Sherlocktron's Holmepage
An
Internet Information Center for Sherlock Holmes.
Data! Data! Data!
He cried impatiently.
I can't make bricks without clay. (COPP)
Sherlocktron
is operated by Willis G. Frick 513 Via Presa,
San Clemente, CA 92672, sherlocktron@cox.net
I am frequently asked, "Was
Sherlock Holmes a real person or a fictional character?"
The answer is "Yes". Click here for more
information.
This Web Page contains:
Listings of Sherlock Holmes Societies throughout the world (from lists by Peter Blau):
· Information on the Listings: (By Peter E. Blau.) To view click here.
· All Sherlockian Societies. (Alphabetical listing by Peter E. Blau.) To view click here.
· Active Geographical Sherlockian Societies Listing. (By Peter E. Blau) Click here to look for a society in your area.
· Active Professional Sherlockian Societies. (By Peter E. Blau)To view click here.
· Active Other Sherlockian Societies. (Listing By Peter E. Blau) To view click here.
· To update or add to the list of Sherlockian Societies, Investitures, or Manuscripts, click here to send e-mail to Peter Blau.
A list of Sherlockian Publications. Notes about the Sherlockian Publication Listing:
A list of Sherlockian Purveyors. Notes about the Purveyors Listing:
(Includes
purveyors of: Aprons, Art, Art Prints, Artwork, Audio Tapes, Audio Cassettes,
Audio and Video, Audio Books, August Derleth Books, Autographs, Issues of BSJ,
Badges, Bag Pipes, Basil of Baker Street Books, Bears, Beer, Belts, Birthday
Cards, Board Games, Bobby Whistle, Bobby Hat, Bone China, Book Plates, Book
Illustrator, Books, Magnifying Glass, Bookends, Books Miniature, Books, Books
(new, used out of Print), Bookends, Boots, Bottle Stoppers, Boxes, Brandy
Glasses, Brett Calendars, Busts, Buttons, Calendar, Cards, Cartoons, Cassettes,
Catalan books, Catalog, CD-ROMs, CDROM games, Ceramic dogs, Chessboards,
Chessmen, Chess Sets, Children's books, China Statues, Christmas Ornaments,
Christmas Cards, Cigar box labels, Clocks, Clothes, Clothing Patterns,
Clothing, Coat Hangers, Coins, Collectibles, Comic books, Cookbooks, Costumes,
Cruises, Decals, Decanters, Deer stalker hats, Diary, Dinners, Disks, Dolls,
Door Handles, Earing, Editions, Educational Material, Embroidery, Enamel Boxes,
Entertainment, Envelopes, Ephemera, Erotic Sherlockian Books, Figures, First
Day Covers, First editions, Games, German Books, German Videos, Gift items,
Gift books, Glass, Greeting cards, Guides, Handbills, Hats, Hebrew Books,
Illustrations, Indexes, Inverness capes, Jewelry, Journals, Key fobs, Key
rings, La Pen Pins, Lamps, Lapel Pins, Laserdisks, Leaflets, Letter Paper,
Letter Opener, Lobby cards, Lodging, Magazines, Magnets, Magnifying Glass,
Manuscript Copies, Manuscripts, Maps, Maximum Cards, Medals, Miniature Books,
Miniatures, Models, Mouse Pads, Mugs, Murder Mysteries, Museum Poster, Museum,
Music, Mystery Weekends, Neckties, Needle Point, Nesting Dolls, Note Pads,
Notes, Paintings, Pastiches, Pens, Pewter Paper Knife, Pewter Items, Pewter
Figures, Pamphlets, Pigs, Pins, Pipes, Plaster Figures, Plaster Busts, Plates,
Play Books, Playing Cards, Plays, Pocket Calendar, Poems, Porcelain Mugs,
Portuguese Books, Postcard, Posters, Prints, Programs, Puzzles T-shirts,
Puzzles, Radio Scripts, Records, Reprint Cards, Reproductions, Rubber Stamps, Salt&
Pepper Shakers, Scarves, Screen Savers, Scripts, Sculpture, Sheet music,
Sherlockiana, Shoe Horns, Shoe Lifts, Shoes, Shot glasses, Signs, Socks,
Software, Solar Pons Books, Souvenirs, Stamps, Stationary, Statues, Stichery Projects, Stickers, Sticks, Stills, Study Guides
& Tests, Sweat Shirts, Sweaters, T-shirts, Tea Pots, Tea, Teaching
Materials, Teaspoons, Teddy Bears, Thimbles, Ties, Tie tacks, Tobacco Products,
Tobacco, Tours, Towels, Toy Soldiers, Travel Guides, Travel, TV Plays,
Umbrellas, Victoria Information, Victorian Clothing, Videotapes, Walking
Sticks, Watches, Windows Screen Savers, Wine Glasses, Word Puzzles, Writing
Pads, and a few other things! )
A
listing of some
Sherlockian Audio Tapes.
Click here.
A Listing Of Sherlock Holmes Related Films, Television Shows And Animations.SH_Films.pdf
A listing of Investitured Irregulars, The Women and The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes. Click here.
Information on Manuscripts of the Canon. Click here.
A listing, from Phil Bergem, of Sherlock Holmes related films and TV shows and one of ACD related films and shows. To update these lists please email him directly at: pbergem@att.net.
Indices of material in Thee Serpentine Muse the publication of the The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes.
Links
to some interesting Sherlockian Websites and organizations:
· The two oldest Sherlockian Societies:
o The Baker Street Irregulars (Membership is by invitation only.) and their publication, The Baker Street Journal.
They also offer books and other Items for Sale.
o
The Sherlock Holmes Society of London
and their publication, The Sherlock Holmes
Society Journal.
They also offer books and other Items for Sale.
· The Universal Sherlock Holmes (1994) is the third is a series of bibliographies documenting the world of Sherlock Holmes by Ronald Burt De Waal, click here.
Keeping
the lists of
purveyors and publications up to date is an endless job.
If
you find a new purveyor, an address phone number or URL that has changed or a
company that has gone out of business, please let me know.
Click here to send e-mail to Willis Frick.
This Web Page DOES NOT contain terms
papers or book reviews. If you have an assignment on Sherlock Holmes you may wish
to seek help here.
How to write term paper (on a Sherlockian topic).
If you are in the Los Angeles
area, here are Sherlockian Societies for you!
· The Curious Collectors of Baker Street calendar for 2013, click here.
· The Blustering Gales from the Southwest, email.
The Adventures and Their Author
The Sherlock Holmes "canon" consists of 60 stories -- 56 short stories and four novels -- by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. They were first published between 1887 and 1927. In the United Kingdom and Canada the stories are now out of copyright. In the United States the last dozen, those published after 1919, are still protected by copyright.
For information on Doyle, contact The Conan Doyle (Crowborough) Establishment, c/o Brian Pugh, 20, Clare Road, LEWES, East Sussex, BN7 1PN, England, click here.
For the stories themselves, click here.
A special Sherlockian Publication
Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
A website is devoted to covering
noteworthy items related to Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It includes lists of "the best"
Holmes stories and quotations. It also
includes information on Conan Doyle manuscripts, Beeton's Christmas Annual,
Sherlockian and Doylean computer products, and more. Click Here
Scholarly articles about Sherlock Holmes written by of giving credit to Willis Frick
· Were Sherlock and Mycroft the only offspring in the Holmes Family? What about brother Nigel?
· Who was that on the cliff above the Reichenbach Falls?
· 10 Rules for Sherlockian Pastiches. With no apology whatsoever, I offer my own highly opinionated rules for good pastiches, Willis G. Frick.
· Cardiovascular Disease in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, By Sundaram V. Ramanan, MD
The Dorothy L. Sayers Society
The Dorothy L. Sayers Society was founded in 1976 to promote the study of the life and works of Dorothy L. Sayers, to encourage the performance of her plays and the publication of books by and about her, to collect her other writings and to propagate knowledge of this great scholar, and author and her achievements.
It
acts as forum and information center, putting members in touch with other
workers and with sources of information, and providing material from its
archives for research and study. It
collects memories of Dorothy L. Sayers and copies of unique material to safeguard
for posterity. Its list of archives
items is amended annually and sent free on request for the use of members
only.
A seminar is held annually in late summer with distinguished speakers dealing with aspects of her work or life. A regular program of cultural events is held during the census in Witham and elsewhere. A notice in placed in The Times of 17th December, the anniversary of her death. Six Bulletins a year are issued dealing with publications, news and commentaries of DLS interest.
The Society is registered as a charity and is run by voluntary effort. The annual subscription is decided at the annual general meeting held in November and covers membership for the subsequent calendar year. The current subscription is $18.00 or 9 £.
For additional information or to join please write to the Dorothy L. Sayers Society, Rose Cottage, Malthouse Lane, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England, BN6 9JY. To reach the Dorothy L. Sayers Society on the WWW.
There is also the Dorothy L Sayers Center in Witham Library, 18 Newland Street, Witham, Essex. CM8 2AQ, tel: +44 1376 519625.
This
page was revised on February 5, 2013.