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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in ''[[The Book of the Enemy (anthology)|The Book of the Enemy]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in ''[[The Book of the Enemy (anthology)|The Book of the Enemy]]''. | ||
The story was accompanied by a [[briefing]] about the predicted end of [[War in Heaven|the War]]. This was written by [[Michael Simpson]]. | |||
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* Sherlock Holmes helped a [[Pope]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]''. | * Sherlock Holmes helped a [[Pope]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]''. | ||
* [[James Moriarty]] discovered that non-[[Euclidean geometry]] best describes [[spacetime]]; this discovery was attributed to [[Albert Einstein]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'', ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'') | * [[James Moriarty]] discovered that non-[[Euclidean geometry]] best describes [[spacetime]]; this discovery was attributed to [[Albert Einstein]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'', ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'') | ||
* Michael Simpson's list of powers that are not the Enemy, but have tried to take advantage of the Great Houses' paranoia, include the [[Mal'akh]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', et al) the [[Anonymity|end point]] summoned into the [[City of the Saved]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Hundred Words from a Civil War (short story)|A Hundred Words from a Civil War]]'', ''[[God Encompasses (short story)|God Encompasses]]'') mutineers from the [[Sixth Wave]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') a [[Lolita|progressive timeship]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Toy Story (short story)|Toy Story]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow Play (audio story)|The Shadow Play]]'', et al) and [[Dalek|xenophobic mutants in personal war machines]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', et al) | |||
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Revision as of 22:35, 23 June 2018
- You may be looking for the anthology or the in-universe book.
The Book of the Enemy was the third story in The Book of the Enemy.
The story was accompanied by a briefing about the predicted end of the War. This was written by Michael Simpson.
Summary
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Characters
References
- Holmes and Watson visited Ruritania several times to assist King Rudolf.
- Britain established an alliance with Mars after the Martians' attempted invasion of Earth.
Notes
- The author published a list of references in the story.[1]
- The framing story with "the club's oldest member" was borrowed from P. G. Wodehouse's stories.
- The hypothetical about a man named Reginald who served kippers was a reference to Wodehouse's character Jeeves.
- The men in the British Museum's Select Manuscript Room -- the one who spilled his papers, and the one who helped collect them -- are Dunning and Karsell from M.R. James' Casting the Runes.
- The narrator recalls Watson's stories about Holmes' "excursion across the moors" (The Hound of the Baskervilles) and "wrestling match on a precipice" (The Final Problem).
- Imagery is borrowed from H. P. Lovecraft's work and the novel Alice in Wonderland.
- History remembered the Martian embassy as being burned down in the siege of Sidney Street.
- The account of the Martian invasion of Earth was inspired by H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds and influenced by the anthology editor Simon Bucher-Jones' novel Charles' Dickens' Martian Notes.
Continuity
- Tom dreams of demons trapped in pyramids. (TV: Pyramids of Mars, AUDIO: The Judgment of Sutekh)
- Sherlock Holmes helped a Pope in PROSE: All-Consuming Fire.
- James Moriarty discovered that non-Euclidean geometry best describes spacetime; this discovery was attributed to Albert Einstein. (TV: Four to Doomsday, The Lie of the Land)
- Michael Simpson's list of powers that are not the Enemy, but have tried to take advantage of the Great Houses' paranoia, include the Mal'akh, (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street, The Book of the War, et al) the end point summoned into the City of the Saved, (PROSE: A Hundred Words from a Civil War, God Encompasses) mutineers from the Sixth Wave, (PROSE: The Book of the War) a progressive timeship, (PROSE: Toy Story, AUDIO: The Shadow Play, et al) and xenophobic mutants in personal war machines. (TV: The Daleks, et al)
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