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cimorenehow Utterly Wrong delightfully, uh, postmodern is it to learn about the canons, in detail, of *two* separate pillars of modern literature and culture from the *same* semi-parodic new wave* science fiction source?
i have to state my adoration here for the sherlock holmes of roger zelazny to be found, for instance, in a night in the lonesome october. but far more sublime is the holmes of fred saberhagen's ongoing series of dracula novels, which span a fuckload of history, and, though they begin with the (60 something?) parody of stoker's dracula the dracula tape, eventually create what is probably my favorite protagonist in all the fiction i've ever read, thoroughly fleshed out, brilliantly human and inhuman and old and sometimes chilling, and the crossovers with holmes started with the second novel but didn't stop there--i think he's made appearances in at least two other since then. ahhhhh, fred saberhagen, how i love thee.
there's a new one out soon, isn't there.
::slaps her own wrist:: bad cim! you have no money.
*the new wave happened in the 70s, pretty much. nope, you missed it.
i have to state my adoration here for the sherlock holmes of roger zelazny to be found, for instance, in a night in the lonesome october. but far more sublime is the holmes of fred saberhagen's ongoing series of dracula novels, which span a fuckload of history, and, though they begin with the (60 something?) parody of stoker's dracula the dracula tape, eventually create what is probably my favorite protagonist in all the fiction i've ever read, thoroughly fleshed out, brilliantly human and inhuman and old and sometimes chilling, and the crossovers with holmes started with the second novel but didn't stop there--i think he's made appearances in at least two other since then. ahhhhh, fred saberhagen, how i love thee.
there's a new one out soon, isn't there.
::slaps her own wrist:: bad cim! you have no money.
*the new wave happened in the 70s, pretty much. nope, you missed it.
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Date: 17 Dec 2002 09:27 pm (UTC)You will probably also enjoy E.W. Hornung's Raffles books very much.
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Date: 17 Dec 2002 09:32 pm (UTC)'raffles' books?
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Date: 18 Dec 2002 06:23 am (UTC)Raffles is the 'gentleman-burgler' created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brother-in-law, E.W. Hornung. The stories describe the adventures of Raffles and his bestest pal, Bunny Manders.