After a long delay, we return to “The Adventures of Shylock Homes,” written in 10 parts by John Kendrick Bangs during 1903. Episodes one through five were published a few years ago. Number 6 — “Mr. Homes Solves a Question of Authorship” — was published in the first volume of Edwardian-era pastiches. Number 7 was […]
After a long delay, we return to “The Adventures of Shylock Homes,” written in 10 parts by John Kendrick Bangs during 1903. Episodes one through five were published a few years ago. Number 6 — “Mr. Homes Solves a Question of Authorship” — was published in the first volume of Edwardian-era pastiches. Number 7 was […]
After a long delay, we return to “The Adventures of Shylock Homes,” written in 10 parts by John Kendrick Bangs during 1903. Episodes one through five were published a few years ago. Number 6 — “Mr. Homes Solves a Question of Authorship” — was published in the first volume of Edwardian-era pastiches. These episodes recount […]
Fidelity to text: 3 1/2 knives For an 80-minute-long film, they crammed most of the story in. Regrettably, they omitted two major plot points. Even more regrettably, Austin Trevor must be the worst Poirot ever. He’s tall, lean, and doesn’t have a mustache. I thought he was supposed to be Hastings as the actor playing […]
During the year 2021, I want to get back into the habit of publishing a Sherlock Holmes parody that could have made it into the 223B Casebook series if I had found it sooner. This time, thanks to the Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia website, I’ll provide a few notes to “Herlock On The War,” a […]
Fidelity to text 3 and 1/2 garrots (the murderer was radically altered although crimes and motivation still fit perfectly within Agatha’s own text). There were some other minor modifications. The other most important change is the date. The novel took place in 1942. This filmed version was set around 1950. Quality of movie 4 garrots. […]
The island of Juan Fernández lost its only citizen on this day when Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk waved goodbye to it from the deck of the British privateering vessel Duke. Selkirk’s account of his four years on the island, 400 miles off the coast of Chile, would provide the inspiration a decade later for Daniel […]
The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970’s Paris by Alicia Drake I picked up this book because I read André Leon Talley’s memoir, The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir. That was a terrific tell-all that really did peel back the heavy silk draperies and multiple layers of gauze concealing how petty and […]
This week has been very busy, even for me. Career Indie Author I’ve revised the first edition that was published last month. Yes, it’s a bit early, but it’s part of the process that arose while working on the ebook version of all my books. I find mistakes or decide on a better way to […]
This just came in the mail, a cultural history of Ruritania that was published this year. This’ll help me out on the Complete, Annotated Secret of Chimney’s project.