Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds
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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 is a pastiche crossover which combines H. G. Wells' extraterrestrial invasion story with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger stories.
It was inspired by a viewing of A Study in Terror.[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' novel.
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 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.
See also
References
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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