Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 5: The Vampires of Paris, 2009ġ872 - The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life or, The Adventure of the Rose of Fire Rocambole buys a Sumatran rat ( The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire) from Jack Black.ġ864 - A Root That Beareth Gall and Worms Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 4: Lords of Terror, 2008 Holmes is identified as one of the trainers of Doc Savage in Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life (1973).ġ834 - Le détective volé : Edgar Poe et Sherlock Holmes Holmes is identified as a Wold Newton family member in Tarzan Alive (1972). He first appeared in the 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet.Ī short biography of Holmes appeared in Sleuths: 23 Great Detectives of Fiction & Their Best Stories (1931).
However, I give the novel 3.5 out of 5 stars and do not hesitate in recommending it.Sherlock Holmes is a character created by Arthur Conan Doyle. The novel does at times fall short as Holmes does not always sound like his Canonical counterpart. The narrative, though at times over-the-top in execution, is thrilling, told in an authentic Doylean manner. In all, Sherlock Holmes and the House of Pain is an original, fast-paced story which seamlessly combines the worlds of Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Seitz's novel does live up to the great detective's assertion that the "world is not yet prepared" for the story, something which cannot be said for all versions of the untold tale. However, any specifics regarding the man I was unable to pick up on as I have not yet read The Lost World.Īs can be implied from a story involving giant rat men, there are references to The Matilda Briggs and The Giant Rat of Sumatra. Challenger has gotten the reputation for being a loud, boisterous man which Seitz conveyed very well. Challenger was, of course, the other famed character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who appeared for the first time in The Lost World. As to the characterization of George Edward Challenger, I cannot say. Holmes was never able to show off his brilliant cognitive ability, which I believe hurt the narrative in places, especially when Holmes was recounting his days as a student and meeting Dr. While Seitz's voice for Watson was admirable, his efforts to re-capture the voice of Sherlock Holmes did fall a little flat at times. Seitz's writing manages to make the most of these horrific situations and I for one was drawn into the story easily, never truly questioning the logistics of Holmes and Watson encountering rat men in the sewers of London. The novel also manages to nicely capture the essence of Gothic horror which brims beneath the surface of Wells' original. Seitz's novel is set in 1887 and therefore allows for the young Holmes to easily recall the days from his youth before he was a consulting detective. In his introduction, Seitz neatly fits Wells' novel into the chronology of the Canon. Sherlock Holmes and the House of Pain excellently blends together the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Has the mad doctor returned? In order to answer the question Holmes will butt heads with a young George Edward Challenger and confront horrors from his past. Alexandre Moreau who conducted ghastly experiments on animals. The sight stirs in Holmes vivid, horrific memories from his days at university where he met Dr. On a sojourn into the sewers, Holmes and Watson discover that the rats are highly advanced intellectually and have created their own law. Journeying to the section of the city, Holmes and Watson soon hear tales of massive rats which live beneath the streets of the city. His sister, a missionary, has disappeared in the slums of Spitalfields. Watson's arrives at Baker Street in need of help. The latest pairing of Holmes and the mad doctor can be found in Sherlock Holmes and the House of Pain by Stephen Seitz which is the subject of today's review.Īn old acquaintance of Dr. Moreau and Don Roff's "The House on Moreau Street" which threw R. There are elements of Gothic horror inherent in Wells' novel of science-gone-wrong and it is not a difficult proposition to link these themes to the stories of the world's most famous detective.ĭespite the possibilities, to my knowledge the crossover has only seen print once or twice before Guy Adams' The Army of Dr. Moreau which was first published in 1896. However, of all Wells' novels, one does seem to lend itself pretty easily to the Conan Doyle Canon that being The Island of Dr. Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories are firmly rooted in a realistic world while Wells' novels of science fiction are quite different. The worlds of Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G.
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