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Tinzelda and I both adored the new Sherlock Holmes movie and my trip was great, too.
An author I like in another fandom had asked for some Sherlock Holmes recommendations, and T and I threw together a very quick list to get her started. I thought I'd just post it here as well.
I'd be delighted to make some recommendations. Here is a list to get you started. If I think of others, I'll add them later.
GENERAL RESOURCES
Archive of our Own has both a Sherlock Holmes 2009 category, and a book canon category, though that one has been overrun by BBC Sherlock stories, which are fine, just really DIFFERENT. Edit: it turns out that there are THREE Sherlock Holmes categories, including one that is labeled ACD canon. Neat! I'm not especially interested in the modern BBC version, because I like the whole Victorian thing so much more.
But about the Victorian versions--fans differ in opinions pretty strongly about this but I have always found it easy to read all of it and imagine whatever Holmes I was in the mood for that day (movieverse, book, Granada series with Jeremy Brett, etc)
2009 movie category at Archive of Our Own
Some useful coms you might like to look at:
cox_and_co
holmesian_news
holmesian_recs
holmeswatson09
rarelitslash
sherlockfest
sherlockicons
shkinkmeme
watsons_woes
AUTHORS
These authors are some real favorites.
TweedisGood Tweed writes stories based on book canon. I think my favorite story of hers is Miss Fatima's School of the Orient.
Garonne Garonne is a newer author who is focused on the movie and Granada series verses, and writes wonderfully. My go to author just now!
Charlotte Yonge writes mostly stories based primarily on Granadaverse-Jeremy Brett canon, but they are good, and readable with movie Holmes in mind, IMO.
Tinzela (Full disclosure that Tinzelda is a dear friend, but I happened to meet her because I enjoyed her stories so much.) Her focus is mostly on movieverse, and her Holmes has a lot of heart.
astolat She has only written a few Sherlock Holmes stories, but she is a wonderful writer. The Maiden Voyage of the Tiresias is especially fun.
JaneTurenne> Not writing SH just now, but I like her stories a lot. Matches is a real favorite.
Candle Beck She writes slightly darker, more unsettling stories than I usually go for, but she's a solid, entertaining writer.
OTHER RECS
This is a particular rich list of good recs written by someone else!
2009 movie recs
STORIES
I didn't have a quick list of links for specific stories on hand, so Tinzelda sent me these to pass on to you. She says these are some of her go-to stories. I'm not sure I know all of these myself! I'm going to add the first one myself
http://archiveofourown.org/series/2056 If you are looking for a good three way Holmes/Watson/Mary story. There is another really good one that I can't find a link for just now.
http://attentat.livejournal.com/6731.html#cutid1
http://www.excessant.com/HI/fiction/jems_bird/letter.htm
http://www.excessant.com/HI/fiction/pandapony/holmes_mistake/holmes_mistake.htm
http://nolessremarkable.wordpress.com/nc-17-mature-content/
http://www.excessant.com/HI/fiction/nlr_alicia/seventy_minutes.htm
OTHER INSPIRATIONS
I don't know if you like vids and art, but here is a list of a few favorite vid links
http://giandujakiss.dreamwidth.org/175347.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txrGM62bDQo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciKHx9HCXUg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vML70Tf8ZpA
There is also a great deal of wonderful movieverse art work. Deviant art is a great place to look for that, but I wanted to link you right away to my favorite 2009 movie artist,
paperflower86. http://paperflower86.deviantart.com/ (You will need a deviantart account to sign in to view explicit artwork. These will show up as a blank or a stop icon without being signed in)
http://paperflower86.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=48#/d2vxxcu
http://paperflower86.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=72#/d2qnj1e
http://paperflower86.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=72
And if you are looking for general language information for reading and writing SH fic, this is a good place to start. a Concordance
This entry was originally posted at http://vsee.dreamwidth.org/6292.html, where there are
comments.
An author I like in another fandom had asked for some Sherlock Holmes recommendations, and T and I threw together a very quick list to get her started. I thought I'd just post it here as well.
I'd be delighted to make some recommendations. Here is a list to get you started. If I think of others, I'll add them later.
GENERAL RESOURCES
Archive of our Own has both a Sherlock Holmes 2009 category, and a book canon category, though that one has been overrun by BBC Sherlock stories, which are fine, just really DIFFERENT. Edit: it turns out that there are THREE Sherlock Holmes categories, including one that is labeled ACD canon. Neat! I'm not especially interested in the modern BBC version, because I like the whole Victorian thing so much more.
But about the Victorian versions--fans differ in opinions pretty strongly about this but I have always found it easy to read all of it and imagine whatever Holmes I was in the mood for that day (movieverse, book, Granada series with Jeremy Brett, etc)
2009 movie category at Archive of Our Own
Some useful coms you might like to look at:
cox_and_co
holmesian_news
holmesian_recs
holmeswatson09
rarelitslash
sherlockfest
sherlockicons
shkinkmeme
watsons_woes
AUTHORS
These authors are some real favorites.
TweedisGood Tweed writes stories based on book canon. I think my favorite story of hers is Miss Fatima's School of the Orient.
Garonne Garonne is a newer author who is focused on the movie and Granada series verses, and writes wonderfully. My go to author just now!
Charlotte Yonge writes mostly stories based primarily on Granadaverse-Jeremy Brett canon, but they are good, and readable with movie Holmes in mind, IMO.
Tinzela (Full disclosure that Tinzelda is a dear friend, but I happened to meet her because I enjoyed her stories so much.) Her focus is mostly on movieverse, and her Holmes has a lot of heart.
astolat She has only written a few Sherlock Holmes stories, but she is a wonderful writer. The Maiden Voyage of the Tiresias is especially fun.
JaneTurenne> Not writing SH just now, but I like her stories a lot. Matches is a real favorite.
Candle Beck She writes slightly darker, more unsettling stories than I usually go for, but she's a solid, entertaining writer.
OTHER RECS
This is a particular rich list of good recs written by someone else!
2009 movie recs
STORIES
I didn't have a quick list of links for specific stories on hand, so Tinzelda sent me these to pass on to you. She says these are some of her go-to stories. I'm not sure I know all of these myself! I'm going to add the first one myself
http://archiveofourown.org/series/2056 If you are looking for a good three way Holmes/Watson/Mary story. There is another really good one that I can't find a link for just now.
http://attentat.livejournal.com/6731.html#cutid1
http://www.excessant.com/HI/fiction/jems_bird/letter.htm
http://www.excessant.com/HI/fiction/pandapony/holmes_mistake/holmes_mistake.htm
http://nolessremarkable.wordpress.com/nc-17-mature-content/
http://www.excessant.com/HI/fiction/nlr_alicia/seventy_minutes.htm
OTHER INSPIRATIONS
I don't know if you like vids and art, but here is a list of a few favorite vid links
http://giandujakiss.dreamwidth.org/175347.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txrGM62bDQo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciKHx9HCXUg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vML70Tf8ZpA
There is also a great deal of wonderful movieverse art work. Deviant art is a great place to look for that, but I wanted to link you right away to my favorite 2009 movie artist,
paperflower86. http://paperflower86.deviantart.com/ (You will need a deviantart account to sign in to view explicit artwork. These will show up as a blank or a stop icon without being signed in)
http://paperflower86.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=48#/d2vxxcu
http://paperflower86.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=72#/d2qnj1e
http://paperflower86.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=72
And if you are looking for general language information for reading and writing SH fic, this is a good place to start. a Concordance
This entry was originally posted at http://vsee.dreamwidth.org/6292.html, where there are
comments.