Comments on: I like Sherlock Holmes. http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/08/08/i-like-sherlock-holmes/ As honest as a gambling man can be Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:50:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Fred http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/08/08/i-like-sherlock-holmes/#comment-43839 Fred Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:15:59 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/08/08/i-like-sherlock-holmes/#comment-43839 Well, he did try to kill off the character at least once. So it was, at best, a complicated relationship. It's just funny, because the character is so beloved and such a huge part of popular culture, but its creator by and large didn't care for him. He was, however, a firm believer in spiritualism and the supernatural -- including the Cottingley fairy photographs, which have since been proven (and at the time were maybe obviously) a hoax. Well, he did try to kill off the character at least once. So it was, at best, a complicated relationship. It’s just funny, because the character is so beloved and such a huge part of popular culture, but its creator by and large didn’t care for him.

He was, however, a firm believer in spiritualism and the supernatural — including the Cottingley fairy photographs, which have since been proven (and at the time were maybe obviously) a hoax.

]]> By: Mr. McLaren http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/08/08/i-like-sherlock-holmes/#comment-43828 Mr. McLaren Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:06:41 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/08/08/i-like-sherlock-holmes/#comment-43828 I had often heard about his downright antipathy for his creation, and I had also heard about his deep involvement with spiritualism, but it is still something to see it so clearly "in person" as it were. I had often heard about his downright antipathy for his creation, and I had also heard about his deep involvement with spiritualism, but it is still something to see it so clearly “in person” as it were.

]]> By: Fred http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/08/08/i-like-sherlock-holmes/#comment-43827 Fred Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:10:22 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/08/08/i-like-sherlock-holmes/#comment-43827 I, too, was surprised by the existence of this footage. I'm amused that he considered Sherlock Holmes little more than a trifle that he'd maybe have preferred not to keep coming back to. I, too, was surprised by the existence of this footage. I’m amused that he considered Sherlock Holmes little more than a trifle that he’d maybe have preferred not to keep coming back to.

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