What’s Old is New Episode 2: Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Introduction
Nicole introduces today’s topic, “Sherlock Holmes” by Arthur Conan Doyle
0:51 Arthur Conan Doyle’s hatred of his character
2:20 Holmes’ character and how he changed over the course of Arthur Conan Doyle’s writings.
4:50 What makes Sherlock Holmes enduring?
7:35 Sherlockian societies and inconsistencies between stories
- “The Devil and Sherlock Holmes” by David Grann
- “The Sherlockian” by Graham Moore
14:08 Sherlock Holmes and HOUSE
15:50 Our Sherlock Holmes book list
- “The Beekeeper’s Apprentice” by Laurie R. King
- “The Sherlockian” by Graham Moore
- “The True Crime Files of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle” by Stephen Hines
- “Sherlock Holmes was Wrong: Reopening the Case of Hound of the Baskervilles” by Pierre Bayard
- “Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes” by Martin H Greenberg, John Lellenberg, and Daniel Stashower
- “Sherlock Holmes the American Years” edited by Michael Kurland
- “Dust and Shadow” by Lyndsay Faye
Chat with Heather from Age 30+… A Lifetime of Books, Sherlock Holmes lover extraordinaire!
20:00 Our first experiences with Sherlock Holmes
23:45 TV and film depictions of Sherlock Holmes
26:37 “The Beekeeper’s Apprentice” series
Chat with Graham Moore, author of “The Sherlockian”
28:25 In which Graham makes Jen feel unaccomplished
29:09 The premise and historical background of “The Sherlockian”
32:30 Conan Doyle and authors who hate their own work
35:30 Why Graham wrote “The Sherlockian”
36:00 Jen quotes “The Sherlockian” as to why Sherlock Holmes is an enduring character
37:15 Why were people so crazy about Sherlock Holmes while Conan Doyle was writing the stories?
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If you’re looking for further reading on Sherlock Holmes, check out this reading list from Once Upon a Bookshelf.
