I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

You Say Sherlockian, I Say Sherlockian

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<br /><br />When the BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch first aired in 2010, it garnered fans very quickly, and they naturally enough called themselves Sherlockians. What was the name of the series, after all, but <i>Sherlock</i>? <br /><br />And that would have been fine, if there hadn't already been a group of people called Sherlockians. The word "Sherlockian" has been in use since — well, I'm not quite sure since when, but for sixty years at the very least. "The ardent Sherlockian is a being apart," Edgar W. Smith wrote in one of his editorials in the <i><a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/" target="_blank">Baker Street Journal</a></i> in 1955. He was not, I'm pretty sure, talking about television fans, or even movie enthusiasts, but about those who read, enjoy and discuss the authentic Sherlock Holmes tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, which we have come to call "the Canon."<br /><br />Some of the Sherlockians in the BBC-fan group soon became Sherlockians of the Canonical kind as well. (Don't doubt it. I'm currently reading <i><a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/fixedpoint.html" target="_blank">The One Fixed Point in a Changing Age</a></i>, an anthology of serious writing by "a new generation", and believe me, it straddles the divide impressively.) Others, however, emphatically didn't. I heard a story recently of an old-line Sherlockian who got to know a new-style Sherlockian and suggested that they spend some time looking intensively at one of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Stories? the younger enthusiast asked. What stories? Not interested in stories. Only interested in Cumberbatch and Freeman.<br /><br /><h3>
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Let me say it another way: for some of the current generation, <i>Sherlock</i> is the gateway drug that leads them to the real Sherlock Holmes. For earlier generations, the gateway drug may have been Jeremy Brett, or even Basil Rathbone... or, one suspects, William Gillette. And for those who made the jump, read the Sherlock Holmes stories and got serious about them, it's perfectly reasonable to say that they became Sherlockians in the sense in which we've always used the word.<br /><br />I do think there's room for cavil about just how much somebody has to know before the label "Sherlockian" will stick. Does he or she need to know which story refers to the Netherlands-Sumatra Company and which one mentions Holmes's Stradivarius? (Those are the kinds of questions that, supposedly, were used by the early Baker Street Irregulars to determine who was going to buy the next round.) At a minimum, it seems to me, a Sherlockian has to be somebody who has read all four novels and 56 short stories with some attention. If you fall much short of that criterion you are, let's say, a Sherlockian-in-training. Which is a very fine thing to be, by the way.<br /><br />But there's no hope of taking the label "Sherlockian" away from the people who are dedicated only to television programs, so the ambiguity is likely to persist, and Sherlockians (type 1) will be rubbing shoulders with Sherlockians (type 2) at events like the GridLock con in Washington for quite some time to come.<br /><br />Honestly, it's enough to make you wish that old-school Sherlockians had adopted the name Holmesians instead. As it happens, their (our) British counterparts already did, and thereby avoided all sorts of misunderstanding.<br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image credit: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/aBNn9D" target="_blank">Tatiana Vdb (Flickr)</a></span></i><br />--<br /><br /><div>
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You Say Sherlockian, I Say Sherlockian

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EXCLUSIVE: Video Trailer to William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes (1916) and Giveaway

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Last year, the world was taken by storm by <a href="http://ihose.co/1916film" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the discovery of the 1916 film <i>Sherlock Holmes</i></a> starring William Gillette, long thought to be the Holy Grail of lost films. The film was <a href="http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/first-hand-evidence-william-gillette-s-restored-1916" target="_blank">screened first in Paris</a> on January 31 of this year, then <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/06/sherlock-holmes-in-san-francisco.html#.VbFXlvlViko" target="_blank">at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in May</a>, both to excited and sold out audiences.<br />
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This October, Flicker Alley will present the Blu-ray/DVD restoration, in partnership with the <a href="http://sfsff.com/" target="_blank">San Francisco Silent Film Festival</a> and <a href="http://www.cinematheque.fr/" target="_blank">la Cinémathèque française</a>.<br />
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As part of the preparation for the October 20 release of the DVD and Blu-ray and to celebrate William Gillette's birthday (b. July 24, 1853), I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere is proud to debut this exclusive trailer for the film:<br />
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Long considered lost until a complete dupe negative was identified in the vaults of la Cinémathèque française last year, this William Gillette film is a vital missing link in the history of Sherlock Holmes on screen. By the time it was produced at Essanay Studios in 1916, Gillette had been established as the world's foremost interpreter of Holmes on stage-having played him approximately 1300 times since his 1899 debut. This newly-restored edition, thanks to the monumental efforts of both the San Francisco Silent Film Festival and la Cinémathèque française, represents the sole surviving appearance of Gillette's Holmes on film. Presented with optional French and English intertitles and an original score composed and performed by Neil Brand, Guenter Buchwald, and Frank Bockius, Flicker Alley is honored to bring <a href="http://ihose.co/flickeralley" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes</a> onto Blu-ray and DVD for the first time ever.<br />
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<li><i>Sherlock Holmes Baffled</i> (1900): Courtesy of the Library of Congress and presented in HD, this is the earliest known film to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes.</li>
<li><i>A Canine Sherlock</i> (1912): From the EYE Film Institute, the film stars Spot the Dog as the titular character.</li>
<li><i>Più forte che Sherlock Holmes</i> (1913): Also from the EYE Film Institute, this entertaining Italian trick-film owes as much to Méliès as it does Doyle.</li>
<li>HD transfers from the Fox Movietone Collection: Interview with Arthur Conan Doyle and outtakes from a 1930 broadcast with William Gillette showing off his amateur railroad (University of South Carolina).</li>
<li>A PDF manuscript of the 1899 play <i>Sherlock Holmes</i> by William Gillette.</li>
<li>A PDF of the original contract between William Gillette and the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company.</li>
<li>A booklet featuring images from the film and information about the restoration project.</li>
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The DVD / Blu-ray is <a href="http://ihose.co/flickeralley" target="_blank">available for purchase directly from Flicker Alley</a>, currently discounted at $29.95 (normally priced at $39.95).</div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;">As part of the celebration of William Gillette's birthday, Flicker Alley is holding <a href="http://ihose.co/HBDGillette" target="_blank">a contest in which you have a chance to win</a> a copy of the DVD / Blu-ray of the 1916 </span><i>Sherlock Holmes</i> starring William Gillette. Just <a href="http://ihose.co/HBDGillette" target="_blank">visit their site</a> to enter the contest and to see the full set of rules.</div>
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EXCLUSIVE: Video Trailer to William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes (1916) and Giveaway

"an object of interest to be celebrated" [SCAN] Last year, the world was taken by storm by the discovery of the 1916 film She...

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by Scott Monty

Mr. Holmes - An Emotional and Somber Sherlock

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"All emotions...were abhorrent to his cold, precise, but admirably balanced mind" [SCAN]</h4>
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When we first encounter Sir Ian McKellen as an aged 93 year-old Sherlock Holmes, he is on a train returning to his home in Sussex after a journey to Japan. His demeanor is dour, but it lightens ever so slightly when he reaches his seaside farm, where he immediately retreats to his study.<br />
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If you had any expectation that <i>Mr. Holmes</i> would be a thinking-person's Sherlock Holmes film, centered on the detective as tireless clue hunter, you should be dissuaded of that notion immediately.<br />
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This is a film focused on the inner Sherlock Holmes - one whom we don't completely know, even after some four decades of Dr. Watson's storytelling. We quickly learn that there were many embellishments that Dr. Watson made: the deerstalker cap, the curved pipe, 221B Baker Street as the fictional address of Holmes (a nice nod to a conundrum that Sherlockians still can't entirely agree upon), and more.<br />
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But we discover that the reclusive Holmes of the South Downs holds a deeper secret: his mind, for which he is famous and which is responsible for his reputation, is failing him. He needs to find a way to stem the tide. As his mind grapples with the knowledge that it is slowly deteriorating, there is a restrained urgency to his desire to find a cure before it leaves him entirely.<br />
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Along the way, we meet Mrs. Munro (played by Laura Linney), Holmes's housekeeper, and her 10 year-old son Roger (Milo Parker), who are companions as well as helpmates to Holmes inside the house and with his apiaries. Holmes takes a special liking to Roger, as he teaches him about bee keeping and the principles of observation - perhaps seeing a bit of himself as a young boy in the clever Roger.<br />
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Holmes confides to Roger that he's trying to write the details of a particular case - in fact, the very case that caused him to retire some 33 years prior - and must do so before his mind completely fails him. This takes Holmes on a trip to Japan to seek out a cure. We're also treated to flashbacks to three decades before, as he catches glimpses of memories of the case - in which a Mr. Kelmot hired Holmes to track the meanderings of his wife.<br />
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As the film moves seamlessly between timeframes (sometimes annoyingly so), the clues are mostly visual in nature: settings in the City as well as in Japan, for example. But the most stark difference is McKellen's Holmes himself. We go from a stooped, frail and age-spotted nonagenarian deep in retirement in 1947 to a more spry, quick-spoken and visibly younger detective, at close of his career. McKellen's transformation to the elderly Holmes is a feat of the makeup department as much as the considerable acting talent.<br />
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But more than the visuals, we were taken by the exploration of the inner Sherlock Holmes - something we rarely glimpse in the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Here we have a Holmes with regrets, an infatuation with a woman whom he spent less than a day with, a deep sadness and sense of loss of his stalwarts: his long-suffering landlady Mrs. Hudson, his brother Mycroft, and of course Dr. Watson. The physical struggles are there on the surface, constantly. It's the mental and emotional anguish that ebb and flow, yet McKellen's Holmes makes it clear when those things affect him.<br />
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There is a shared sense of sadness, loss and loneliness in each of Holmes, Mrs. Kelmot and Mrs. Munro. They have all lost someone of great importance to them, and a hole exists in their hearts that cannot be completely filled. While each chooses his or her own way to deal with the loss and solitude, one thing becomes eminently clear: having a purpose gives our life meaning. Mrs. Munro nursing Holmes back to health, Watson writing up Holmes's last case to show the hero, or Roger as the pupil, bringing the natural teaching and demonstration abilities of Holmes back to life. This sense of purpose fulfills a need.<br />
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Overall, the film was a decent adaptation of Mitch Cullin's <i><a amzn-ps-bm-asin="1400078229" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="8c2ae9fe5a035c99c2ba3c8ca3b13a31" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="A Slight Trick of the Mind" href="http://amzn.to/1EdBJIy" id="amznPsBmLink_2796102" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Slight Trick of the Mind</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_2796102" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=socialmediama-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=8c2ae9fe5a035c99c2ba3c8ca3b13a31&_cb=1437544512154" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /></i>, upon which it was based. There were certain deviations from the original which had to be made to accommodate a visual audience and to simplify the storyline, but the essence of a real and feeling Sherlock Holmes was maintained. While the jumps between time lines was potentially confusing, moviegoers should be able to pick up on it easily. But it is one that may not leave you completely satisfied, due in large part to its emotional bent. At the conclusion, we were left with a sense of melancholy for Sherlock Holmes, who, even though he discovered what he set out to, was still at heart a solitary and lonely man.<br />
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Two items of note that we thought were worth pointing out. In one of the flashback scenes, Holmes follows Mrs. Kelmot out of a garden and discovers her in the street, loitering in front of a store. Clever eyes will note that it is a taxidermist's shop, name of Ambrose Chappell. If that name sounds familiar, you might recall that was the name of the taxidermist in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 classic <i><a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B000CCW2TS" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="04b7ce64d4a36b36642e63ad62515baf" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="The Man Who Knew Too Much" href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-Who-Knew-Much/dp/B000CCW2TS/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=socialmediama-20&linkId=04b7ce64d4a36b36642e63ad62515baf&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_4936587" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Man Who Knew Too Much</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_4936587" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=socialmediama-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=04b7ce64d4a36b36642e63ad62515baf&_cb=1437544933463" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /></i>.<br />
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The other is the cameo that everyone is talking about. When Holmes goes to see the fictional Sherlock Holmes film <i>The Lady in Grey</i> in 1947, we're treated to Nicholas Rowe playing the matinee Sherlock Holmes. Of course, Rowe had the lead role in the 1985 Chris Columbus film <i><a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B0000AUHPC" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="8b29e0239d6ffc002123601212992b6d" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Young Sherlock Holmes" href="http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sherlock-Holmes-Nicholas-Rowe/dp/B0000AUHPC/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=socialmediama-20&linkId=8b29e0239d6ffc002123601212992b6d&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_6286916" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Young Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_6286916" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=socialmediama-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=8b29e0239d6ffc002123601212992b6d&_cb=1437545033971" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /></i>.<br />
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We highly recommend the film to Sherlockians everywhere. Just be prepared for a subdued plot with a deep and perceptive performance by Ian McKellen, bringing you the inner Sherlock Holmes that seems more human and flawed than ever.<br />
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Mr. Holmes - An Emotional and Somber Sherlock

"All emotions...were abhorrent to his cold, precise, but admirably balanced mind" [SCAN] When we first encounter Sir Ian McKe...

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Sherlock Holmes and the Power of Poison

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The latest exhibit at <a href="http://www.dmns.org/" target="_blank">The Denver Museum of Nature and Science</a> is <a href="http://www.dmns.org/the-power-of-poison/" target="_blank">The Power of Poison</a> which runs from July 10, 2015 - January 10, 2016.  The exhibit is a wonderful learning experience where patrons learn the deadly effects of poison as well as their positive uses for medicine and their influence in literature, including a small mention of Sherlock Holmes.<br />
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Museum goers begin the exhibit by getting to walk through a recreation of Colombia's Choco rainforest.  There are live poison dart frogs (though, this variety contains no Batrachotoxin, which is 250 times more powerful than Strychnine, in their skins), and models of other deadly insects and animals.  Some include the longwing butterflies, which contain cyanide in their brightly colored wings; Bullet ants, whose toxin, called Ponerotoxin, causes long lasting contractions in mammalian muscles; and even the Great Tailed Gackle, a bird with poisonous feathers. <br />
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The second part of the exhibit focuses on stories of poison and their use in myths and legends.  Some of the myths include a choctaw story of a vine which kills by the touch, and a unique African myth known as The Story of Death. In this tale, one learns that rabbits and men were once natural enemies.  A rabbit tricked a man into eating a poisonous root and thus, death entered our world.  There is also an interesting animated feature explaining the myth of Hercules and the Hydra.<br />
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After reading about myths, one enters the section of the exhibit featuring poison in literature.  Here, there is a small display of a deerstalker hat and the anthology <i>Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories</i>. There is a brief explanation of Holmes and poison saying that the great detective was a master of poisons.  He identified the poison dart in <i>The Sign of the Four</i>. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle drew on his medical knowledge which contained a great deal of information on poisons and medicines.<br />
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While I would have liked more about Holmes, (I'm shocked that there was no mention of <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>,<i> </i>"The Speckled Band," or "The Sussex Vampire"), this Sherlockian was happy to see the consulting detective included in the exhibit.  If you want more Sherlock Holmes, fear not! In October, the concurrent exhibit, <a href="http://sherlockholmesexhibition.com/" target="_blank">The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes</a> opens at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.<br />
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The final portion of the exhibit focuses on cures and medicines made from poisons. One learns that many of our advances in medicines come from a basis in poison.  What can cure you in small amounts can kill you in large amounts.  Current research mentioned in the exhibit involves poison from the bark of the Yew tree being used as an effective anti-cancer medicine, and the venom from a tarantula being used to treat epilepsy. <br />
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This is a fantastic exhibit which is free with admission to the museum. <a href="https://www.dmns.org/the-power-of-poison/exhibition-features/" target="_blank">More information about the exhibit is available here</a>.  For information on the upcoming exhibit, The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, <a href="http://www.dmns.org/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/the-international-exhibition-of-sherlock-holmes/" target="_blank">click here</a>. <br />
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Sherlock Holmes and the Power of Poison

"Well up in...poisons generally" [STUD] The latest exhibit at The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is The Power of P...

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Behind the World's Largest New Sherlock Holmes Story Collection

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A Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the three-volume series <i><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1229605719/the-worlds-largest-new-sherlock-holmes-story-colle" target="_blank">The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories</a></i>, an anthology of over 60 traditional pastiches from leading Sherlock Holmes authors, is off to a tremendous start. The anthology has garnered  media attention, as it sets the world record for <a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-07-15/largest-ever-collection-of-new-sherlock-holmes-stories-will-raise-money-to-restore-conan-doyles-house" target="_blank">the largest collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories ever compiled</a>.<br />
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The three volumes are not just a new series of stories but also an altruistic collection. The anthology is a fundraiser for <a href="http://www.steppingstones.org.uk/Stepping-Stones-is-growing/" target="_blank">Stepping Stones</a> which is helping to restore <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search/label/Undershaw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Undershaw</a>, the home in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>, and which has fallen into significant disrepair. The aim of Stepping Stones's involvement is to turn Undershaw into a school for students with special needs. Within 48 hours, the Kickstarter campaign raised its initial goal of £2,000; however, a more ambitious goal is to raise £10,000 by the time the Kickstarter campaign concludes on August 16th.<br />
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I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere briefly interviewed Steve Emecz, of <a href="http://www.mxpublishing.com/index.html" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a>, the publisher of the anthology, and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Marcum/e/B00K1IKA92" target="_blank">David Marcum</a>, the editor and compiler of the anthology, about this ambitious project, its goals, and why the funds are going to support the preservation of Undershaw.<br />
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<b>Steve Emecz:</b> I have to give the credit to David (Marcum) for the idea. We had discussed many times over the years producing an MX collection, but it was David’s thought to create a big one for Undershaw and open it up to all Holmes writers, not just MX’s own. The beauty of having so many people participate is it is creating so much awareness for the Undershaw project.<br />
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<b>David Marcum:</b> The original intention was much more modest. In late January 2015, I was awakened early one Saturday morning by a vivid dream of a new Holmes anthology. Rather than rolling over, falling back asleep, and forgetting about it. I got up and started thinking about authors that I knew (or with whom I’d communicated) that might be willing to participate. I specifically wanted people who would write traditional Holmes stories, set in the correct time period. I emailed MX publisher Steve Emecz, and he was very positive about the idea, so I started sending invitations. I had initially envisioned something along the lines of a dozen or so stories. However, my wish list kept growing, and so did the number of people who wanted to join the party. I had always thought of this as a one-volume idea, probably paperback, but when the book was going to be so big that it would have a tiny font-size and so many pages that the spine would crack, Steve and I discussed the idea of going to two volumes. Later, when it was clear that it would be substantial enough for three hardcover volumes, the decision to go bigger was much easier. At that point, we realized just how important this collection was going to be.<br />
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<b>IHOSE: Tell us about the Undershaw Trust and the Stepping Stone Schools.  Why are they worthy organizations to support through this endeavor?</b></h4>
<b>SE:</b> The <a href="http://saveundershaw.com/" target="_blank">Undershaw Preservation Trust</a> (UPT) did an amazing job fighting the destruction of the house for several years until a suitable owner came forward. Without John, Lynn and Sue and the thousands of supporters there would be no Undershaw today as it would have been chopped up by a developer. They blocked it all the way to the high court. In 2014 Stepping Stones bought the house and this year began restoration. Stepping Stones is a specialist education facility that looks after children with learning disabilities. I’ve been lucky enough to meet the Stepping Stones team and some of the kids. They do an incredible job and it’s a fitting legacy for Undershaw and one that Conan Doyle would be proud of.<br />
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<b>DM:</b> At first, I had a very short list of people that I already knew, often just through email correspondence. I asked them to participate, and the response was immediate and positive. As I became more ambitious and confident – as well as greedy to read new stories straight from Watson’s tin dispatch box – I combed my book shelves, seeing which authors I wanted to ask next. Of course, some that I asked weren’t able to participate due to various reasons, but everyone was gracious and helpful. Along the way we picked up several additional participants that were recommended by authors who had already joined the project. In other cases, I had to do some detective work – and it helped that my first career in my twenties was as a U.S. Federal Investigator – as I tracked down physical addresses for people that couldn’t be contacted by email. Several authors in England, for instance, are only reachable by mail, which certainly makes one recall the old days before emails and instant communication.<br />
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My main condition when assembling the stories was that the authors’ submissions had to be about the true Holmes and Watson from the Original Canon. There could be no parodies, and no new characteristics about them that were not in the original stories. I indicated that the authors could use the characters, but they had to put them back unchanged for the next author when they were done. All of the stories in the book do that, with great success. I’m currently re-reading all of the submissions for the final edit, and some of these stories still give me chills, even after multiple readings. This is going to be good!<br />
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<b>DM:</b> It seems as if there is a unique story for every author that I contacted. Many were strangers back then who were instantly gracious about being approached with no warning, and so many have now turned into friends. For instance, just after we “met” by email, bestseller Andrew Lane sent me another Holmes story that he’d just written for my opinion, probably just because he knew that I’d enjoy it. Then, when he was writing the story for this collection, he sent me a sentence at a time for part of an afternoon, just to drive me crazy.<br />
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I contacted best-selling author Lyndsay Faye, who has written a number of Holmes short stories, early on, and she agreed immediately. Of course, she was in the middle of all the things associated with the release of her latest book, including a nationwide tour. I don’t spend much time on Facebook, but this project has made me visit there more often, and I saw some of her journey chronicled there. In the middle of Lyndsay’s busiest time, and before I was expecting it since I could follow how busy she was, her story arrived in my inbox one day. That was really cool.<br />
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Lyndsay is a member of both the Baker Street Irregulars and also the Baker Street Babes. This collection also has several stories written by other members of both groups. And then there is <a href="http://amzn.to/1Swtu0X" target="_blank">Larry Millett</a>, who has written seven excellent Holmes novels. He wrote a story, and then allowed it to appear in the latest Strand magazine in order to give the project some extra exposure.<br />
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We have a contribution from <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/09/episode-68-sherlock-holmes-on-radio.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bert Coules</a>, who supervised the amazing BBC broadcast of the entire Canon. And we have a number of stories from writers who have contributed to the U.S. radio show, <a href="http://jimfrenchproductions.com/zc137m/" target="_blank">Imagination Theatre</a>, including founder Jim French, and writers Matthew Elliott, Matthew Booth, John Hall, Daniel McGachey, Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett, Jeremy Holstein, J.R. Campbell, and me (<a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/05/the-tangled-skeins-of-sherlock-holmes.html#.VayFJPlViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Marcum</a>).<br />
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There are a lot who have famously already written about Holmes, and others who have written in other genres, but not about Holmes before. Several of our authors originally wrote some fan-fiction that’s as good as anything I’ve ever read anywhere about Holmes. I found their real identities and asked them to join us, and they did, with amazing results! Finally, I asked a few people who have done a great deal of work in keeping the world of Holmes alive, but hadn’t tried writing a story until now. Someone once said that every Sherlockian should write at least one pastiche, and this gave these folks the chance to do it. They truly knocked it out of the park. I’m now trying to convince them to write even more stories for their own future books, just so I’ll have even more to read about Our Heroes.</div>
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<b>SE:</b> The goals of the Kickstarter campaign are firstly awareness, and secondly to cover all the setup costs of the project so that we can begin to raise funds for the restoration straight away. We need to get to around £10,000 to achieve that. We set the public goal quite low at £2,000 to ensure it goes ahead but we’re hopeful to reach the main goal. As anyone that has done a crowdsourcing project, quite a lot of what people pledge is taking up in fulfillment costs – the anthology is nearly 3 kg in weight so expensive to ship.</div>
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Look for spotlight articles - <b><i>and a contest in which you'll have a chance to win a set of the entire set</i></b> - in the next 30 days here at I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, where we will have anthology contributors tell us a little bit about their stories and why they felt it was important to contribute to the anthology and help save Undershaw.<br />
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Behind the World's Largest New Sherlock Holmes Story Collection

"a large collection of valuable curiosities"[SIGN] A Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the three-volume series The ...

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Episode 79: Collectors' Corner - Glen Miranker

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Glen Miranker, BSI, 2s ("<i>The Origin of Tree Worship</i>") is one of the foremost Sherlockian and Doylean collectors in the world. To see his collection in person would send chills up even the most austere Sherlockian's spine.<br />
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We asked Glen to join us, not solely because of the depth and breadth of his Sherlockian collection, but because he has many personal stories that effectively illustrate what it means to be a collector. From his first real collectible book to the individuals who mentored him along the way, Glen learned a great deal and is more than willing to share his passion with the world.<br />
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From Sherlockian giants like <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose77" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dan Posnansky</a>, Marv Epstein and <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bliss Austin</a>, we hear of Glen's encounters with them and what they passed along to him. We literally step into Glen's library on a tour (audio-only, although we do have a few photos of what lies within), including some original Conan Doyle letters and even trench warfare magazines - just the tip of the iceberg of his collection.<br />
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We also have a roundup of Sherlock Holmes news, from events to the summer feature <i>Mr. Holmes</i>, to a fascinating set of infographics from The Guardian, as well as some listener comments. That plus our usual set of sponsors (and one very special one) round out the show.<br />
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<h3>Links:</h3><ul><li>What <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/07/heres-how-scintillation-of-scions-viii.html#.VZ_tqvlViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">happened at Scintillation of Scions VIII</a>, including a screening of Herlock</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/07/new-sherlock-trailer-strikes.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer and teaser image</a> for <i>Sherlock</i> special </li>
<li>A clever <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2015/jun/29/sherlock-holmes-examining-the-evidence-in-charts" target="_blank">set of infographics from The Guardian</a> </li>
<li>Fox is planning <a href="http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/houdini-and-doyle-fox-series-michael-weston-stephen-mangan-1201526721/" target="_blank"><i>Houdini & Doyle</i> for 2016</a> </li>
<li>Our friend (and <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose67" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IHOSE 67</a> guest) Tim Johnson was <a href="http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/06/27/books-thread-sherlock-archive-minnesota" target="_blank">featured on Minnesota Public Radio</a> </li>
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Remembering Roger Rees

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Roger Rees, the dashing Welsh actor who charmed American audiences in <i>Cheers</i> and <i>The West Wing</i>, has died in New York at the age of 71.<br />
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While he had years of Royal Shakespeare Company experience to his credit and made his first big television appearance in the RSC's version of <i><a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B000068QOG" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="f3e5f5c35bcc8ee318ac3c39d242ec49" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Nicholas Nickelby" href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Life-Adventures-Nicholas-Nickleby/dp/B000068QOG/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=socialmediama-20&linkId=f3e5f5c35bcc8ee318ac3c39d242ec49&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_7390445" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicholas Nickelby</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_7390445" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=socialmediama-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=f3e5f5c35bcc8ee318ac3c39d242ec49&_cb=1436627103383" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /></i>, Rees became a familiar figure in the United States when he took on the role of millionaire Robin Colcord, a sometime suitor to Rebecca on the popular television series <i>Cheers</i> from 1989 to 1993. He later returned to American's attention in his role as Lord John Marbury in the television political drama <i>The West Wing</i>.<br />
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But fans of Sherlock Holmes will remember Rees for his convincing and dramatic radio appearance as Sherlock Holmes in the 1988 BBC Radio production of <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>, which was written by Bert Coules. This was a precursor to the full audio production of the Canon by BBC Radio, starring Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. [<b>Ed.</b>: <i>If you'd like to catch up on the radio productions of Holmes and Watson's adventures, listen to <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose68" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 68</a> and <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose69" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 69</a>, in which we interviewed Mr. Coules and included plenty of audio clips</i>.]<br />
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While Rees didn't have the opportunity to play Holmes again, he did manage to sneak into a couple of episodes of <i><a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B00CYQXBSQ" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="aa14182a9b5ae932c361baa2b4f8564d" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Elementary" href="http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Season-Jonny-Lee-Miller/dp/B00CYQXBSQ/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=socialmediama-20&linkId=aa14182a9b5ae932c361baa2b4f8564d&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_2920872" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elementary</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_2920872" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=socialmediama-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=aa14182a9b5ae932c361baa2b4f8564d&_cb=1436628153741" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /></i>, as Alistair Moore, an old friend of Sherlock Holmes. However, if you get a chance to find the full radio production of the 1988 <i>Hound</i>, we highly recommend it - it was one of the best and is well worth seeking out. And for more details on the controversial hiring of Rees for the role, check out <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/221bbc.html" target="_blank"><i>221 BBC</i> by Bert Coules, published by the Wessex Press</a>.<br />
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You can listen to a scene from radio production of <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>, excerpted in Episode 68, <a href="http://pca.st/PJUm" target="_blank">beginning at 54:20</a>, where the annotation appears in the embedded audio file below:<br />
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New Sherlock Trailer Strikes a Traditional Tone

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Online fans - who will <i>not</i> be kept waiting, if you please! - have expressed their dismay at the constant delay in scheduling Series 4. The popularity and busy schedules of the principal stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Free man have thrown the show runners into a holding pattern as they're committed to other projects in the immediate future. At this point, Sherlock is expected to return in 2017, but with a twist: a number of movie theaters will simulcast the series along with the expected television release.<br />
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On Wednesday, the above official photo made its way across the Internet the day before San Diego Comic Con kicked off. The producers will be participating in a panel at SDCC, as they have in years past, so we'll expect more information to roll out.<br />
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Last night, we got a better sense of the special. PBS released a teaser video that gave us a better sense of the coming show. It opens with a scene of a period street sign of Baker Street, followed by a long look down the fabled thoroughfare on a snowy day (including a storefront with a red awning - Speedy's?). Trade vehicles and hansom cabs roll about, and the theme music is a clever nod to <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/01/remembering-composer-patrick-gowers.html" target="_blank">Patrick Gowers</a>' score from the original <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B00L2YXV2W" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="91ef6029c587937cfb3837e20731d174" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Granada series with Jeremy Brett" href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/dp/B00L2YXV2W/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=socialmediama-20&linkId=91ef6029c587937cfb3837e20731d174&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_6307700" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Granada series with Jeremy Brett</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_6307700" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=socialmediama-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=91ef6029c587937cfb3837e20731d174&_cb=1436533300283" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" />.<br />
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The facade of the door of 221B hasn't changed, and as it opens, Mrs. Hudson greets Holmes and Watson, who step out of the carriage, with a remonstration to give notice when they're due home. Cumberbatch's Holmes replies with what can only be music to traditional Sherlockians' ears with a soothing and logical, "I hardly knew myself, Mrs. Hudson."<br />
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We hasten to note that the Victorian version of Cumberbatch's Holmes seems far less manic and rushed - more of the true gentleman that Sherlock Holmes was - a far cry from his self-proclaimed "sociopath" character of the modern series.<br />
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Then Mrs. Hudson takes note of Dr. Watson's latest publication, taking the opportunity to insult him about it because she only makes perfunctory appearances with little to no dialog. Holmes piles on, claiming that there wasn't enough of him in "the dog one." A nice inside joke to Sherlockians who know that Holmes was offstage for a good bit of <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>.<br />
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Herlock Needs Your Help

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When Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the original Sherlock Holmes stories between 1887 and 1927, they were groundbreaking in that they helped give rise to serialized stories in which the characters were the central focus. The Canon has been called "<a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2013/11/a-textbook-of-friendship.html#.VZbch_lViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a textbook of friendship</a>" as it followed the relationship between Holmes and Watson as well as the adventures they experienced together. For many people, it was a contemporary and believable chronicle.<br />
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No less groundbreaking and contemporary is the new web series <a href="http://herlock.us/" target="_blank">Herlock</a>. The series explores the vital issues of our time through a Sherlockian framework. Gender bias, LGBTQ issues, personal liberty, corporate power, militarization of the police and more. The things that matter most, tackled by two extraordinary women whose adventures may occasionally remind you of someone else's.<br />
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The central character is veterinary medicine student Jonny Watts, who thinks she has her future planned out - until she meets female private investigator Sheridan Hume, that is. According to the Herlock web site:<br />
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So are Jonny and Sheridan really Holmes and Watson? Well, yes and no. We all know that <b>society responds differently to a brilliant woman than it does to a brilliant man</b>. And that difference has been a part of these women's lives since they were very young. Now that they are adults, the stakes have increased and the gender gap has widened. They are not their male counterparts as envisioned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (or anybody else). And that's part of the excitement of Herlock -- they'll solve mysteries together, they'll negotiate a relationship full of surprising tensions (and rewards), and they'll do it all while confronting the challenges of being smarter-than-average women in the 21st Century.</blockquote>
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Here's How Scintillation of Scions VIII Went Down

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In mid-June, <a href="http://scintillation.org/" target="_blank">A Scintillation of Scions VIII</a> (SoS VIII) was held at the <a href="http://sheratonbwiairport.com/" target="_blank">Sheraton Baltimore Washington Airport Hotel - BWI</a>. <br />
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The event began with a reception on Friday night. Saturday included a day of presentations, vendor tables, a traditional English afternoon tea and plenty of fellowship and camaraderie.<br />
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The organizing team, led by the SoS creator, <span style="line-height: 24px;">Jacquelynn Morris, </span>BSI ("The Lion's Mane"), ASH, did an amazing job. The venue for the event has grown each year, but has maintained a cozy atmosphere.</div>
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The presentations were wonderful. There were so many highlights. Among them were a presentation about Sherlock and Mental Health, and a genealogist's Sherlockian Family Tree. A couple of the presentations focused on spiritualism, including Doyle's friendship with Houdini. There were presentations about BBC Sherlock, Guy Ritchie's Holmes and costuming. <br />
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Before settling in for our tea, a fencing demonstration burst into the event. Attendees had a chance to learn about techniques from the charming couple who fought their way through a presentation.</div>
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The last presentation of the day was from Lee Shackleford, the author and star of the off-Broadway hit play "Holmes and Watson". He screened the pilot of <i><a href="http://herlock.us/" target="_blank">Herlock</a></i>, a new webseries in which the<br />
familiar characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are interpreted as two young women living in contemporary America. [<b>Ed. note:</b> Please check <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/herlock" target="_blank">Herlock's Indiegogo page</a> and help support it.]<br />
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The vendors brought books, videos, jewelry and other things Sherlockian for the attendees to pursue. </div>
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The <span style="color: #333333;">Bag Auction</span> and door prizes were numerous and diverse. Photos with the "Flat Basil" benefitted the House of Ruth. <br />
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In honor of the 123rd anniversary of Basil Rathbone's birth, Saturday night had a Basil Rathbone Celebratory Birthday Dinner/Black and White Dinner that included a viewing of a move starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. The spiritualism theme was carried through in the choice of movie, <i><a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B0000APVC7" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="0025e8e7cea0e3d83d528a2a65ce22af" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="The Scarlet Claw" href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-The-Scarlet-Claw/dp/B0000APVC7/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=socialmediama-20&linkId=0025e8e7cea0e3d83d528a2a65ce22af&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_9116878" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Scarlet Claw</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_9116878" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=socialmediama-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=0025e8e7cea0e3d83d528a2a65ce22af&_cb=1435799864137" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /></i>.<br />
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The attendees were a diverse and enthusiastic group, and included many people new to the world of Sherlock Holmes. Old and new friends met. Those new people I met were planning to come back to future events. It was lively event, full of thought provoking and entertaining speakers.</div>
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The proceeds from registration and fundraising were used to cover web costs, all event expenses, and donations to Sherlock Holmes-related projects and <a href="http://www.hruth.org/" target="_blank">The House of Ruth</a>.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;">Each year, Jacquelynn and her team surpass their previous success. Here's looking forward to SoS IX, which takes place <b>June 10-11, 2016</b>.</span><br />
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If you'd like to see more photos from the event, <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHskfntDYZ" target="_blank">check out this album on Flickr</a>.<br />
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Here's How Scintillation of Scions VIII Went Down

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Remembering Patrick Macnee

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Actor <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001495/?ref_=nv_sr_1" target="_blank">Patrick Macnee</a> has passed away at the age of 93 at his home in California, due to natural causes.<br />
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While widely known for his portrayal of secret agent John Steed with Diana Rigg's Emma Peel in the 1960s television show <i>The Avengers</i>, and perhaps less so for his role opposite Roger Moore in <i>A View to a Kill</i>, Macnee has a deeper connection to Sherlock Holmes.<br />
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Of course, Macnee's co-star <a href="http://ihose.co/christopherlee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christopher Lee passed away</a> exactly two weeks ago, also aged 93.<br />
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But perhaps more interesting is Macnee sharing the distinction with only a handful of other actors (including Jeremy Brett, Reginald Owen, Edward Woodward, Howard Marion-Crawford and a select other few) of playing both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Macnee appeared as Sherlock Holmes in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hound_of_London">The Hound of London</a></i> (1993) and in an episode of <i>Magnum, P.I.</i> as David Worth, who believed he was Sherlock Holmes.<br />
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While we're on the subject of interesting, the connections to three of Macnee's co-stars above should hold some attention. <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2017/05/remembering-roger-moore.html">Roger Moore</a>, aside from playing James Bond, also played Sherlock Holmes in <i>Sherlock Holmes in New York</i> - another film in which Macnee played Dr. Watson, notching his appearances as Watson at three. <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2017/11/remembering-john-hillerman.html">John Hillerman</a> was of course Higgins from <i>Magnum, P.I.</i>, where his appearance with Macnee was as his Watson, and he also played Watson to Edward Woodward's Sherlock Holmes in <i>The Hands of a Murderer</i>. And Dame Diana Rigg took over the hosting duties at <i>Mystery </i>for Vincent Price, and she introduced a number of the later Jeremy Brett episodes on the program.<br />
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Remembering Patrick Macnee

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Celebrating Father's Day with Sherlock Holmes

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From the relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Altamont Doyle to the various fathers and father figures in the Canon, it's fascinating to consider paternal impacts in the Sherlock Holmes stories.<br />
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Far from being a homogeneous and idyllic characterization of fatherhood like some greeting card, fathers in the Sherlock Holmes stories are a mixed bag. The heroic John Ferrier and magnanimous Grant Munro represent the best in fathers, while on the other end of the spectrum, the nefarious Grimesby Roylott and Jephro Rucastle show just how abusive and criminal some can be.<br />
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Perhaps this is an opportunity to listen to <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose43" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 43</a> again - an evergreen episode in which we dissect and analyze certain father figures. Interestingly, many stand-in fathers tend to be better paternal figures than the biological fathers. See if you agree.<br />
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Celebrating Father's Day with Sherlock Holmes

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Never Too Young for Holmes: Author Interview with Elizabeth Veradan

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I am always happy to hear of  a new Holmes pastiche, but what really gets me excited is when it is a pastiche aimed at younger readers.  To make certain that the character of Sherlock Holmes remains the world's most known literary figure, it is important to introduce young readers to the character at an early age.  Author Elizabeth Varadan ensures that a number of young readers, particularly upper elementary and middle school aged children, will get to know Sherlock Holmes when they solve a case alongside a plucky ten year old girl in her new novel, <i><a href="http://www.strandmag.com/Imogene-and-the-Case-of-the-Missing-Pearls-by-Elizabeth-Varadan-_p_8701.html" target="_blank">Imogene and the Case of the Missing Pearls</a></i>.  I recently interviewed Ms. Varadan via e-mail while she was vacationing in Spain, on her new book, her previous work for children, and her current literary projects.<br />
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<b>IHOSE: What made you decide to write a story starring a ten year old girl teaming up with Sherlock Holmes?</b></h4>
<b>Elizabeth Varadan: </b>A few years ago I visited my brother and his wife in England, and they took me to the <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/home.htm" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Museum</a> on Baker Street in London. I was charmed. I already had read the canon and some pastiches, and I thought, <i>Wouldn’t it be fun to write something about Sherlock Holmes?</i> Then I forgot all about it. Sometime later in a used bookstore, I came across Lenore Vlegbad’s delightful children’s book, <i><a href="http://amzn.to/1LnAGtU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kitty and Mr. Kipling</a></i>, about a little girl who became friends with Rudyard Kipling during the time he and his family lived in Vermont. The idea came to me, <i>Wouldn’t it be fun to write a story about a little girl who became friends with Sherlock Holmes?</i> And then that idea grew into, <i>What if she actually helped him solve a case?</i></div>
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<b>IHOSE: One of the delights in reading the book is your portrayal of your characters. You paint pictures with your descriptions of the crabby governess , the ragged delivery boy, and the bratty cousin. Do you sketch out your characters before you draft or do they come alive as you craft your story?</b></h4>
<b>EV: </b>Thank you! For me, it varies. Often the characters grow as I write the story. I’ll have a general idea of the main character and the story line, and they both evolve together. Some characters, arrive full-blown. Rusty was that sort of character. Except for having to get help from English friends with his Cockney accent, I somehow knew what he would do and say as scenes unfolded. Likewise Miss Mullin and the servants. I’m working on a book now, though, that requires a lot of character development ahead of time. It’s a cozy mystery for adults, more plot-driven, and it seems to call for more advance work. I’m not sure why.</div>
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<b>IHOSE:  In the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=92&v=NpBXxmTVdvM" target="_blank">trailer</a> for your book, you have a plucky young girl playing the part of Imogene.  Is the character based on the little girl?</b></h4>
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<b>EV:</b> The girl that plays Imogene in the trailer happens to be the daughter of a magician friend of mine whom I met when I was publicizing <i><a href="http://amzn.to/1GmRyMY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Fourth Wish</a></i> (which involves magic.) He's a professional magician with a magic shop and he performs at parties, etc. What's wonderful is that "Maddie" is ten-almost-eleven, the exact age of Imogene, and has a similar personality -- by accident. I hadn't met her before the trailer and her appearance at my book signing. Imogene herself was based more on my personality when I was that age and so enamored of Nancy Drew. I and my friends decided we were a detective ring, and we made real pests of ourselves in the neighborhood, investigating what we hope were suspicious occurrences.</div>
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<b>IHOSE: Tell us about some of your other writing for children.  You self-published the book <i>The Fourth Wish</i>, and you have been published in magazines for kids such as <i>Skipping Stones</i> and <i>Ladybug</i>.  What are some of your favorite pieces?</b></h4>
<b>EV:</b> Usually my favorite piece is the one I’ve just finished, because I’m still high on it. But I have a collection of stories for children that is really near and dear to my heart. Story collections don’t sell well in the U. S., alas, so I’m considering self-publishing that one. Another book is a historical MG (i.e. book aimed at middle level readers) I’ve worked on for years involving a ghost. It needs a few more re-writes, but I utterly love this story, and I got some excellent encouragement from a well-published author at a recent conference that led me to believe it’s more marketable.<br />
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<b>IHOSE:  The question I ask all Sherlockians.   If you were stranded on a desert island with only one Sherlock Holmes story, which would it be and why?</b></h4>
<b>EV:</b> Oh, gosh. That’s hard. Probably "A Scandal in Bohemia." I like the cleverness of Irene Adler and Sherlock’s admiration of her. They are such a good match.<br />
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<b>EV:</b> Right now I’m pretty immersed in the cozy mystery for adults that I mentioned above. After that, I have two more books involving Imogene and Rusty that are roughly sketched out.<br />
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<b>EV:</b> Well, this isn’t about my own writing, but I’ve been delighted to find MX Publishing and more Sherlockian writers, like yourself. I love mysteries. I love Sherlock Holmes mysteries. I love books that plunge me into the world of the Victorians. So I feel like I have a wealth of books at my fingertips that I can look forward to reading, one by one.<br />
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<b><a href="http://amzn.to/1JZQohu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elizabeth Varadan</a></b> is a former elementary school teacher. She taught most elementary grades, but her favorites were the middle grades, and she now writes middle grade fiction. She and her husband live in Midtown Sacramento, California, a beautiful tree-lined neighborhood with bookshops and art stores nearby. Her children’s fiction and poetry have appeared in Ladybug, Friends, and Skipping Stones Magazine. Her adult flash fiction has appeared in several online and print magazines, and her poetry has been anthologized in Vine Leaves Journal and The Stray Branch.<br />
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You can read Elizabeth Varadan's blogs <a href="http://elizabethvaradansfourthwish.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a> and<a href="http://victorianscribbles.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> here</a>.  She is also on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/4thwishvaradan" target="_blank">@4thwishvaradan</a>) and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethVaradanAuthor" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.<br />
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The 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo

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Two hundred years ago today, British and Prussian forces led by the Duke of Wellington defeated French forces led by the Emperor Napoleon, and everything in the European-centered world changed. Without the Battle of Waterloo, fought at a ridge a few miles south of Brussels, Sherlockians would not have the story of "The Six Napoleons," Canada would not have a city named Waterloo (where I now live), and history would not be able to remember the "long Victorian age", stretching from June 1815 to an August 99 years later.<br />
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During that long Victorian age the British Empire reached its zenith, Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes were born and lived and worked — and in Britain and the nations linked to it there was no net inflation for 100 years. Stability in prices and interest rates over that long period is the unstated background to many financial facts in the Sherlock Holmes canon, such as Mary Sutherland's New Zealand investments in "A Case of Identity." Such luxuries were possible because after June 18, 1815, Europe was no longer menaced by "Boney," the Emperor whose military and political ambitions knew no bounds.<br />
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The Napoleonic Wars (background to Horatio Hornblower's exploits and to North America's piddling little War of 1812) lasted some fifteen years, becoming an obsession in Britain, to say nothing of the effect they had in continental Europe where they were mostly fought. And after Waterloo, and Napoleon's exile to Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, they cast a long shadow forward.<br />
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Eighty years later, Watson could say with a perfectly straight face that "a man who had... received some hereditary family injury through the great war, might conceivably form... an <i>idee fixe</i> and under its influence be capable of any fantastic outrage." The story in which he says that gives many other indications of what a constant presence Napoleon was in British life. (And "the Napoleon of crime" was a natural, and naturally understood, epithet for Moriarty.)<br />
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Waterloo, Ontario, and Waterloo, New York, both got their name in 1816, when the news of the battle was fresh. In London, Waterloo Bridge across the Thames was built in 1817 and named as a memorial to the battle. Waterloo Station, from which Holmes and Watson frequently took southbound trains (to Leatherhead in the case of "The Speckled Band," for example) was opened in 1848 by the London and South Western Railway and first named Waterloo Bridge Station, becoming just "Waterloo Station" in 1886 at about the time of "The Beryl Coronet."<br />
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The Canon refers directly to the 1815 battle just once, in "The Abbey Grange," when Holmes says: "We have not yet met our Waterloo, Watson, but this is our Marengo, for it begins in defeat and ends in victory." Marengo, fought in Italy in 1800, was a last-minute victory for the French forces, little known today but familiar, like so much else about the Napoleonic Wars, to gentlemen of the 1890s. Waterloo was an undisputed victory for Britain and a disastrous defeat for France.<br />
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If Sherlock Holmes was knowledgeable about Napoleon and Waterloo, Arthur Conan Doyle was obsessed: he wrote a short story, "A Straggler of '15", which was turned into the one-act play "Waterloo"; he presents Napoleon in the novels <i>The Great Shadow</i> (with a colourful description of the events at Waterloo) and Uncle Bernac; and, most important, he brings the Napoleonic era to life in his stories of Brigadier Gerard. It is no surprise that one of those tales is "How the Brigadier Bore Himself at Waterloo". <br />
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