tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post8350938233833006881..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair and Other Stories (1998) by Roy TemplemanTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-41571350698739331242020-08-09T09:37:17.299+02:002020-08-09T09:37:17.299+02:00You never know: perhaps it's the opposite way ...You never know: perhaps it's the opposite way and using the familiar characters is exactly what made it possible to get these books published! Or maybe the very ability to have already established characters is what triggered the creativity.<br /><br />I have to admit that I have seen some very impressive feats of deduction in fan fiction based on some detective franchises. These included at least one explicit honkaku locked room.<br /><br />Alexander (rudetection)aleksandr.zapryagaevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915323606175382408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-43863566680476102392020-08-04T12:38:53.633+02:002020-08-04T12:38:53.633+02:00"This one does sound intriguing enough that I..."<i>This one does sound intriguing enough that I would want to take a look at it.</i>"<br /><br />That's what I mean. Templeman sold himself short by not creating his own detective character. A Mycroftian history professor would have been a perfect detective for these stories. <br /><br />Anyway, I hope you decide to read this collection, because you have recently been watching first season episodes of <i>Jonathan Creek</i>. So it would be interesting to see what you make of the titular story (most Creek-like of the three). TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-88220873994795974682020-08-03T20:37:46.219+02:002020-08-03T20:37:46.219+02:00I have tended to shy away from reading further adv...I have tended to shy away from reading further adventures of Sherlock Holmes for much the reason you suggest here - many of them are just not particularly good. This one does sound intriguing enough that I would want to take a look at it. I will saying having grown up in a house with geese they definitely make for ferocious (and loud) property protectors!Aidan @ Mysteries Ahoy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00106936772297649003noreply@blogger.com