Hypothesis, seeing as how it's got third person omniscient narration and includes information Jefferson Hope didn't have the chance to relate to anyone before dying.

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#16: Jan 10th 2010 at 9:58:18 PM

That's why I was never a fan of the Literary Agent Hypothesis.

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RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#17: Jan 10th 2010 at 10:23:38 PM

But see, even if you don't buy into it, in The Sign of Four Watson mentions that he had published an account of the Jefferson Hope case as A Study in Scarlet. So presumably, in universe, A Study in Scarlet exists, which makes you wonder how Watson found out some of that stuff during the Utah chapters.

Or maybe that explains everything. Watson didn't know a whole lot about the events in Utah, only what Jefferson Hope said in his statement to the police, so filled the rest in with his own fictionalization.

Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#18: Jan 10th 2010 at 10:26:32 PM

That could work.

Anything you're reading now?

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wellinever Last woman standing from Australia Since: Jan, 2001
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#19: Jan 10th 2010 at 10:31:52 PM

I'm re-reading the adventures.

On the topic of the Five Orange Pips is anyone else slightly dissapointed that we didn't get to see Holmes actually take on the Klan. Because that would be awesome.

Dec Stayin' Alive from The Dance Floor Since: Aug, 2009
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#20: Jan 11th 2010 at 4:34:13 AM

Reading The Sign of the Four, which happens to be my fist story in the Sherlock Holmes universe, so I'm going to do a lot of tldr in this thread until I have a few more under my belt. Not even a hint of spoilerish material for me!tongue

Actually, so far its been more like listening than reading, because reading stuff off of a computer screen gets a little tiring after a while.

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Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#21: Jan 11th 2010 at 4:36:30 AM

^^ Well, in The Resident Patient. Holmes also didn't take on the Worthingdon bank gang.

^ I think that's the one which introduced an Official Couple.

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Dec Stayin' Alive from The Dance Floor Since: Aug, 2009
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#22: Jan 11th 2010 at 4:54:24 AM

It seems like it. Watson's Narration telling us that Ms. Morstan has "has often told me, there was in her also the instinct to turn to me for comfort and protection." while they're holding hands seems to hint at it pretty strongly.

I'm only about halfway through it, though.

edited 11th Jan '10 4:54:54 AM by Dec

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Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#23: Jan 11th 2010 at 4:56:06 AM

It's certainly better than A Study in Scarlet, for me at least.

And remember: Holmes can tell you take Turkish baths from looking at your English slippers!

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wellinever Last woman standing from Australia Since: Jan, 2001
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#24: Jan 26th 2010 at 2:00:15 AM

I've just finished "The Sign of Four"

Meh...

There was no real mystery save finding the boat, the description of the islander was like being stabbed in the eye and I'm sorry to say Mary and Watson's love is pretty shallow. I know it's the second story but still the only thing I really enjoyed was the first chapter. Then it all went downhill.

edited 26th Jan '10 2:26:34 AM by wellinever

Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#25: Jan 26th 2010 at 2:50:03 AM

I liked The Reigate Squire.

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