An anthology is only as good as its whole, and this one had a few clunkers that pulled down the others (see my comments on each story). I'd give this book 3 1/2 stars if i could. I found myself enjoying almost every single straight, new Sherlock Holmes tale, but had mixed feelings about the ones that crossed genres. I felt they were marred by the authors' penchants for staging their own creations as the main characters. Sherlock was often a side character in these tales. IMO, the genre was too f...

“Brand-New Tales of the Great Detective” have been gracing the literary landscape almost as soon as the stream of canonical stories dried out. These tales, or pastiches, cover the entire spectrum: from the excruciatingly authentic to blasphemously entertaining. The anthology under discussion mostly stands up to the challenge of churning out a bunch of entertainers while treading the same path that has been muddied by thousands before, and hence it is definitely worth a read. The contents are: I...

As soon as the Sherlock Holmes bug has bitten you, there’s no turning back. From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‘s original stories, all the way through to the ‘pastiches’ and fan-fiction of the modern era… once the bug bites, you can’t get enough and you will devour any new adventures – be it natural or supernatural – that comes your way. Don’t believe me? Well, I once thought that Sherlock Holmes was overrated and I was determined not to become one of the sheep, yet when I was kindly forced to read and...

A reasonably decent collection with a few stand outs. Good enough for an elibrary book between larger novels.

A fine collection of Sherlock Holmes stories from authors who know their stuff when it comes to Alfred Conan Doyle's timeless detective hero. There were 2 or 3 of these where I found myself skipping pages, but the rest were very enjoyable - especially a delightful tale ( “Woman’s Work.”) involving the redoubtable Mrs Hudson, landlady of 221B Baker Street, in which Holmes lives. In a different style, "The Night Crawler" is a steampunk influenced story by George Mann featuring an alliance between

George Mann in his book, “Encounters Of Sherlock Holmes” a Book in the Encounters of Sherlock Holmes series published by Titan Books brings us new short stories featuring the adventures of Sherlock Holmes.From the Back Cover: Brand New tales of the great detectiveThe spirit of Sherlock Holmes lives on in this collection of fourteen brand-new adventures. Marvel as the master of deduction aids a dying Sr. Richard Francis Bacon; matches wits with gentleman thief, A. J. Raffles; crosses paths with H...

Some mildly entertaining stories about the famous detective by mostly steam punk/victoriana authors. I think that fanfiction works best when putting characters in alternate universes/situations, describing them from alternative viewpoints, or in other ways shining light on their characters (but also their function in literature) - which to me is what the BBC-series Sherlock is doing. There are a couple of stories in here that do that, but not too many. Most were diverting, but didn't provide new...

I guess I call myself a Sherlock Holmes fan, although I've not read a lot of the original stories and tend to like the concept more than the execution. I got a copy of this volume of Holmes stories, most of which are Holmes mysteries with a splash of fantasy (and one science fiction story as well), and I figured it'd be worth the time.The good news is that there are a lot of solid authors here. You have television writers, genre stars, and so on. The writing is pretty good, and the concept works...

This is a great compendium of stories based on Sherlock Holmes pastiche.Staying true to the language, and process, used by Sherlock the stories range far and wide. We even have Dr Watson and Mrs Hudson solving mysteries. With Sherlock taking the credit of course.The various authors have also brought into play characters that they have developed and which have appeared in their books, particularly George Mann's great series Newbury and Hobbes (of which I have read all).Other authors include Mark

Watson records, plus surprisingly detailed testimonies in style, Holmes secretive. Who pushed Sir Richard down stairs, stole his will, disinherit cousins for eldest, Hans. 2 Sir Bainbridge, relates how Hambley ~40, basement invention fails to preserve produce, his wife 18 gone. Typo: Fwd.p2 elude

Like any short story anthology, there are weak stories in this mostly very strong bunch. But overall, I enjoyed this steampunky, colorful, unusual pastiche collection.

I have to confess a certain bias. I love Sherlock Holmes and fit into the camp that believes that bad Holmes is better than no Holmes at all. I’m also a steampunk fan. Having admitted that, is it any surprise that I thoroughly loved the collection of new Holmes stories in "Encounters of Sherlock Holmes"?I really enjoy George Mann’s work and reviewed his book Ghosts of Manhattan a couple of years ago. His story “Case of the Night Crawler” is excellent and I loved that he pulled in his “Newbury an...

Way back in the 90s when the original dr who series finished, the novel and audio ranges that filled the gap gave some aspiring and fan writers a leg up to professional authorship. A lot of this was for the better: the programme was stretched conceptually and this fed back into a rejuvenated series. Sometimes however , the result was what fans term , if the expression may be pardoned, fanw**k, an obsessive wallowing in continuity that does nothing but obsessively plug minute gaps and bring thing...

This is probably one of the more eclectic volumes of Sherlock Holmes stories I've read. They range from traditional through to steampunk, and the quality ranges fairly widely as well.Fans of Mark Hodder's Burton and Swinburne books will be delighted (as I was) to find the very first story involves his intrepid duo, with Holmes solving a crime for a dieing Sir Richard Burton.Paul Magrs' story "Mrs Hudson at the Christmas Hotel" was told in the form of letters and was quite humourous, but did jar

I've read some of the stories here and after the Frankenstein's Monster one am shelving this anthology. The tales vary in consistency from quite good to awful and I'm sorry to say I probably won't bother completing it. I hate to be dismissive of people's work, as a writer I've had it done to me and it hurts - believe me. I found a few grammatical errors and, whilst we all make them (I was accused of this, unfairly as it happened.) It let the book down further for me. If I get around to completin...

Overall I liked the individual stories in this book. However, I found the occasional alternate voice to completely take me out of the narrative. I know everyone has a clever idea for Holmes and Watson, but his character is extremely well known, moving away from that concept kills the story. I have no problems with Holmes dealing with Martians but when he acts like an idiot it irritates me to the point I want to stop reading the book.All in all, a good selection of stories. Some were truly excell...

Some interesting stories, where Holmes is thrown up against other characters of the era. The Raffles story is especially well written where both characters come off well.A mixture of writers keeps things fresh, but the collection works well.

Holmes and Watson meet Frankenstein's monster, Dr Jekyll, H G Wells and some Martians; and who would have guessed that Mrs. Hudson was the clever one after all? Good fun...

Interesting As always with a set of stories this is a mixed bag, but there's a love of the stories of Sherlock Holmes that comes across from all of the stories.  Little details like the Persian Slipper become stories.  There's mashups from other stories (H G Wells War of the Worlds for example) and they often take an interesting twist. None of the stories are terribly memorable or made me want to hunt up more by the authors but none were terrible and would suggest to me to avoid those authors.

George Mann and thirteen other writers provide new mystery-solving fodder for the famous duo of Holmes and Watson. I say well done over all. A couple of the stories were a bit dry (and I fell asleep reading those), but I enjoyed most of the stories. I liked how unique each one read, yet Holmes and Watson are true to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creations. You wouldn't think an author could combine them with Martian aliens and Lovecraftian monsters, but you'd be wrong.I'd recommend this overall to Sh...