tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post6190120842036517098..comments2024-03-27T21:47:38.050-07:00Comments on stevereads: The Bantam Classic Sherlock Holmes!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-23127913208823078902012-02-28T08:49:34.786-08:002012-02-28T08:49:34.786-08:00Yes, this edition is great! The whole canon + extr...Yes, this edition is great! The whole canon + extra stuff of interest but not stifled by tedious, uninteresting notes about the weather and the train schedule... It is also in the French translation of this edition that I first discovered Holmes and Watson: fond memories :)Alien Spoonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-66656832122209449092011-04-28T12:44:19.779-07:002011-04-28T12:44:19.779-07:00wait a second, you have the limited original editi...wait a second, you have the limited original editio? this is amazing, beside the special <a href="http://www.xlpharmacy.com/" rel="nofollow">Cheap Viagra</a> edition, this is the second time that I see something like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-89993372936695296282009-01-06T21:13:00.001-08:002009-01-06T21:13:00.001-08:00Oh, and Jeff?NERD!Oh, and Jeff?<BR/><BR/>NERD!stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411174345391126343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-73841175433311217312009-01-06T21:13:00.000-08:002009-01-06T21:13:00.000-08:00How on Earth to pick just one??? I don't think I c...How on Earth to pick just one??? <BR/><BR/>I don't think I could, although certainly "The Speckled Band" would be up there (for the eerie factor you mention), and "The Man with the Twisted Lip" although it's patently absurd, and I deeply love "The Sign of Four" ... <BR/><BR/>Glad we're on the same page about Jeremy Brett. I've heard some people accuse him of over-acting, so the accolades of a theater-person mean a lot ...stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411174345391126343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-86593523681084132362009-01-06T10:54:00.000-08:002009-01-06T10:54:00.000-08:00I had The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes tha...I had The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes that came out in 1980 as a one volume hardcover.<BR/><BR/>On a side note, just a few minutes ago I read an interesting etymology of the word "sleuth" from 1901 that is supported by Watson's description of Holmes as a sleuth-hound. <BR/><BR/>"Sleuth denotes the track of a living creature, in particular the track of a wild animal. . . . In a semi-humorous way the newspapers commonly mention a detective as a sleuth; their readers, not thinking of the humor, take sleuth to be a regular synonym of detective. The only meaning the word has in sober English is track or footprint." (Joseph Fitzgerald, "Word and Phrase: True and False Usage in English,"1901)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884498632658933283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-16851379015783577212009-01-06T09:48:00.000-08:002009-01-06T09:48:00.000-08:00We agree on everything! I too love Sherlock Holmes...We agree on everything! I too love Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula (though 'loved' is probably a better tense, since the last time I read it I'd had more experience with pimples than fine literature), and I too think Jeremy Brett is far and away the world's best Holmes. It was his Hound of the Baskervilles that made me beg my parents for the 2-volume set (then in hardcover)... I even named my DOG Baskerville, for heaven's sake. It's great stuff, but what's your favorite, do you think? out of all of the stories (& the novels), if you had to pick just one. I like Copper Beaches, myself, for atmosphere. And Dying Detective for crazyness. And the Greek Interpreter (not least for Mycroft, but also because its eerie as hell!)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17622219224900907268noreply@blogger.com