In fact, Adams’s preface makes specific mention of the film in a footnote, and the Holmes and Watson depicted on the cover painting bear more than passing resemblances to Robert Downey, Jr. There’s no question that the 2009 Sherlock Holmes film brought the character and his adventures back into mainstream popularity, and this publication makes no excuses for capitalizing on the resurgence in Holmes’s popularity.
The other 27 represent a fantastic sampling of Holmesian work from literary luminaries including Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Anne Perry, and Sharyn McCrumb. There are 28 stories included, all of which are reprinted from previous collections except for “The Adventure of the Pirates of Devil’s Cape” by Rob Rogers. It’s a hefty hefty large format paperback volume, delivering its assemblage of tales in just over 450 pages. This collection of stories arrived in stores last September, but I only became aware of it a couple of weeks ago when Night Shade sent us a copy for review. Sawyer.Ĭopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page.“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” So proclaims the legendary sleuth in 1890’s The Sign of Four, and such is the inspiration for many of the stories in The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, an anthology edited by John Joseph Adams and published by Night Shade Books. You see but you do not observe / Robert J. The adventure of the Green Skull / Mark Valentine. The adventure of the Pirates of Devil's Cape / Rob Rogers.
Merridew of abominable memory / Chris Roberson. The adventure of the antiquarian's niece / Barbara Hambly. The adventure of the lost world / Dominic Green. The adventure of the Dorset Street lodger / Michael Moorcock. The vale of the white horse / Sharyn McCrumb. The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey / Peter Tremayne. The affair of the 46th birthday / Amy Myers. The singular habits of wasps / Geoffrey A. The adventure of the inertial adjustor / Stephen Baxter. The things that shall come upon them / Barbara Roden. The shocking affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland / Mary Robinette Kowal. The adventure of the death-fetch / Darrell Schweitzer. The adventure of the field theorems / Vonda N.
The adventure of the other detective / Bradley H. The case of the bloodless sock / Anne Perry. The horror of the many faces / Tim Lebbon. A Sherlockiana primer / Christopher Roden - The doctor's case / Stephen King.
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