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Someone has painstakingly worked through the entire Sherlock Holmes for details of his rooms, and has produced this stunning piece of work: http://www.stutler.cc/other/misc/baker_street.html

Nice. An almost Holmesian obsession to detail there.

(Is Holmesian a real word? If not, then I want full credit and royalties for it's invention)

Geez that is bloody impressive. I can't believe he read all sixty stories back to back twice! Thats dedication.

Beautiful!

Sk8r St3v3 wrote:Geez that is bloody impressive. I can't believe he read all sixty stories back to back twice! Thats dedication.

Dedication is reading the bloody things when you don't even like them !!

And don't get me started on Jazz ...

Fabulous image though !

A J Irving wrote:Nice. An almost Holmesian obsession to detail there.

(Is Holmesian a real word? If not, then I want full credit and royalties for it's invention)

It's a real word, coined in 1929 by Monsignor Ronald Knox, who wrote Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes, the first book to treat the Sherlock Holmes stories in a mock-scholarly style.

"Holmesian" can relate to Sherlock Holmes himself, or to the pastime of pretending the stories are real and treating them in this mock-scholarly way. I was myself a fairly hardcore Holmesian for several decades, and only gave it up about ten years ago.

Harris wrote:And don't get me started on Jazz ...

I do know that there are three types of jazz. There's cool jazz, there's hot jazz, and there's what-time-does-the-tune-start jazz.

Oh, and then there's Bix Beiderbecke, but he's, well, he's a genius!

Ah you missed sleezy Jazz ...

Robbie wrote:

A J Irving wrote:Nice. An almost Holmesian obsession to detail there.

(Is Holmesian a real word? If not, then I want full credit and royalties for it's invention)

It's a real word, coined in 1929 by Monsignor Ronald Knox, who wrote Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes, the first book to treat the Sherlock Holmes stories in a mock-scholarly style.

"Holmesian" can relate to Sherlock Holmes himself, or to the pastime of pretending the stories are real and treating them in this mock-scholarly way. I was myself a fairly hardcore Holmesian for several decades, and only gave it up about ten years ago.

I am just getting into it. I have more important things to be doing, but getting absorbed in Holmes still seems to take priority. Meh.. life is for living not for exams.

SamGurney wrote:I am just getting into it. I have more important things to be doing, but getting absorbed in Holmes still seems to take priority. Meh.. life is for living not for exams.

It's a fun hobby and I really enjoyed it and got a lot out of it. Definitely worth joining the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, especially if you're in a position to attend the meetings and go on excursions.

If you REALLY want to waste time on line, join the Hounds of the Internet.