The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Feb 2020 Book Group discussion thread

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Maclennane
Maclennane
Jan 2020
10:46am, 27 Jan 2020
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Maclennane
The Red Headed League is a special sort of silly. Go for that.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jan 2020
11:02am, 27 Jan 2020
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McGoohan
SPOILER ALERT - there's a mini-rant near the end of this week's podcast so savour that.
Nellers
Nellers
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12:02pm, 27 Jan 2020
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Nellers
I did go for TRHL. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your point of view, it was shorter than my session so I'm into A Case Of Identity now. I've heard the client tell her tale and the solution has come back to me (I think) from the depths of time.

Women are so stupid (in these books, I mean. Not in reality, which gets us back to the problems that bother you I think, Mac).
Nellers
Nellers
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12:44pm, 27 Jan 2020
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Nellers
I remembered it correctly, and once you know it's amazing how little is wasted in those descriptions.
McGoohan
McGoohan
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1:16pm, 27 Jan 2020
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McGoohan
“Women are naturally secretive” :-o
McGoohan
McGoohan
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7:58am, 28 Jan 2020
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McGoohan
I started (re)reading this yesterday and I've already read seven out of the twelve stories. It is not a difficult read.

A few years ago (early 2000s I suppose) I decided to read all the Sherlock Holmes books in order. Penguin did a very nice eight-book series. This is number three, the first collection of short stories (I think) after the novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four. At the time I whizzed through and really enjoyed them. I think my copy of TAoSH and the next book came on a ski trip with us.

It is now very strange to see it again. It's a bit like when you show your kids a film from the 80s. 'Look, you'll love this! It's got Michael J Fox in it!' and when you watch it with them you think, 'Oooh, this hasn't aged well...'

With the spotlight of reading this specifically for the Book Group, I can only see its flaws.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jan 2020
9:41am, 28 Jan 2020
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Diogenes
I started reading The Red Headed League last night but couldn't concentrate enough to ignore the <B>MASSIVE FLAWS</B> and lurid prose
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jan 2020
11:42pm, 30 Jan 2020
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McGoohan
Finished. And still a day of Jan to go.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jan 2020
6:22am, 31 Jan 2020
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Diogenes
A month off, no reading required. You could spend the time deducing some things.
McGoohan
McGoohan
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7:17am, 31 Jan 2020
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McGoohan
I deduce that I shan't bother with any more Sherlock Holmes books. QED.

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