Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press 2012 - Red Circle of ...

Jun 12 #2 The 8th Annual Convention of The Reichenbachian Cliff-Divers is
to be held in Peoria on Aug. 15-17, according to an announce-
ment in the June issue of the Gaslight Gazette (published by The Survivors
of the Gloria Scott); details of one of the more unusual Sherlockian gath-
erings are available by e-mail from Dave Milner .
It's possible that this is a rescheduling of the convention announced for
May 11-13 in Succasunna, N.J., in a message to the Sherlock Holmes Social
Network .
Danish artist Nis Jessen has applied Sherlockian quotations to some of the
illustrations in his spectacular edition of A STUDY IN SCARLET (Jul 05 #6),
and you can see the results at his Facebook page .
His own web-site is at , and copies of his book are
available: contact his wife Flerida at .
It's not Sherlockian, but it's a fine book for collectors: Miles Harvey's
THE ISLAND OF LOST MAPS: A TRUE STORY OF CARTOGRAPHIC CRIME (2000) explores
the story of Gilbert Bland Jr., whose cartomania doesn't seem all that far
removed from bibliomania. The author's web-site is .
"Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands" is a major exhibition at the
British Library through Sept. 25, examining "how the landscapes of Britain
permeate great literary works"; the section on "Wild Places: Terror of the
Wild" includes THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. There's an interesting web-
site at .
The U.S. Postal Service has issued a set of stamps honoring four Great Film
Directors: Frank Capra, John Huston, John Ford, and Billy Wilder, three of
whom have Sherlockian connections. Billy Wilder directed "The Private Life
of Sherlock Holmes" (1970), John Huston played Moriarty in "Sherlock Holmes
in New York" (1976), and John Ford (billed as Jack Francis) played Watson
in "A Study in Scarlet" (1914), directed by his older brother Francis Ford,
who also played Holmes.
"Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows" ended its run in theaters in the U.S. on
Apr. 12 after 112 days on screens in 3,703 theaters, according to the Box
Office Mojo web-site; the film's world-wide gross is now stands at $543.8
million. "Sherlock Holmes" (the first Robert Downey Jr. film) ran for 126
days in 3,626 theaters in the U.S. and grossed $524.0 million world-wide.
The Serpentine Muse continues to offer news from, about, and by The Adven-
turesses of Sherlock Holmes; the summer issue has Susan Rice's discussion
of "Lighthouses of the Past and Future" (about how young women have joined
the Sherlockian world from the 1960s through the 2010s), and much more of
interest; it's published quarterly and costs $15.00 a year from Evelyn A.
Herzog (301 Warren Avenue #203, Baltimore, MD 21230).