Kareem Abdul Jabbar wrote novels about Mycroft???
That’s an interesting bitof info.
If Arthur Conan Doyle didn’t write it it’s not Sherlock Holmes.
It’s parasites using someone else’s creation.
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Such a style constrains the author to portray only what Dr. Watson can observe himself.
-PJ
The best actor to portray the famous sleuth is Basil Rathbone.
He made 14 Sherlock Holmes movies with Nigel Bruce (Dr. Watson) in the 30s and 40s.
Many film historians and critics - including Alan Barnes — feel that Rathbone was the best at portraying Holmes.
Some of the movies you can watch for free on YouTube: t.ly/G173
Sherlock Holmes is from late 1800s London. Otherwise, it’s not Sherlock Holmes.
The best movie portrayal I saw was The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
It's a lot easier to sell a book or story by stealing a loved established character - then to create your own.
The 'reimagining' BS is self-serving drivel for lazy talent-less writers.
(I can sell inferior candy if I'm allowed to call it M&M's. Too bad copyright laws don't allow for copyrighting a character...)
I’ll take the opportunity to recommend Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s historical novels. Better than the Sherlock Holmes stuff if you ask me and many others. Available for free at Project Gutenberg, and I think you can get these in print if you prefer.
These may be his best historical novels, but there are others.
The White Company
http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/903
A great look at the Hundred Years War from the perspective of a knight and his men at arms.
Sir Nigel
http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/8629
Prequel to the above.
The Adventures of Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle
http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1644
Wonderful story of a French hussar (light cavalryman) officer during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/11247
Follow up to the above.
For some real history, we have:
The Crime of the Congo
http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/37712
If you want to understand the details of Belgian King Leopold’s genocide in Africa, this is a great place to start.
Sherlock Holmes was actually based on a real subsaharan african named Shoolok Homeby. Shoolok, obviously a woman, was renowned for their transgender mobility, having changed genders no fewer than six times between four different genders. Professionally, Homeby, was able to always find the white male culprit to the many horrid crimes they fabricated. There is a movement to name all public schools after Homeby.
If anyone likes parodies of Sherlock Holmes, I can recommend the Schlock Homes stories by Robert L. Fish, and the Warlock Holmes series by G. S. Denning.