This Sunday, July 16th, the group will be discussing A Case of Identity.  Strand Magazine first published this adventure in September 1981. This adventure is one of the lesser known Sherlock Holmes stories. One of the reasons for A Case of Identity not being as well known as other stories is that it has not been adapted to stage and screen to the same degree as other stories. Granada Television chose not to adapt the story for their series featuring Jeremy Brett. I am sure we will discuss other reasons this story may not be the most popular adventure.

This Sunday, August 20th, the group will be discussing The Boscombe Valley Mystery.  Strand Magazine first published this adventure in 1981. Unlike last month's story, this adventure is well known and has been adapted in assorted types of media. Holmes heads out of the friendly confines of London out to the Boscombe Valley. I hope that wasn't a spoiler for anyone. Since many of us do own a deerstalker, it is interesting that one of Sidney Paget's illustrations for this story shows Holmes wearing a deerstalker. None of the Sherlock Holmes stories ever mentioned him wearing a deerstalker. This might be a good starting point to have a discussion about fact or fiction about Sherlock Holmes. However facts about a fictional character could be a slippery slope.

This Sunday, September 17th, the group will be discussing The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk.  Strand Magazine first published this adventure in March of 1893. The discussion will start at 3:00 pm and is scheduled to be completed by 4:30 pm.

This Sunday, October 15th, the group will be discussing The Adventure of The Man with the Twisted Lip.  Strand Magazine first published this adventure in December of 1891. The story has been a popular one and many adaptations of the story exist, including references in Sherlock and Elementary. It was first produced as a film in 1921 with Ellie Norwood starring as Sherlock Holmes.

The discussion will start at 3:00 pm and is scheduled to be completed by 4:30 pm.

This week the group will be discussing "The Adventure of The Five Orange Pips".  Strand Magazine first published this adventure in November 1891. It is one of two stories where Sherlock's client dies after consulting with him. Although it was never part of the Granada series, parts of the story were used twice in BBC's "Sherlock" and once in "Elementary". The 1945 Basil Rathbone film "Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear" was partly based on this adventure. 

I'm sorry to be so late with this notice. I was on a mini-vacation and forgot it was that time of the month already.

This week the group will be discussing "The Hound of the Baskervilles" Chapters 1 through 8.  It is widely agreed by many that this is Sherlock's greatest adventure. I am included in that group. Although I am not sure, I believe Basil Rathbone's version was my first exposure to Sherlock Holmes.

This story was originally published by Strand Magazine in a serialized version from August 1901 to April 1902. Can you imagine having to wait a month for the next installment? Our group is serializing the adventure but for only 2 months, unlike Strand Magazine that took 9 months. This was the first story after Sherlock had apparently died in "The Final Problem". The huge response to Sherlock's return lead to Doyle writing more adventures.