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.
The mayo-lution will not be televised.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."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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INT is knowing a tomato is a fruit. WIS is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. CHA is convincing people that it does.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.
That's why I was never a fan of the Literary Agent Hypothesis.
INT is knowing a tomato is a fruit. WIS is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. CHA is convincing people that it does.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.
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!
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.
^^ 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.
INT is knowing a tomato is a fruit. WIS is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. CHA is convincing people that it does.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
Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit Deviantart.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

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
INT is knowing a tomato is a fruit. WIS is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. CHA is convincing people that it does.