Rapaciously Reaping Red Riotous Rage

[joiless]

I'm back like I forgot somethin', I'm somethin', rick rollin' rage runnin' miles like I got a... never mind.

Hey there, livejournal. I'm not dead. I'm not retired. I was just... elsewhere. Miss me? Of course you did. I can dodge bullets and cancer like Neo in a wind tunnel.

So what's bothering me today?

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[denelian]

i admit that i don't have *all* of these problems - most of my Holmes-lore was ingested via Heinlein. so i missed someof it. not most of it.
slovenly apartment, while dapper appearance (was a joke that Lazarus Long made to an AI, based on a joke made by Manny to a different AI that was called "Mycroft Holmes" and decided that he was Sherlock's brother.
cocain, yes. heroin? i didn't know that.
stickfighting (Lazarus claimed he learned the technique because Holmes was purported to know it... and he intoduced it, and bayonettes, into a war in the 26th century...)
misanthropy and misogyny, yes. except i got the impression that he had loved Violet, and she spurned or scorned him because of Irene, which is *why* the misanthropy and misogyny... and that Irene was supposed to be a mirror of Violet, and "prove" to Holmes that all people could be evil... because weren't they (Violet and Irene) both in the same story, and Violet thought Holmes would rather be with Irene because she bested him?

i didn't realize until last night with your text messages that i have never read any of the *ORIGINAL* Sherlock Holmes. re-tellings and such, but not the originals. i'm going to go and fix that now. i hope the library has copies...

[denelian]

they do. and a short wait only 4 requests...

Sherlock Holmes
the complete novels and stories
Authors: Arthur Conan Doyle

Material type: Book
Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Books
Physical description: 2 v. 18 cm.
Year: 1986
Call number: Fiction Doyle
ISBN: 0553212419 (pbk. : v.1)
0553212427 (pbk. : v.2)
9780553212419 (pbk. : v.1)
9780553212426 (pbk. : v.2)
Annotation: Bantam Classic ed.

if you want to check out or get your own.

[joiless]

Fortunately for me, my classical literature comes to me, courtesy of Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg is a collection of books transcribed word for word and available online for free; if its copyright has expired, it's likely to be found there. They've got nearly all the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Heinlein's take on Holmes via AI in the 26th Century is hella confusing sometimes. Incidentally, Mycroft was Sherlock's older, even more brilliant brother. Mycroft had none of Sherlock's energy or drive, but instead served as a living super computer for the British government.

[denelian]

!!! there was actually a "Mycroft" in the Holmes' stories!
i did not know that. and the living computer...

i swear, Heinlein is actually God.

i know a lot of theoretical "Holmes Lore" - so much that it wasn't until i read your post, and replied, that i realized i had never actually read any of the original Doyle. (which i might have already said...) i will be fixing that as soon as it comes into the library.

i can't stand trying to read books on a computer screen. i know i *should* - but, no, doesn't work. hence the checking out the actual book...

i've been thinking about a Kindle or something similiar, since they are almost book-sized and most of my issues (portability, being able to read and walk at the same time, etc) would go away, but they are thus far too much, for the (comparatively) small number of available titles.