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Victorian-era Baker Street RPG: The world of Sherlock Holmes

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[Back this Campaign] In the States a judge may have ruled that Sherlock Holmes is now Public Domain but this RPG has the official backing of the Conan Doyle Estate. Baker Street from Kirby Young and Fearlight Games is set after the Reichenbach Falls encounter, when Sherlock is believed to be dead and yet cases keep on coming to 221B.…

Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God review

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What’s this? A book featuring Sherlock Holmes, arguably the world’s greatest detective (unless you count Danger Mouse1) and the supernatural? How could this work, and should it even be attempted? Luckily for me, instead of discounting the novel as some form of sacrilege, recently I had my views broadened from reading an interesting article from Geek Native.…

Exclusive extract: The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes

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This month we asked George Mann whether authors should consider Conan Doyle’s vision of Sherlock Holmes sacroscant. Mann was a good person to ask as he did the hard work and edited the anthology The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes which is a collection of stories about the great detective from steampunk, horror and assorted authors.…

Should authors tinker with Conan Doyle’s vision of Sherlock Holmes?

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Should authors extend the legacy of the Sherlock Holmes? If they do; should they pitch the great detective against zombies, Daleks or insidious body snatching aliens? The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes , a new collection of adventures from Titan Books include stories from horror and steampunk authors like James Lovegrove, Paul Magrs, Guy Adams, George Mann and Mark Hodder.…

Steven Moffat interviewed by his son

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Steven Moffat’s son is on YouTube and – quite wisely – has dragged his dad in for some video interviews. Got to wonder how large this YouTube channel will grow. The good news is that you can leave your own questions for father Moffat below the video and have a chance of getting them asked in the next video.…

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