Baker Street Elementary – When It Rains It Pours

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“” [] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-96GayHG0Auw/Xwp-KzS-N4I/AAAAAAABN5g/AyC3ZFSN3rk9Lc8IZ83YW872aKinZc7FwCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B84.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-96GayHG0Auw/Xwp-KzS-N4I/AAAAAAABN5g/AyC3ZFSN3rk9Lc8IZ83YW872aKinZc7FwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B84.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>As Londoners, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were no strangers to inclement weather. From the stormy night that Watson writes about in "The Five Orange Pips" ("the wind cried and sobbed like a child in the chimney") to the torrents in "The Golden Pince-Nez" (requiring "overcoats and cravats and galoshes, and every aid that man ever invented to fight the weather"), it's simply part of the accepted climate of England.</div><div><br /></div><div>In "The Resident Patient" though, we find them curled up in the confines of Baker Street as the October weather whips around outside. In that opening, we find this lovely paragraph:</div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 1em;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 1em;">"I cannot be sure of the exact date, for some of my memoranda upon the matter have been mislaid, but it must have been towards the end of the first year during which Holmes and I shared chambers in Baker Street. It was boisterous October weather, and we had both remained indoors all day, I because I feared with my shaken health to face the keen autumn wind, while he was deep in some of those abstruse chemical investigations which absorbed him utterly as long as he was engaged upon them. Towards evening, however, the breaking of a test-tube brought his research to a premature ending, and he sprang up from his chair with an exclamation of impatience and a clouded brow.</span></div><div><p style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1em;">'A day’s work ruined, Watson,” said he, striding across to the window. “Ha! the stars are out and the wind has fallen. What do you say to a ramble through London?'"</p></div></blockquote><div><p style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1em;"></p></div><div><br /></div><div>There's an interesting asterisk that goes with this opening, however: if you're reading the book version of "The Resident Patient" as found in <i>The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes</i>, you'll note that the famous "mind-reading scene" from "The Cardboard Box" is included (it was added to RESI when <i>The Memoirs</i> went to print, as CARD was omitted due to concerns over is risque content). The paragraph above comes from the <i>Strand Magazine</i> version of the story.</div><div><br /></div><div>On to the rain-soaked students at Baker Street Elementary...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0rkXw4JYRRE/Xwp-gry2RSI/AAAAAAABN50/q77GsX4viBcPg1MZ2PW_ldK_F1O5r4xJACLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B84.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0rkXw4JYRRE/Xwp-gry2RSI/AAAAAAABN50/q77GsX4viBcPg1MZ2PW_ldK_F1O5r4xJACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B84.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2tAPIINnS-I/Xwp-gwdnEbI/AAAAAAABN58/zAJsRTVsV60UqxOsh-Y_o5QKfQhQ4g96ACLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B84.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2tAPIINnS-I/Xwp-gwdnEbI/AAAAAAABN58/zAJsRTVsV60UqxOsh-Y_o5QKfQhQ4g96ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B84.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aQI_sKVijtk/Xwp-gx_RADI/AAAAAAABN54/Sq8ptEeOCP4N6F3QSrCKOf_zLs5iUirQACLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B84.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aQI_sKVijtk/Xwp-gx_RADI/AAAAAAABN54/Sq8ptEeOCP4N6F3QSrCKOf_zLs5iUirQACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B84.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WXypLspOKcw/Xwp-g4nir5I/AAAAAAABN6A/m2odrPg_MUownpIQR66x3aSrzFabbS_2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B84.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WXypLspOKcw/Xwp-g4nir5I/AAAAAAABN6A/m2odrPg_MUownpIQR66x3aSrzFabbS_2QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary%2B84.5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F-VumJdilF0/WJa_9TrpA3I/AAAAAAAAuO8/52U-hZ7WY4Qz2Oqo84lF8KQnF0zynZ5YQCPcB/s1600/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F-VumJdilF0/WJa_9TrpA3I/AAAAAAAAuO8/52U-hZ7WY4Qz2Oqo84lF8KQnF0zynZ5YQCPcB/s640/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br />--<br /></div>

Baker Street Elementary – When It Rains It Pours

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by Scott Monty

New Game: Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"the game's afoot" [ABBE] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uh8V5A4RwEA/XwQABLd3dmI/AAAAAAABNzg/PDDzlvp3Gp8z3L-bRzmd-TVZynbuqTcZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1356/SHBSI%2BLogo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1356" height="436" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uh8V5A4RwEA/XwQABLd3dmI/AAAAAAABNzg/PDDzlvp3Gp8z3L-bRzmd-TVZynbuqTcZwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h436/SHBSI%2BLogo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The last time we spoke with Michael McClure, BSI ("Stimson and Co.") was on <a href="ihose.co/ihose164" target="_blank">Episode 164</a>, where we talked about his interest in Popeye and the soon-to-be-revealed Sherlock Holmes statue in Chester, IL.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mike also has also been hard at work, through Baskerville Productions, on creating a new game called <b><a href="https://www.baskervilleproductions.com/shbsi" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars</a></b>, launching today on <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/846261475/the-original-sherlock-holmes-and-his-baker-street-irregulars" target="_blank"><b>Kickstarter</b></a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>This is the first tabletop game to be deeply anchored in all 60 Sherlock Holmes stories. It consists of artwork representing the characters, both Villains and Victims, that have been painstakingly fleshed out for a spectacular “first-look” at the varied characters that populated Conan Doyle’s tales. </div><div><br /></div><div>The art is detailed, and those in Sherlockian circles may be able to identify some of their fellow Sherlockians on the four sets of cards (leave us a comment below if you think you can guess who's who!).</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Set 1</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nWuzgsmqMrI/XwQHz-fHozI/AAAAAAABNzw/dNZ5ypdzzPMZIBBclX5iAc3SV-KJGPZIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1050/1%2B-%2B3GAB%2BWitness.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="750" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nWuzgsmqMrI/XwQHz-fHozI/AAAAAAABNzw/dNZ5ypdzzPMZIBBclX5iAc3SV-KJGPZIgCLcBGAsYHQ/w143-h200/1%2B-%2B3GAB%2BWitness.png" width="143" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K-qawQBpNsI/XwQHz-5eEpI/AAAAAAABNz0/QzTi7dfH_z421VKOMvXHbsd6cqNZD2Z5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1050/1%2B-%2B3STU%2BWitness.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Like other iterations of Sherlock Holmes, this game can serve as a gateway to each player’s further exploration of Conan Doyle’s original works. </div><div><br /></div><div><div>Each competitor, having chosen one of five Inspectors of Scotland Yard (or one of five Woman’s Patrol members), receives 13 Baker Street Irregulars (shilling-sized chips representing the boys and girls that Sherlock often employed) to aid them in their investigations. The BSI act as the game “currency” as they secure witnesses, locations and artifacts that supply the evidence needed to arrest some of the Canon’s most heinous Villains. Holmes, Watson, and Wiggins are available to help with each round, but the Inspectors are attempting to prove their own mettle and earn the title of “Rival to Sherlock Holmes.”</div><div><br /></div><div>Lestrade is a playable part of the game (Plot Twist cards), but when he weighs in, things tend to go awry. A player may choose from 5 male Inspectors and 5 female volunteers from the Woman's Patrol. </div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wCmLrBNulqo/XwQNjh91aAI/AAAAAAABN2c/jqAzTse1aVsKIEHbULUI1TMSJC8vtBPuwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Pre%2BAd%2B8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="2048" height="336" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wCmLrBNulqo/XwQNjh91aAI/AAAAAAABN2c/jqAzTse1aVsKIEHbULUI1TMSJC8vtBPuwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h336/Pre%2BAd%2B8.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The Kickstarter campaign includes other goodies: a metal miniature replica of the Chester Baskerville Society’s “Sherlock Holmes Statue of America.” The included mini-monument serves as a trophy for the player that succeeds where all others fail. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RO4rulNhrfA/XwQNrlHWjjI/AAAAAAABN2g/wNl10aR1_Dk9yxXKwNgmeIPmT3sdpJTawCLcBGAsYHQ/s827/Bronzed%2Bfinal%2Bfigure.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="456" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RO4rulNhrfA/XwQNrlHWjjI/AAAAAAABN2g/wNl10aR1_Dk9yxXKwNgmeIPmT3sdpJTawCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Bronzed%2Bfinal%2Bfigure.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Also, for the first 72 hours only—a Kickstarter funding exclusive—a beautiful commemorative coin featuring Holmes and his Irregulars and serving as a directional reminder during gameplay, will be given to funders.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/846261475/the-original-sherlock-holmes-and-his-baker-street-irregulars" target="_blank">Please join the launch</a> of a resource that supports the mission to educate those unfamiliar with Sherlock Holmes and to provide quality entertainment for his most devoted fans. </div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3qi2_w23t9g" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Abbreviated directions for play:</h4><div>Ready to travel back in time to Victorian London?  In “The Original Sherlock Holmes and his Baker Street Irregulars,” you take on the role of an inspector or a women’s patrol volunteer, as you attempt to arrest London’s greatest criminals.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>To set up the game, shuffle each deck of evidence cards with matching roman numerals.  Shuffle the villain deck and reveal the top 5 villain cards.  Then shuffle the Plot Twist deck and set it to the side.</div><div>Each player picks a color, grabs the wooden cube and 13 BSI tokens of that color, and is a dealt random inspector card.  Use the players’ cubes to randomly determine the player order and place those cubes on the arresting order board, starting in the 1 position.  Now you’re ready to begin. </div><div><br /></div><div>The game consists of 4 rounds, and each round is broken up into 4 cycles of card drafting.  Each cycle consists of 3 phases: the investigate, arrest and tail phase.  Start each round by drawing a number of cards from each of the 5 evidence decks equal to the number of players (for example: in a 3 player game, draw 3 cards from each deck).  Shuffle those cards together and deal 5 cards to each player.  Once players have their cards, a Plot Twist card is revealed and the effect is resolved.  Now it’s time for the Investigate Phase.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the investigate phase, players look at their cards, choose one to keep and pass the rest to their neighbor. Once all players have chosen their card, the cards are flipped and each player spends the required number of BSI tokens based on the cost in the bottom right corner of the card.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next is the arrest phase. Player order follows the arresting order board, starting with position 1, where each player decides if they will arrest an active villain. To arrest a villain, a player must posses evidence cards with the icons matching the icons at the bottom of the villain card. If a player chooses to arrest a villain, they take that Villain card and flip over their evidence cards used to arrest them. A new villain is drawn to replace the  spot, and the player’s cube is moved to the bottom of the arresting order, and all other cubes are shifted up.</div><div><br /></div><div>Once each player has decided to arrest or not, the tailing phase begins. Again, player order follows the arresting order board, each player has the opportunity to use one BSI tokens to tail a villain. To do this, a player places their token on a villain. During a later arrest phase, that villain will now require one less icon to arrest for that player. Players are not allowed to tail more than one villain and only get their BSI token back if they or someone else arrests that villain.</div><div><br /></div><div>After the tail phase, players pick up the cards passed by their neighbor and start the next cycle’s arresting phase. This cycle is repeated 4 times per round. On the fourth cycle, during the investigate phase, each player will choose one card and discard the other to the center of the table. After the 4th tail phase of the round, players will start the BSI Bonus phase. Here the remaining Evidence cards, along with the Holmes, Wiggins and Watson character boards are placed in the center of the table. Starting with the player with the most remaining BSI tokens and going in descending order, each player chooses one item from the cards and boards in the middle of the table. At this point, players take back all their spent BSI tokens and prepare to start the next round.</div><div><br /></div><div>This process is repeated over 4 rounds, each round starting with being dealt 5 new evidence cards and revealing a new plot twist card. After 4 rounds, each player totals up their victory points based on villains they arrested as well as the secret objectives on their inspector cards. The player with the most victory points is crowned as Rival to the Sherlock Holmes and is the recipient of the metal Holmes trophy included in the game… until the next time the game is played when they must prove their skills as a detcetive again.</div><div><br /></div><div>The game plays 1-4 players (possibly 5 if stretch goals are met), ages 12 and up and plays in 30 to 45 minutes. Think you’ve got what it takes to rival the great Sherlock Holmes? Hurry inspectors, the game is afoot!</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Additional sample images from card sets</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q8X24S1rzQY/XwQMlFZH7YI/AAAAAAABN1o/fyLvRiOhPCIz2UkLbL5vQW2bAavgiKRkACLcBGAsYHQ/s1050/2%2B-%2BGOLD%2BWitness.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="750" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q8X24S1rzQY/XwQMlFZH7YI/AAAAAAABN1o/fyLvRiOhPCIz2UkLbL5vQW2bAavgiKRkACLcBGAsYHQ/w143-h200/2%2B-%2BGOLD%2BWitness.png" width="143" /></a> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w39hZi6a5TQ/XwQMlJ-DQXI/AAAAAAABN1s/k4OZkwFX1toTpaX4V_RUZO4SRXFLskp9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1050/4%2B-%2BBOSC%2BWitness.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="750" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w39hZi6a5TQ/XwQMlJ-DQXI/AAAAAAABN1s/k4OZkwFX1toTpaX4V_RUZO4SRXFLskp9gCLcBGAsYHQ/w143-h200/4%2B-%2BBOSC%2BWitness.png" width="143" /></a> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Hw_h9ULrWs/XwQMlM5yheI/AAAAAAABN1k/TEUpSknqpmY4wpMF7c62kxNIi7qW7St7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1050/4%2B-%2BDANC%2BWitness.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="750" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Hw_h9ULrWs/XwQMlM5yheI/AAAAAAABN1k/TEUpSknqpmY4wpMF7c62kxNIi7qW7St7gCLcBGAsYHQ/w143-h200/4%2B-%2BDANC%2BWitness.png" width="143" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cbq4SpoU3F8/XwQMlpEnRuI/AAAAAAABN1w/cT3cIlgd23EBnGmhPKNrRpSjTeOuS6ulgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1050/4%2B-%2BDEVI%2BWitness.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="750" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cbq4SpoU3F8/XwQMlpEnRuI/AAAAAAABN1w/cT3cIlgd23EBnGmhPKNrRpSjTeOuS6ulgCLcBGAsYHQ/w143-h200/4%2B-%2BDEVI%2BWitness.png" width="143" /></a> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q4xW5gbETQI/XwQMlweRp1I/AAAAAAABN10/sMoY2vPYErcLYKxc-mLVAYXeAsK0t20VACLcBGAsYHQ/s1050/4%2B-%2BGREE%2BWitness.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="750" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q4xW5gbETQI/XwQMlweRp1I/AAAAAAABN10/sMoY2vPYErcLYKxc-mLVAYXeAsK0t20VACLcBGAsYHQ/w143-h200/4%2B-%2BGREE%2BWitness.png" width="143" /></a> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i_K_I8kudyE/XwQMl03sOgI/AAAAAAABN14/61bZWHgfERUqMGhya50MnBAIUTs2EDhlACLcBGAsYHQ/s1050/4%2B-%2BIDEN%2BWitness.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="750" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i_K_I8kudyE/XwQMl03sOgI/AAAAAAABN14/61bZWHgfERUqMGhya50MnBAIUTs2EDhlACLcBGAsYHQ/w143-h200/4%2B-%2BIDEN%2BWitness.png" width="143" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E87mdOX52J0/XwQMmHYkg9I/AAAAAAABN18/KmRDUKcouiAVGQfjF5eug6Fq0c6iglWVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1050/5%2B-%2BABBE%2BWitness.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="750" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E87mdOX52J0/XwQMmHYkg9I/AAAAAAABN18/KmRDUKcouiAVGQfjF5eug6Fq0c6iglWVgCLcBGAsYHQ/w143-h200/5%2B-%2BABBE%2BWitness.png" width="143" /></a> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CSxBVzAxYyA/XwQMmdRA6WI/AAAAAAABN2E/nv2wFDRYd5UROeY9xB1jNSyr5FFgiQShgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1050/5%2B-%2BLION%2BWitness.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="750" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CSxBVzAxYyA/XwQMmdRA6WI/AAAAAAABN2E/nv2wFDRYd5UROeY9xB1jNSyr5FFgiQShgCLcBGAsYHQ/w143-h200/5%2B-%2BLION%2BWitness.png" width="143" /></a> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5wjH_Pbw7OY/XwQMmUpXImI/AAAAAAABN2A/XL50ejcz_LccovYwFRODrq937M6K4AM5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1050/5%2B-%2BSILV%2BWitness.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="750" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5wjH_Pbw7OY/XwQMmUpXImI/AAAAAAABN2A/XL50ejcz_LccovYwFRODrq937M6K4AM5gCLcBGAsYHQ/w143-h200/5%2B-%2BSILV%2BWitness.png" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">--</div><div><br /></div>

New Game: Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars

"the game's afoot" [ABBE]  The last time we spoke with Michael McClure, BSI ("Stimson and Co.") was on Episode 164 ,...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 195: MX Publishing

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“enterprise and originality” [COPP] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nMFnqSv5CEc/Xvs4rwquoYI/AAAAAAABNkM/b7XSgQ6iQMYL4NfTJR2_PN9u-Ehdn5p5QCK4BGAsYHg/s1024/MX%2BPublishing%2Bheader.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nMFnqSv5CEc/Xvs4rwquoYI/AAAAAAABNkM/b7XSgQ6iQMYL4NfTJR2_PN9u-Ehdn5p5QCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h320/MX%2BPublishing%2Bheader.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>When Steve and Sharon Emecz founded MX Publishing, it had a very different purpose than it does today. And while most Sherlockians know the outfit for its many pastiches (particularly through the <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/07/behind-worlds-largest-new-sherlock.html">MX Collection</a> edited by David Marcum), there's much more going on here than one might realize.<div><br /></div><div>Steve Emecz joined us to talk about what drives him and how MX has grown to become a wide-ranging publisher with over 400 books and 150 authors under its imprint. Not to mention how they support a number of charitable causes such as Stepping Stones School at Undershaw, Happy Life Children's Home in Nairobi, the American Cancer Society, and the World Food Programme, and how it's possible that a publisher can be carbon-positive.</div><div><br /></div><div>There's definitely more than meets the eye with MX Publishing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Once again, our popular <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz is back, and we reveal the secret behind the origin of these short stanzas. 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Episode 195: MX Publishing

“enterprise and originality” [COPP]  When Steve and Sharon Emecz founded MX Publishing, it had a very different purpose than it does today. ...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Tongue In Cheek

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“if I could but silence that foul tongue” [BOSC] </h4><div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QkwWVkNplag/XvgBLBXugMI/AAAAAAABNiA/N5-mf5DG61AAB3HM1WZrhj1erCJd5Nh5gCK4BGAsYHg/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary83.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QkwWVkNplag/XvgBLBXugMI/AAAAAAABNiA/N5-mf5DG61AAB3HM1WZrhj1erCJd5Nh5gCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary83.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>"You have a grand gift of silence, Watson," Sherlock Holmes told Dr. Watson in "The Man with the Twisted Lip." </div><div><br /></div><div>The context was that Holmes was driving out to The Cedars in Lee, taking Watson with him on the case. "Holmes drove in silence, with his head sunk upon his breast, and the air of a man who is lost in thought." He appreciated Watson's willingness to allow him to think to himself and expressed it after complimenting Watson's gift: "It makes you quite invaluable as a companion."</div><div><br /></div><div>It's clearly something Watson is comfortable with. In "The Yellow Face," he mentions another extended silence in Holmes's presence: </div><div><div><blockquote>"For two hours we rambled about together, in silence for the most part, as befits two men who know each other intimately."</blockquote></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Silence proves useful for Sherlock Holmes in a number of instances as he ruminates on details and conversations.</div><div><br /></div><div>In "The Five Orange Pips," Watson tells us Holmes </div><div><blockquote>"sat for some time in silence, with his head sunk forward and his eyes bent upon the red glow of the fire. Then he lit his pipe, and leaning back in his chair he watched the blue smoke-rings as they chased each other up to the ceiling."</blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>After a visit from Lord Bellinger and the Right Honourable Trelawney Hope in "The Second Stain," Holmes needed to consider all angles of attack:</div><div><div><blockquote>"When our illustrious visitors had departed Holmes lit his pipe in silence, and sat for some time lost in the deepest thought."</blockquote></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Sherlock Holmes took his business seriously. After listening to Helen Stoner's harrowing tale, </div><div><div><blockquote>"There was a long silence, during which Holmes leaned his chin upon his hands and stared into the crackling fire."</blockquote></div></div><div><br /></div><div>And then there are instances of Holmes and Watson waiting in silence: standing together "in the darkness" awaiting Moran [EMPT]; "for a minute," as they expected Abe Slaney's imminent entrance [DANC]; "crouched among the bushes" outside of Peter Carey's cabin [BLAC].</div><div><br /></div><div>In some cases, Holmes needed silence to affect a particular outcome, such as in "The Three Gables," when he listened for Susan, wheezing at the door:</div><div><div><blockquote>"Holmes raised his hand for silence. Then he strode across the room, flung open the door, and dragged in a great gaunt woman whom he had seized by the shoulder."</blockquote></div></div><div><br /></div><div>And probably the most famous bit of silence in the Canon was the dog who did nothing in the night-time in "Silver Blaze." Holmes explains his reasoning:<br /><div><blockquote>"Before deciding that question I had grasped the significance of the silence of the dog, for one true inference invariably suggests others. The Simpson incident had shown me that a dog was kept in the stables, and yet, though some one had been in and had fetched out a horse, he had not barked enough to arouse the two lads in the loft. Obviously the midnight visitor was some one whom the dog knew well."</blockquote></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, the cat hasn't got Stamford's tongue. It's another kind of silliness going on at Baker Street Elementary...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jvoSltN09Zk/XvgBLR6InRI/AAAAAAABNiE/QfzCSkI-OcMKjJE7b4lSUKvoumKDDZIhwCK4BGAsYHg/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary83.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jvoSltN09Zk/XvgBLR6InRI/AAAAAAABNiE/QfzCSkI-OcMKjJE7b4lSUKvoumKDDZIhwCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary83.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mUAqnkidE3E/XvgBLsa9nII/AAAAAAABNiI/34z-_DSBdskLmAFj8a8eOi3_voZLpYpegCK4BGAsYHg/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary83.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mUAqnkidE3E/XvgBLsa9nII/AAAAAAABNiI/34z-_DSBdskLmAFj8a8eOi3_voZLpYpegCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary83.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UYiYcRg1zE8/XvgBMCY0eqI/AAAAAAABNiM/P3XdeIT2nFIFd931xUfRBom5KiQ6OY6OwCK4BGAsYHg/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary83.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UYiYcRg1zE8/XvgBMCY0eqI/AAAAAAABNiM/P3XdeIT2nFIFd931xUfRBom5KiQ6OY6OwCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary83.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eg2WwwaYlG8/XvgBMM6Zz6I/AAAAAAABNiQ/IPlUu8YuUrgIICJGn6T1zMuiuERiUfIBgCK4BGAsYHg/s768/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary83.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eg2WwwaYlG8/XvgBMM6Zz6I/AAAAAAABNiQ/IPlUu8YuUrgIICJGn6T1zMuiuERiUfIBgCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h480/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary83.5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F-VumJdilF0/WJa_9TrpA3I/AAAAAAAAuO8/52U-hZ7WY4Qz2Oqo84lF8KQnF0zynZ5YQCPcB/s1600/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F-VumJdilF0/WJa_9TrpA3I/AAAAAAAAuO8/52U-hZ7WY4Qz2Oqo84lF8KQnF0zynZ5YQCPcB/s640/Baker%2BStreet%2BElementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br />--<br /><br /></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Tongue In Cheek

“if I could but silence that foul tongue” [BOSC]  "You have a grand gift of silence, Watson," Sherlock Holmes told Dr. Watson in &...

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The Conan Doyle Estate Is Suing Netflix

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><b>"repeated the same story with an absolute disregard" [VALL]</b></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R6pWqPjDmjw/XvWpd1tX0EI/AAAAAAABNfk/xCjdnXIN-SIU9NmdoBgOVZcwhiBgivv4gCK4BGAsYHg/s951/NORW%2B-%2Blegal%2Btrouble.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="951" height="434" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R6pWqPjDmjw/XvWpd1tX0EI/AAAAAAABNfk/xCjdnXIN-SIU9NmdoBgOVZcwhiBgivv4gCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h434/NORW%2B-%2Blegal%2Btrouble.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Well, they're at it again.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.—the incorporated business entity that was set up by distant family members of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to profit from Sherlock Holmes-related works—<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/conan-doyle-estate-sues-netflix-coming-movie-sherlock-holmes-sister-1300108" target="_blank">is suing Netflix</a> over the upcoming movie <i>Enola Holme</i>s.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Enola Holmes Mysteries were written by Nancy Springer and involve a sister of Sherlock Holmes who is 20 years his junior. The series is being adapted for film, starring Millie Bobby Brown in the title role.</div><div><br /></div><div>And now, just months before the movie's intended release, the CDEL is claiming copyright infringement and trademark violations.</div><div><br /></div><div>If this sounds familiar, it should.</div><div><br /></div><div>Recall five years ago, when Mitch Cullin's <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3dtqu6Q" target="_blank">A Slight Trick of the Mind</a></i> was turned into the film <i>Mr. Holmes</i>, <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/05/conan-doyle-estate-sues-mr-holmes.html#.XvWZ1kVKjb1" target="_blank">the Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd. sued Miramax to stop the release of the film</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>In that case, the CDEL named the film studio Miramax, its distributors Roadside Attractions and director Bill Condon — as well as publisher Penguin Random House and screenwriter Mitch Cullin as defendants.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, in a filing in the U.S. District Court in the District of New Mexico, the same jurisdiction as the previous lawsuit. Interestingly, that one claimed New Mexico was the appropriate venue since Cullin grew up there and met with John Bennett Shaw in the latter's Santa Fe home.</div><div><br /></div><div>Named as defendants: Nancy Springer, Penguin Random House, Legendary Pictures Productions, Netflix, PCMA Management and Productions, EH Productions UK, Jack Thorne, and Harry Broadbeer. An impressive, if similar group: one that would seem wide enough that the CDEL might be able to catch some fish.</div><div><br /></div><div>The question is whether their legal reasoning is as sound as last time.</div><div><br /></div><div>In this filing, the best they can do is to say that the Enola Holmes books were sold in the United States and Netflix is releasing the film in the United States, and since New Mexico happens to be one of those states, it should be the venue of the case. To say nothing of the state being the residence of the "corporate memory" of the CDEL.</div><div><br /></div><div>Before we get into the specific claims, let's review what we know from previous entries. [<i>For a full timeline of #FreeSherlock posts, <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/05/conan-doyle-estate-sues-mr-holmes.html#.XvWd3UVKjb2" target="_blank">see the Timeline of Events in this link</a>. - Ed.</i>]</div><div><br /></div><div>When the CDEL sued over <i>Mr. Holmes</i>, it had the same modus operandi: the book had been published the decade before, yet it was only when a Hollywood payday — and a solidified release date — became apparent that the CDEL showed up with its hand out.</div><div><br /></div><div>In a 2014 decision, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals landed this blistering observation over the case involving author Leslie S. Klinger:</div><div><blockquote>"The Doyle estate’s business strategy is plain: charge a modest license fee for which there is no legal basis, in the hope that the "rational" writer or publisher asked for the fee will pay it rather than incur a greater cost, in legal expenses, in challenging the legality of the demand. The strategy had worked with Random House; Pegasus was ready to knuckle under; only Klinger (so far as we know) resisted. In effect he was a private attorney general, combating a disreputable business practice—<b>a form of extortion</b>—and he is seeking by the present motion not to obtain a reward but merely to avoid a loss."</blockquote></div><div>Not only did they lose that judgement, but the CDEL <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/08/7th-circuit-orders-conan-doyle-estate.html#.XvWhv0VKjb0" target="_blank">had to pay Klinger's legal fees</a> as well.</div><div><br /></div><div>Judge Posner, in his decision, counseled the business entity:</div><div><blockquote>"It’s time the estate, in its own self-interest, changed its business model."</blockquote></div><div>It's clear they did not heed that sage advice.</div><div><br /></div><div>In <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6956021-Sherlock.html" target="_blank">the latest filing</a>, focusing on the last 10 stories that are in copyright, written between 1923 and 1927, the CDEL writes:</div><div><blockquote>"In World War I Conan Doyle lost his eldest son, Arthur Alleyne Kingsley. Four months later he lost his brother, Brigadier-general Innes Doyle. When Conan Doyle came back to Holmes in the Copyrighted Stories between 1923 and 1927, it was no longer enough that the Holmes character was the most brilliant rational and analytical mind. Holmes needed to be human. The character needed to develop human connection and empathy."</blockquote></div><div>Is this to say that Holmes did not exhibit human connection or empathy in the previous 50 stories? His reaction to putting Watson through a smoke-infused ritual in "The Devil's Foot" had plenty of emotion. His way with women in earlier cases made it clear he could employe empathy when he needed to get information out of them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Besides, is it reasonable to expect a court to grant trademark or copyright on the development of <i>emotions</i>?</div><div><br /></div><div>We thought the CDEL was desperate before. Either they're in dire need of funds or they're getting really poor legal advice. And that's just from this armchair lawyer's perspective.</div><div><br /></div><div>They're doubtless trying to push for a settlement, <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/09/conan-doyle-estate-reaches-settlement.html#.XvWaHEVKjb0" target="_blank">just as they did with Miramax </a>over <i>Mr. Holmes</i>. Recall that the nefarious Harvey Weinstein ran Miramax. Strangely enough, he may not have been the only odious person in the room in that case.</div><div><br /></div><div>The method and mode of this lawsuit stinks. We hope the case gets the same treatment and has the same outcome as Klinger's initial case.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sk6oNw2vghM/XvXyAW0LvVI/AAAAAAABNgA/OvuIlBdBxOwSo_2I2H6zgUMbWaGlIT4zACK4BGAsYHg/s471/dividing%2Bline.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="38" data-original-width="471" height="32" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sk6oNw2vghM/XvXyAW0LvVI/AAAAAAABNgA/OvuIlBdBxOwSo_2I2H6zgUMbWaGlIT4zACK4BGAsYHg/w400-h32/dividing%2Bline.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: merriweather; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Timeline of Events</h3><ul style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li><b>February 14, 2013</b>: Initial lawsuit filed by Leslie S. Klinger against the Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.'s heavy-handed attempt to block <i>In the Company of Sherlock Holmes</i> on Amazon and other bookstores - <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2013/02/imagine-that-you-can-bully-me-chas_14.html#.VWDK7PlViko" rel="nofollow" style="color: #006f85; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"don't imagine that you can bully me" [CHAS]</a></li><li><b>April 17, 2013</b>: Our coverage on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose51" rel="nofollow" style="color: #006f85; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Episode 51</a> of IHOSE</li><li><b>December 27, 2013</b>: Leslie Klinger granted an initial victory in the case - <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2013/12/plaintiff-victorious-in-free-sherlock.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #006f85; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"Ha! Nothing could be better." [STOC]</a></li><li><b>December 30, 2013</b>: A special <a href="http://ihose.co/freesherlock" rel="nofollow" style="color: #006f85; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">#FreeSherlock episode</a> of IHOSE, featuring intellectual property legal scholar and expert Betsy Rosenblatt, BSI ("Lucy Ferrier")</li><li><b>January 4, 2014</b>: The Conan Doyle Estate issues a press release indicating that it would appeal the decision but that it is still the winner because it holds trademarks on the characters - <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/01/conan-doyle-estate-business-entity-on.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #006f85; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"spinning fine theories" [NOBL]</a></li><li><b>May 22, 2014</b>: An eyewitness recounted what happened during the appeal hearing - <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/05/an-eyewitness-account-to-free-sherlock.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #006f85; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"A higher judge had taken the matter in hand" [STUD]</a></li><li><b>June 16, 2014</b>: The appeal was denied by Judge Richard A. Posner, who rebuked the "quixotic" attempt by the Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd. to seek "perpetual, or nearly perpetual copyright protection" of the Sherlock Holmes character. <a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/234319104/Klinger-v-Conan-Doyle-Estate-Ltd-7th-Circuit-Court-of-Appeals-Decision" rel="nofollow" style="color: #006f85; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"during these fruitless quests" [HOUN]</a></li><li><b>July 18, 2014</b>: After the CDEL filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on July 11, the petition was turned down - <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/07/the-us-supreme-court-denies-conan-doyle.html#.VWDPSflViko" rel="nofollow" style="color: #006f85; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"the last and highest court of appeal" [STUD]</a></li><li><b>July 20, 2014</b>: A discussion of all things #FreeSherlock on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose66" rel="nofollow" style="color: #006f85; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Episode 66</a> of IHOSE. </li><li><b>August 5, 2014</b>: The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the CDEL to cease extortion and pay Klinger's legal fees - <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/08/7th-circuit-orders-conan-doyle-estate.html#.VWDR0vlViko" rel="nofollow" style="color: #006f85; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"your fees will be assured and you will be given a perfectly free hand" [ILLU]</a></li><li><b>November 3, 2014</b>: The SCOTUS refused to hear arguments in the case - <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/11/supreme-court-wont-hear-freesherlock.html#.XC5mtlxKjb0" rel="nofollow" style="color: #006f85; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"the final discussion of those matters which lie between us" [FINA]</a></li><li><b>May 23, 2015</b>: Conan Doyle Estate sues Miramax over the release of the film <i>Mr. Holmes - </i><b><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/05/conan-doyle-estate-sues-mr-holmes.html#.XvWimUVKjb3" target="_blank">"the relentless threat" [VALL]</a></b></li><li><b>September 5, 2015</b>: Settlement reached between CDEL and Miramax - <b><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/09/conan-doyle-estate-reaches-settlement.html#.XvWaHEVKjb0" target="_blank">"I grudge them their blood money" [LAST]</a></b> </li><li><b>November 23, 2015</b>: Bombshell interview with author Mitch Cullin over the lawsuit - <b><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/11/bombshell-interview-with-author-mitch.html#.XvWc40VKjb0">"tour de force of the author" [CARD]</a></b></li><li><b>June 25, 2020</b>: CDEL sues Netflix over <i>Enola Holmes</i> film - <b><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2020/06/the-conan-doyle-estate-is-suing-netflix.html" target="_blank">"repeated the same story with an absolute disregard" [VALL]</a></b> </li></ul></div>

The Conan Doyle Estate Is Suing Netflix

"repeated the same story with an absolute disregard" [VALL] Well, they're at it again. The Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.—the incorp...

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by Scott Monty

Inspector Watson? An Alternate History Twist

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><b>"it may have an influence upon European history." [SCAN]</b></h4><div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YN6LYsy1Seg/Xs7nQUB7zhI/AAAAAAAAt_g/rpbOJhqlzKMkaT_ldoXamHEf_oMExCB0gCK4BGAsYHg/3365503-1--50a8aaea24be22d28b50de0e7a6e37ac83113918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YN6LYsy1Seg/Xs7nQUB7zhI/AAAAAAAAt_g/rpbOJhqlzKMkaT_ldoXamHEf_oMExCB0gCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h480/3365503-1--50a8aaea24be22d28b50de0e7a6e37ac83113918.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br />Re-imaginings of the Sherlock Holmes stories are nothing new in the Sherlockian world. We've seen Holmes in the 20th, 21st, and even the 23rd centuries. Some adaptations have placed him in America or reworked him as a female Japanese detective. Most of the time, Dr. Watson is there in some form, although occasionally Holmes goes it alone. <div><br /></div><div>So imagine my surprise when I saw a fairly detailed synopsis of an <a href="http://ib.frath.net/w/Inspector_Watson">alternate history</a> in which the character of Sherlock Holmes didn't exist at all, and Hamish Watson was the famous hero! But let me back up a bit...<div><br />Recently I have been exploring a topic apart from Sherlock Holmes that I have long found fascinating: constructed languages, or as they are often called, conlangs. Conlangs range from Esperanto, a language created by a Polish ophthalmologist in 1887 (the same year a novel entitled <i>A Study in Scarlet</i> was published), to Klingon, a language created in the 20th century for the Star Trek franchise of films and TV shows. </div><div><br /></div><div>One of the hundreds of conlangs to show up in the 20th century was called Brithenig. It was created in 1996 by a linguist from New Zealand named Andrew Smith, as a "thought experiment" to answer one fascinating question: what might Latin have sounded like if it had more fully replaced the Celtic languages of the British Isles and developed alongside other Romance languages? </div><div><br /></div><div>To flesh out the answer to that question and provide a context for the language he created, Smith began to develop an alternate history he named Ill Bethisad (a phrase which in Brithenig means "the universe"). The Brithenig Project, as it was named in 1997, shortly became a <a href="http://ib.frath.net/w/Main_Page">collaborative wiki</a> that involved other people who had found Smith's conlang and alternate history intriguing, adding their own languages and other ideas to the world.<br /><br />In the alternate timeline of Ill Bethisad, several aspects of history are quite different from our own. For one thing, the American Revolution never happened, and so there is no country called the United States of America. Rather, the North American League, a federation of colonies and tribes with allegiance to several European monarchies, shares the North American continent, the map of which looks quite different from "our" America. Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond, the island of Great Britain is divided among the Federated Kingdoms, composed of England, Scotland, and Kemr (or "Cambria" in English). Kemr's main language is Brithenig, the conlang that began the whole project. And this is what leads us to the literary work of Sir Uther Conan Doyle, whose most famous character is the great detective...Inspector Hamish Watson!<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="267" src="https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fib.frath.net%2Fw%2Fimages%2F0%2F02%2FKemr-flag-final-small.png&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*&fpt=7bcfbce29e" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><font size="2">The flag of Kemr (Ill Bethisad's version of Wales)</font></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Although, to my knowledge, there are no actual stories extant which feature Inspector Watson, the Ill Bethisad wiki <a href="http://ib.frath.net/w/Inspector_Watson">article</a> about him is remarkably detailed. In the alternate history I've been describing, the character of Hamish Watson (often seen in "the long Inverness coat, the floppy broad-brimmed hat") is a beloved work of literary fiction, whose name is synonymous with the term "detective." </div><div><br /></div><div>Speaking of his name, Sherlockians will certainly find the name "Hamish" interesting, as many have speculated that the "H" in "John H. Watson" just might stand for "Hamish." Inspector Watson's sidekick and biographer is Sgt. Mycroft Jones. (I'm sure I don't need to point out the significance of the name "Mycroft.") </div><div><br /></div><div>The character makes his debut in The Mark of Fear in 1891; he eventually appears in five more novels and 66 short stories. Among the stories are some titles that will raise more than a few Sherlockian's eyebrows, such as "The Adventure of the Lemon Seeds" or "The Giant Rat of Bali" (a posthumously published tale).<br /><br />In 1901, Sir Uther, growing sick of his famous character, attempts to kill off Inspector Watson in the novel The Terrible Hand. As one can imagine, the public outcry is immense, and the article even mentions that "Watson’s demise was even blamed for contributing to the death of Queen Victoria!" (Another little point of departure from our timeline!) </div><div><br /></div><div>A couple of other details are quite interesting for the Sherlockian in our universe: the character of Hamish Watson was reportedly based on "a real person," William Sherlock Holmes, a famous private detective. And Sir Uther's son, also named Sherlock, died from "wounds sustained during the First Great War," an event which contributed to Uther's death of a heart attack in 1934. Meanwhile, the character's fame would spread, especially when he was portrayed by the gifted actor Sir Basyl Rathbone, who would play Watson in 20 films from 1939 to 1951.<br /><br />As I read the article about the great Inspector Watson and the bizarre but familiar world he "inhabited," I found myself wishing that some clever author would eventually pen all of the works described in this fabulously creative article of an alternate history where Sherlockians would presumably be called "Watsonians." </div><div><br /></div><div>This reminds me of one more detail that made me smile. In the world of Ill Bethisad, Inspector Watson lives at 221A Quaker Street, and many of his devoted fans call themselves--what else?—the "Quaker Street Irregulars." Among the ranks of the QSI are famed science fiction author Robert G. Heinlein and beloved politician <a href="http://ib.frath.net/w/William_Josiah_Clinton">William Josiah Clinton</a>. I can only imagine the spirited discussions they would have about the detective's famous dictum: "When you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth—but the main difficulty lies in ensuring that all impossible contingencies have indeed been eliminated." </div><div><br /></div><div>And in case you were wondering, Watson's famous line, "Elementary, my dear Jones," is not canonical, but was made famous by Rathbone in the movie <i>The Cathedral of Secrets</i>. Of course it was!<div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> </div></div>

Inspector Watson? An Alternate History Twist

"it may have an influence upon European history." [SCAN] Re-imaginings of the Sherlock Holmes stories are nothing new in the Sherl...

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by Cory Howell

In Memoriam Frederic Dorr Steele

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> <b>"a dim remembrance" [LION] </b></h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Z7AOpjuh-A/XuglPutFxDI/AAAAAAABNYM/XxmyII_kMig2msSuvGtSfEGyMR2_hlObwCK4BGAsYHg/s437/EMPT%2BSteele%2BCover%2Bcropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="437" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Z7AOpjuh-A/XuglPutFxDI/AAAAAAABNYM/XxmyII_kMig2msSuvGtSfEGyMR2_hlObwCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h426/EMPT%2BSteele%2BCover%2Bcropped.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Frederic Dorr Steele is as closely associated with Sherlock Holmes as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William Gillette, and Sidney Paget—all of whom were consequential figures in making Holmes spring to life for millions of people over the ages.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> For more than 40 years, Steele showed the moments that mattered in the Sherlock Holmes stories, illustrating Holmes's appearances in <i>Collier's Weekly</i> beginning with "The Adventure of the Empty House." It is safe to say that to Holmesians, Steele's Holmes is iconic and part of the firmament of the Canon.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="514" src="https://ucc2886d55ceb15fcb1681203514.previews.dropboxusercontent.com/p/thumb/AA1G7skPHkUOh2dCpb7ju_adIP2l3UqktS84br_dFt36kWUMfsl7F7_FmqOr6z2uiY65l9aMiNJpfplx9rcyXG_KyYwcEbBbg01awgMMWlFXWpJUeQx2B9sxx_PZNj-UfwXptsDFoT5ASZsqJYFFTKvzKLQksGg60TN-bVg9wAV8thmBBgyHzUyG1xFKns8U1FArUDCCIjYLBTs8BLcS3ksYE42x-krMWtZn-lTQ0Ote1Tn4LmkFs0tGtNzA7-Z2VJhjK_xKhQywIOYjd3EvThGT9iNgnXtc4rQKfY16tyx_kgQzyFiaYBIKRguomDW4mjp67X18WZ4F1YXn4ZtybanGEAm2_oyUD_OMEOWNeqJ_aA/p.jpeg?fv_content=true&size_mode=5" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Would it surprise you to know that <b>Frederic Dorr Steele has no gravestone</b>?</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> When he died, nearly penniless in 1944, he had been living hand to mouth and in conditions that would have seemed out of sorts for this master illustrator. His ashes were interred in the Steele/King family plot in Albany Rural Cemetary in Menands, New York.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7YhSJ7pbD04/XugogXP6RHI/AAAAAAABNY0/3_5vX4gWxkkdHjBMt78XTUpwUWpqlD6KgCK4BGAsYHg/s600/DYIN%2B02%2BSteele.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="600" height="418" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7YhSJ7pbD04/XugogXP6RHI/AAAAAAABNY0/3_5vX4gWxkkdHjBMt78XTUpwUWpqlD6KgCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h418/DYIN%2B02%2BSteele.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Steele's name should be remembered for generations to come, and this includes his final resting place as well as his artwork. This is why a group of Sherlockians have assembled to form the Frederic Dorr Steele Memorial Committee.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The committee plans to <b><a href="https://bit.ly/FDSteele" target="_blank">raise $5,000 to erect a headstone</a></b> for Steele at the family plot. You can find the fundraiser at <a href="https://bit.ly/FDSteele" target="_blank">bit.ly/FDSteele</a>.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="235" src="https://uc6bb91fe283e5cbc2ecaa0dd688.previews.dropboxusercontent.com/p/thumb/AA0_8J1TpX8ZCPUdoZdM9ayd96s_Qxxcu3K2pzf1P1_n9nc1T_AcrUHmO2gKrMFSrmTId_brax2JcX4FgqoDKxvbw0s1HZ9triNPBpsC4GTalbyYLjEN0h-8MXmhL7u0xMbyOyW8q4ZmAJMUSTqwUjN8MZDtA02GUbBJGxfN42gHoIM_dEOGG6xmJ9LxV5V8V4RHBQwyCJ79yitIWZ64Yd5o21krh1mDbzO2p-vzm1izIkNUExerLTnchNc4lnblA30wHJcbm0NBKMhyBF9gDlW8aS9oz-BVPoKGNskXPUyuDFuGukjZBfn46fPv5ljqf5eKKgMdDGHcyVXOigeQqA5oVAV4IgfyMkk00uUJiIK2lQ/p.jpeg?fv_content=true&size_mode=5" width="320" /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Here's a brief video about the project:</div> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NGjhKBUMk6I" width="560"></iframe></div></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Burt Wolder put together the video above, as well as a more informative video about Steele's background (see below). For as much as we appreciate his work, we discovered a few new bits of information to us. Namely:</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Steele was a Michigander, born near Marquette in the Upper Peninsula (perhaps those "lumber camps of Michigan" that Birdy Edwards was so familiar with [VALL]).</li> <li>He studied at the Art Students League and the National Academy when he came to New York.</li> <li>Steele was the first living illustrator to have representation in the Cabinet of American Illustration of the Library of Congress.</li> </ul> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Don't you think someone like that deserves an enduring honor with a headstone that matches his accomplishments?</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Please lend your support, no matter the amount and <b><a href="https://bit.ly/FDSteele" target="_blank">share the GoFundMe page</a></b> to encourage other like-minded Sherlockians to support the cause as well.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> There's more in this 8-minute video:</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oT3POIni-fg" width="560"></iframe></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oR9VEvX89ME/XugsxtpDuAI/AAAAAAABNZY/8YdqYTqeki4yBun3I39CJoc8fZ4Cm06ZACK4BGAsYHg/s857/FDS%2BSteele%2BMemorial%2BExhibition.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="857" height="628" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oR9VEvX89ME/XugsxtpDuAI/AAAAAAABNZY/8YdqYTqeki4yBun3I39CJoc8fZ4Cm06ZACK4BGAsYHg/w640-h628/FDS%2BSteele%2BMemorial%2BExhibition.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> --</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div>

In Memoriam Frederic Dorr Steele

"a dim remembrance" [LION]  Frederic Dorr Steele is as closely associated with Sherlock Holmes as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, W...

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by Scott Monty