In the second Guy Ritchie Holmes film, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, the early scene featuring Holmes dressed as a woman gave us all a laugh, with Holmes in a dress, wig, and makeup. Those scenes came to mind again while I was reading E. J. Wagner’s The Science of Sherlock Holmes. In her... Continue Reading →
Requiem for a Powerlifter
Last Thursday, 21 February, 2019, my friend Jimmy Robinson died. He was fifty seven. Cancer got him. Over the years, it got my Mom and one of my sisters and many others. I hate cancer, but I think Jimmy showed me that all it can do is kill you. It can’t take away the... Continue Reading →
Great Read for ‘Sherlock’ Fans!
M.J. Downing. E.J Wagner’s The Science of Sherlock Holmes, is a treat for lovers of Sherlock Holmes stories and the Victorian era. It’s a fascinating and manageable look at the investigative methods active in Doyle’s time. Through her work, we can see Holmes’s character as a touchstone of investigative behavior for most of us, the... Continue Reading →
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“Research and Process Notes #1 on Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Un-Dead Client.”
Having set my task to write about Holmes and the Jack the Ripper Murders, my research, naturally, led me to a wider scope of similar murders in that time period, which fit under the looser heading of “Whitechapel Murders.” Only five of these are attributed to the illusive “Jack.” My original intent in this was... Continue Reading →
“Do We Need Another Sherlock Holmes Story?”
Many folks answer this question with a resounding ‘No!’ Doyle left us with 57 short stories and four novels about Holmes and Watson, so why aren’t these enough? Why did I write Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Undead Client? The big answer is that there are never enough stories as long as people... Continue Reading →
Replicants R Us: Musings on Bladerunner
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