FYI, Here's some news from an e-mail I just got from the Norwegian Explorers. The Richard Lancelyn Green mentioned is the famed Sherlockian author and expert...
Just a last-minute reminder that Sunday's meeting of the Notorious Canary-Trainers will be held at Booked for Murder, 2701 University Ave., not our normal...
Here's the lineup of meetings through July 2005, as announced at today's meeting: Dec. 5, annual Christmas party for members and their invited guests. (Members...
If you're looking for a classic mystery movie to watch during the holidays in these last few weeks of 2004, why not try any or all of three Sherlock Holmes...
Central to the plot of our November case for study -- "The Five Orange Pips" -- is a set of papers, stored in a lock box bearing the initials KKK, that lead to...
As I just discovered in doing a Web search this evening, the article about the Ku Klux Klan in Noblesville, Indiana, that I mentioned in a message earlier...
One of the topics explored at this month's meeting, when we considered "The Five Orange Pips," was Holmes' reference to a "lumber room." We understood that it...
The Nov. 29 issue of The New Yorker is out on newsstands and there's no article in it by David Gran about Richard Lancelyn Green (see my previous e-mail of...
"Dying for Conan Doyle" is the title of a lengthy article in the Dec. 13 issue of The New Yorker, which went on sale on news stands Monday. "David Grann...
Tuesday's noon hour trivia question on Wisconsin Public Radio classical music program was, "What medical doctor began his writing career while waiting for a...
If you're planning on attending our annual Sherlock Holmes birthday party Jan. 16 -- and we hope you are -- please start thinking about bringing alone one or...
Here's a message from Thom Boykoff he's asked me to pass on to everyone: ****** Subject: The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes is ready for Holiday gifting ...
The latest issue of the British magazine, Sherlock, has a detailed report on a major Sherlockian gathering in Wisconsin this fall -- the Canonical Convocation...
No offense taken. Buddy is much preferable to some names I've been called. As far as I can tell from a quick scan of the "Hound on Stage" article (I haven't...
The manuscript for the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist" was sold on Nov. 16, 2004, at Sotheby's New York for $344,000.. A famous...
My son, Jordan, just tipped me off that the new $75 two-volume Leslie Klinger set of Sherlock Holmes cases, with notes and other extra features Thom Boykoff...
Here's a message I've received from Stephen Gaspar <stephengaspar@...>, the author of a new book about Sherlock Holmes, which I pass along in case the...
I was on book crawl the other day and found _Exit Sherlock Holmes_. I read it today. Now, there are a rather lot of pastiches and I've read reviews on a few...
Attention Sherlockians, here are two TV shows you may want to check out this week. Times and channels shown are for the Madison area. Tuesday, 1 p.m., Ku Klux...
The New York Times Book Section last Thursday profiled Leslie Klinger upon the publication of his new annotated collection of Sherlock Holmes' cases. Here's...
Just a reminder that one of the ways Sherlockians can celebrate Sherlock Holmes' 151st birthday anniversary today -- since our Madison celebration doesn't take...
Anyone know anything about the status of Chris Redmond's sherlockian.net Web site? It usually is viewed as one of the best -- perhaps the best -- Sherlockian ...
Here's information about a Sherlockian conference in St. Louis in a few months which may be of interest to you. I attended "Holmes Under the Arch I" when it...
Just had an e-mail interchange with Chris Redmond, who maintains the sherlockian.net Web site. He advises the Web site is working fine for him -- and when I...
If you're planning on attending our annual Sherlock Holmes birthday party -- this year being held Sunday, Jan. 16 --please let us know you're coming and how...
In a new page on Sherlockian.Net, Joseph Dierkes (aka "Inspector Hopkins") considers a few of the most-remarked cruxes and inconsistencies in the Sherlock...
WHA-TV Channel 21 has scheduled repeat airings in February of the "Murder Room II" series entitled "The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes." The program...
A friend of mine who also is the editor of the Verona Press, Karl Curtis, has just released his first book, a mystery, which earned a review in the book...
Just a reminder that the "early bird" discount for the "Holmes Under the Arch II" get-together in St. Louis May 20-22, designed to consider all things...