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A Study in Sherlock: New Sherlock Holmes Stories

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“For those of you already compiling your Christmas gift lists, Random House will be publishing a new anthology of stories inspired by Holmes canon, just in time for the holiday season.<br />
 <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Study-Sherlock-Laurie-R-King/dp/0812982460?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">A Study in Sherlock</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=0812982460" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b> features contributions from well known authors such as Neil Gaiman, Lee Child, Alan Bradley and many more. The anthology has been compiled by Laurie R. King, award winning writer of the Mary Russell and Kate Martinelli novels, and Leslie S. Klinger, world renowned Holmes expert and editor of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes.<br />
 The collection will be published in December 2011 and is available to pre-order from Amazon now. For more details and future teasers from the book please visit the <a href="http://astudyinsherlock.com/">A Study in Sherlock</a> blog.”</blockquote>
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The publication date above is for the UK. According to Amazon.com, it will be released in the US on October 25th, 2011. On the <a href="http://astudyinsherlock.com/">A Study in Sherlock</a> blog, Laurie R. King says this about the stories in the anthology:<br />
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“They’re all fabulous. Absolutely great.<br />
Neil Gaiman writes about bees, China, and A Certain Beekeeper. Tom Perry set his story in 1901 Buffalo, New York. SJ Rozan’s is built around “The Man With the Crooked Lip.” Dana Stabenow’s Kate Shugak meets “The Eyak Interpreter.” Colin Cotterill did us a graphic story—that’s graphic as in drawings, not as in overt gore. And the 90 files he sent his story in has given Random House a…challenge (better them than me, thank heavens.) And by way of bonus, Les Klinger and I did an introduction—plus, there’s Twinterview (an interview, in 140 characters) between Les and Mary Russell!”</blockquote>
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Interested? Head over to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Study-Sherlock-Laurie-R-King/dp/0812982460?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Amazon.com</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=0812982460" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> for price info and to pre-order. And for more with the other co-editor Les Klinger, check out <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2011/03/episode-31-chat-with-les-klinger.html">Episode 31 of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a>.<br />
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A Study in Sherlock: New Sherlock Holmes Stories

"Some really extraordinary stories" [STOC] From the Baker Street Supper Club , March 19th: “For those of you already compi...

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by Katie Magnusson

"Goaded it to Fresh Madness" [STUD]

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Well now it seems that you can have fun with the Canon by participating in <a href="http://clozedbooks.com/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/"><b>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Mad Libs</b></a>. Francis Cleary has started <a href="http://clozedbooks.com/">ClozedBooks.com</a>, in which you - yes, you! - can help create Mad Lib versions of the stories. He has already finished "<a href="http://clozedbooks.com/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/a-scandal-in-bohemia/read/" target="_blank">A Scandal in Bohemia</a>" with the help of a handful of participants. You can read the Mad Lib version by clicking through.<br />
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Other tales are in the process of being written: "The Red-Headed League," "A Case of Identity," "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," and "The Speckled Band." If you head over there now, you can suggest nouns, verbs and adjectives to be used within the stories. Participants have the choice of logging in with Facebook or Twitter, or contributing anonymously; those who do log in will be given credits on each story's title page.<br />
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We think this is a fun way to enjoy the core of the Canon that we all know so well. While we're not certain what level of editing or screening goes into the vetting of grammatical phrases, we'll see what a crowdsourcing exercise does for it.<br />
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"Goaded it to Fresh Madness" [STUD]

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"a favourite ditty" [LAST] </h4>
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One of the regular things we share include quotes from the Canon. We certainly have our own favorites, but as you can imagine, everyone has his or her preferences as well. We love hearing from our fans - on Facebook or below in the comments section - so <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BakerStreetBlog/posts/10150110898262713">we recently asked our fans on Facebook</a> a relatively innocuous question (well, for Facebook, anyway):<br />
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Here are some of the responses we received:<br />
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"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them."<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Three Gables"</div>
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"Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent."<br />
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- "A Case of Identity"</div>
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"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."<br />
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- "A Scandal in Bohemia"</div>
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"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."<br />
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- <i>The Sign of Four</i></div>
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"You're not hurt, Watson? For God's sake, say that you are not hurt!"<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs"</div>
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"Is there any other little service that I can do you, my friend?"<br />
"A match and a cigarette."<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Dying Detective"</div>
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"The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply."<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"</div>
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Some of our favorites include:<br />
"For once you have fallen low. Let us see in the future how high you can rise."<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Three Students"</div>
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"Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons with the greatest for the last."<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Red Circle"</div>
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"When one tries to rise above Nature, one is liable to fall below it."<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Creeping Man"</div>
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If you'd like to see what some of the most popular quotes are, as ranked by Randall Stock, check out <a href="http://www.bestofsherlock.com/top-10-sherlock-quotes.htm">The 10 Most Famous Sherlock Holmes Quotes</a>, which includes an explanation of the ranking criteria as well as the complete context around each quote.<br />
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Do you have some favorite lines from the Canon? Please leave a comment below and tell us. No account or login is required to do so.<br />
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