Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds

Sherlock Holmes' War of the Worlds

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Author	Manly Wade Wellman Wade Wellman
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Mystery Science fiction
Published	1975

Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (currently retitled as of 2009 as The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The 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 was inspired by a viewing of A Study in Terror. 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.

Overview

The story consists of the tales of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Professor Challenger in London during the Martian invasion.

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.

Alternate versions

• Titan Books' 2009 reprint of the novel is titled The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds.

See also

• Sherlock Holmes pastiches

External links

• Profile from a War of the Worlds site
• Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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