The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures: Amazon.ca: Mike Ashley: Books

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Since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's death, other mystery writers have produced innumerable new stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. Veteran editor Mike Ashley has compiled the biggest collection of Holmes stories ever, adding an extra dimension of entertainment for the Great Detective's readers.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Merely Elementary Holmes, D�c 7 2003

Par	jrmspnc (Maryland, USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes stories is certainly mammoth in size, with nearly 500 pages of stories. The stories themselves, however, seldom rise above the ordinary. Holmesophiles will no doubt tremendously appreciate the chronology and annotated bibliography assembled by editor Mike Ashley, although they may also chuckle at Ashley's tendency to say "I know Watson says this case happened in 1897, but I think he was lying and it really happened in 1895."

Apart from Ashley's chronology and bibliography there isn't much memorable here. The stories are all adequate but lack the spark that make the original Doyle adventures special. All are stories even the casual Holmes fan won't mind reading, but none will compel the reader to revisit them.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 No disappointments in readable collection, Nov. 2 2000

Par	"grrreg" (Newtown, NSW Australia) - Voir tous mes commentaires

Mike Ashley has assembled a large collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories, mostly new to this collection (three are reprinted, but I only had the previous appearance of one of these).

If you are someone who is a fan of Sherlock Holmes and is always looking for more, than this is a book you will want. The stories are of a consistent quality, written by authors who are practiced in their art, and involve Holmes and Watson considering problems whose solutions are not normally obvious from the outset.

For me, while none of the stories were particularly outstanding in either good or bad terms. I enjoyed Stephen Baxter's 'The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor', Peter Crowther's 'The Adventure of the Touch of God' and Zakaria Erzin�lioglu's 'The Adventure of the Bulgarian Diplomat' marginally more than the others.

I'd recommend this book to Holmes enthusiasts, or to those with little exposure to the Great Detective. It is a good collection of decent quality.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Not Up to Doyle's Standards, Ao� 20 2000

Par	Old Fisherman "Jim" (Orange, California USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

I find myself disagreeing with many of the other reviewers here, but I found only a very few of the stories as good as the Doyle originals. And I think I know why they didn't grab me like the originals do. The originals were written by a man living in Victorian England while these stories were all written almost 100 years later by writers trying to interpret Victorian England. I think that's why the originals ring more true to me. Conan Doyle had all the little details right at his fingertips because he was living in the period. Modern writers try but I don't find the little touches needed to evoke the period. I also found that many writers strained to add those little deductive touches that Conan Doyle always managed to put in. Some of the examples of "deduction" were downright silly.

That said, there are a few stories that do come close with "The Adventure of the Bulgarian Diplomat" being my favorite. If you really like the Conan Doyle originals you may be disappointed in this collection.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Uneven, but worthwhile.
This massive collection of Holmes pastiches is a worthwhile addition to a Sherlockian collection although not all of its entries are of the same quality. Read more

Publi� le Ao� 13 2000 par John S. Ryan

5.0�toiles sur 5 Great book for Sherlock fans
I thought this was a well written book, I enjoyed reading it greatly. I thought the chronical in the back was the best, it listed the order of the cases. Read more

Publi� le Mai 31 2000

5.0�toiles sur 5 Great fun!
Great fun! This book is very interesting. Its almost as good as reading the original set by Doyle. None of the stories are parodies or efforts to outdo the original ones. Read more

Publi� le Mai 1 2000 par bijesh

5.0�toiles sur 5 The voice of the Master!
This is a wonderful collection! As with any collection of Holmes stories by modern writers, there are bound to be a few clunkers. Read more

Publi� le Avril 30 2000 par Mark Savary