Seven Per-Cent Solution - good clean book?

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Is this book a good clean book? Also, what other Sherlockian pastiches do you recommend? I wanted to read Derleth’s Solar Pons series but unfortuantely it’s out of stock in my country.

Also, what are some good short story collections worth reading? (have already read Father Brown). I like all genres. Is Tim Powers a good author? I’m looking for mainly short stories, but don’t mind novels if they come highly recommended. Thanks.
 
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Is this book a good clean book? Also, what other Sherlockian pastiches do you recommend? I wanted to read Derleth’s Solar Pons series but unfortuantely it’s out of stock in my country.

Also, what are some good short story collections worth reading? (have already read Father Brown). I like all genres. Is Tim Powers a good author? I’m looking for mainly short stories, but don’t mind novels if they come highly recommended. Thanks.
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I love Sherlock, but “7 Percent Solution” refers to what Sherlock injects. He is an opium addict. However, this particular story is the only one that really focuses on his addiction and it is because it concerns Dr. Watson’s attempt to help Sherlock quit using.

That being said, the Sherlock stories are generally very good with minimal violence (usually only the result, not gory descriptions of the murders themselves) and with almost no sexual content.

I would personally recommend anything by Agatha Christie or Lilian Jackson Braun if you enjoy mysteries. There are also hundreds of free audio versions of the classics and other texts that are in the public domain. You can find them on iTunes. I usually search “free audio mystery podcast”. Some of my favorite authors there are Anna Katherine Green and the writer of the first mystery novel, Wilkie Collins. G. K. Chesterton, J. S. Fletcher, Fergus Hume, and R. Austin Freeman are great also! There are also many short story collections.

There are also podcasts of old time radio shows which are perfectly harmless and fun to hear. You can find these on iTunes as well.

Amazon also has plenty of free titles of books to read. Again just search for “free mystery”, but be prepared to wade through hundreds of books that are actually just a couple of chapters intended to get you to buy the entire novel. I try to search by author on Amazon.

Hope this helps!
 
Hello 👍
If you can find the Lord Peter Whimsey series of books by
Dorothy L. Sayers they are a really well done series !
Dante221
 
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I love Sherlock, but “7 Percent Solution” refers to what Sherlock injects. He is an opium addict. However, this particular story is the only one that really focuses on his addiction and it is because it concerns Dr. Watson’s attempt to help Sherlock quit using.

That being said, the Sherlock stories are generally very good with minimal violence (usually only the result, not gory descriptions of the murders themselves) and with almost no sexual content.

Hope this helps!
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I’m aware of what seven per-cent means. I just thought the Freud character might be weird.
 
Dante221 said:
Hello 👍
If you can find the Lord Peter Whimsey series of books by
Dorothy L. Sayers they are a really well done series !
Dante221
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I don’t agree with the author’s life. I wouldn’t want to read a book, however innocuous, by a pedophile, for example; so in this case, I don’t want to read a book by an adulteress.
 
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You are kidding, right?

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by John H. Watson, M.D., as edited by Nicholas Meyer. This IS the book we’re talking about, right?

Also, The West End Horror, a Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D., as edited by Nicholas Meyer

I am a devoted fan of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and I have read the Canon dozens of times in my life, although I would never be worthy to be part of the great Sherlockian societies. Sigh.

The two books listed above are excellent in every way. I can still remember the excitement among Holmes and Watson fans way back then when The Seven-Per-Cent Solution first came out. It was the best ever. We were all giddy with joy!

I personally find the Solar Pons series rather dull. JMO, and others disagree with me.

I recommend the books about Holmes and Mary, by the great mystery writer, Laurie R. King. The first book in the series is The Beekeeper’s Apprentice. I consider these the best of the post-Canon books about Holmes. Not much Watson, though.

And I highly recommend the PBS series Sherlock, although your enjoyment will be greatly enhanced if you are very familiar with the stories of the Canon.

I have a whole stack of other Holmes pastiches and adaptations, but many of them are just light Junk Reading.

I’ll try to get back to this thread after work.
 
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