Solar Pons In Re Sherlock Holmes And The Memoirs Of Solar Pons

Solar Pons was created by August Derleth in the 1920s as a continuation of the Sherlock Holmes canon. Derleth, who famously created Arkham House Publishing to preserve the writings of his friend, author HP Lovecraft, had corresponded with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, asking whether Doyle would be providing any new Holmes adventures. When Doyle said no, Derleth determined to write some himself. However, instead of writing more Holmes tales, Derleth came up with Solar Pons, a detective very similar to Holmes, and Dr. Lyndon Parker, his Dr. Watson. Eventually, between the 1920's and his death in 1971, Derleth wrote over seventy Pons tales, set in that period between the end of World War I and 1939. "Now, meet Solar Pons, the Pride of Praed Street . . . The Master is not too visible - that is, to the naked eye. But you will feel his dynamic presence once again . . . Yes, dear reader, but turn a page, and again - the game is afoot!" - Ellery Queen

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 22. Chapters: August Derleth, A Praed Street Dossier, Basil Copper, In Re: Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey, The Adventure of the Singular Sandwich, The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians, The Casebook of Solar Pons, The Chronicles of Solar Pons, The Dragnet Solar Pons et al., The Exploits of Solar Pons, The Final Adventures of Solar Pons, The Memoirs of Solar Pons, The Original Text Solar Pons Omnibus Edition, The Recollections of Solar Pons, The Reminiscences of Solar Pons, The Return of Solar Pons, The Solar Pons Omnibus, Three Problems for Solar Pons. Excerpt: August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 - July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the so-called Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror, as well as his founding of the publisher Arkham House (which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK), Derleth was a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction and biography. A 1938 Guggenheim Fellow, Derleth considered his most serious work to be the ambitious Sac Prairie Saga, a series of fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and non-fiction naturalist works designed to memorialize life in the Wisconsin he knew. Derleth can also be considered a pioneering naturalist and conservationist in his writing. The son of William Julius Derleth and Rose Louise Volk, Derleth grew up in Sauk City, Wisconsin. He was educated in local parochial and public high school. Derleth wrote his first fiction at age 13. He was interested most in reading, and he made three trips to the library a week. He would save his money to...

In the 1920s, college student August Derleth wrote to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, asking if any more Sherlock Holmes adventures were going to be published. Upon receiving a negative reply, Derleth decided to provide some of his own. However, rather than relating more tales of Holmes and Dr. Watson, he ended up introducing the world to Solar Pons and Dr. Lyndon Parker, living in London during the 1920s and 1930s. Pons solved crimes using deduction and ratiocination, often referring to Holmes as "The Master" or "My illustrious predecessor". Since his first appearance, Pons has been a favorite with Sherlockians. Now, for the first time ever, the estate of August Derleth has authorized an anthology of Solar Pons novellas! These new adventures range in length from about 15,000 words (longer than a short story) to 40,000 words (almost a novel). Each of them fully and traditionally falls within the Pontine Canon.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Non-canonical Sherlock Holmes works, Sherlock Hound, The List of Seven, Young Sherlock Holmes, Solar Pons, The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, The Canary Trainer, The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Flashman and the Tiger, Without a Clue, The Arcanum, Aetheric Mechanics, The Six Messiahs, The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, Locked Rooms, A Monstrous Regiment of Women, Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House, Sherlock: Case of Evil, Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids, All-Consuming Fire, The West End Horror, Baker Street, In Re: Sherlock Holmes, Shadows Over Baker Street, The Casebook of Solar Pons, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, The Return of Solar Pons, The Memoirs of Solar Pons, The Italian Secretary, Justice Hall, The Reminiscences of Solar Pons, The Chronicles of Solar Pons, Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds, Erasing Sherlock, The Final Adventures of Solar Pons, Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey, Gaslight Grimoire, The Recollections of Solar Pons, The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians, The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, The Language of Bees, Auguste Lupa, The God of the Hive, Dust and Shadow, The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat, Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography, The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel, The Game, A Letter of Mary, Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac, A Slight Trick of the Mind, The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes, O Jerusalem, The Moor, Sherlock Holmes: The Way of All Flesh, Second Holmes. Excerpt: Sherlock Holmes has long been a popular character for authors and creators other than Arthur Conan Doyle. Their works can be grouped into four broad categories: There can be found also many pop culture references to Sherlock Holmes. New Sherlock Holmes stories fall into many categories, including: Arthur Conan Doyle's son Adrian...