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Hi Sherlockians, A confusion with the name of the very first story in the canon .. "The Study in Scarlet" , i remember reading somewhere that it was first...
May be it is the right time to discuss about physically meeting once in a year at a particular place to add some excitement to the proceedings. This being...
Dear Anand and Holmesians. I remember some time back , members in Bangalore had made a serious attempt to meet. It is a good idea and definitely worth a try....
I too agree with this idea. Here is how I see this being organized: First we need to identify the place where the members can meet. Since it involves a lot of...
Hey Arun, That's a great idea. Count me in - would love to help out with the arrangements / logistics. I am from Bangalore. If it is ok with folks, we can meet...
Did the phrase 'tangled skein' come from Shakespeare - what we humans weave? _____ From: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@... ...
Tim Symonds
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Mar 12, 2008 6:47 pm
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Dear SHians, "The Tangled Skein" was first published in 1901 as "In Mary's Reign" as the second book of Baroness Orczy, but in 1907 it was re-released as TTS...
Dear Pinaki and other SHians, Like has been discussed before, a few of us watched the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in serial form in the mid 80s. The very...
Dear Sherlockians, I second Sridhar's comment. I think Sidney Paget's illustrations have had modified the image of Holmes and his associate in our mind a lot....
Hi Sherlockians, Mr. Roy and others, please let me know if there is anything to substantiate the original name of the tangled skein ? If it was originally...
Dear Holmesians, I happened to come across and bought "The Tangled Skein" written by David Stuart Davies today. It has something to do with vampires and is a...
I'll put in my $0.02. Apparently, when Newnes collected the second series of stories into the volume entitled "The Memoirs," ACD considered "The Cardboard Box"...
Hi Jeff, Phew ... finally that ghost is laid to rest... thanks a million $ Jeff... so it was published that way... aha Next question to all... is there any...
Hello Johnny, George Newnes Ltd was the publisher of the Strand Magazine, and published the first two collections of stories, "Adventures" and "Memoirs." Mr...
Dear Jeff, I remember discussing the "cut and paste" question of yours about 2-3 years back but do not remember having found a solution to this almost verbatim...
Just wondering, does anyone think there's a touch of autism about the great detective which may in some psychological way explain his astonishing ability to...
Tim Symonds
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Apr 2, 2008 1:47 pm
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Dear Sherlockians, Let me, in response to Tim Symond's point regarding Sherlock Holmes's supposed autism, paste below an interesting 1994 essay by Michael...
Interesting stuff! Although not in any way a parallel, there was a curious period in Brazilian literary history, in the 19th Century, when would-be Brazilian...
Tim Symonds
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Apr 3, 2008 9:40 am
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Dear Sherlockians, I am sure Tim has given us an even more interesting bit of information about the Brazilians. What strange whims the litterateurs have! ...
Dear Sherlockians, I am sure Tim has given us an even more interesting bit of information about the Brazilians. What strange whims the litterateurs have! ...
Thanks for a great piece on autism and the Master. I have often wondered about Autism having been brought to the topic by the movie "Rainman" whose central...
Dear Holmesians, I am keen to know what are the current literary detectives who can match up to Sherlock Holmes? I am currently reading a series of books by...
Dear Holmesians, There is a book about an autistic detective -"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon . The title is as you all ...
Dear Sherlockians, and Sumal, I personally do not think Sherlock Holmes has got any other competitor than Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot and Saradindu...
