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This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Apr 04, Jay rated it really liked it. It's a good tale, set in the tone of the original stories. I got my copy as part of an anthology but this is the only story I read! Mar 20, Josie Boyce rated it it was amazing. Great little Sherlock story set in a setting i have wanted to revisit since reading "Devil's Cape" not that long ago. Also i read it on kindle app, and there's an informative afterword by the author talking about his process on the story.

That gave it the fifth star. I love stuff like that. Apr 03, Chandler Brett rated it really liked it. Rogers skillfully blends these worlds—nothing seems forced. May 05, Joel rated it it was amazing. This short story is an excellent addition to the mythos of both Holmes and Devil's Cape. Wish there was more to read about my favourite fictional Louisiana city! Sep 27, Roy rated it really liked it. It did live up to the title but I had wrongly expected it to be much more like the previous novel and was waiting for the story to change when suddenly it was over Since I bought it for the Kindle, I didn't realize it was a short story and not a novel.

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The quality varies from author to author as you would expect, but there has to be at least one tale here that tickles your fancy. For all the ones I hated there were two I adored. I highly recommend this collection. First, I must point out that I am not a die-hard Sherlock Holmes aficionado. I even enjoyed the recent movie featuring Holmes.

About the book, Simon Vance is as I anticipated brilliant. The other narrator was fine, but the reader who introduces the stories has an annoying voice; fortunately the introductions are short.

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Frankly, given the number SF and fantasy writers, I expected to find Holmes in some very unusual territory. This was not the case. The notable stand-out for truly horrible story which did not respect the Holmes canon was the one by Sharyn McCrumb, who made her story about her characters and her themes with little respect for Holmes; I did not finish that one.

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Save your Audible credits for the real thing by Arthur Conan Doyle. I have to say, first off, that I found John Joseph Adams' introductions excruciating. Amiable fellow he may be, but I really don't enjoy being told what I'm about to think of something, or how many obscure SF awards a particular writer has received, and convenient chapters allowing the introductions to each piece to be easily skipped would have been a real plus from my perspective.

Simon Vance, on the other hand, is a consistently outstanding Watson, and where he is the narrator his efforts really help to lift the material; in some cases this is certainly required, as some stories fall well short of the original mark. The tales are indeed a mixed bag, with many showing Science Fiction and Fantasy leanings, and some even outright Horror. Most manage to capture the 'Sherlockian' tone well enough, but some manage to combine 'dull' with 'faithful'.

However, there's more good than bad, and the collection as a whole constitutes agreeable entertainment. While I prefer more straightforward detective narratives with the typical rationalist flavour of the original, I found Neil Gaiman's effort the most appealing, despite its reliance on the whole gamut of SF, Fantasy, and even Horror. I don't know that my namesake would have approved, but I'm sure that Gaiman has placed his two characters exactly where he would have wanted them to be in this nightmarish alternate past.

If you're a Holmes fan, and have enjoyed respectful pastiches such as Bert Coules' 'Further Adventures I was skeptical at first, but I was hooked after the american stopped talking and the Brit started reading about Sherlock Holmes and Cthulhu. As a lover of the Sherlock Holmes stories, I really enjoyed the unique approach offered in having Holmes solve these Sci-fi mysteries. The stories are well written and the editor John Joseph Adams does a fantastic job of maintaining the continuity of the narrating form used of Watson throughout the book.

Simon Vance is a great narrator and he does a particularly good job in his portrayal of all the English characters in this book, but especially Holmes and Watson. Very Entertaining in deed,.

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And the very last story is a little classic in it's own right. But overall, though the authors may love Sherlock, I felt not many had the tone right nor the overall feel of Sherlock and so many left me disappointed or unimpressed. Take your chance, but I'd be tempted to listen to only the ones I mention, those I would listen to again, the others, not so much. This turned out to be great fun! I bought it with reservations, because some "Sherlock by another author" books and stories are definitely not successes. But this is a great collection, generally respectful to the original but with much imagination thrown in.

The narrators are wonderful. Highly recommended when you're looking for something a little different - and something that comes in small, separate doses. Especially good for in the car! Let's face it, certain stories in this series are particularly non-canon. And there are even a few that are almost insulting in their cavalier creative lisence with the characters.

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However, even those stories I've mentioned above aren't without a certain amusement for someone who can take a little ribbing about being a Holmes fanatic. Just remember that not everyone is as reverant as a devoted fan and shouldn't have to be to enjoy spinning these characters into new stories that give us more chances to see them in action.

As long as you're prepared to take this series of shorts as just that, a series of short stories and not an attempt to revamp or in any way challenge the Arthur Conan Doyle versions of our heroes, you'll find it, over all, a very satisfying listen. Otherwise, I enjoyed the narrator and some of the stories. I bought this with some hesitation as the sample is read, not by the narrators, but by someone who introduces each story and the reader is somewhat dry. However the stories are suberp and on the whole well read.

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They have provided me with many hours of entertainment and have sometimes been amused and sometimes found it spooky, an excellent mix all round. My advice is if you are a fan of Baker Street don't hesitate, the occasional odd pronounciation won't effect your enjoyment and may introduce you to new authors. It took me a long time to decide whether or not to download this book of stories. I love Sherlock Holmes' amazing and logical powers of deduction and didn't know if I liked the sound of some of the tales in this selection. Some of the stories are better than others but they all have the feel of Conan Doyle's Sherlock and Watson and I've really enjoyed this audio download.

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One downside is the American who explains a little about the author of each story before each story begins. I don't like his voice, especially his pronunciation of "Moriarty" Perhaps unsurprisingly,the quality here varies wildly. Some stories evoke Doyle brilliantly, while others demonstrate the poorer instincts of fanfiction: Watson's American nephew will turn up as a Mary Sue for the US author or dialogue will be peppered with Americanisms followed by "-as our American cousins would say".

Enjoyment depends a bit on familiarity with the Doyle stories. Comically, a third of the stories make painstaking reference to Holmes filling his pipe from a Persian slipper - a detail only actually mentioned once by Doyle. Yet other stories are wonderful, a superb melding of Doyle's style with the weird. The best work both as satisfying detective stories as well as genre tales, and the worst at least maintain your interest for the genre-mashing. A highlight combines Holmes with psychic detective Flaxman Low: The only sour note is the continual presence of the Editor, who introduces each story Well that's the solution to that one then.

Simon Vance is on excellent form, with a very traditional Holmes and Watson that grounds the pastiches nicely before they fly off into stranger realms. Flosnik, though able, is less successful. She reads those stories with female narrators good plan , but then parades through Italian, Scottish, and Somerset accents with little success.