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Bezig met laden... Shadows Over Baker Street: New Tales of Terror! (2003)door Michael Reaves (Redacteur), John Pelan (Redacteur)
  
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  Jean_Sexton | Mar 17, 2024 |   The big problem is that the Holmes format and Lovecraft format are totally at odds with each other. Lovecraft stories end with a horror ending where people lose their sanity, nothing is understandable and there's no hope for the future. In a Holmes story the ending is (usually) happy, everything is resolved and everything is explained as being entirely logical, while clues throughout the story make the ending satisfying. These stories typically follow a pretty unhappy medium. Even attempts to portray some permanent effect on Holmes' or Watson's mind falls flat when the next story has them yet again baffled and confused about the idea of Lovecraftian cults existing, despite them having just confronted them. Obviously that's somewhat unavoidable in a short story collection like this but it is a little silly. Most of the stories have unpleasant things happen to the characters yet Holmes and Watson escape mostly unscathed. Multiple stories seem to have a very loose handle on Holmes' character and speaking style, which is pretty jarring. One story dedicates pages to a lovingly described firefight in the London sewers, which is neither very Lovecraftian or Sherlockian. One story is based on Moriarty recording his plans to control the world on a wax cylinder, live, while he's doing them. There's a story that featured something from Jewish folklore that almost felt anti-semitic because of the weird way it was handled. I feel like more stories could have done with trying to break away from some of the Lovecraft mythology while still keeping some of the spirit. Some of them quote Lovecraft stuff but make it incredibly mundane. I guess I feel most of the stories failed to work as either a Lovecraft story or a Holmes story and ended up not making much of an impact. It was alright enough but just not exciting and too much repetition of basic story premises. (  ) tombomp | Oct 31, 2023 |  ) datrappert | Feb 7, 2023 |  ) bloodravenlib | Aug 17, 2020 | Ob diese Kombination Sinn ergibt oder nicht, darüber lässt sich sicherlich streiten, aber mittlerweile hat man versucht den Meisterdetektiv in jedes erdenkliche Milieu zu verpflanzen, warum also nicht den Ctulhu-Mythos in die Baker Street tragen, dachten sich die Autoren vermutlich. Wie jede Anthologie hat auch diese ihre Höhe-(und Tief-)punkte. Ich beschränke mich hier auf die gelungeneren Beiträge: A Study In Emerald von Neil Gaiman gewann 2004 den Hugo-Award. Gaiman präsentiert ein viktorianisches Paralleluniversum in dem die europäischen Königsfamilien bizzarre Tentakelwesen mit übersinnlichen Fähigkeiten sind. Leider erlaubt es die Kürze der Erzählung nicht diese Idee zufriedenstellend auszuführen. Trotzdem eine reizvolle Hommage an Eine Studie in Scharlachrot. Tiger! Tiger! von Elizabeth Bear muss ganz ohne Sherlock Holmes auskommen, dafür erleben wir Moriarty-Handlanger Colonel Sebastian Moran und "die Frau" Irene Adler auf Tigerjagd im indischen Busch. Das besagter Tiger sich als ein weit schrecklicheres Wesen entpuppt ist der nette Twist dieser Kurzgeschichte. The Case Of The Wavy Black Dagger von Steve Perry macht Holmes mit einer außergewöhnlichen Dame bekannt, die durchaus das Zeug dazu hätte, Irene Adler als seine Lieblingsfrau abzulösen. Ein Beitrag, der ganz ohne Action oder Grusel auskommt und doch höchst amüsant zu lesen ist. The Weeping Masks von James Lowder ist eine herrlich schaurige Story, in der wir mehr über Dr. Watsons Kriegserlebnisse in Afghanistan erfahren. Einer der wenigen wirklich gruseligen Beiträge. Art In The Blood von Brian Stableford konfrontiert den britischen Geheimdienst um Mycroft Holmes mit derart furchtbaren Gräueln, dass ausschließlich Bruder Sherlock helfen kann. The Mystery Of The Hanged Man's Puzzle von Paul Finch ist eine bombastische Mär in der ein Virus aus dem lovecraftschen Insmouth die britische Hauptstadt bedroht und ihre Opfer in ekelerregende Fischwesen verwandelt. Holmes und Watson liefern sich mit ihren Gegnern eine explosive Verfolgungsjagd in der londoner Kanalisation. The Drowned Geologist von Caitlin R. Kiernan setzt vor allem auf eine sehr dichte Atmosphäre, und kommt durch diese subtile Art Conan Doyles Originalwerken am nächsten. Lovecraft-Anhänger werden vermutlich eher von dieser Sammlung angetan sein als Holmesianer. Der kriminalistische Scharfsinn Holmes' gerät zugunsten des phantastischen Elements in den Hintergrund. Aber wer sich gerne an Ausgefallenem versucht, könnte durchaus Freude an dieser Kollektion haben. (  ) TheRavenking | Mar 1, 2017 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The terrifyingly surreal universe of horror master H. P. Lovecraft bleeds into the logical world of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's champion of rational deduction, in these stories by twenty top horror, mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writers. Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is among the most famous literary figures of all time. For more than a hundred years, his adventures have stood as imperishable monuments to the ability of human reason to penetrate every mystery, solve every puzzle, and punish every crime. For nearly as long, the macabre tales of H. P. Lovecraft have haunted readers with their nightmarish glimpses into realms of cosmic chaos and undying evil. But what would happen if Conan Doyle's peerless detective and his allies were to find themselves faced with mysteries whose solutions lay not only beyond the grasp of logic, but of sanity itself? In this collection of all-new, all-original tales, twenty of today's most cutting-edge writers provide their answers to that burning question. "A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman: A gruesome murder exposes a plot against the Crown, a seditious conspiracy so cunningly wrought that only one man in all London could have planned it--and only one man can hope to stop it. "A Case of Royal Blood" by Steven-Elliot Altman: Sherlock Holmes and H. G. Wells join forces to protect a princess stalked by a ghost--or perhaps something far worse than a ghost. "Art in the Blood" by Brian Stableford: One man's horrific affliction leads Sherlock Holmes to an ancient curse that threatens to awaken the crawling chaos slumbering in the blood of all humankind. "The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone" by Poppy Z. Brite and David Ferguson: A girl who has not eaten in more than three years teaches Holmes and Watson that sometimes the impossible cannot be eliminated. "The Horror of the Many Faces" by Tim Lebbon: Dr. Watson witnesses a maniacal murder in London--and recognizes the villain as none other than his friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. With thirteen other dark tales of madness, horror, and deduction, a new and terrible game is afoot: "Tiger! Tiger!" by Elizabeth Bear "The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger" by Steve Perry "The Weeping Masks" by James Lowder "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" by Barbara Hambly "The Mystery of the Worm" by John Pelan "The Mystery of the Hanged Man's Puzzle" by Paul Finch "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" by Michael Reaves "The Drowned Geologist" by Caitlín R. Kiernan "A Case of Insomnia" by John P. Vourlis "The Adventure of the Voorish Sign" by Richard A. Lupoff "The Adventure of Exham Priory" by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre "Death Did Not Become Him" by David Niall Wilson and Patricia Lee Macomber "Nightmare in Wax" by Simon Clark Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Try this book if you enjoy both Sherlock Holmes and H. P. Lovecraft. (