tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post2892903398401707949..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Four TimelinesKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-60530690825627121932016-06-05T22:22:51.172+01:002016-06-05T22:22:51.172+01:00Hi, David!
Gadzooks! I've completely forgot ...Hi, David! <br /><br />Gadzooks! I've completely forgot about Eric Sherrinford, from "The Queen of Air and Darkness." Yes, I can see how Eric Sherrinford not only looks like the Great Detective but also THINKS like him.<br /><br />Hmmm, there might be one fairly legitimate way of saying you can related to Sherlock Holmes: being descended from or collaterally related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! (Smiles)<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-87006206608047975542016-06-05T20:24:33.525+01:002016-06-05T20:24:33.525+01:00Paul and Sean:
In "The Queen of Air and Darkn...Paul and Sean:<br />In "The Queen of Air and Darkness," Eric Sherrinford remarks, "... we also claimed collateral descent from one of the first private inquiry agents on record, back on Earth before spaceflight. Regardless of how true that may be, I found him a useful model." Wait, he's saying his family has a tradition that they're BLOOD RELATIVES of Sherlock Holmes....<br /><br />Wikipedia notes: <br />In reality, "Sherrinford Holmes" was one of the names Arthur Conan Doyle considered for his hero before settling on "Sherlock".David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-26289084621259794052016-06-05T16:41:06.463+01:002016-06-05T16:41:06.463+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Thanks! I'll be looking that up....Kaor, Paul! <br /><br />Thanks! I'll be looking that up.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-50037583461408166492016-06-05T10:10:57.394+01:002016-06-05T10:10:57.394+01:00Sean,
"Star of the Sea," TIME PATROL (Ba...Sean,<br />"Star of the Sea," TIME PATROL (Baen, 2006), p. 529.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-61734337691662107122016-06-05T08:28:59.360+01:002016-06-05T08:28:59.360+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Dang! I don't recall where Sherlo...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Dang! I don't recall where Sherlock Holmes is named as such in the Time Patrol stories. I think I do recall mention of Manse Everard wanting to read one of the lost narratives of Dr. Watson.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-35493914148541694742016-06-05T08:05:22.632+01:002016-06-05T08:05:22.632+01:00Sean,
Anderson goes further. In the Time Patrol, h...Sean,<br />Anderson goes further. In the Time Patrol, he does use the name, "Sherlock Holmes," but in contexts where Holmes could be fictional. However, as you say, when someone who can only be Holmes comes on stage, he is not named.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-82630397560919721852016-06-05T03:54:34.074+01:002016-06-05T03:54:34.074+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Except, "Time Patrol" does ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Except, "Time Patrol" does not explicitly NAME Sherlock Holmes. Instead we see him DESCRIBED in terms anyone who has read the Holmes stories would understand as being Sherlock. And we also see Holmes described similarly at the Old Phoenix Inn in either "House Rule" or one of the Old Phoenix interludes in A MIDSUMMER TEMPEST. So Anderson has his little in joke with us but does not come out and NAME Sherlock Holmes.<br /><br />Sean Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com