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Sherlockian.Net: Sherlock Holmes Handbook

by Chris Redmond

I am delighted to announce that a new edition of my Sherlock Holmes Handbook has just 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 over the years, and it's more than time for a new edition, catching up on new films and books (a few with a hint of the supernatural) 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. These years have brought three multi-volume editions of the Holmes stories, with hundreds of footnotes providing new insight and amusement. They have also seen Holmes appear repeatedly on the amateur and professional stages . . . and there have been changes to everything from copyright law and library collections to booksellers and audio recordings.

I've touched on it all, I hope, with nine chapters covering the original Sherlock Holmes stories (how they appear and continue to appear), the characters and themes, the author, the Victorian era, policing, detective fiction, parodies, films, radio and television, Sherlockian societies and writings, museums, and the eternal question: what is it we love about Sherlock Holmes anyway?

The second edition, which has a streamlined title — just Sherlock Holmes Handbook, no "A" in front — will be in bookstores any day now, and can be pre-ordered through Amazon or Chapters.

CAR

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