Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds

Sherlock Holmes' War of the Worlds
Author(s)	Manly Wade Wellman Wade Wellman
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Mystery Science fiction

Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds is a sequel to H. G. Wells' science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, written by Manly Wade Wellman and his son Wade Wellman, and published in 1975. It was inspired by a viewing of A Study in Terror, a 1965 film which is also based on the Sherlock Holmes characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

1 Overview
2 Background
3 Alternate versions
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Overview

The story consists of the tales of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Professor Challenger in London during the Martian invasion.

Background

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 are other creatures towards the humans.

In various parts of the Wells book, Martian/Human is compared to human/cow, human/rabbit, human/ant etc. The Humans' final deliverance, due to the Martians' succumbing to earthly bacteria, is completely unconnected to their own efforts. Conversely, in the present book Holmes, Watson and Challenger are plucky and resourceful humans, continually confronting and outwitting the Martians and completely undeterred by the invaders' technological superiority. The story features a romantic relationship between Holmes and his landlady Mrs. Hudson, which Watson is completely oblivious to.

Alternate versions

Titan Books' 2009 reprint of the novel is titled The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds.

References

External links

Profile from a War of the Worlds site
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

Martians	Black smoke Embankment-machine Flying-machine Handling-machine Heat-Ray Red weed Tripod

Radio	The War of the Worlds Grover's Mill, New Jersey The Night That Panicked America Orson Welles

Films	The War of the Worlds (Haskin, 1953) The War of the Worlds: Next Century (Szulkin, 1981) H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (Hines, 2005) H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (Latt, 2005) War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (Howell, 2008) War of the Worlds (Spielberg, 2005) War of the Worlds The True Story (Hines, 2011)

Jeff Wayne	Musical Version Highlights 1984 video game 1998 video game

TV series	Mor-Tax Mor-Taxans Episodes

Sequels	Edison's Conquest of Mars Killraven (Earth-691) Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches Rainbow Mars The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II War of the Worlds: New Millennium Scarlet Traces The Martian War

Miscellaneous	Adaptations and sequels HMS Thunder Child Doctor Clayton Forrester "The Crystal Egg" Comic The Space Machine Superman Arcade game Star-Begotten Scary Movie 4 George Herbert

Sherlock Holmes books in the offical canon

Novels	A Study in Scarlet (1887) · The Sign of the Four (1890) · The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) · The Valley of Fear (1915) · The House of Silk (2011)

Story collections	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) · The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) · The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905) · His Last Bow (1917) · The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927)

Characters	Sherlock Holmes · Doctor Watson · Professor Moriarty · Sebastian Moran · Irene Adler · Inspector Lestrade · Mycroft Holmes · Baker Street Irregulars · Minor characters

Related topics	Canon of Sherlock Holmes · Cases · 221B Baker Street · List of investigators · Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes · Sherlockiana

Works by H. G. Wells

Nonfiction	Crux Ansata The Fate of Man Floor Games The Future in America: A Search After Realities Little Wars The New World Order The Open Conspiracy The Outline of History Russia in the Shadows The Science of Life A Short History of the World Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water World Brain

Novels	Ann Veronica Bealby Christina Alberta's Father The Dream The First Men in the Moon The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth The History of Mr Polly The Invisible Man The Island of Dr Moreau Joan and Peter Kipps Love and Mr Lewisham Marriage Men Like Gods A Modern Utopia Mr. Britling Sees It Through The New Machiavelli The Passionate Friends The Research Magnificent The Sea Lady The Secret Places of the Heart The Shape of Things to Come The Sleeper Awakes The Soul of a Bishop Star-Begotten The Time Machine Tono-Bungay The Undying Fire The War in the Air The War of the Worlds The Wheels of Chance The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman The Wonderful Visit The World Set Free In the Days of the Comet

Collections	The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents The Plattner Story and Others Tales of Space and Time Twelve Stories and a Dream The Country of the Blind and Other Stories

Short stories	"The Chronic Argonauts" "The Country of the Blind" "The Crystal Egg" "A Deal in Ostriches" "Empire of the Ants" "The Land Ironclads" "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" "Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation" "The New Accelerator" "The Pearl of Love" "The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper" "The Red Room" "The Star" "The Stolen Body" "A Story of the Days to Come" "A Story of the Stone Age" "Triumphs of a Taxidermist" "The Truth About Pyecraft" "A Vision of Judgment"

Screenplays	Things to Come The Man Who Could Work Miracles The New Faust

Film adaptations	A Trip to the Moon (1902) The First Men in the Moon (1919) The Invisible Man (1933) Island of Lost Souls (1933) Things to Come (1936) The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1937) The History of Mr. Polly (1949) The War of the Worlds (1953) The Time Machine (1960) First Men in the Moon (1964) Half a Sixpence (1967) The Food of the Gods (1976) The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) Empire of the Ants (1977) The Time Machine (1978) H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1979) The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1983) Food of the Gods II (1988) The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) The Time Machine (2002) War of the Worlds (2005) H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005) H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (2005) H G Wells: War with the World (2006) War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008) The First Men in the Moon (2010) War of the Worlds – The True Story (2011)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes	A Study in Scarlet (1887) The Sign of the Four (1890) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1904) The Valley of Fear (1914) His Last Bow (1917) The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927)

Professor Challenger	The Lost World (1912) The Poison Belt (1913) The Land of Mist (1926) When the World Screamed (1928) The Disintegration Machine (1929)

Other novels	The Mystery of Cloomber (1888) Micah Clarke (1889) The Firm of Girdlestone (1890) The White Company (1891) The Doings of Raffles Haw (1892) The Refugees (1893) The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896) Rodney Stone (1896) The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898) Adventures of Gerard (1903) Sir Nigel (1906) The Maracot Deep (1929)

Short stories	"J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884) "Lot No. 249" (1892) "The Parasite" (1894) "The Club-Footed Grocer" (1898) "The Brown Hand" (1899) "The Terror of Blue John Gap" (1912) "The Horror of the Heights" (1913)

Other	Charles Altamont Doyle James Doyle Richard Doyle John Doyle The Great Wyrley Outrages Spiritualism