Dear SHians,

I doubt if I'll be able to choose a best seeing as how I find it difficult to
say which author/book is my favorite. There have been people whom I've heard
saying that a few stories in the Canon sound lame, though they are never able to
point one out. For me it's always the thrill of the chase, as it is with the
Great Detective. No matter how big or small a case I've always enjoyed following
Holmes' footsteps like a very naive Watson. Although, I must admit, that the
"Case of the two similar intros to an adventure" (which has been discussed
before) was where I had a sense of deja vu to the point where the second case
began taking a different turn.

But if cornered I'll have to go with Anand and say the "Five Orange Pips"
through the same reasoning. And though not an intro, the beginning portions of
the second half of "A Study in Scarlet" (Country of Saints?) were not as
interesting as the first half. Perhaps it was simply meant to be read as a sort
of addendum, filled as it was with so many historical facts and inaccuracies.
But then, I was never very fond of History.


Sridhar

Sambit Mukherjee <sambit96@...> wrote:
Study in a Scarlet for me

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From: pramod shetty <getpramod1@...>
To: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 12:18:49 PM
Subject: Re: [sherlock holmes society of india] Best introduction to Sherlock
Holmes

Well the story which introduced me to Sherlock Holmes and Canon writing skillls
was ' The Hound of Baskerville' ....truly a genius and great story in
itself...the testimony to it greatness is the number of movies made on this
story alone ...of all the stories...I think this story must have been read by
most people in this whole world and fascinated by this story.

After reading this story.....i just went into search through library for other
Sherlock Stories...and have read most or should i say all of the stories..i am a
complete fan of Sherlock Holmes and suggest all my friends to read his
stories..if not already read by them........ ......... So according to me ' The
Hound of Baskerville' is the best introduction to Sherlock Holmes.

Regards,
Pramod

Anand Balachandran Pillai <abpillai@gmail. com> wrote:
I was baptised in the canon through a short story collection
not very aptly titled "Yellow Face", since it contained 5 stories
one of which was "The Yellow Face". The other stories were
"Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax", "Five Orange Pips"
and "Adventure of Cardboard Box".

I still recall how my imagination was ignited by the last two stories,
more by "Five Orange Pips" than the other, because it had
a reference to an actual organization and the criminals had an
aura surrounding them, since they were never spotted in the act.
The way Holmes approached the case by working back from the
sea ports was classic.

For this reason my favorite introductory story is "Five Orange Pips".

--Anand

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 6:09 PM, sumalsn <no_reply@yahoogroup s.co.in> wrote:
> Dear Holmesians,
> Which is the Adventure Of sherlock Holmes would you think is the best
> introduction to the Canon?
> My vote goes to the " Red Headed League and Speckled band"
> Sumalsn
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-Anand

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PRAMOD SHETTY

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