Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Baker Street Irregulars
Baker Street Irregulars: Thirteen Authors With New Takes on Sherlock Holmes | Jonathan Maberry, Michael A. Ventrella
4 posts | 3 read | 9 to read
Thirteen authors, including Gail Z. Martin, David Gerrold, and Jonathan Maberry, come together to pen short stories innovating Sherlock Holmes, adapting and revolutionizing the iconic character. Sherlock Holmes is one of the most iconic and lasting figures in literature. His feats of detection are legendary, and he continues to capture audiences today in stories, movies, and on TV. In this new anthology, Baker Street Irregulars, authors present the celebrated detective in more than a dozen wildly entertaining new ways. In Ryk Spoors thrilling "The Adventures of a Reluctant Detective, Sherlock is a re-creation in a holodeck. In Hildy Silvermans mesmerizing "A Scandal in the Bloodline, Sherlock is a vampire. Heidi McLaughlin sends Sherlock back to college, while Beth Patterson, in the charming "Code Cracker, turns him into a parrot. The settings range from Russia in the near-future to a reality show, from a dystopian world to an orchestra. Without losing the very qualities that make Sherlock so illustrious a character, these authors spin new webs of mystery around their own singular riff on one of fictions truly singular characters. Stories In This Volume: "Locked!" by Mike Strauss "Identity (An Adventure of Shirley Holmes and Jack Watson)" by Keith R. A. DeCandido "The Scent of Truth" by Jody Lynn Nye "The Adventure of the Reluctant Detective" by Ryk Spoor "A Scandal in the Bloodline" by Hildy Silverman "The Fabulous Marble" by David Gerrold "The Scarlet Study" by Jim Avelli "Delta Phi" by Heidi McLaughlin "Beethovens Baton" by Austin Farmer "The Adventure of the Melted Saint" by Gail Z. Martin "Automatic Sherlock" by Martin Rose "The Hammer of God" by Jonathan Maberry "Code Cracker" by Beth W. Patterson
LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
blurb
julesG
post image

#CharactersLikeAlice @LibrarianRyan

The #Caterpillar made me think of Sherlock Holmes, grumpy smoking, sometimes/often rude...

Blurry picture, tried to catch the 14 cigarettes scene.

jenniferw88 Benedict ❤❤❤ 5y
Leniverse That‘s the perfect choice! 5y
LibrarianRyan 👍🏻😁🤓 5y
81 likes1 stack add3 comments
blurb
Eyelit
post image

In the final stretch! Splurged on some yummy juice and grabbed this book on impulse from the library. It is either going to be totally awesome or a complete trainwreck - based on the descriptions of the stories contained within. Either way, it's probably going to be a fun way to close out #24in48 😄

TheBookDream Oooooo 7y
Megabooks Yum! 7y
tea.n.books Ooh interesting! I wanna know what you think of the book. I love Doyle so Sherlock retellings are always on my auto-try list 7y
97 likes1 stack add3 comments
review
CleverBaggins
post image
Panpan

This was one of the worst books I've ever read. I was so excited for different kind of Sherlock Holmes stories. Sci-fi, just various Aus, but every one of these but maybe 2 was horribly written. Most were unoriginal, sexist and boring too. Never, ever pick it up. I guarantee you can blindly pick a different book and it will be 100% better.

blurb
MrBook
post image

#TBRtemptation post 3! Michael Ventrella is a prolific author who has connections with all kinds of people in the publishing industry, hence him teaming up with the venerable Jonathan Maberry to put together a Sherlock Holmes anthology of the sleuth in various carnations: back in college, on reality tv, as a Russian robot, as a holodeck creation, as a vampire, as a parrot...you get the idea. Have a little fun! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

79 likes9 stack adds2 comments