Dear Sumal and SHians,

Holmes was the first detective to whom I was introduced when I was 7 or
thereabouts. It was the serials which attracted me and my mom's strange
statement that they could be scary (she was probably thinking of the Hound).
Secondly, Holmes was everything I aspired to be at that age - tall, intelligent,
and strong (I remember the scene where he straightens out the poker bent by
ummm, you know, the guy...tip of my tongue - Moran?). Later, I added another
quality (very, very desirable to me), that of logical deduction, which
unfortunately is still beyond my grasp.

I was introduced to Poirot and Miss Marple at age 16 or thereabouts and to
Dupin much later. Dupin was, like Holmes mentions somewhere, quite slow for me.
Besides, not much can be gleaned about his personal habits from what I have
remember from the 2-3 stories I've read.

Hercule Poirot, of course, is quite another story. I'm getting prematurely
bald, but my head is not egg shaped. Neither do I have a moustache. I'm fond of
symmetry and neatness, but not as mad as he is. Frankly, I don't have many grey
cells to talk about.

So, why is Holmes my favorite? Well, it must be kinda like first love, I
guess.


Sridhar.

sumalsn <no_reply@...> wrote:
Dear Holmesians,
Why is Sh so popular? Why does a allegedly leterary character hold so
much sway on our minds? Why are not other detectives like Hercule
Poirot,Nero Wolfe and Miss marple nowhere as popular as Sherlock
Holmes? Why are we discussing the Canon so minutely?
Sumalsn






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