A Holmes By Any Other Name

“the name is familiar to me” [SPEC]  The parodies of Sherlock Holmes began almost as soon as the short stories began appearing in The Strand Magazine. And parody plots required parody names.   Bill Mason, BSI ("White Mason") began keeping a log of the silly iterations and manifestations of Sherlock Holmes's name over the years and has turned it into a book, A Holmes By Any Other Name. But more than a cataloging of names, it's a story about how Sherlock Holmes was been inextricably woven into the fabric of popular culture over a century or more. We also touch on Pursuing Sherlock Holmes, Bill's other Sherlockian book — evidence of his polymath personality — as well as the Fresh Rashers, a rather intriguing and fun group. We also have another installment of "As We Go to Press" with Mattias Boström, co-editor of the Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle in the Newspapers series. Try your hand at the latest Canonical Couplet quiz, see if you can figure out the story we're referring to, and you might win a prize. Listen closely because we have a bonus contest embedded within Bill's interview as well.   Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.   Please do consider becoming a Patron of the Arts. Your support helps us to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and this year, transcription services.     Sponsors We're proud to feature Wessex Press as our lead sponsor. They've been with us for nearly the entire run. Please visit their site and let them know you found them via I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. Be sure to sign up for The Great Sherlock Holmes Debate 2019 and the viewing of The Art of Sherlock Holmes on May 25th. We have room for more than one sponsor. If you're interested in advertising with us, you can find more information here. Let's chat!     Links This episode: ihose.co/ihose168 A Holmes By Any Other Name (Wildside Press) Pursuing Sherlock Holmes (Xlibris) Episode 166: Dark Places, Wicked Companions, and Strange Experiences (the Minnesota conference) Nashville Scholars of the Three Pipe Problem Episode 134: Junior Sherlockian Society with Shannon Carlisle "221B" by Vincent Starrett "A Long Evening with Holmes" by William Schweikert   Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard magazine at ihose.co/flipsherlock as well as through our accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.   Please subscribe on the podcast provider of your choosing: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Soundcloud, Stitcher, iHeartRadio or Spreaker — or perhaps another we haven't listed here — and be kind enough to leave a rating and review for the show. And please tell a friend about us, in any fashion you feel comfortable.   Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at (774) 221-READ (7323).