"Favorite Sherlock Homes story/novel?" Topic

A Scandal in Bohemia
The Red-Headed League
A Case of Identity
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
The Five Orange Pips
The Man with the Twisted Lip
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Silver Blaze
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
The Adventure of the Yellow Face
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle
The Adventure of the Crooked Man
The Adventure of the Resident Patient
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
The Adventure of the Naval Treaty
The Adventure of the Final Problem
The Adventure of the Empty House
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
The Adventure of the Priory School
The Adventure of Black Peter
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
The Adventure of the Three Students
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
The Adventure of the Second Stain
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
The Adventure of the Red Circle
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
The Adventure of the Dying Detective
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
His Last Bow
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
The Problem of Thor Bridge
The Adventure of the Creeping Man
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
The Adventure of the Three Gables
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
A Study in Scarlet
The Sign of the Four
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Valley of Fear

The Valley of Fear

the Giant Rat of Sumatra

The Adventure of the Crooked Man

Hmmm, interesting question, since so many go back to youthful memories of reading them. I'd say offhand though, Hound of the Baskervilles, with some love for the Red-Headed League and Bruce-Partington Plans too.

The Solitary Cyclist, and A Scandal in Bohemia.

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client because it has the best line, "…you remove the band from a cigar before lighting it; otherwise you'll be put down for a bounder." On TV, Jeremy Brett delivered the line in a way that dripped with disdain.

mwindsorfw, there will NEVER be a better Holmes than Jeremy Brett!

Just started reading them all again.

Study in Scarlet was excellent, I devoured them as a teenager and it has been a happy thing that they are even better now. I guess when I was a teenager I was rushing them.

+1 for Jeremy Brett, but the production values and keeping them true to the written stories also make those series an excellent thing.

Sign of The Four

Speckled Band tied with Hound of the Baskervilles.

Brett was good, but Rathbone was THE Holmes--though more so on radio than in the movies.

"A Study In Emerald" by Neil Gaiman in the anthology Shadows Over Baker Street, 2003.

I always like Hounds of the Baskerville. It was my first Holmes story and will always be my favorite

Hound of the Baskervilles, followed by The Yellow Face.

The 7% Solution

The Hound, but all are GREAT!

It must be The Hound!

Probably Hound of the Baskervilles, though choosing is hard.

But I also love Anderson & Dickson's Hoka Holmes pastiche The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound.

Hound… Ad i like the Musgrave Ritual for te ECW tie in

More importantly, is there a bad Holmes story? I confess I have been a fan since middle school! Oh, I agree that Brett WAS Holmes!

If you get a chance, the BBC did a first rate audio presentation of Holmes vs Dracula. It is quite good.

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Speckled Band
Crooked Man

I like the one with the dragon and that little hairy-footed dude…

The one where Sherlock shoots the Danish man in the head.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Douglas Wilmer wasn't a bad Holmes, either.

Scandal in Bohemia tied with The Sign of the Four; very difficult to choose just one…

Hound, Sign of the Four, and Speckled Band. Can't choose one.

Hound of the Baskerville's, Sign of Four and The Crooked Man

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
Gruner was truly despicable and terrifying villain.
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Speckled Band

Brett was a wonder in both.

The Red-Headed League
Silver Blaze
The Adventure of the Naval Treaty
The Adventure of the Final Problem

Jeremy Brett was Sherlock Holmes. No one else comes close.
David Burke was the best Doctor Watson ever.

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Since Brett was taken from us, I had not watched anyone else's portrayal. How do you improve on perfection? That is until recently. I got dragged to see "Mr. Holmes" starring Ian McKellen. It was pretty good.

I refuse to see the Robert Downey Jr version of Holmes. Brett has spoiled me forever.

Well I have to admit I did see Brent Spiner play Holmes on the TNG series. But I don't count that.

Certain reservations aside regarding the Robert Downey Jnr films or me Jude Law's interpretation of Watson felt quite close to the books?

Mr Holmes, while an excellent film could have been about anyone? I enjoyed it but there was nothing intrinsically 'Holmesian' about it?

Whilst Rathbone was quite good, I never understood the way that Nigel Bruce played Watson – the type of "nice but dim" chap Holmes would never have shared his time with. I suspect that Brett's appeal comes from playing Holmes in a series, so you saw him more often than most incarnations. Much as I dislike him personally, Blunderbatch is quite good, although I think that Watson and Mycroft are more interesting characters – and played by (even) better actors.

The way Nigel Bruce played Watson differs between Hound of the Baskerville's and the rest of the series. His buffoonery was so utterly un-Watson-like?

I am a fan of Edward Hardwicke's Watson

I liked the Watson played by Colin Blakey in "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" Law also reminds me of him.

The Untold Tale of the Giant Sumatran Rat.

And then The Reluctant Bride, if only for Paris Jefferson!

Edward Hardwicke's Watson was good too. He looked so much like David Burke that for a long time I hadn't noticed that he wasn't Burke.

Non-canon I know but I really like the story 'The Tangled Skein' …..was thoroughly prepared to hate Holmes vs Dracula but it is terribly well done!

Must correct self: The Noble Bachelor, which was called The Eligible Bachelor in the BBC dramatizations.

And the missus votes for: The Speckled Band; The Sign of the Four; The Red-Headed League; Silver Blaze.

Honorable mention to the two "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes where Mr. Data played Holmes (on the holodeck), which are tremendous homages to the Doyle stories, made with care and love. And that Moriarty must be the best Moriarty ever!