The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Author(s): John Joseph Adams

  • Publisher: Night Shade
  • Publication Date: September 1, 2009
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 350 pages
  • ISBN-10: 1597801607
  • ISBN-13: 9781597801607

Book Description

“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”

The first—and most famous—consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, came to the world’s attention more than 120 years ago through Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels and stories. But Conan Doyle didn’t reveal all of the Great Detective’s adventures…

Here are the improbable adventures of Sherlock Holmes, where nothing is impossible, and nothing can be ruled out. These twenty-eight tales of mystery and the imagination detail Holmes’s further exploits, as told by many of today’s greatest storytellers, including Stephen King, Anne Perry, Anthony Burgess, Neil Gaiman, Naomi Novik, Stephen Baxter, Tanith Lee, Michael Moorcock, and many more.

These cases will take you from the familiar quarters at 221B Baker Street to strange alternate realities; from the gaslit streets of London to the far future. In these pages you’ll find Holmes and Watson investigating ghosts, aliens, pirates, dinosaurs, shape-shifters, evil gods, and criminal masterminds, including the Napoleon of Crime, Professor Moriarty. You’ll be astounded to learn the truths behind cases alluded to by Watson but never before documented… until now. Whether mystery, fantasy, horror, or science fiction, no puzzle is too challenging for the Great Detective.

The game is afoot!

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Short of revisiting Arthur Conan Doyle’s original texts, you may not have more fun with the great detective than in Night Shade Books’ collection THE IMPROBABLE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. […] From pirates to spirits, IMPROBABLE covers a lot of genre-fiction tropes, yet every author hews closely to Doyle’s winning, winsome storytelling style. As the game is afoot, you’re in able hands.” —Bookgasm

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a good place to start or rediscover your love for one of the world’s greatest literary creations, Sherlock Holmes.” —io9.com

“These 28 short stories are impressive in their variety and quality […] This is a substantial collection that will entertain.” —School Library Journal

“The improbable intersection between Sherlock Holmes and science fiction is further demonstrated in this teeming collection of Holmes pastiches. […] Not all the results are fantasy. In fact, many are not, and you cannot guess which will be from the respective bylines. […] Some [stories], like Tanith Lee’s powerful and heartbreaking “The Human Mystery,” treat the immortal detective with a depth of understanding that makes one wish they could be declared official entries in the Holmesian canon.” —SCIFI Magazine (A+ rating)

“A satisfyingly chunky 450-page anthology [featuring] twenty-eight curious accounts by a remarkable array of authors. […] A grand collection.” —The District Messenger (The Sherlock Holmes Society of London newsletter)

About the Author

John Joseph Adams, called “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, is the bestselling editor of many anthologies, such as EPIC, OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE, ARMORED, UNDER THE MOONS OF MARS: NEW ADVENTURES ON BARSOOM, LIGHTSPEED: YEAR ONE, BRAVE NEW WORLDS, WASTELANDS, THE LIVING DEAD, THE LIVING DEAD 2, BY BLOOD WE LIVE, FEDERATIONS, THE IMPROBABLE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, and THE WAY OF THE WIZARD. He is a four-time finalist for the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award. He is also the editor and publisher of LIGHTSPEED and NIGHTMARE, and is the co-host of Wired.com’s THE GEEK’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY podcast. Forthcoming anthologies include THE MAD SCIENTIST’S GUIDE TO WORLD DOMINATION (Tor Books, 2013), WASTELANDS 2 (Night Shade Books, 2013), and ROBOT UPRISINGS (Doubleday, 2014). Find him online at johnjosephadams.com and on Twitter @JohnJosephAdams.

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