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       THE SOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
         Presents
        Items of General Interest

The Sherlock Holmes Reference Library
Editor: Leslie S. Klinger
Is available for order from www.amazon.com or from Leslie Klinger's homepage at: http://webpages.charter.net/lklinger/ where you can learn more about the Editor as well.
"Adventures," "Memoirs", "Study in Scarlet", "Hound of the Baskervilles" and "Return" are available from Mysterious Bookshop, phone orders (800) 352-2840 or www.mysteriousbookshop.com.

Sherlock Holmes Neckties: Occassionally seen on members Michael Phillips, and PFL David Haugen, are available for purchase from Alynn Neckwear, 1-800-252-5966 at a cost of $35. Cost can be dropped to $28 for quantity orders of 25-50.

Per an e-mail from author Lauren Steinhauer, her new book Sherlock Holmes’ Lost Adventure is now available. You can read the first few chapters at her website: www.laurensteinhauer.com.

Finding used and difficult to locate books can be a chore. Three good sources are alibris.com, abebooks.com, and bookfinder.com. Try 'em out.

SOB Karen Murdock has published Good for the Cause, a monograph on Sherlockians in the news-papers. It’s available for $7 U.S. postpaid. Write her at: 1212 Yale Avenue S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55414-3123

Michael Kurland is in the process of completing The Empress of India, his sequel to The Great Game. Michael Kurland also tells the SOBs that he will be editing a new collection of Sherlock Holmes stories which will take place during the Great Hiatus including at least one involving what Watson was doing during that period.

Leslie Klinger’s 2-Volume Annotation of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories is due out from Norton in November. He tells the SOBs that it may be possible for us to order directly from the publisher. Since the price is scheduled to be $80, if this option comes to pass, we might be able to get it for $60 or less. Les might also come to Seattle as part of his signing tour. We will let you know as we get further details. But start saving your money!

“Radio Crime Fighters: Nearly 300 Programs from the Golden Age”, by Jim Cox, features syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials. Basil Rathbone graces the cover. Available for $45 from McFarland & Company Publishers, which specialize in nonfiction (history, biography, filmography). Order at (800) 253-2187 or visit them at www.mcfarlandpub.com

My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective by Michael Kurland (Editor) Is on sale now at Amazon.com
Read a review of this book on this website!! See "Members Share"!!!

A Sherlock Holmes Almanac, originally compiled by Sven Petersen back
in the 1950s, is now revised and expanded.

It's available from:
-- The Battered Silicon Dispatch, Box P. O. Box 122, Sauk City, WI 53583-0122
-- Classic Specialties (www.sherlock- holmes.com /genbooks.html/almanac)

Classic Specialities summarizes it thusly: "For every day in the calendar year there is an
annotation and description of at least one (usually several more) event of interest to
Sherlockians or chronologists - and of particular fascination to those of us who are both!"

Of particular interest to members of The Sound of the Baskervilles is that our dear, departed friend Frank Darlington was a major contributor. Another major contributor was one of our newest SOB member, Karen Murdock of Minneapolis.

Read a review of A Sherlock Holmes Almanac by author Bill Seil on this website!! See "Members Share"!!!

Private Eyelashes by Jack French traces women detectives from old time radio. Among others, Marlene Dietrich and Joan Blondell had their own series. (One fictional detective was even called Jane Sherlock.) Cost is $18.95 U.S. Buy online at: www.bearmanormedia.com

Updated 7/8/04

SOB Geoff Jeffery kindly gave PFL David a copy of the new Alan Barnes’ “The Sherlock Holmes Suite”, a nice blend of scene-setting jazz instrumentals with narration of the stories. Thank you, Geoff!! They’re good tapes! You can get yours at Amazon.com/uk.

The Singular Adventures of Mr. Sherlock Holmes by Alan Stockwell is a collection of short stories presented in the classic manner, as though it were Dr. Watson offering a further selection of exploits from his famous tin box. This 245-page paperback contains 15 new cases. It has been favorably reviewed by the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and Sherlock Magazine. Published by UPSO Ltd ISBN 1-84375-010-4 UK £7.99 USA $12.95

The 2004 edition of "The Hounds' Collection" is now available; it’s a lively mix of interesting, entertaining, and thought-provoking material covering 62 pages. SOB Stu Shiffman writes in appreciation of the late, great Poul Anderson, an author who often sprinkled his science fiction stories with Sherlockian motifs, and also contributed artwork. SOB Karen Murdock reviews the arguments relating to the "glass/grass-strewn" wall over which Holmes and Watson scrambled when escaping from Appledore Towers in "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton". Price and ordering details: Postpaid by airmail: US$12, via PayPal in US$ to: bbarnes@ozemail.com.au.

According to Peter Blau, the Abbey National—long-time resident in Baker Street and with a history of providing a secretary to answer mail sent to Holmes at 221B—closed its headquarters there and no longer answers Holmes’ mail. Letters sent to 221B are now forwarded to The Sherlock Holmes Museum.

SOB Paula Lowery writes that the Ancient Egypt Studies Assn. has a number of upcoming
trips planned. Their “Museums of the United Kingdom” in 2005 will tour big Egyptian collections of
the British Isles, including Edinburgh Castle, Liverpool Museum, Amelia Edwards Grave, and more.
Contact Roxann Hockaday for prices, dates and reservations: (503) 701-6897 or roxannlh@yahoo.com.

Tapes of the LCC 14 panel that PFL David and Stu Shiffman participate on are available at: http://www.tree farmstapes.com; search under David’s or Stu’s names.