I have a proper SH icon now! Well, more or less.

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I have discovered, much to my sorrow, that it is actually really a lot easier for me to read things on computer screens than it is on paper--last night I did not want to go downstairs to get our copy of The Complete Sherlock Holmes because it was late and I was lazy, so I went to Project Gutenberg instead, and hey, holy shit, I was like 200% more

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Hah, well, the thing about A Study In Scarlet is that while it does an excellent job of introducing the characters to both the audience and each other, and while it has a decent enough mystery...it also has a solid chunk in the middle that is devoted almost entirely to Evil Evil Mormons In The Lifeless Wasteland Of The American Midwest. :P Seriously, Holmes and Watson aren't even there, it feels like you've stepped into a completely different book. I personally find it all rather hysterical ("a land of despair", Arthur? really?), but it's pretty cringeworthy stuff. As for cost/length, the book is hardly more than 100 pages and I don't think it'd cost more than the other semi-book-length one, which has been filmed many times. This is what Holmes fans are referring to when they mention The Bit About The Mormons; it's really quite infamous. *g*

I'm not much of a spoiler person, no, which is another reason why I like being able to scroll down one line at a time--on a full page my eyes will automatically gravitate to anything that stands out, regardless of whether or not I'm there yet--but the most peculiar thing about it is that I actually mix up the words when I've got multiple lines to look at. "Barren" above "cue" becomes "barbecue", and so forth. It makes for a rather confusing reading experience, to say the least.