Posts Tagged: sherlock holmes
Happy Friday! I’m over at Jess Witkins’ place today, talking about that classic Sherlock Holmes story, “The Red-Headed League.” Did you know that a real-life crime like that took place 15 years before the Holmes story was published? Come join us and find out more! Click here: The Red-Headed League Have a terrific weekend, Kathy…
I’m thrilled to be visiting mystery author and professor Margot Kinberg at her site “Confessions of a Mystery Novelist.” Come join us ! We’ll be talking about the most famous detective partner in mystery fiction, Dr. Watson, and how he has evolved in cinema portrayals. Click here. Hope to see you there, Kathy Be the first…
We think of Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) first and foremost as the father of modern science fiction. He’s especially well-known for his Foundation Trilogy, and his Robot series. Even outside the world of science fiction fandom, I, Robot is recognized as a blockbuster film, and many of the ideas we have about robots came from him. Asimov…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901-02) has been regarded by current and contemporary Sherlockians as the best of the four Sherlock Holmes novels. Since its publication, it has been adapted dozens of times for radio, film, and television. It’s a mystery classic that I hope you’ll try! Here’s some background…
We have a real treat today for you mystery and history lovers: an exploration of one of the most famous fictional villains, Professor Moriarty. He’s the nemesis of Sherlock Holmes, and bad boy of stage and screen, most recently rendered in the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. It’s particularly appropriate that Victorian scholar…
Sherlock Holmes would be nothing without Dr. Watson. Yes, John H. Watson – medical doctor, wounded veteran of the second Anglo-Afghan War, congenial companion, capable chronicler – the 19th century British Everyman. He’s the ideal foil for the brilliance of Holmes, and tells the story in a way that Holmes never could. He also makes the Great…
In terms of puzzle and suspense, most of us consider mystery stories primarily “Whodunnit” in nature. However, a lot of mysteries also thrive on the pursuit of the “MacGuffin.” What the heck’s a MacGuffin? The MacGuffin is an object everyone in the story wants, and are racing around to get. Alfred Hitchcock made the term…
Anyone familiar with the Sherlock Holmes stories has read, or at least heard of, “The Red-Headed League.” The story was published in The Strand Magazine’s August 1891 issue, and later collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892). Be the first to like. Like Unlike
