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• From: groucho070 on Thu Jul 6 2:34:38 2006.

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  Too bad, the thread has gone short.
  
  I am a big fan of Sherlock Holmes myself. It was reading an abridged Holmes collection when I was 10 years old that got me hooked to reading.
  
  Till today I read detective fiction. Occasionally I revisit 221B Baker Street. Of course, The Hounds of Baskerville is my favourite...favourite to most Holmes fans.
  
  I also have collections of pastiches and parodies. I have one collection with original drawings. Never can get enough. No wonder I'm always broke.
  
  One mistaken quote. "Elementary, my dear Watson" is used to be attributed to Holmes. But he never said that in the Doyle books. It was popularised in the films and later in other pastiches. In the book, he just said, "Elementary."
  
  Another favourite quote is "The Game is afoot."
  
  Or
  
  "The curious incident of the dog at night"
  "The dog did nothing."
  "That was curious"
  
  Here you can find load of quotes:
  
  http://www.bcpl.net/~lmoskowi/HolmesQuotes/quotes.html
  
  
  
  Come on guys, keep this thread alive. We have plenty to discuss.
  
  

• From: blahblah on Sun Jul 9 0:49:40 2006.

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  groucho070 wrote:

  Come on guys, keep this thread alive. We have plenty to discuss.

  
  
  I too think that it should be kept alive.
  
  My favourite is 'the speckled Band'.I like the way it is narrated and his inimitable way of moulding a character.
  
  Yet 'The Hound of Baskervilles' might be the most dramatic.There could be scientific errors on Doyle's stories[like calling a viper through a whistle],but we should consider that it was written two centuries back.
  
  The popularity of these stories is evident from the fact that Conan Doyle was forced to bring back Holmes after "The final problem" in the "Return of Sherlock Holmes".
  
  

• From: ramky on Sun Jul 9 1:06:54 2006.

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  A mention of this has been made in the prev page.
  
  

• From: P_R on Sun Jul 9 1:32:08 2006.

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  groucho070 wrote:

  I also have collections of pastiches and parodies.

  There is a comedy titled "Without a Clue" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096454/ starring Michael Caine (as Holmes) and ben Kingsley (as Watson). In the movie, it is Watson who is the real genius and Holmes is a mere front putting up a show. Micheal Caine as the bumbling drunk Holmes is hilarious.
  
  Here are a quote from the film (from IMDB)
  
  Holmes: It wasn't YOU he tried to kill!
  Watson: Think man, think... Who was SUPPOSED to be in that room?
  Holmes: That's right! You were!
  Watson: Moriarty knows... I'm am the only match for his evil genius.
  Holmes: You mean he's not trying to kill me?
  Watson: Of course not. He knows you're an idiot.
  Holmes: Oh, thank God.
  
  
  
  

• From: groucho070 on Tue Jul 11 0:54:59 2006.

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  One trivia.
  
  The Hounds of Baskerville was written AFTER The Final Problem. ACD was wandering around the location when he heard of the legend and the atmosphere inspired him a mystery tale.
  
  Now, for mystery he needed a detective. So, he brought Holmes...only to date the story before The Final Problem.
  
  It was only after this when he brought Holmes back in The Empty House.
  
  There is a Volume called The THE FINAL ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1981) (ed. Peter Haining). There are some gems there.
  
  I have an old copy. I think there is a reprint out there.
  
  It is not necessarily pastiche collection. There are some genuine ACD stuff that are related to Holmes. Here's a review of that book:
  
  http://www.sherlockiana.net/books/rev/finaladvofsh.html
  
  

• From: harishkumar09 on Thu Jul 20 9:32:22 2006.

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  My favourite is "The Musgrave ritual" for the aristocratic atmosphere it creates."The Speckled Band" also has the same atmosphere and I like it.
  
  

• From: Shakthiprabha. on Fri Aug 11 22:40:43 2006.

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  Crab wrote:

  Sherlock Holmes Museum Source - http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/ Full text of some of his novels online Source - http://www.sherlockian.net/

  
  
  any other website where I can download
  his novels?
  
  

• From: ramky on Thu Aug 17 23:54:47 2006.

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  Shakthiprabha wrote:

  Crab wrote: Sherlock Holmes Museum Source - http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/ Full text of some of his novels online Source - http://www.sherlockian.net/ any other website where I can download his novels?

  
  
  SP : ya can try this link. but havent gone through the sub links tho :
  
  http://www.citsoft.com/holmes3.html
  
  at this site, you must pay and download the novel :
  
  http://www.mysterybookstore.com/sherlock-holmes/c/Sir-Arthur-Conan-Doyle/
  
  

• From: groucho070 on Thu Feb 22 4:27:11 2007.

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  Shakthiprabha wrote:

  Crab wrote: Sherlock Holmes Museum Source - http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/ Full text of some of his novels online Source - http://www.sherlockian.net/ any other website where I can download his novels?

  
  
  Ever heard of proejct Guttenberg? Well, why not get to know that site/project.
  
  Here's link direct to Doyle's etext and audio books:
  http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/d#a69
  
  Recently saw another version of The Hound of Baskervilles in BBC. This one has Richard Roxbourgh in Holmes' role. Interesting choice and Watson is made much more intelligent in this one.
  
  

• From: harishkumar09 on Mon Mar 24 11:05:00 2008.

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  In terms of deduction the "The Blue Carbuncle " reigns supreme for me. Here Holmes right in the beginning deduces so much about the man from his hat. A lesson for us layman how much we can learn by being a bit observant.
  
  

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