Sherlock 4x1 thoughts (TL;DR -- I'm done with Sherlock), SPOILERS

[verushka70]

I really loved Sherlock S1. Smart, attractive dudes in master/apprentice (or hero/sidekick) friendship, acknowledged by the fictional characters themselves to have slashy elements? What was not to love

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[mosinging1986]

Here via the LJ Home Page

[verushka70]

I'm surprised my LJ would be anywhere near the LJ Home Page -- I get very little traffic, lol

[mosinging1986]

I would love to one day read the stories! Any particular standouts that you'd recommend?

[verushka70]

Sorry for the delay in answering, I've been busy and I forget that my LJ comments are screened d/t spamming.

Note: I am a more than casual fan of the original stories, not a completist devotee. But I love them as literary "comfort food" and the giant upon whose shoulders all subsequent crime fiction/fictional detectives stand, from House, to Longmire and friend Henry Standing Bear, to Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomqvist.

Note: Conan Doyle began writing these stories in the late 1800s. Expect some matter-of-fact period-typical sexism, racism, and imperialism.

I'll give some personal favorites &/or noteworthy stories off the top of my head, with links. Most (but not all) of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories are available free (!) in the public domain from Project Gutenberg in HTML, epub, Kindle, and mobi formats. Some are available as audio books, e.g. A Study In Scarlet! View the list of public domain Sherlock Holmes stories (sorted by popularity rather than release date or order in which they were written).

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