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Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk #1
Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk, Mechanical Men and Otherworldly Endeavours
The World's Greatest Detective in the Retro Futuristic Realms of Steampunk!
Imagine a slight change to our historical timeline where the Industrial Revolution heated up much quicker than expected. Technological marvels such as airships, trains, battleships, and submarines came into being much earlier. They were followed by steam-powered wonders such as mechanical men, flying ships, and even crafts capable of reaching the deepest fathoms of the sea or traveling to distant celestial orbs.
That is the world where Sherlock Holmes and his Boswell, Dr. Watson find themselves in Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk.
Mechanical Men and Otherworldly Endeavours - Volume two of the anthology features stories with a focus on robotic creatures and otherworldly adventures. See Holmes team up with intelligent animals from an alternate Earth, switch bodies with Dr. Watson, and travel to another dimension.
• The Adventure of the Purloined Piston Valve by L.S. Reinholt & Minerva Cerridwen (The Dragon of Ynys )
• The Deductive Man by Paul Hiscock (Under the Weather)
• The Adventure of the Tiger’s Topaz by Derrick Belanger (Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Primal Man)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Moongate Sabotage by Derek Nason (Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of H.G. Wells Vol. 2 )
• The Adventure of the Brompton Mausoleum by Paula Hammond (Alternative Truths)
• A Second Case of Identity by S. Subramanian (Airship 27: Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective)
• Doctor Bear, I Presume! by Harry DeMaio (The Casebooks of Octavius Bear)
• The Adventure of the Violent Violets by Dr. Watson (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
Plus an introduction by Editor Derrick Belanger
Imagine a slight change to our historical timeline where the Industrial Revolution heated up much quicker than expected. Technological marvels such as airships, trains, battleships, and submarines came into being much earlier. They were followed by steam-powered wonders such as mechanical men, flying ships, and even crafts capable of reaching the deepest fathoms of the sea or traveling to distant celestial orbs.
That is the world where Sherlock Holmes and his Boswell, Dr. Watson find themselves in Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk.
Mechanical Men and Otherworldly Endeavours - Volume two of the anthology features stories with a focus on robotic creatures and otherworldly adventures. See Holmes team up with intelligent animals from an alternate Earth, switch bodies with Dr. Watson, and travel to another dimension.
• The Adventure of the Purloined Piston Valve by L.S. Reinholt & Minerva Cerridwen (The Dragon of Ynys )
• The Deductive Man by Paul Hiscock (Under the Weather)
• The Adventure of the Tiger’s Topaz by Derrick Belanger (Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Primal Man)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Moongate Sabotage by Derek Nason (Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of H.G. Wells Vol. 2 )
• The Adventure of the Brompton Mausoleum by Paula Hammond (Alternative Truths)
• A Second Case of Identity by S. Subramanian (Airship 27: Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective)
• Doctor Bear, I Presume! by Harry DeMaio (The Casebooks of Octavius Bear)
• The Adventure of the Violent Violets by Dr. Watson (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
Plus an introduction by Editor Derrick Belanger
246 pages, Paperback
First published April 13, 2016
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About the author
Derrick Belanger
109 books51 followersAuthor Derrick Belanger's publications include an eclectic mix: book reviews, articles for education journals, short stories, poems, comic books, and the graphic novel, Twenty-Three Skidoo! A former instructor at Washington State University, and a current middle school Language Arts teacher, Derrick lives in Broomfield, Colorado with his wife Abigail Gosselin and their two daughters, Rhea and Phoebe. Currently, Derrick is working on several Sherlockian projects: the Young Adult novel Sherlock Holmes and the Transformers of Time, the teaching guide Sherlock Holmes for Teachers, the pastiche novel The Funeral of Sherlock Holmes, and the film studies book The Hound of the Baskervilles: From Page to Screen. He also co-authors the web site Mystery Aircraft.com with author Chuck Davis.
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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
January 12, 2022
The book contains eight stories of various lengths. Most of them were absolutely juvenile in terms of plot, characterisations and overall composition. But three stories stood out. They were~
1. Derrick Belanger's "The Adventure of the Tiger's Topaz";
2. Paula Hammond's "The Adventure of the Brompton Mausoleum" (a brilliant piece that outshone everything else in this book);
3. S. Subramanian's "A Second Case of Identity" (I had no idea that a pastiche can be so humored).
Except these three works, the rest were, regrettably, forgettable.
1. Derrick Belanger's "The Adventure of the Tiger's Topaz";
2. Paula Hammond's "The Adventure of the Brompton Mausoleum" (a brilliant piece that outshone everything else in this book);
3. S. Subramanian's "A Second Case of Identity" (I had no idea that a pastiche can be so humored).
Except these three works, the rest were, regrettably, forgettable.
January 3, 2021
There were 3 stories I just had to skip over. The inconsistencies in characters are more pronounced in this book than the 1st and the last 2 stories require mucking about with epilogues and story set ups that are just a stretch. If you really love SH stories, some of these are going to be quite a disappointment. Some of them aren't very good Steampunk stories, either.
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September 19, 2019Short and fantastic
I love Sherlock Holmes and Mycroft Holmes, who doesn't? This is a wonderful collection of short stories, on the steampunk version of Sherlock Holmes. Well written, good plotting. Read and enjoy!
I love Sherlock Holmes and Mycroft Holmes, who doesn't? This is a wonderful collection of short stories, on the steampunk version of Sherlock Holmes. Well written, good plotting. Read and enjoy!
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