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Review: The Lost Stories of Sherlock Holmes

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Although many Sherlock Holmes pastiches are published, very few often have the sparkle of Conan Doyle's writing. This is not a complaint - after all, attempting to document the great detective's further adventures often mean focusing more on the story and less on the style. However, <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/38B4DYW" target="_blank">The Lost Stories of Sherlock Holmes</a></i></b>, edited by Tony Reynolds and available via <a href="http://www.mxpublishing.co.uk/engine/shop/search?ssv=lost+sherlock+holmes" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a>, is the best of both worlds, containing some well-written stories that reflect the "house style" at its best.<br />
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Thankfully, Reynolds does a very admirable job in writing a series of tales that could easily fit into the Canon, but that have an imagination and creativity all of their own. Even the first story - "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" - takes its cue from the Canon, but spins a decidedly distinctive tale. But page after page contains some wonderful, well-written adventures which (thankfully) contain a brief statement within as to why the tale was "omitted" (usually for reasons of either national security or personal embarrassment). <br />
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Sometimes, imitation <i>is</i> the sincerest form of flattery, and for Sherlockians, finding the perfect Conan Doyle-esque copy can be a valiant quest. Thankfully, Tony Reynold's <b><i>Lost Stories of Sherlock Holmes</i></b> makes the quest a little easier. It's a near-perfect gem of a book, and worth reading - and owning.<br />
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Review: The Lost Stories of Sherlock Holmes

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by Scott Monty

The Edgar Awards 2013 Show Sherlock Holmes's Staying Power

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The evening of May 2 marked the 2013 <b><a href="http://theedgars.com/" target="_blank">Edgar<em style="background-color: white; color: #3f656e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">®</span></em> Awards</a></b> banquet, during which the winners of the <b><a href="http://www.mysterywriters.org/" target="_blank">Mystery Writers of America</a></b> grant the most prestigious award in the mystery genre to the authors and creators who gave us such treasures over the previous year.<br />
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As usual, Sherlock Holmes-related and -inspired work was present across a number of categories of both nominees and winners, and we'd like to share the results that may be of interest to those of you who are either completists on your collecting habits or who simply like to know relevant news about works of Sherlock Holmes.<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2Rkj1Pz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics</a></i></b> by James O'Brien (winner)<br />
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<b><a href="https://amzn.to/2RkXaYo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero</i></a></b> edited by Otto Penzler (nominee). Otto of course is a Baker Street Irregular ("The King of Bohemia") and was interviewed on <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2008/01/episode-17-collectors-corner-otto.html" target="_blank">Episode 17 of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a>.<br />
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"<b><a href="https://amzn.to/2GguB84" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Scandal in Belgravia</a></b>" - Sherlock, teleplay by Stephen Moffat (BBC/Masterpiece) (winner)<br />
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"<b><a href="https://amzn.to/36pVbGq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Child Predator</a></b>" - elemeNtarY, teleplay by Peter Black (CBS Productions) (nominee)<br />
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And while not exactly Sherlockian, we can't help but mention <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2upMXkm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gods of Gotham</a></i></b> by Lyndsay Faye, BSI, ASH ("Kitty Winter"), which was a nominee for Best Novel. Set in New York in 1845, this widely acclaimed novel followed her barnburner <b><a href="https://amzn.to/2tKfC3u" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Dust and Shadow</i></a></b>, in which she imagined the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper, as told by Dr. Watson. The award for this category went to Dennis Lehane, but we're extremely proud of our friend and colleague for keeping company with such a superstar - and deservedly so!<br />
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The Edgar Awards 2013 Show Sherlock Holmes's Staying Power

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Tonga Was One of the Most Isolated People in the World

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When we recently came across an entry from <b><a href="http://nowiknow.com/">Now I Know</a></b>, a free daily newsletter that promises "you'll learn something new every day," (click through to subscribe) it was almost as if it had been written for us. So we did what was only natural: we reached out to the editor and asked if we might share the original post here. He gracefully agreed.<br />
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But before we delve into the details behind this rather interesting bit of trivia, let's explore the Canonical mention (<b>CAUTION</b>: there may be <b>spoilers </b>ahead if you haven't yet read <i><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2RL8ls9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Sign of Four</a></b></i>).<br />
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The mystery begins with Holmes and Watson being visited by Mary Morstan, whose father served in the army in India at Fort Agra. Major Morstan disappeared 10 years prior, leaving behind his luggage and some curiosities from the Andaman Islands. Since that time, Ms. Mortan received pearls annually and has been invited to discover the origin of the same by Thaddeus Sholto, son of Maj. John Sholto, who served with Morstan.<br />
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Upon arrival at Pondicherry Lodge, the group learned that Bartholomew Sholto is dead, having himself been hit with a poisoned thorn. All that remained were child-like footprints and a stick with a stone head tied to it like a hammer.<br />
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This is the first volume of a gazetteer which is now being published. It may be looked upon as the very latest authority. What have we here? `Andaman Islands, situated 340 miles to the north of Sumatra, in the Bay of Bengal.' Hum! hum! What's all this? Moist climate, coral reefs, sharks, Port Blair, convict barracks, Rutland Island, cottonwoods - Ah, here we are! `The aborigines of the Andaman Islands may perhaps claim the distinction of being the smallest race upon this earth, though some anthropologists prefer the Bushmen of Africa, the Digger Indians of America, and the Terra del Fuegians. The average height is rather below four feet, although many full-grown adults may be found who are very much smaller than this. They are a fierce, morose, and intractable people, though capable of forming most devoted friendships when their confidence has once been gained.' Mark that, Watson. Now, then, listen to this. `They are naturally hideous, having large, misshapen heads, small, fierce eyes, and distorted features. Their feet and hands, however, are remarkably small. So intractable and fierce are they that all the efforts of the British officials have failed to win them over in any degree. They have always been a terror to shipwrecked crews, braining the survivors with their stone-headed clubs, or shooting them with their poisoned arrows. These massacres are invariably concluded by a cannibal feast.' Nice, amiable people, Watson! If this fellow had been left to his own unaided devices this affair might have taken an even more ghastly turn. I fancy that, even as it is, Jonathan Small would give a good deal not to have employed him. </blockquote>
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There we have the setup. Now without further ado, here's "<a href="http://nowiknow.com/the-most-isolated-people-in-the-world/">The Most Isolated People in the World</a>" from Now I Know:<br />
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The part of the Indian Ocean encapsulated by the eastern shore of India and the shores of Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma) is called the Bay of Bengal (map).  The eastern edge of the Bay of Bengal is defined as a set of islands called the Andaman Islands, an archipelago, most of which are under control of India.  North Sentinel Island, a small dot of land, is part of the Andaman Islands.  North Sentinel Island is set just west of the larger islands in the group, as seen as the red area in the map at the top.  (For further context, the island is flagged <b><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=11.55,92.233333&ll=12.039321,94.570313&spn=24.782025,36.386719&t=p&z=5">on the map here</a></b> – be sure to zoom in.)<br />
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Between 50 and 400 people are estimated to live on North Sentinel Island.  These people, known as the Sentinelese, are perhaps the most isolated people in the world and are believed to be pre-Neolithic — literally, technologically in the Stone Age.  By and large, the Sentinelese have gone uncontacted by outsiders for centuries if not millennia — in part because the Sentinelese do not take kindly to visitors.<br />
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In 1967, Indian authorities began their first meaningful attempt to engage the Sentinelese by leaving coconuts as gifts on the island’s shores.  While some progress was made over the course of a few decades, the quality and quantity of contact was minimal at best.  Seven years later, anthropologist Trilokinath Pandit and a film crew attempted to woo the Sentinelese into friendly contact with gifts, such as fruit, a pig, some toys, and pots and pans.  The result was not positive: a film director was shot in the thigh with an arrow.  In the 1990s, India cut off its permission for these anthropological endeavors, citing risks seen in contacting other uncontacted tribes as well as the fear of introducing diseases from mainland India to the Sentinelese people, whose physiologies almost certainly would be ill prepared to recover from.<br />
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More recent events strongly buttresses that this decision to cut off hopes of contact is just fine with the Sentinelese.  In 2006, a pair of fishermen were plying their trade, illegally, off North Sentinel Island’s shore.  <b><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/1509987/Stone-Age-tribe-kills-fishermen-who-strayed-on-to-island.html">Sentinelese archers killed the fishermen</a></b>.  When a helicopter came to recover the bodies, the helicopter too was met with a hail of arrows, and retreated before fulfilling its mission.<br />
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What do we know about the Sentinelese?  Understandably, very little.  They live in huts and are hunter-gatherers, employing the use of javelins, bows and arrows, and harpoons.  They speak a language unique to them (also called, by outsiders, “Sentinelese”) which we have no way of translating.  The Sentinelese appear to use pig skulls as ornaments of some sort, and have employed the use of red dye in both clothing and what is best guessed to be decoration.<br />
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And that, unfortunately, is all we may ever learn.  As India has given up almost all hope of making further contact with the Sentinelese, these people are considered autonomous and, in a very real sense, the most isolated people on the planet.  It seems like a matter of time before they and their culture die off, becoming a historical footnote. On the other hand, the Sentinelese are resilient — some estimate that they have lived on North Sentinel Island for 60,000 years, and in any event, the Sentinelese somehow survived the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 (which <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2004_Indonesia_Tsunami_Complete.gif">probably hit the island</a></b>). </blockquote>
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Could Tonga have been part of the Sentinelese people? Given his rather irascible personality, it doesn't sound like a stretch. The blowpipe would seem to equate with the archers and the hammer-like weapon is clearly Neolithic in nature.<br />
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And when one considers that he was "a fine boatman" according to Johnathan Small, it's not unlikely that he left Sentinel Island and made his way to some of the other Andaman Islands where he took ill. It was there that Small nursed him back to health and was able to attain a degree of loyalty from the islander, whom Small said was "as venomous as a young snake."<br />
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While we may never know with certainty which of the Andaman Islands Tonga called home, our preference is for Sentinel Island, home of the most isolated people in the world.<br />
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Tonga Was One of the Most Isolated People in the World

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Remembering Ted Schulz, BSI

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[<b><i>Editor's note</i></b>: The following is a guest post by C. Paul Martin, BSI ("Dr. Leslie Armstrong"), who knew Ted Schulz quite well.]<br />
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Theodore G. Schulz, BSI ("The Amateur Mendicant Society") passed beyond the Reichenbach on January 24, 2013. Knowing Ted was to appreciate a true champion and an active practitioner of the art of Sherlockiana and its environs.<br />
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Ted was the genuine template for the formation of the optimal Baker Street Irregular, Sherlockian, Holmesian, Praedian, etc. while imparting his caring and enthusiastic personality to all his associates and acquaintances in many societies.<br />
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Ted had the opportunity to give us his own story before he left us: it's a rich mix of text and videos and can be found at <b><a href="http://tedschulz.com/" target="_blank">TedSchulz.com</a></b>, which has been recently updated by Barry Brilliant (who himself <b><a href="http://bbrilliant.com/Tedschulz/LetterfromBarry.html" target="_blank">penned a letter to Ted</a></b> that summed up their friendship).<br />
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Other adventures with Ted can be viewed via <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ted+schulz+sherlock" target="_blank">a number of YouTube videos</a></b> that he made, such as the one below. Yet, in knowing him these past 44 years, I believe he would also like you to know some unique facts.<br />
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Ted was born at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco in 1923, the same night that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was presenting a lecture on spiritualism and photography at Dreamland Auditorium just a few blocks away from the hospital. Could Doyle’s ethereal spirits have migrated to Ted upon his birth with resultant influence?<br />
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Ted’s only son was named William Sherlock Schulz, a fitting testament to his devotion to his avocation and his wife Mary’s love of him and acceptance of his enthusiasm for the world of Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle.<br />
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The many honors bestowed upon Ted, including his Two Shilling Award and his 50 year BSI Membership Recognition only validate the conclusion of the many people who were privileged to meet him that “Ted is the nicest man I have ever met!” Ted received his investiture "The Amateur Mendicant Society" in the BSI in 1961.<br />
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If you'd like to watch the memorial that Ted's local Sherlockian group held, it can be viewed <b><a href="http://bbrilliant.com/Tedschulz/TedMemorial.html">by clicking here</a></b>.<br />
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