Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds

Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds
	Original Cover
Author	Manly Wade Wellman; Wade Wellman;
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Mystery, Science fiction
Published	1975
	Based on = Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells;

Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds is a sequel to H. G. Wells's science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, written by Manly Wade Wellman and his son Wade Wellman, and published in 1975. It is a pastiche crossover which combines H. G. Wells's 1897 extraterrestrial invasion story with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger stories. The book is composed of stories originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.^[1]

Plot[]

The story consists of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Professor Challenger in London during the Martian invasion as described in Wells's novel.

Background[]

The book was inspired by a viewing of A Study in Terror.^[2]

The underlying philosophy of the book is very different to, indeed contradictory to, the original Wells story in which the idea is repeatedly expressed of humans being completely helpless before the Martian invaders, as other creatures are before humans. Conversely, in the Wellmans' book Holmes, Watson, and Challenger continually confront and outwit the Martians, undeterred by the invaders' technological superiority.

The story features a romantic relationship between Holmes and his landlady Mrs. Hudson, of which Watson is oblivious.

Reissues[]

Titan Books reprinted the book in 2009, under the title of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds as part of its Further Adventures series, which collects a number of noted pastiches.

References[]

^ Bunson, Matthew (1994). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana: an A-to-Z guide to the world of the great detective. Macmillan. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-0-671-79826-0.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2006-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Sherlock Holmes's War of The Worlds at Titan Books

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[1] Bunson, Matthew (1994). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana: an A-to-Z guide to the world of the great detective. Macmillan. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-0-671-79826-0.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2006-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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