Holmes is one ghost we’re not going to hide from. As part of the new PBS series “Masterpiece Mystery“, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s much beloved Sherlock Holmes finds himself in contemporary times (you can still catch the series – click here for info). Though this is only by a big stretch considered “author news”, we feel this is literary enough to mention (mystery lovers won’t disagree!) – Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print in 1887 and was featured in four novels and 56 short stories – and he continues to be resurrected over and over again in books, TV, and films. For good reason! -
Sherlock Holmes Is On The Case Again
By Marjorie Kehe (The Christian Science Monitor)
Sherlock Holmes – the most frequently impersonated fictional character in the world – returns to contemporary London by way of “Masterpiece Mystery”!
Don’t feel bad if you have lost count of the number of actors you’ve seen play Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s astute fictional supersleuth is actually listed in “Guinness World Records” as “the most portrayed movie character” ever, with 75 actors playing the part in more than 211 films.But there’s always room for one more. A new PBS version called “Sherlock” will première on “Masterpiece Mystery!” this Sunday, Oct. 24, with “A Study in Pink” – a retelling of the Holmes classic “A Study in Scarlet” recast in contemporary London. Two more episodes of the contemporary Holmes (“The Blind Banker” and “The Great Game”) – starring Holmes as played by Benedict Cumberbatch, with Martin Freeman as sidekick Dr. John H. Watson – will air on Oct. 31 and Nov. 7.
It was quite “nerve-racking” to portray a figure as iconic as Holmes, Cumberbatch admitted in an interview. But the new series, he insists, “maintains the integrity of Conan Doyle’s original.”…
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James Bond and Sherlock Holmes: Resurrected
The bookworm’s fantasy is to resurrect our favorite dead novelists so that they will pen just one more series. But, since we’re not living inside a paranormal thriller, such a fantasy seems unlikely to be fulfilled. Thank goodness the powers that be share our insatiable lust for certain books – James Bond and Sherlock Holmes are “resurrected” for two new full-length novels! Authors Anthony Horowitz and Jeffrey Deaver will do the honors…
James Bond and Sherlock Holmes resurrected in new novels (from The Telegraph)
James Bond and Sherlock Holmes are to be resurrected for two new full-length novels being penned by authors Anthony Horowitz and Jeffrey Deaver.
Horowitz, the children’s author of a series of stories about teenage spy Alex Rider, has been chosen to breathe new life into the famous Baker Street detective.
The Conan Doyle Estate, which represents the family of Holmes’ creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, picked the author to write the novel which will be published in September.
Meanwhile US thriller writer Deaver releases the latest addition to the Bond franchise in May. The book, called Carte Blanche, features 007 in a contemporary story set partly in the Middle East.
Speaking of the new Sherlock Holmes story, Horowitz said: “I fell in love with the Sherlock Holmes stories when I was 16 and I’ve read them many times since…
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More on Holmes and The Pit Bull of The Baskervilles here.
More on Bond’s new intrigues here.