I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

"Something to Explode About" [CREE]

"<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/">Sherlock Holmes 2</a>" is currently filming on location in France, as you're probably aware. The movie is set in 1891, following the sequence of events in the first film, and involves none other than Professor Moriarty. And today, we have a still image from the filming.<br /><br />We know what you're thinking: will it be faithful to the Canon?<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5093/5429485779_c625ba00df_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5093/5429485779_c625ba00df_z.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.dailyblam.com/news/2011/02/07/new-still-from-sherlock-holmes-2-shows-an-explosive-scene">The Daily Blam!</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table>We're looking forward to bringing you more news about the film as the production moves along. But we're not simply going to provide you with updates that have already been made on other sites (although that will be part of our coverage). We'll be getting occasional updates from our new Hollywood correspondent - an individual who is acting as an official advisor to the film - Leslie Klinger, BSI ("The Abbey Grange"). Les is most well known for his work on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Complete/dp/0393059162?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><b><i>The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</i></b></a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Annotated-Dracula-Bram-Stoker/dp/0393064506?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The New Annotated Dracula</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0393064506" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />, not to mention the entire <a href="http://amzn.to/esYZsn"><b>Sherlock Holmes Reference Library</b></a>.<br /><br />Until then, we leave you with this gem from Vincent Starrett, BSI ("<i>A Study in Scarlet</i>"):<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>221B</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here dwell together still two men of note</div><div style="text-align: center;">Who never lived and so can never die:</div><div style="text-align: center;">How very near they seem, yet how remote</div><div style="text-align: center;">That age before the world went all awry.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But still the game’s afoot for those with ears</div><div style="text-align: center;">Attuned to catch the distant view-halloo:</div><div style="text-align: center;">England is England yet, for all our fears–</div><div style="text-align: center;">Only those things the heart believes are true.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A yellow fog swirls past the window-pane</div><div style="text-align: center;">As night descends upon this fabled street:</div><div style="text-align: center;">A lonely hansom splashes through the rain,</div><div style="text-align: center;">The ghostly gas lamps fail at twenty feet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here, though the world explode, these two survive,</div><div style="text-align: center;">And it is always eighteen ninety-five.</div><br /><br /><i>Please consider visiting our sponsors (in the right column and footer of the site) from time to time. 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"Something to Explode About" [CREE]

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by Scott Monty

"I Have Some Knowledge of...Baritsu" [EMPT]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRQpGHbZCc7IAXG49_0Oq-HEwTldfwPMtMDl37p1ZhcihEDZg8bhcaoawwB8LXzP3ITWjf1ePc9KQvNREdEG8pb68l8q1atMLLbWwuZB0yrCgCM-70Tmj4uXyJZ-48icPBRwYZLDnwaEP/s1600/FINA_Holmes_reichenbach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRQpGHbZCc7IAXG49_0Oq-HEwTldfwPMtMDl37p1ZhcihEDZg8bhcaoawwB8LXzP3ITWjf1ePc9KQvNREdEG8pb68l8q1atMLLbWwuZB0yrCgCM-70Tmj4uXyJZ-48icPBRwYZLDnwaEP/s200/FINA_Holmes_reichenbach.jpg" width="136" /></a></div>As you are probably aware, the "Japanese system of wrestling" that Holmes described in "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Return-Sherlock-Holmes-Vol-Grange/dp/B00007G1WI?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Adventure of the Empty House</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00007G1WI" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" (in telling how he and Professor Moriarty settled their dispute at the Reichenbach Falls) was referred to as <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baritsu">baritsu</a></i>.<br /><br />But in fact, the term was an invention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's - perhaps unintentionally, as the actual martial art <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartitsu">bartitsu</a></i> was invented by E. W. Barton-Wright  just two years prior to the story being written. It's quite possible that Doyle heard the term in passing and simply misremembered it, sealing its identity incorrectly for some 100 years.<br /><br />However, for the last two years, the <b><a href="http://bartitsu.org/">Bartitsu Society</a></b> has built its presence on the web, and not without a little nod to Sherlock Holmes. In fact, they have been helping with the production of a documentary about the activity for the last year, and now the film is in the final stages of development. <a href="http://www.bartitsu.org/index.php/2011/02/bartitsu-the-lost-martial-art-of-sherlock-holmes-update-2/">According to their site</a>:<br /><blockquote>Hosted by Tony Wolf, <i>Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes</i> traces the history, loss, rediscovery and modern revival of E.W. Barton-Wright’s “New Art of Self Defence”. It was shot in Italy, Switzerland, the UK and the USA and features interviews with martial arts historians Harry Cook and Graham Noble, authors and Bartitsu enthusiasts Mark Donnelly, Will Thomas and Neal Stephenson, and self defence historian Dr. Emelyne Godfrey.</blockquote><blockquote>The 55-minute documentary is an international co-production between the Cletarte cultural association, Broken Art, Ran Arthur Braun and Tony Wolf and will be distributed by the Freelance Academy Press.</blockquote>The trailer for the film is available on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDNaC-2HW-A">YouTube</a>:<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZDNaC-2HW-A" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></center><br /><br />We'll try to keep up to speed on the developments of this project. Of course, if you hear before we do, please let us know.<br /><br /><br /><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B00262QZHW&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>  <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B00262O5ZG&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>  <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1905605102&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>  <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B0037K7HYC&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br /><br />--

"I Have Some Knowledge of...Baritsu" [EMPT]

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by Scott Monty

"Vanderbuilt and the Yeggman" [SUSS]

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<b><i>Editor's note: </i></b>Our correspondent for obituaries of members Baker Street Irregulars (sometimes referred to as "Stand with me here upon the terrace") is Francine Kitts, BSI ("Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope"), who has this duty annually at the BSI dinner. We welcome her to this role here.<br />
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Jason Pierre Rouby, BSI (“Vanderbilt and the Yeggman”) died in Little Rock, AR on January 15, 2011 at the age of 87. He was a reporter for several newspapers, including the Arkansas Gazette, was a regional planner, and was active in community services and charitable organizations. During World War II he served in the US Army as a machine gunner and qualified as a sharp shooter. He was a member of the 80th Reconnaissance Troop, a division of General Patton’s Army and served as a French interpreter in several war trials. He was awarded three Bronze Stars for his involvement in the Battle of the Bulge.<br />
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In addition to being a contributing member of The Baker Street Irregulars, Mr. Rouby was a member of the <a href="http://www.sh-whoswho.com/index.php?refsociety=250">Maiwand Jezails</a> in Omaha and founded The Arkansas Valley Investors, Ltd. in Little Rock. He traveled around the country a few times a year giving talks on Sherlock Holmes and later donated his Sherlockian books and memorabilia to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He was investitured into the Baker Street Irregulars in 1968.<br />
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A touching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGC7DPUvb5Y">commemorative video of Mr. Rouby</a>, prepared by his grandson David Aaron Rouby, can be seen below:<br />
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"Vanderbuilt and the Yeggman" [SUSS]

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by Francine Kitts

Was Sherlock Holmes Right About Oysters?

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<b>"Shall the world then, be overrun by oysters?" [DYIN]</b></h4>
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In "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" Holmes, in a fevered state, wondered if the world would be overrun by oysters.<br />
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<i>"I cannot think why the whole bed of the ocean is not one solid mass of oysters, so prolific the creatures seem."</i></blockquote>
In recent years, the oyster population has been on a downturn due to overharvesting or disease.<br />
The good news is that may be on the rebound now, as <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.capebretonpost.com/lifestyles/local-lifestyles/annamarie-hatcher-oyster-population-rebounding-339017/" href="https://www.capebretonpost.com/lifestyles/local-lifestyles/annamarie-hatcher-oyster-population-rebounding-339017/">oyster populations make a comeback</a>.<br />
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We know that Sherlock Holmes was ill—or at least feigning illness—when he deliriously opined about oysters. While we can't comment on the validity of the current study's findings, you can click through to the article to read more.<br />
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If you'd like to prepare your own, a great resource is <a href="https://amzn.to/33cIheD" target="_blank"><b><i>Dining With Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Cookbook</i></b></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0823212718" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Julia Rosenblatt, BSI ("Mrs. Turner")<br />
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Was Sherlock Holmes Right About Oysters?

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by Scott Monty

"From the Dummy's Chair" [MAZA]

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Joining us to guest post for this column is Steven Doyle, BSI ("The 'Western Morning News'") is the author of the Edgar-nominated<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Dummies-Steven-Doyle/dp/0470484446?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes for Dummies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0470484446" style="border-style: none ! important; cursor: move; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b>. Because of the limitations in the print world, he wasn't able to completely fit everything he wanted into the book. This series will become a real-time continuation of that labor of love. Steve is also half the team behind the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/">Wessex Press</a>.</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.27727233222685754" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Deuterocanonical Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When Sherlockians have worked their way through the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon, the inevitable emotion is a sort of sadness that the original tales are now finished. It’s out of this desire for more original Holmes stories that readers turn to what is commonly referred to as “The Apocrypha” — the deposit of Sherlockian writings not formally included in “The Canon” of sixty accepted Sherlockian tales. And no, I’m not talking about pastiche. The Apocrypha is comprised of actual Sherlockian writings by none other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — writings that relate events and information about Sherlock Holmes that aren’t in the Canon.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The fact that these writings are called “The Apocrypha” is interesting. It isn’t a term that was casually or accidentally applied. The term it reflects the very origins of the Great Game of Sherlockian scholarship which began as a spoof of Biblical deconstructionist scholarship. Father Ronald Knox’s essay “<a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/knox.html">Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes</a>,” originally published in his 1911 and later collected in his book </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Essays in Satire</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, began a longstanding tradition of using Biblical terminology in reference to Sherlockian scholarship. Thus we have “Sacred Writings,” “The Master,” “The Canon,” and…“The Apocrypha.”</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In considering the Sherlockian Apocrypha, the religious parallels continue to hold. Just as in Christianity, the nature of the apocryphal works is disputed, or at least there is disagreement. In Christendom, there are the “Protocanonical” works, those sacred writings that have always been received without dispute. In Sherlockiana, this would be the standard sixty tales. </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But then there are the writings that are contested. In Christendom, Protestant denominations consider these works apocryphal. Catholics accept them and thus call them Deuterocanonical. So, if you are a Sherlockian that believes these extra writings should be brought into the Canon, then you should call them Deuterocanonical…if you think they don’t belong, then “Apocrypha” is the right term. </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The word Apocrypha is derived from the Greek apokryphos, meaning “hidden.” In this recent era of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vinci-Code-Two-Disc-Extended-Blu-ray/dp/B000I2J2XG?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Da Vinci Code</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000I2J2XG" style="border-style: none ! important; cursor: move; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> mania and interest in hidden gospels, the term is certainly appropriate.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, just what are the Apocryphal Writings of Sherlock Holmes? Well, not only is there dispute about whether or not they should be in the Canon, there is disagreement about what should be considered the apocrypha. There are different schools of thought, with different philosophies. </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Basically, it comes down to three camps:</span></span></div><ol><li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conservative views would include only actual stories featuring Sherlock Holmes (named or unnamed). </span></span></li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></ol><ol start="2"><li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Moderate views would add every word Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote on Sherlock Holmes, including essays, plays, interviews, and articles.</span></span></li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></ol><ol start="3"><li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Liberal views would not only include all of the above, but would even add short stories by Doyle that have </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">similarities</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to Sherlock Holmes stories.</span></span></span></li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></ol><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can find information on the internet about this material, but there are four published works that are authoritative. The first was </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Arthur-Conan-Doyle/dp/0395294541?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes: The Published Apocrypha</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0395294541" style="border-style: none ! important; cursor: move; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Jack Tracy; </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Uncollected-Sherlock-Holmes-Spanish-Arthur/dp/014006432X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=014006432X" style="border-style: none ! important; cursor: move; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> edited by Richard Lancelyn Green, published Penguin; Warner Books’ </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Final-Adventures-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/097640253X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</a><span class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=097640253X" style="border-style: none ! important; cursor: move; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></span></b>,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> edited by Peter Haining; and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Reference-Library-Apocrypha/dp/0938501496?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><b>The Apocrypha of Sherlock Holmes</b></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0938501496" style="border-style: none ! important; cursor: move; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></span>,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> edited and annotated by Leslie S. Klinger, published by Gasogene Books.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Editor's note:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Next week, Steve's column will feature the candidates for the Aporcrypha, in chronological order, with information about each.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; 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"From the Dummy's Chair" [MAZA]

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"The Snow of the Day Before" [BERY]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxiy9oLzATkibcIImM3PQ3-28kguIZEAS0Vn_PTLklZjlh0KJLPEfzej9YMvxBDBkeJqzQ6yzN392FCuKqCjwiZfYHnchv6wQ9YoH0Kdn17QmbCUQ0ubrcFSTfpwaft457C_tVq1g8hbu/s1600/BERY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxiy9oLzATkibcIImM3PQ3-28kguIZEAS0Vn_PTLklZjlh0KJLPEfzej9YMvxBDBkeJqzQ6yzN392FCuKqCjwiZfYHnchv6wQ9YoH0Kdn17QmbCUQ0ubrcFSTfpwaft457C_tVq1g8hbu/s320/BERY.jpg" width="250" /></a></div>How's the weather where you are? Odds are that at some point this season, the fluctuating weather patterns have resulted in some extreme weather. And here in the United States at the moment, a good portion of the country is experiencing a <a href="http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/45219/chicago-to-detroit-groundhog-b.asp">fairly severe snowstorm</a> working its way from the midwest to the northeast.<br /><br />But how much of the Baker Street scene take place in the wintry months - or more pointedly, involve snow? Our searches show that "snow" or a variation on that word appear only 28 times in the entire canon of some 650,000 words. And the only story in which snow itself is featured is "<a href="http://www.ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/bery.htm">The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet</a>," with its very memorable opening:<br /><blockquote>It was a bright, crisp February morning, and the snow of the day before still lay deep upon the ground, shimmering brightly in the wintry sun. Down the centre of Baker Street it had been ploughed into a brown crumbly band by the traffic, but at either side and on the heaped-up edges of the foot-paths it still lay as white as when it fell. The gray pavement had been cleaned and scraped, but was still dangerously slippery, so that there were fewer passengers than usual. Indeed, from the direction of the Metropolitan Station no one was coming save the single gentleman whose eccentric conduct had drawn my attention.</blockquote>In the Autumn 2010 issue (Vol. 60, No. 3) of <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/"><i><b>The Baker Street Journal</b></i></a> (you <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/subscriptions.html"><b>do subscribe</b></a>, don't you?), the Editor's Gas-Lamp - the editorial that precedes each issue - Steve Rothman, BSI ("<i>The Valley of Fear</i>") mentioned Canonical weather conditions as part of some of his earliest memories of experiencing the Sherlock Holmes stories:<br /><blockquote><b>"As we dream by the fire"</b></blockquote><blockquote>Now that the autumnal equinox has passed and days are getting shorter, our thoughts turn - more than ever - to Baker Street. Something about the Canon gives off a greyish tone: a hint of clouds and cold, mixed with a desire to be indoors. Yet a quick leaf through Andrew Peck's and Leslie Klinger's invaluable compendium of chronological data <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Date-Being-Compendium-Chronological-Sherlock/dp/B001B3QLD0?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">"The Date Being --?"</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001B3QLD0" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> shows that only about half of the stories in the Canon occur during the six darker months. We might just as well imagine Holmes shining forth in the most glorious summer, striding through sunny days, shedding light on the darkest of human events. Why don't we?</blockquote><blockquote>The most evocative scenes in the Canon are those that are set in the Baker Street sitting room. Watson draws us in by recounting his banter with Holmes and we, having entered 221B, are loathe to go out again. Also, we get to know Holmes best (not always first) in books and reading; and even sitting on a tree branch in midsummer is very much an interior activity.</blockquote><blockquote>Our fondest personal memory of reading the Canon for the first time is of a Saturday afternoon in early January. We had just checked out <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Valley-Fear-Sherlock-Mystery-Collection/dp/1451565976?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><i>The Valley of Fear</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1451565976" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> from the library. As we opened the book, the skies went from brilliant, if weak, winter sunlight to dark grey clouds. Prone on the floor by the radiator, we learned of Porlock and the doings at Birlstone Manor. Slowly large snowflakes came down and continued to do so for the rest of the day and well into the night. But we cared not at all; we were upstate in the Vermissa Valley and needed to know just what evil the Scowerers were doing. The snow was shoveled late that Sunday; Bakerstreeting came first.</blockquote><blockquote>So for us, Baker Street is Holmes and Watson by their fireside discussing some hideous crime in the newspapers just before learning that a new unfortunate seeks their aid. Scholars have allowed mere facts to get in the way of truer perceptions. And that, of course, is the very core of Sherlockian scholarship: "Only those things the heart believes are true."</blockquote>Whether the snow covers your landscape or the sun is shining today, we hope that Holmes is where the heart is. And please consider <a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/subscriptions.html"><b>subscribing to the Baker Street Journal</b></a> - it's the premier publication for Sherlockian scholarship, going strong since 1946. If not for yourself, consider it as a gift for the Sherlock Holmes enthusiast in your life.<br /><br /><i>Related items:</i><br /> <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/subscriptions.html"><img alt="BSJ Winter 2010 cover" src="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/images2/bsj-2010-winter-cover.jpg" /></a><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B004L55LHW&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1451565976&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0393059162&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;">&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;a imageanchor="1" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHebM6m7fnU89SlZhK09-z6LEaTZXGPO8pS515bDtpNqPChjodjx0_SyLF5L7vVPMbhAMNB2LaAg9lLuuR4l92U6r0amIeTrj9_OJxiJ-8TsWlechqV1EgFxCNWMtBCsIKm2PFO6plEJ_/s1600/bsj-2010-winter-cover.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; float: right; margin-left: 1em; "&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;img style="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHebM6m7fnU89SlZhK09-z6LEaTZXGPO8pS515bDtpNqPChjodjx0_SyLF5L7vVPMbhAMNB2LaAg9lLuuR4l92U6r0amIeTrj9_OJxiJ-8TsWlechqV1EgFxCNWMtBCsIKm2PFO6plEJ_/s1600/bsj-2010-winter-cover.jpg" border="0"&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</iframe> <br /><br /><br />--

"The Snow of the Day Before" [BERY]

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by Scott Monty

"Where All Gossip is Welcome" [VALL]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMeFYaBiY1B-pW6S11qDWZTvXxsbMkogVb78yuOt7nnQBcsfk3lmq8oAXKkPhukKqWMkffMjPiB8-M8b8FTbbKBqseOv5H13_ynDYtK9ZY18Mdsk9n_bsjIrXa9MoEvZQdUe1qL89XsRV/s1600/blackpeter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMeFYaBiY1B-pW6S11qDWZTvXxsbMkogVb78yuOt7nnQBcsfk3lmq8oAXKkPhukKqWMkffMjPiB8-M8b8FTbbKBqseOv5H13_ynDYtK9ZY18Mdsk9n_bsjIrXa9MoEvZQdUe1qL89XsRV/s1600/blackpeter.jpg" /></a></div>We're beginning a new feature here: scans of the latest issue of <i>Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</i>, Peter Blau's ("Black Peter") monthly newsletter of Sherlockian or Doylean gossip, published in print form since 1971 and as a <a href="http://members.cox.net/sherlock1/scuttle.htm">text-only digital archive on Sherlocktron</a> since 1985. In agreement with Peter Blau, we've arranged to publish facsimiles of the print newsletter here, so online readers can see what the newsletter looks like. Below the scan you can find links to the sites mentioned in the text - in most cases, directly to the article, video or publication, to save you from having to search for the terms.<br /><br />The following is the January 2011 issue; please feel free to share it via email, social network, or embed it on your own site.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/47789755/Scuttlebutt-from-the-Spermaceti-Press-January-2011" style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto; text-decoration: underline;" title="View Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press, January 2011 on Scribd">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press, January 2011</a> <object data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" height="600" id="doc_34385673618425" name="doc_34385673618425" style="outline: none;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%">  <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf">  <param name="wmode" value="opaque">  <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff">  <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true">  <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always">  <param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=47789755&access_key=key-6zkvbrnh9zchy6db1d7&page=1&viewMode=list">  <embed id="doc_34385673618425" name="doc_34385673618425" src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=47789755&access_key=key-6zkvbrnh9zchy6db1d7&page=1&viewMode=list" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="600" width="100%" wmode="opaque" bgcolor="#ffffff"></embed>  </object> <br /><br /><b>Links </b>(in order of mention)<br /><br /><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Beacon Society </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.beaconsociety.com/" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.beaconsociety.com</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Baker Street Journal </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.bakerstreetjournal.com</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Baker Street Blog </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.bakerstreetblog.com</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Interview with Laurie R. King and Leslie Klinger </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2011/jan/13/study-sherlock" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.culture.wnyc.org/articles/<wbr></wbr>features/2011/jan/13/study-<wbr></wbr>sherlock</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">WNYC's coverage of the 2009 BSI Weekend </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/120760" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.wnyc.org/news/articles/<wbr></wbr>120760</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A one-hour Studio 360 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2009/12/25" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.studio360.org/episodes/<wbr></wbr>2009/12/25</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">A show about the Gillette Luncheon </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2010/jan/26/sherlock-love">www.culture.wnyc.org/articles/<wbr></wbr>features/2010/jan/26/sherlock-<wbr></wbr>love</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>Ronald Knox and Sherlock Holmes</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - available at Wessex Press </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.wessexpress.com</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">Johnnie Taylor's "We're Getting Carless with Our Love" </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt78O_5wmRQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt78O_5wmRQ</a></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Gillette Castle </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.sachem.patch.com/articles/gillette-castle-state-park" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.sachem.patch.com/articles/<wbr></wbr>gillette-castle-state-park</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sherlock Holmes News </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.sherlocknews.com/" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.sherlocknews.com</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.edwardrhamilton.com/" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.edwardrhamilton.com</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sherlock Holmes on U Media </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/2cbujx5" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.tinyurl.com/2cbujx5</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Arthur Conan Doyle Collection in Toronto </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/45mmm32" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.tinyurl.com/45mmm32</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sherlock Holmes and the Edwin Drood Mystery </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.sherlockproject.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.sherlockproject.blogspot.<wbr></wbr>com</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">Sherlock Project on Zazzle </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Sherlockworld">http://www.zazzle.com/Sherlockworld</a></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"Baker Street" by Gerry Raferty </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ash-tree.bc.ca/Calabash%20Sale.pdf">http://www.ash-tree.bc.ca/Calabash%20Sale.pdf</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Anthony Horowitz </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.anthonyhorowitz.com/" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.anthonyhorowitz.com</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Anthony Horowitz is a Self-Professed Serial Killer </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.thetimes.co.uk</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179482045406255&index=1" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/event.php?<wbr></wbr>eid=179482045406255&index=1</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Conan Doyle Collection </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.conandoylecollection.co.uk/" style="color: #1c51a8;" target="_blank">www.conandoylecollection.co.uk</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">Entertainment Tonight on the set of Sherlock 2 </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Episode 30: The Sherlockian

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It's always fun to have an author on our show, and even more so when the author has written a book that has gotten many popular reviews lately. Graham Moore was inspired to write <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlockian-Graham-Moore/dp/0446572594?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Sherlockian</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0446572594" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b> after discovering the character in his childhood and discovering that the people who admire him are an interesting lot.<br />
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Burt and Scott go inside the mind of the author to discern his intent, determine the origin of the fascination with Doyle, Holmes and Sherlockians, discuss inaccuracies (were they intentional or not?), and find out just what it's like - in his own words - for a 28 year-old to write a novel for the first time - a daunting task, regardless of one's age.<br />
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We take a bit of a departure with our tradition of reading the Editor's Gas-Lamp this time - tune in to hear where we took our inspiration from and how we share it with you.<br />
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<li>Reviews of The Sherlockian from the <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/01/entertainment/la-et-book-20110101" target="_blank">Los Angeles Times</a>, <a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/graham-moore-the-sherlockian,48768/" target="_blank">A.V. Club</a>, the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/books/16book.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/08/episode-08-to-keep-memory-green.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 08: To Keep the Memory Green</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/11/episode-13-arthur-conan-doyle-life-in.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 13: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - A Life in Letters</a></li>
<li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Copper-Beeches-Arthur-H-Lewis/dp/B000NPRM1W?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Copper Beeches</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000NPRM1W" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i> by Arthur Lewis</li>
<li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Case-Baker-Street-Irregulars/dp/0786702214?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0786702214" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i> by Antony Boucher</li>
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Episode 30: The Sherlockian

It's always fun to have an author on our show, and even more so when the author has written a book that has gotten many popular ...

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by Scott Monty

"Secretly Selected" [VALL]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.theedgars.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6KVP-WNNuK7HcSN-l_fTkMtwwEVCRc9Zc1rkq0w0LnJYtKQ3jmQE0FZNr18HLlDXFC4pW1tz21akSKTc1EDDhYsOlZZMpAaVqkNfN3qjkvhBTtuvUvsnAaUCbK9jzS-3TjxluRytYr9-/s200/Edgar.gif" /></a></div>Earlier this week, the <a href="http://www.mysterywriters.org/">Mystery Writers of America</a> announced their <a href="http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html">nominations for the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Awards</a> (commonly referred to as "The Edgars"). While not quite a banner year for nominations as 2007 (there were<a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2007/01/your-merits-should-be-publicly.html"> seven Sherlock Holmes-related nominees</a>), we're very happy to see <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Dummies-Steven-Doyle/dp/0470484446?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes For Dummies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0470484446" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b> by Steven Doyle, BSI ("The 'Western Morning News'") in the Critical/Biographical category.<br /><br />The press announcement began thusly:<br /><blockquote>Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce on the 202nd anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, its Nominees for the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2010. The Edgar® Awards will be presented to the winners at our 65th Gala Banquet, April 28, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.</blockquote><br />Below are a few categories of nominees. If you'd like to see the full list, please <b><a href="http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html">click here</a></b>.<br /><br /><b>BEST NOVEL</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Caught-Harlan-Coben/dp/052595158X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Caught</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=052595158X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Harlan Coben (Penguin Group USA - Dutton)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crooked-Letter-Novel/dp/0060594667?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0060594667" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Tom Franklin (HarperCollins – William Morrow)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Faithful-Place-Novel-Tana-French/dp/0670021873?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Faithful Place</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0670021873" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Tana French (Penguin Group USA - Viking)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Patpong-Rafferty-Thriller-Thrillers/dp/0061672262?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Queen of Patpong</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061672262" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Timothy Hallinan (HarperCollins – William Morrow)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lock-Artist-Novel-Steve-Hamilton/dp/B004HB1D7M?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Lock Artist</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004HB1D7M" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Steve Hamilton (Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Id-Know-You-Anywhere-Novel/dp/0061706558?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">I’d Know You Anywhere</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061706558" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Laura Lippman (HarperCollins – William Morrow)</li></ul><br /><br /><b>BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rogue-Island-Bruce-DeSilva/dp/0765327260?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Rogue Island</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0765327260" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Bruce DeSilva (Tom Doherty Associates – Forge Books)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Poachers-Son-Mike-Bowditch-Mysteries/dp/0312558465?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Poacher’s Son</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0312558465" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Paul Doiron (Minotaur Books)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Serialist-Novel-David-Gordon/dp/1439158487?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Serialist: A Novel</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1439158487" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by David Gordon (Simon & Schuster)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Galveston-Novel-Nic-Pizzolatto/dp/B004E3XD1M?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Galveston</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004E3XD1M" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Nic Pizzolatto (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Angels-James-Thompson/dp/0399156178?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Snow Angels</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0399156178" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by James Thompson (Penguin Group USA – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)</li></ul><br /><b>BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Long-Time-Coming-Robert-Goddard/dp/0385343612?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Long Time Coming</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0385343612" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Robert Goddard (Random House - Bantam)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/News-Where-You-Are-Novel/dp/0805091807?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The News Where You Are</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0805091807" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Catherine O’Flynn (Henry Holt)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Expiration-Date-Duane-Swierczynski/dp/0312363400?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Expiration Date</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0312363400" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Duane Swierczynski (Minotaur Books)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vienna-Secrets-Liebermann-Mystery-Mortalis/dp/0812980999?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Vienna Secrets</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0812980999" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Frank Tallis (Random House Trade Paperbacks)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Little-Herrings-L-Tyler/dp/0330472135?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Ten Little Herrings</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0330472135" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by L.C. Tyler (Felony & Mayhem Press)</li></ul><br /><b>BEST FACT CRIME</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scoreboard-Baby-Football-Complicity-ebook/dp/B004D4Z6IK?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004D4Z6IK" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li><li>by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry (University of Nebraska Press – Bison Original)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Willie-McGee-Tragedy-Secrets/dp/0061284157?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in Jim Crow South</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061284157" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Alex Heard (HarperCollins)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Finding-Chandra-Washington-Murder-Mystery/dp/1439138672?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1439138672" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hellhound-His-Trail-Stalking-International/dp/0385523920?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Hellhound on his Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr and the International Hunt for his Assassin</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0385523920" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Hampton Sides (Random House - Doubleday)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Little-Shepherds-Forensic-Science/dp/0307266192?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0307266192" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Douglas Starr (Alfred A. Knopf)</li></ul><br /><b>BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Truth-Be-Told/dp/B004H8GM44?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Wire: Truth Be Told</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004H8GM44" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Rafael Alvarez (Grove Atlantic – Grove Press)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Agatha-Christies-Secret-Notebooks-Mysteries/dp/B004E3XI8A?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004E3XI8A" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by John Curran (HarperCollins)</li><li><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Dummies-Steven-Doyle/dp/0470484446?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes for Dummies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0470484446" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b> by Steven Doyle and David A. Crowder (Wiley)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Chan-Honorable-Detective-Rendezvous/dp/0393069621?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendevouz with American History</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0393069621" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Yunte Huang (W.W. Norton)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thrillers-100-Must-Reads-David-Morrell/dp/1933515562?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Thrillers: 100 Must Reads</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1933515562" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner (Oceanview Publishing)</li></ul><br /><b>BEST JUVENILE</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zora-Me-Victoria-Bond/dp/0763643009?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Zora and Me</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0763643009" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon (Candlewick Press)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Buddy-Files-Case-Lost-Book/dp/0807509329?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0807509329" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Dori Hillestad Butler (Albert Whitman & Co.)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Charles-Dickens-Lewis-Buzbee/dp/0312382561?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Haunting of Charles Dickens</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0312382561" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Lewis Buzbee (Feiwel & Friends)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Griff-Carver-Hallway-Patrol-Krieg/dp/1595142762?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Griff Carver: Hallway Patrol</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1595142762" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Jim Krieg (Penguin Young Readers Group - Razorbill)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Ms-Finkleman/dp/0061965413?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061965413" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Ben H. 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