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2.01am
19 September 2010
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Any Fans of this Great Victorian Era Detective? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle really created the greatest detective ever. If You Haven't read any stories, Read The Hounds Of The Baskervilles right away!! Holmes was featured in 4 novels and 56 short stories (all of which I've read). Great Detective
4.26am
13 November 2009
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Sadly, I've only seen homages and parodies. You should understand this:
5.50am
4 November 2010
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Well, I read "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and really enjoyed it. I've also read a few short stories, but I couldn't name them. Really well written (though Doyle was a bit crazy), the plots are pretty complicated and keep you guessing- but my favorite detectives shall always be Mystery Inc. from Scooby Doo
4.49pm
14 December 2009
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I was forced to read "Baskervilles" nearly 30 years ago (9th grade english class lol) and it bored me, and I never attempted another Doyle. But that's my own fault – never had a lot of patience for fiction written before the 20th century.
5.08pm
19 September 2010
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Baskervilles was written in the 20 century Von Bontee. Trying again will benefit you greatly
6.58pm
1 May 2010
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I read one years ago and they're good, but the snobbish English spoken Mexican reader on me refuses to read more unless they're in English. 
6.17am
1 December 2009
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mr. Sun king coming together said:
Baskervilles was written in the 20 century Von Bontee. Trying again will benefit you greatly
Damn, I'm ignorant! I had the feeling they were all from the late Victorian era, like around the time of Jack the Ripper.
Appreciate the recommendation, but I probably won't get around to trying again. I've got this vague commitment to try "The Great Gatsby" and/or "Moby Dick".
10.26pm
31 March 2008
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The Victorian era ended in 1901, and Baskervilles was published the following year. You were close 
1.46pm
10 May 2011
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4 March 2011
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mr. Sun king coming together said:
Any Fans of this Great Victorian Era Detective? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle really created the greatest detective ever. If You Haven't read any stories, Read The Hounds Of The Baskervilles right away!! Holmes was featured in 4 novels and 56 short stories (all of which I've read). Great Detective
I thought he was a fictional character, so then he was a real person?!?!?!?!?!?
Well I read a Sherlocks Homley book a really long time ago only I didn't even like it all that much becuase I thought it dragged quite a bit, probaly?
11.42pm
19 September 2010
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1. He was completely fictional.
2. You should try again. Holmes stories are awesome.
12.27am
4 March 2011
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Yeah, well I might, becuase the one I read wasn't even a real one. It was rewritten so that little kids could read it themselves.
1.28pm
20 January 2012
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Yes . when I was a teenager, I was mad about his stories.
Even I cried when he was falled and dead !
1.46pm
1 May 2011
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Alongside Columbo the best dective, the stories keep you intruiqued till the end. My favourite would be The Valley Of Fear, particularly part 2 when the whole backstory is explained and has a twist i never saw coming.
3.16pm
12 March 2010
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I read all stories when a special edition came out in Germany – so I don't know the original source, but a least a translation.
I found many stories quite intruiging and exciting with interesting twists
Others were too long or too repetitive or had too much "old fashioned" drama.
Sometimes I was awed by Holmes, sometimes I thought "Well, since your conclusions are based on a good 70 percent prejudice and clichee (especially what women would NEVER or ALWAYS do) I think you'd be really screwed up today when most clichees are no longer working".
Mycroft Holmes is a much cooler character in the books than the fat fool Stephen Fry portraits in the most recent movie, being even SMARTER than Sherlock, just not willing to go out there and fight the crime in person.
Speaking of movies:
Since he's the literature hero with the most films ever there are many, many good ones out there.
Some of my favourites:
Nr. 1 must be "Without a clue", a great parody with Ben Kingsley as Dr. Watson, who is the real brain and just hired a drunken actor (Michael Caine) to play Sherlock Holmes for the people. Of course Caine gets all the praise and Kingsley nothing but ignorance (hilarious when he fires Holmes and tries to start his own stories as "The Crime doctor"!). Totally classy (though 15 minutes too long).
I digged the new movies with Downey Jr. and Jude Law. The first one really surprised me and the second one delivered as well. I like the "modern" and "cool" aspects very much. Many fans point out that THIS Holmes with his streetfighting abilities is much CLOSER to the source than the distinguished gentleman with the hat and the pipe we all know. That's just a british clichee and nowhere in the books.
There's an excellent recent TV-mini series called "Sherlock" with Benedict Cumberbatch. Very well done! The dialogue is partly from the originals, but the setting is today's London, so Sherlock solves cases via SMS!
I liked the German hommage "The man who was Sherlock Holmes" with Heinz Rühmann and Hans Albers very much, too poor fellows deciding to play Watson and Holmes to make some money – until the get involved with REAL criminals…
And of course "The hound of baskerville" with Basil Rathbone is a classic.
7.30pm
31 March 2008
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For Holmes fans, I bought Ellie (my wife) a board game called 221b Baker Street for Christmas. It's really good, I recommend it. It's a little like Cluedo, only with more complex crime solving.
10.34am
17 February 2012
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I am a big fan of Sherlock Holmes!
My first book, which I got from my parents, I read about 10 times. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have made up wonderful criminal stories with Sherlock Holmes! I read all the books and stories about his great adventures!
I can reccomend them to everybody! They're great!
"Living is easy with eyes closed,
misunderstanding all you see..."
11.39am
7 March 2012
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I read a collection of short stories last year and I was really fascinated.. but I always had the feeling that I miss something therefore I plan now to read all the books… I think it's necessary to get the full amount of awesomeness of this guy 
And I think it's amazing how Sherlock Holmes as a character has been integrated into our culture. EVERYBODY knows him!
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