I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Friday Sherlock Links Compendium (July 27 - August 2, 2013)

<i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">"</span><span style="background-color: white;">It was by concealing such </span><span style="background-color: white;">links</span><span style="background-color: white;"> in the chain that Watson was enabled to produce his meretricious finales.</span><span style="background-color: white;">"</span></i><br /><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- 'The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier'</span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://always1895.net/post/56502788584/friday-sherlock-links-compendium-july-20-july-26" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Always1895 Logo" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtgIEDOLuPEafLCcMm1hGMsdHI7VbID1abTZZk7jFGbMrKQKOg9ZBdZ5-R0Zk52sNDwa6crZhH6w8ok8OogwmVM4JqHX1SMe896lRpgNi5N3VJlbBZDLQkfUcdfx24EvnqMF27iRtPxki/s1600/1895.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A weekly roundup of links from across the web related to Sherlock Holmes, courtesy of </span><a href="https://twitter.com/always1895" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b>Matt Laffey</b></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> from Always1895.net. We welcome your comments and feedback, and if you have any material to include in the weekly roundup, please send to always1895 @ gmail.com.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Only one week to go until <a href="http://www.norwegianexplorers.org/2013_conference.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes Through Time & Place">Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Place</a> in Minnesota! I hope to see many of you there. For those Sherlockian Twitter users posting from the conference or following from home, it’s been officially decided that the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/NEofMN/status/363432060678967297" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Stamp of approval from Norwegian Explorers">#SHMN13</a> will stand for Sherlock Holmes Through Time & Place. See you soon!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bakerstreetbabes.com/podcast/221b-con-watsons-through-time/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="221B Con: Watsons Through Time"><span style="font-weight: 700;">221B Con</span></a> - “Watsons Through Time" (52:10) “Recorded live at <span style="font-weight: 700;">221B Con</span>, this panel was all about all the Watsons through ALL OF TIME! Well, as much as we could fit in just under an hour. Panelists were <a href="https://twitter.com/CurlyFourEyes" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Kristina on Twitter">Kristina Manente</a> (Curly), <a href="https://twitter.com/SherlockPhD" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Ashley Polasek">Ashley Polasek</a>, Eddy Webb, and <a href="https://twitter.com/roane" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Roane">Roane</a>." The original panel subtitle was “From ladies’ man to comedic buffoon, how have representations of John Watson changed over time" and the panelists do a great job weaving current and vintage Sherlock Holmes adaptations in along with the Canon. An overarching theme is - predictably but alas still necessary - the ‘Watson is not stupid’ theme, and of course plenty of time is spent discussing, analyzing and giggling about the Sherlock and John (BBC <em>Sherlock </em>first names rule applies here) dynamic. The word on the street (OK, <a href="https://twitter.com/BakerStBabes/status/362569217054228480" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Vote for next 221B Con recording">on Twitter</a>) is that a few more <em>221B Con</em> panels are set to be released - I’ll put 6,000 pounds (though “I am a poor man") that “Fandom: What the Hell is Wrong With Us?" wins out. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Learn more about Nigel Bruce here"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/e6de93e73868b0b83907ad5f6087ea16/tumblr_inline_mqu899hOJw1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[At some point, you’ll develop a soft spot for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; outline: 0px; text-align: start;" target="_blank" title="Nigel Bruce"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Nigel Bruce</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"> so don’t be too harsh on him now.]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/2013/07/watsons-through-time-and-gender.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Watsons through time and gender."><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></a></span><br /><a name="more"></a><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/2013/07/watsons-through-time-and-gender.html" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Watsons through time and gender"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/bc5a4c88beb114b01b5de558b57725ed/tumblr_inline_mqu71vfkHX1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[Confirmed bachelor: John H Watson?]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/2013/07/watsons-through-time-and-gender.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Watsons through time and gender."><span style="font-weight: 700;">Sherlock Peoria</span></a> begins “Watsons Through Time and Gender" by commenting on the above 221B podcast "<a href="http://bakerstreetbabes.com/podcast/221b-con-watsons-through-time/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Watsons Through Time">Watsons Through Time</a>": “It’s a good podcast for anyone to listen to, but I’d especially recommend it to those who think the new Sherlockians are all airheaded Cumberbatch swooners. A lot of good thoughts can be heard there from the panelists and the audience, as well as the recognizable voice of <a href="https://twitter.com/HowardOstrom" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Follow Howard Ostrom on Twitter"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Howard Ostrom</span></a>, Sherlockian film expert extraordinaire." <span style="font-weight: 700;">Brad Keefauver</span>’s foray into the topic of ‘Watson and Gender’ is motivated by a phenomenon he noticed occurring during the <a href="http://bakerstreetbabes.com/podcast/221b-con-watsons-through-time/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="221B panel discussion on Watson">221B panel discussion</a>: “Watson was being defined by his relationship with Holmes as much as any other characteristic, and I couldn’t help but wonder if the charm of a given Watson didn’t prejudice the view of that relationship just a tad…" Read on for Keefauver’s insights into the changing role of Watson, and in particular how said changes might be motivated by a gender shift within the Holmes world. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/70832071" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="221B: The Sherlock Holmes Web-Series"><span style="font-weight: 700;">221B: The Sherlock Holmes Web-Series</span></a> is developed by Filmmaker <a href="http://221bwebseries.blogspot.com/p/about.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="About Carter deLaat and other involved with web series"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Carter deLaat</span></a> and features, for all intents and purposes, the first Sherlock Holmes adaptation featuring a female Sherlock: “It’s 1891 and military doctor, John Watson has returned home to England after a long and dangerous Afghanistan campaign. Seeking lodgings at an affordable price, he finds himself at 221B Baker St. <span style="font-weight: 700;">Where he meets a young, volatile, brilliant and eccentric woman…named Sherlock Holmes</span>…While not the grand Sherlockian mystery most are used to, <em>221B</em> emphasizes the domestic side of the mystery solving duo, often leading to comedic, puzzling and dangerous results. Giving a fresh perspective to the English Icons." <a href="http://221bwebseries.blogspot.com/2013/07/episode-one-now-online.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Ep1 - No Place Like Holmes">Episode One: No Place Like Holmes</a> was released on Vimeo (a free video streaming site like YouTube) on July 23, 2013 and <a href="http://221bwebseries.blogspot.com/2013/07/episode-two-now-online.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Episode 2: Fire Trap">Episode Two: Fire Trap</a> was released this week. The series will consist of five episodes total each with a running time between 5 and 8 minutes. Check out <a href="http://221bwebseries.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="221B Web Series Blog"><span style="font-weight: 700;">221B: The Sherlock Holmes Web Series blog</span></a> for new episodes, bios, extras and more.</span><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><a href="http://221bwebseries.blogspot.com/p/episodes_22.html" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for Episodes released to date"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/234fb12388d43fc6d4345a9a3782bb40/tumblr_inline_mqu67v5Fvo1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[Promo poster for </span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: start;">221B: The<br />Sherlock Holmes Web Series</em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">.]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: 700; outline: 0px;"><a href="http://lesliesklinger.com/2013/07/basic-holmesian-library/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Klinger's List of Books">Leslie Klinger</a></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, scholar, attorney, annotator, editor, liberator of the Canon and Sherlockian celebrity “was asked today to suggest my favorite books for a beginning Holmesian collector/scholar. Here’s the list that I created for my UCLA Extension class on "</span><a href="https://www.uclaextension.edu/pages/Course.aspx?reg=V4079" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes and His World at UCLA">Sherlock Holmes and His World</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">," which will be on October 26 this year. Click to download a PDF of Klinger’s: </span><a href="http://lesliesklinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/BOOKLIST.pdf" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="PDF of Klinger book suggestions">The Cornerstones of a Definitive Collection</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> - which seems to be a condensed version of </span><a href="http://www.diogenes-club.com/shlibrary9.htm" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Shaw 100"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The Shaw 100</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> - and includes many of my personal favorites such as D. Martin Dakin’s </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2027527.A_Sherlock_Holmes_Commentary" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="A Sherlock Holmes Commentary"><em>A Sherlock Holmes Commentary</em></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (1972) and Edgar Smith’s </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13610010-profile-by-gaslight" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Profiles By Gaslight"><em>Profile by Gaslight: An Irregular Reader About the Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</em></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (1944). In related news, Klinger just officially announced his next publishing project: </span><a href="http://lesliesklinger.com/2013/08/things-to-come/" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Klinger's New Annotated Lovecraft"><em>The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft</em></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, set to hit bookstores (and my shelves!) in the Fall of 2014.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><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="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13610010-profile-by-gaslight" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for more info on Profile By Gaslight"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/64a1d3f9d417df01b8242c64ed41d468/tumblr_inline_mqvbwsfy801qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[The day I found </span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: start;">Profile by Gaslight</em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"> for the insane price of $5 was one of my happiest book buying days ever.]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/07/read-at-once-if-convenient-if.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Reviews of 2 Andriacco books"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Dan Andriacco</span></a> posted reviews of his two most recent releases: <em><a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/07/two-thumbs-up-for-phillimore.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Two Thumbs up for Phillimore">The Disappearance of Mr James Phillimore</a></em> reviewed by <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/district.php" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The District Messenger"><em>The District Messenger</em></a>, newsletter of the venerable <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="SHSL"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Sherlock Holmes Society of London</span></a>, and <em><a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/07/read-at-once-if-convenient-if.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Read at Once if Convenient; If Inconvenient . . .">The Amateur Executioner</a></em> reviewed by fellow mystery author Kathleen Kaska. I have yet to read Andriacco’s novella about Mr James Phillimore ("who, stepping back into his own house to get his umbrella, was never more seen in this world" from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Problem_of_Thor_Bridge" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="THOR">THOR</a>), but I have had the pleasure of reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Amateur-Executioner-Enoch-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/1780924011/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Amateur Executioner: Enoch Hale Meets Sherlock Holmes on Amazon"><em>The Amateur Executioner</em></a> (co-authored with the equally talented <a href="http://kieranmcmullen.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Kieran McMullen's website"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Kieran McMullen</span></a>) which can best be summed up as a virtual who’s who of London during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardian_era" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Edwardian era">Edwardian era</a>. On a side note, for a ranking/discussion of some of the most intriguing sounding untold Holmes cases, see the website of Mr <span style="font-weight: 700;">Randall Stock</span> and his <a href="http://www.bestofsherlock.com/ref/untold.htm" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Top 10 Untold Tales"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The Top 10 Untold Tales of Sherlock Holmes</span></a>. Also, congratulations to Dan ‘Dutch’ Andriacco for having received his official <a href="http://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="JHWS"><span style="font-weight: 700;">John H Watson Society</span></a> <a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/07/recently-i-was-pleased-to-receive-my.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click to see Ditch's certificate for the JHWS">certificate of charter membership</a> - my mailbox and I (i.e. Baron) were also recently honored with a <a href="http://twitpic.com/d3jw8y/full" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Matt 'Baron' Laffey's JHWS certificate">JHWS certificate</a>. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><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://he-disappearance-mr-james-phillimore/" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click to order Mr James Phillimore"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/2260e802d1ce8a326de742ee5e27b5c0/tumblr_inline_mqu0msYDrN1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[Cover of Dan Andriacco’s </span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/07/two-thumbs-up-for-phillimore.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Disappearance of Mr James Phillimore on Amazon">The Disappearance of Mr James Phillimore</a></em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"> on MX.]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://betterholmesandgardens.blogspot.com/2013/07/book-review-annals-of-sherlock-holmes.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Annals of Sherlock Holmes review"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Better Holmes & Gardens</span></a> reviews <a href="https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_139164884005" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Paul D Gilbert on Facebook"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Paul D Gilbert</span></a>’s "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Annals-Sherlock-Holmes-Paul-Gilbert/dp/0709093462" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Annals of Sherlock Holmes on Amazon"><em>The Annals of Sherlock Holmes</em></a>, (2013, Robert Hale Press) a collection of three stories inspired by canonical references (to both unpublished cases in Dr. Watson’s dispatch box at Cox and Co., at Charing Cross, and fringe characters from published stories)." The first story is "<span style="font-weight: 700;">The Dundas Separation Case</span>”, a tale inspired by a reference made in “A Case of Identity"; the second story explores just what the meaning is behind those famous lines “the depth to which the parsley had sunk into the butter upon a hot day" in ”<span style="font-weight: 700;">The Abernetty Mystery</span>" from “The Six Napoleons;" and in the final tale we see Watson reunited with Mrs. Cecil Forrester, former employer of Mary Morstan, in ”<span style="font-weight: 700;">The Adventure of the Reluctant Spirit.</span>" Gilbert’s previous, well-regarded pastiches include <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Lost-Files-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0709082495/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes by Gilbert"><em>The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes</em></a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Sherlock-Holmes-Paul-Gilbert/dp/B00A19CWUQ" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes by Gilbert"><em>The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes</em></a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Giant-Rat-Sumatra/dp/070908904X" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Giant Rat of Sumatra on Amazon"><em>The Giant Rat of Sumatra</em></a>. Ms <span style="font-weight: 700;">Jaime Mahoney</span> in her review gives high marks to Gilbert’s latest dive into Watson’s (seemingly infinite) Tin Box: “Gilbert has summoned a Sherlock Holmes who is in full possession of his powers, and does not hesitate to use them completely. His Watson is at equal turns admiring and exasperated, but always at the Detective’s side. <span style="font-weight: 700;">Everything about them is authentic and familiar, as comfortable as a visit to Baker Street and an old dressing gown.</span>" </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><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;"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/ecd0434b50305cab8ba2f1172119be64/tumblr_inline_mqtz9jYmjh1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 500px;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[Gilbert’s distinct cover art in a style that can be seen on many of his books.]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://free-sherlock.com/2013/07/30/update-july-2013/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="July 2013 update for Klinger v ACD Estate"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Free Sherlock</span></a>, Sherlockian annotator and defender of the faith <a href="http://lesliesklinger.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Klinger's website"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Leslie S Klinger</span></a>’s blog devoted to updates regarding Klinger vs the Conan Doyle Estate Ltd., summarized the latest legal developments in this historical case and posted a variety of related documents (Eg. for a good time click to download a PDF of <a href="http://freesherlock.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/klinger-file-stamped-memorandum-of-law-in-support-of-motion-for-summary-judgment.pdf" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Stamped Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment">Stamped Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment</a>): “Following the entry of a default order against the Defendant, Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd., Leslie Klinger has filed a Motion for Summary Judgment asking that the Court enter a judgement against the Estate" - which I assume cam only mean that we’re very close to seeing just where future pastiche authors and other creators of Holmes -related and -inspired content stand in relation to the <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.conandoyleestate.co.uk/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Estate">Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd</a></span>. For a variety of opinions regarding this case from around the internet, see Free Sherlock’s <a href="http://free-sherlock.com/opinions/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Opinions on Free Sherlock">Opinions page</a>.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://petercushing.org.uk/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Cushing blog">Peter Cushing Blog</a></span> and the related <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/petercushingblog" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Peter Cushing on FB">Peter Cushing Facebook</a></span> contain a wealth of information and pictures, as well as contests and other fan-related hi jinks  on the late, great Peter Cushing. Sherlockians of course know him best for his adaptation of the Great Detective: first in 1959 for the Hammer films’ adaptation of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052905/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="HOUN (1959)"><em>The Hound of the Baskervilles</em></a>, then in the late 1960s for BBC’s <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163492/episodes?season=2" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="BBC Sherlock Holmes"><em>Sherlock Holmes</em></a> and finally his 1984 Sherlockian swan song <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masks_of_Death" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Masks of Death (1984)"><em>The Masks of Death</em></a>. In 1971, Cushing also recorded an unabridged version of <a href="http://www.sherlocknews.com/2010/11/audio-cd-peter-cushing-reads-return-of.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Return of Sherlock Holmes"><em>The Return of Sherlock Holmes</em></a>. <a href="http://grand%20moff%20tarkin/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Peter Cushing on IMDB">Mr Cushing</a> was also in a little movie from 1979 called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Star Wars Ep IV"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="font-weight: 400;">Star Wars</em></span></a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Moff_Tarkin" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Cushing in Star Wars">Grand Moff Tarkin</a>.  </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><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="https://www.facebook.com/petercushingblog" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Peter Cushing Appreciation Society on FB"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/26e2c76465a22c354bff8c0ad83a2c27/tumblr_inline_mqtk8b3h6h1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[Peter Cushing has a posse!]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://helloyoucreatives.com/post/56450761474/you-are-never-alone-with-a-good-book-this" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Hello You Creatives - Sherlock book"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Hello You Creatives</span></a> posted various images from a campaign by Grey Tel Aviv. Via Taxi called "<span style="font-weight: 700;">The Right Book Will Keep You Company</span>”. (Thanks to <a href="http://daysofstorm.tumblr.com/post/56508982265/helloyoucreatives-you-are-never-alone-with-a" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Holmes will keep you company...">DaysOfStorm</a> for the tip!)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><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://helloyoucreatives.com/post/56450761474/you-are-never-alone-with-a-good-book-this" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for full sized image"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/6274f3d44bf09fc3abe2ec1cd18b1205/tumblr_inline_mqk3f8oe4w1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[Part of me really loves this image, but another part of me can’t help but feel a little creeped out by the scene - which kind of makes me love it even more.]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=553714227997488&set=a.131363403565908.11943.129581877077394" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes ad for films from 1970s"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Sherlock Holmes For Dummies</span></a>’s Steve Doyle dug up this old newspaper ad: “I love vintage advertising like this, which is a 1970s-era magazine ad for the airing on WHAM-TV (Rochester, New York) of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Rathbone" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Basil Rathbone info"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Basil Rathbone</span></a> Holmes films. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1939_film_series)" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes Rathbone films info">The Rathbone films</a> syndication package was pretty common back then, and <span style="font-weight: 700;">many Sherlockians of a certain age credit their entree into the hobby with weekend TV viewings</span>." </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><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="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=553714227997488&set=a.131363403565908.11943.129581877077394" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for larger image"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/caf14fc04ae8fd700e75b74ec285f6c8/tumblr_inline_mqv24nGxZi1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">["Sherlock Holmes: Is the old man as harmless as he looks? Could he be guilty of a hideous crime? Be in on the excitement when Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr Watson (the late Nigel Bruce) solve even the most baffling mysteries….Every Sunday [in] your living room!"]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div><small><br /></small></div></div>

Friday Sherlock Links Compendium (July 27 - August 2, 2013)

" It was by concealing such links in the chain that Watson was enabled to produce his meretricious finales. " - 'The Adventu...

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by Scott Monty

Dancing Girls Dressed as Sherlock Holmes Introduce Bill Cosby

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Dancing Girls Dressed as Sherlock Holmes Introduce Bill Cosby

"Dancing with Amusement" [HOUN] Normally, a video of Bill Cosby - even on such an historic show as The Dean Martin Variety Show ...

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Charles Augustus Milverton Gets a New Name in Sherlock

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This morning we were treated to the news that the major villain in the BBC's <i>Sherlock</i> Season 3 has been announced.  It is none other than a modern-day manifestation of Charles Augustus Milverton: Charles Augustus <b><i>Magnussen</i></b>.<br />
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The announcement was made by producer <b><a href="https://twitter.com/suevertue/status/361828359799468032" target="_blank">Sue Vertue via her Twitter account</a></b> and the news immediately spread across the web. The villain will be played by Danish actor Lars Mikkelsen, who may be known to a wider audience from his role in <b><i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586565/" target="_blank">The Killing</a></i></b>.<br />
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Of course, our readers know Charles Augustus Milverton from the eponymous adventure in the collection of stories <i><a href="http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/chas.htm" target="_blank">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</a></i>. You can <b><a href="http://dickens.stanford.edu/sherlockholmes/2007/250_issue6/2007_issue6.pdf" target="_blank">read the original story, in its original layout</a></b> courtesy of the Stanford University "<b><a href="http://dickens.stanford.edu/sherlockholmes/index.html" target="_blank">Discovering Sherlock Holmes</a></b>" initiative from 2007. Milverton was known to Holmes as "The worst man in London," described as follows:<br />
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"He is the king of all the blackmailers. Heaven help the man, and still more the woman, whose secret and reputation come into the power of Milverton. With a smiling face and a heart of marble he will squeeze and squeeze until he has drained them dry. The fellow is a genius in his way, and would have made his mark in some more savoury trade. His method is as follows: He allows it to be known that he is prepared to pay very high sums for letters which compromise people of wealth or position. He receives these wares not only from treacherous valets or maids, but frequently from genteel ruffians who have gained the confidence and affection of trusting women. He deals with no niggard hand. I happen to know that he paid seven hundred pounds to a footman for a note two lines in length, and that the ruin of a noble family was the result. Everything which is in the market goes to Milverton, and there are hundreds in this great city who turn white at his name. No one knows where his grip may fall, for he is far too rich and far too cunning to work from hand to mouth. He will hold a card back for years in order to play it at the moment when the stake is best worth winning. I have said that he is the worst man in London, and I would ask you how could one compare the ruffian who in hot blood bludgeons his mate with this man, who methodically and at his leisure tortures the soul and wrings the nerves in order to add to his already swollen money-bags?"</blockquote>
Sounds like a perfect recipe for a villain in the Cumberbatch / Freeman lineup. As a reminder, the titles for the three episodes of Season 3 include:<br />
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If we recall that in the original CHAS that Holmes, disguised as Escott, "a plumber with a rising business," got himself engaged to Milverton's housemaid, the title "His Last Vow" seems to take shape. And when we recall that the hints that Mssrs. Gatiss and Moffat gave fans some time ago were "Wedding. Rat. Bow," one could infer that wedding could feasibly mean the engagement (although a Mrs. Watson could figure into things) or that rat refers to Milverton ("Milverton had glided as quick as a rat to the side of the room." [CHAS]).<br />
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At any rate, we're delighted to see an actor who looks the part of Milverton, just as Robert Hardy did in Granada's <i>The Master Blackmailer</i>. And Hardy was superb in his unabridged readings of a number of the original stories - including "Charles Augustus Milverton," in which we think his performance was even better than in the Jeremy Brett Granada outing. You can find some of his audio book work on <b><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002VRV0P4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B002VRV0P4&linkCode=as2&tag=thebakstrblo-21" target="_blank">Amazon.co.uk</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VJ8PMW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003VJ8PMW&linkCode=as2&tag=thebakerstree-20" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></b>.<br />
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And if you're in the mood for some Milvertonian mahem, <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXxHx_sGQKo" target="_blank">enjoy this clip</a></b>:<br />
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So there you have it. Charles Augustus Milverton is now Charles Augustus Magnussen. What do you think?<br />
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Charles Augustus Milverton Gets a New Name in Sherlock

"my collection of M's is a fine one" [EMPT] This morning we were treated to the news that the major villain in the BBC...

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by Scott Monty

"They Took Into Partnership" [VALL]

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With BBC's <b>Sherlock</b> and CBS' <b>Elementary</b>, the idea of contemporary stories and modern reinventions of the Great Detective does not seem as radical as one  might perceive. However, a recent comic series by New Paradigm Studios (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1326941042"></span>whose Kickstarter campaign was featured on this site<span id="goog_1326941043"></span></a>, and which has been the subject of <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2012/08/episode-44-watson-and-holmes.html" target="_blank">an episode of <b>I Hear of Sherlock</b></a>) reveals an  extremely similar - yet similarly radical - recasting of Holmes and Watson in contemporary times.<br />
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<b>Watson and Holmes</b> is a series written by Karl Bollers, and drawn by Rick Leonardi, that recasts the duo's adventures in contemporary New York. However, there is a slight racial switch, as the series takes place specifically in Harlem: John Watson is a medical intern, and  Sherlock Holmes is a private investigator.  Although it may lack the canon-influenced snap of the BBC series - or even the more procedural aspects of CBS's efforts - <b>Watson and Holmes</b>sparkles with a straightforward narrative drive, having a kind of propulsiveness that characterized the best of Conan Doyle's work. There are slight nods and variations to the canon, but Bollers' writing captures the spirit (if not the letter) of canon.<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>Leonardi's artwork on <b>Watson and Holmes</b> is also exemplary - there is a great noir feel to the art, and he is able to capture physical action well. Characters have a definite look and tone to them, and his take on both Watson and Holmes gives both men a strong presence. Storytelling throughout is well paced, resulting in a desire for more stories and tales by the end of the fourth issue.<br />
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The first issues of <b>Watson and Holmes</b> are available online via <a href="http://www.comixology.com/">Comixology</a> and <a href="http://www.comixpress.com/">Comixpress</a>, as well as through better comics shops. Although a trade paperback collection is likely, <b>Watson and Holmes</b> is also enjoyed in single issue portions and worth any Sherlockian's time. With plenty of nods and Easter eggs for Sherlockians, this is one series worth seeking out.<br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;">Editor's note: Gordon regularly covers the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the entertainment industry. You can also find him at <a href="http://blogthispal.blogspot.com/" style="color: #003366;">Blog THIS, Pal!</a> and <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/" style="color: #003366;">Comic Related</a>. </i><br />
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