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From: djl@ptsfb.UUCP (Dave Lampe)
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Subject: Re: The game's afoot!
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Date: Sun, 3-Feb-85 16:43:31 EST
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> I am a big fan of Sherlock Holmes. I have quite a collection of books based
> on The Canon but I am constantly checking the bookstores for more. Can anyone
> point me at more titles featuring Holmes?
> 
> I have the following books in my library:
> 
> 	The Pandora Plague - Lee A. Matthias
> 	The Giant Rat of Sumatra - Richard L. Boyer
> 	The Last Sherlock Holmes Story - Michael Dibdin
> 	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes - Loren D. Estleman
> 	Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula -   "     "
> 	Enter the Lion - Michael P. Hodel and Sean M. Wright
> 	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution - Nicholas Meyer
> 	The West End Horror -           "     "
> 	The Holmes-Dracula File - Fred Saberhagen
> 	Exit Sherlock Holmes - Robert Lee Hall
> 	Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird - Frank Thomas
> 	Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword -  "    "
> 	Death by Gaslight - Michael Kurland
> 	The Return of Moriarty - John Gardner
> 	The Revenge of Moriarty -  "    "
> 	The Private Life of Dr. Watson - Michael Hardwick
> 
> 	(The last three are not really "Holmes stories" but they do feature
> 	 The Great Detective and are based on "Holmes characters")
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> -- Bill Lynch
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You asked for other books based on the Canon. The following are ones that
I have (with comments).

The Adventure of the Peerless Peer
Philip Jose Farmer
Dell paperback - 1974
	Sherlock and Tarzan join forces to defeat Von Bork in Africa.

The Memoirs of Schlock Holmes
Robert Fish
Bobbs-Merrill - 1974
	A hilarious parody of Holmes and Watson where all Holmes'
	deductions are as logical as in the Canon, and all wrong.

Sherlock Holmes in New York
D.R. Benson
Ballantine paperback - 1976

The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
Adrian Conan Doyle; John Dickson Carr
Pocket Books - 1952
	Short stories by the son of Watson's literary agent and a good
	modern mystery writer.

The Adventures of Creighton Holmes
Ned Hubbell
Popular Library paperback - 1979
	The casebook of Sherlock's grandson.

The Infernal Device
Michael Kurland
Signet paperback - 1978
	Moriarty is the hero and must stop the Russians from sinking
	the Queen with a stolen submarine.

Copper Beeches
Arthur Lewis
Pocket Books - 1971
	Some of "The Sons of the Copper Beeches", a BSI club in Philidelphia
	set out to prove that the Master's methods will actually work.

The Earthquake Machine
Austin Mitchelson; Nicholas Utechin
Belmont paperback - 1976
	Sherlock must stop the Kaiser from getting the atomic bomb.

Hellbirds
Austin Mitchelson; Nicholas Utechin
Belmont paperback - 1976

Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds
Manly Wellman; Wade Wellman
Warner paperback - 1975
	H.G. Wells had only part of the story.

Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space
Isaac Asimov (editor)
Bluejay Books - 1984
	A collection of science fiction short stories based on the
	characters or the methods of the Canon.

The Martian Crown Jewels
Poul Anderson
 - 1958
	A short story in "A Treasury of Great Science Fiction", volume 1
	edited by Anthony Boucher.


I am sure that most of these are out of print and the only way to find them
is to haunt the used book stores. I would especially recommend the book
by Robert Fish for laughs and the book by Adrian Conan Doyle for straight
Canonical stories.


Dave Lampe @ Pacific Bell
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