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Re: All Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock stories.
kittykat wrote:
Then I read the Bruce-Partington Plans. I really enjoyed that, and I noticed that most of it was used in TGG and I liked that
It also happens to be Mark Gatiss' favourite story, I wonder why...
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Is it?
I wonder why, too.
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Then I read the Bruce-Partington Plans. I really enjoyed that, and I noticed that most of it was used in TGG and I liked that
It also happens to be Mark Gatiss' favourite story, I wonder why...
To be honest, when I see Mycroft in the canon I can't picture Mark playing him. Mycroft is said to be very, um...large, and Mark is anything but...
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Mycroft just doesn't appear very often in the canon. But I really love how Sherlock describes him or rather his position in the British government in the "Bruce-Partington Plans". They have made ample use of the basic ideas Conan Doyle provides in this story. Gatiss-Mycroft's job description seems to be pretty much in line with it.
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"When you walk with Sherlock Holmes, you see the battlefield" M.H.
"My brother has the brain of scientist or a philosopher, and yet he elects to be a detective...what might we deduce about his heart?" M.H.
"Home is now behind you, the world is ahead."
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Right, they took that also from "the private life of SH" with Christopher Lee as Mycroft Holmes. "The private life of SH" served as an inspiration for quite a few little twists in BBC's Sherlock, and rightly so. It is just a wonderful film.
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"When you walk with Sherlock Holmes, you see the battlefield" M.H.
"My brother has the brain of scientist or a philosopher, and yet he elects to be a detective...what might we deduce about his heart?" M.H.
"Home is now behind you, the world is ahead."
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Just read The Dying Detective and Lady Frances Carfax.
Not much to say about the second one, but the first was great!
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Sam - "I'm your brother, Dean, if you ever need to talk about anything with anybody, you got someone right here next to you."
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Two more stories tonight.
I read the Devil's Foot; what they did was very dangerous!
Then I read His Last Bow...didn't get it until they turned up just like that!
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Dean - "I'm not happy about it. But I got to move on. So I'm gonna keep doing what we do...while I still can. And I'd like you to be there with me."
Sam - "I'm your brother, Dean, if you ever need to talk about anything with anybody, you got someone right here next to you."
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So, if you've been reading the stories in publication order, all that remains for you now is "The Case-Book Of Sherlock Holmes", you are a fast reader.
I am rereading the canon myself. For a while I was right up with you. But now you've clearly overtaken me (terribly stressful week at work), I am reading "The Devil's Foot" at the moment, as it is my quiet night in.
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"When you walk with Sherlock Holmes, you see the battlefield" M.H.
"My brother has the brain of scientist or a philosopher, and yet he elects to be a detective...what might we deduce about his heart?" M.H.
"Home is now behind you, the world is ahead."
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Yep, just the case book left
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Just read The Illustrious Client, Bruner is another nasty piece of work! He deserved what he got...
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Read Blanched Soldier. Weird not having John around, but good story anyway. Didn't expect that little twist right at the end!
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Dean - "I'm not happy about it. But I got to move on. So I'm gonna keep doing what we do...while I still can. And I'd like you to be there with me."
Sam - "I'm your brother, Dean, if you ever need to talk about anything with anybody, you got someone right here next to you."
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Just read Mazarin Stone, that was good! Love it when Sherlock catches people in a trap!
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Sam - "I'm your brother, Dean, if you ever need to talk about anything with anybody, you got someone right here next to you."
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Read Three Gables. Interesting, I guess...
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I reread "the blanched soldier" yesterday. Yes, not having John Watson around is odd, as we all know he is the voice of the heart translating Holmes to make him accessible to normal people.
But I enjoyed the journey into Holmes' mind, wouldn't mind having a few more stories related by SH himself for a bit of first hand information on the workings of his brain 
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But on the long run, it definitely wouldn't have worked at all had Conan Doyle had Sherlock Holmes narrate his own adventures. Conan Doyle truly was a genius in realising that right from the start and creating John Watson right along with Holmes.
I am reading "the adventure of the Mazarin stone" at the moment
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"When you walk with Sherlock Holmes, you see the battlefield" M.H.
"My brother has the brain of scientist or a philosopher, and yet he elects to be a detective...what might we deduce about his heart?" M.H.
"Home is now behind you, the world is ahead."
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Read The Sussex Vampire. I liked that one and knew there had to be a rational explanation for it...
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Sam - "I'm your brother, Dean, if you ever need to talk about anything with anybody, you got someone right here next to you."
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Read Three Garridebs. Evil man, shooting our John! 
But I did figure out by myself that he wanted the other one out of the house for some reason
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Dean - "I'm not happy about it. But I got to move on. So I'm gonna keep doing what we do...while I still can. And I'd like you to be there with me."
Sam - "I'm your brother, Dean, if you ever need to talk about anything with anybody, you got someone right here next to you."
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Just read Thor Bridge. Interesting mystery
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Sam - "I'm your brother, Dean, if you ever need to talk about anything with anybody, you got someone right here next to you."
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Read The Creeping Man. Very odd indeed! But Iliked the telegram that was sent with the "Come at once if covenient. If inconvenient come all the same" that was used in ASiP
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Dean - "I'm not happy about it. But I got to move on. So I'm gonna keep doing what we do...while I still can. And I'd like you to be there with me."
Sam - "I'm your brother, Dean, if you ever need to talk about anything with anybody, you got someone right here next to you."
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Re: All Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock stories.
I reread "the blanched soldier" yesterday. Yes, not having John Watson around is odd, as we all know he is the voice of the heart translating Holmes to make him accessible to normal people.
But I enjoyed the journey into Holmes' mind, wouldn't mind having a few more stories related by SH himself for a bit of first hand information on the workings of his brain
But on the long run, it definitely wouldn't have worked at all had Conan Doyle had Sherlock Holmes narrate his own adventures. Conan Doyle truly was a genius in realising that right from the start and creating John Watson right along with Holmes.
I am reading "the adventure of the Mazarin stone" at the moment
This is actually one of my favorite stories, it is way underrated in my opinion.
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Just read The Lion's Mane. I honestly was not expecting that outcome!
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Dean - "I'm not happy about it. But I got to move on. So I'm gonna keep doing what we do...while I still can. And I'd like you to be there with me."
Sam - "I'm your brother, Dean, if you ever need to talk about anything with anybody, you got someone right here next to you."
