So, instead, these works teams Holmes with his cousin, who is also a doctor, who narrates the stories (and thus giving a more “true” portrayal of Holmes). He has the idea that Holmes and Watson were not that close, and that the Watson-written tales gave a very inaccurate portrayal of Holmes. The author of these works takes a different tactic in them. ■ “The Angel of the Opera,” “The Web Weaver” and “The Grimswell Curse” by Sam Siciliano. I really wish Titan had reprinted the prior story first, then this one, or added an intro to explain things to the readers. So, not having read the first Holmes-Dracula story, I was a bit confused by this one, as well as the author’s take on Dracula. The book is part of an overall series by Saberhagen on Dracula (eighth in a series of 10), and actually the second that deals with Holmes and Dracula. But this is different, and it works against it. ■ “Seance for a Vampire,” by Fred Saberhagen. A very different way of approaching this. Estleman has basically taken the original works and re-written them to include Holmes into the narrative. Rather than trying to do separate postings on each one, I am going to cover the whole series so far, and as a bonus, I’ll cover a few additional works from Wordsworth Editions. Many have Sherlock Holmes teamed up or meeting famous people. One particular recent series that is interesting is “The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” from Titan Books.Īlmost all of the books in this series are reprints. There have been a lot of Sherlock Holmes pastiches over the years.
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