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Absolutely! Isn't it amazing to be part of something that has been on going for 160 years?  It boggles my mind, but so much fun, and educational if you sit down and take note of the forensics, being observant, and the logical deductions, not just guessing and wishful thinking. Making the theories fit the facts, not the other way around.

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Right, the stories apparently took on a life of their own right off the bat.  And even the organized Holmes fandom has been around since 1928 or so, almost twice as long as Star Trek fandom.

 

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Right, the stories apparently took on a life of their own right off the bat.  And even the organized Holmes fandom has been around since 1928 or so, almost twice as long as Star Trek fandom.

 

WOW!!! well, I love both! Sherlock and Spock are my favourite guys  :sherlock2::llap: =  :wub:

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As I recall, Spock attributes a famous Holmes dictum (though it's not identified as such) to one of his human ancestors.  So either he's a descendent of Holmes, or else Holmes borrowed the dictum from one of the Graysons.

 

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Earlier this evening a line from Sherlock ran through my head (not an unusual occurrence):

 

This hospital’s full of people dying, Doctor. Why don’t you go and cry by their bedside and see what good it does them?

 

Then I realized I was hearing it in Spock's voice.  That whole scene from "Great Game" could have played out very nicely on Star Trek, with Doctor McCoy taking John's lines.

 

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it will be interesting to see the evolution of Sherlock/Sherlock Holmes fandom *as* a fandom (earlier generations seem/ed to see themselves as 'enthusiasts and scholars', with 'journals' rather than fanzines etc.... mainly i think because the BSI were such a snooty bunch of restaurant-supping upper class types *lol)

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(earlier generations seem/ed to see themselves as 'enthusiasts and scholars', with 'journals' rather than fanzines etc.... mainly i think because the BSI were such a snooty bunch of restaurant-supping upper class types *lol)

 

  This is probably true, up to a point. But as we have seen in the advancement of Forensic Science, CSI techniques just from criminologists reading the Sherlock Holmes stories, and the two posts by Janine Adler, there is a true and great value in taking a scholarly point of view to these stories. Even the BBC televised versions.

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