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The web portal about the
Great Detective:
Sherlockian.Net
edited by Chris Redmond
It may be a landmark year for Sherlock Holmes: a much-hyped movie starring Robert Downey Jr. (with Jude Law as Holmes and Rachel McAdams as the love interest) is scheduled for release in December. Various versions of the script and trailer have been coming and going on the Internet . . . here's the official web site.
A new edition of my Sherlock Holmes Handbook (cover, right) has been published by Dundurn Press, which published the original edition in 1993. Over these years, many Sherlockians have kindly told me that the Handbook has been one of their most essential reference books — and enjoyable reading too. But things do change, and it's more than time for a new edition, catching up on new films and books and the advent of the Internet, which (as you may have noticed since you're here) has spread Sherlock Holmes's fame and Sherlockian fun even farther worldwide. Here are the details.
What do you usually find under a bed? What Canadian author created a Great Detective with "half a bucket of cocaine and a dipper" on the chair beside him? Who first gave Sherlock Holmes the line "Elementary, my dear Watson"? Such are the questions you'll find answered in the new edition of Quotations from Baker Street, edited by Chris Redmond (the proprietor of this web site) and now available.
New on Sherlockian.Net: the beginnings of a book review site.
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