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Jul 12 #6 Doc Watson died on May 29. Arthel Watson, blind almost from birth, became an outstanding acoustic guitarist, known for his baritone voice and vast repertoire of bluegrass, folk, country, and blues. He once explained that he acquired his nickname during a live radio broad- cast in 1941 when the announcer asked for an easy nickname, and someone in the audience shouted "Call him Doc." His album "Elementary Doctor Watson!" was issued by Poppy Records in 1972 and has some fine tracks (but no Sher- lockian significance other than the title). The new series "Elementary" (with Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu as Holmes and Watson) debuts on CBS-TV on Sept. 27 at 10:00 pm (on the east coast). And there's now an official web-site at . My birthday party on the Mall on July Fourth featured the usual spectacular fireworks, although not as spectacular as in San Diego, where a faulty com- puter fired off twenty minutes of fireworks in twenty seconds; fortunately there were on barges, and no one was hurt. It was also nice to receive a few birthday cards, and an especially nice telegram (delivered, of course, via the postal service, as telegrams are now). The Spermaceti Press: Peter E. Blau, 7103 Endicott Court, Bethesda, MD 20817-4401 (301-229-5669)
Aug 12 #1 Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press The BBC/PBS "A Scandal in Belgravia" has received 13 nominations for prime- time Emmy Awards from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, including outstanding mini-series or movie, lead actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), sup- porting actor (Martin Freeman), and writing (Steven Moffat); the awards are to be announced on Sept. 23. It's possible that the producers decided to submit "Sherlock" as a mini-series rather than as a drama series to avoid competition with the extremely-popular "Downton Abbey". "Why didn't you tell me about this reading thing? This reading business, Dad, I really recommend it. Maybe you should give it a try." A quote from the younger generation in Australia, in an opinion piece by the Dad in the Sydney Morning Herald, July 28 , written after his son saw the "Sherlock" mini-series and discovered that it was possible to read stories about Sherlock Holmes. There's also a blog by Lynnette Porter reporting on an Internet survey that generated some interesting numbers from fans of the mini-series: more than 68 percent have read Conan Doyle's stories about Sherlock Holmes. And more than 70 percent read or write fanfiction, which suggests that at least a few people who prefer fanfiction to the originals, and possibly base their fanfiction on television or films, rather than the printed page. Ely Liebow reported The Brigadier Gerard many years ago (Aug 95 #2); it is a pub in York, named not in honor of the hero of Conan Doyle's stories, but rather for the famous race horse (which was named for Conan Doyle's swash- buckling hero). It's not unique: there's another Brigadier Gerard in East- leigh in Hampshire, and of course both can be found with a Google search. Martin H. Greenberg died on June 25, 2011. He was the dean of the school of international studies at Florida International University, and the first director of graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and was a well-known editor in the fields of mystery, horror, and science fic- tion, winning an Ellery Queen Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1995. Anthologies he helped edit included SHERLOCK HOLMES THROUGH TIME AND SPACE (1986), THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1987), SHERLOCK HOLMES IN ORBIT (1995), HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1996), MORE HOLMES FOR THE HOLI- DAYS (1999), MURDER IN BAKER STREET (2001), MURDER, MY DEAR WATSON (2002), GHOSTS IN BAKER STREET (2004), and SHERLOCK HOLMES IN AMERICA (2009). The Wildclaw Theatre Company will present (one performance only) a dramati- zation of Neil Gaiman's pastiche "A Study in Emerald" during its "Masque of the Red Death Gala Benefit" at the Strawdog Theatre on Sept. 15. The thea- ter's at 3829 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60613 . THE LOST CASEBOOKS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, by Donald Thomas (New York: Pegasus Books, 2012; 873 pp., $35.00), is a one-volume reprint of his earlier THE SECRET CASES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1997), SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VOICE FROM THE CRYPT (2002), and THE EXECUTION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (2008); he is one of the better authors of pastiches, and this collection offers 18 of his stories, some based on true crimes and others new inventions.
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