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|series=''[[The City of the Saved (series)|The City of the Saved]]'' anthologies | |series=''[[The City of the Saved (series)|The City of the Saved]]'' anthologies | ||
|number= 3 | |number= 3 | ||
|editor= [[Philip Purser-Hallard]] | |editor= [[Philip Purser-Hallard]] | ||
|cover=[[Blair Bidmead]] | |cover = [[Blair Bidmead]] | ||
|publisher= Obverse Books | |publisher= Obverse Books | ||
|release date= [[2014 (releases)|2014]] | |release date= [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]] | ||
|format= {{il|Softcover book|E-book}} | |format= {{il|Softcover book|E-book}} | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
The City of the Saved houses every human being who ever lived… but some of its immortal Citizens need more. | |||
For the Remakers, one fiction above all exerts its fascination: a character existing in countless interpretations, many of them now recreated in the flesh and in business together as the Great Detective Agency. | For the Remakers, one fiction above all exerts its fascination: a character existing in countless interpretations, many of them now recreated in the flesh and in business together as the Great Detective Agency. | ||
These are their tales. | |||
In the Agency’s annals, the City’s many Sherlock Holmeses solve the Case of the Pipe Dream, experience the Adventure of the Piltdown Prelate and explore the strangely clichéd Mansion of Doom. | In the Agency’s annals, the City’s many Sherlock Holmeses solve the Case of the Pipe Dream, experience the Adventure of the Piltdown Prelate and explore the strangely clichéd Mansion of Doom. A Watson falls in love; a Moriarty goes missing; and Holmes comes face-to-face with his arch-nemesis, the sinister Dr Conan Doyle… | ||
== Individual stories == | == Individual stories == | ||
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|''[[Saqqaf (short story)|Saqqaf]]'' ||[[Philip Purser-Hallard]] | |''[[Saqqaf (short story)|Saqqaf]]'' ||[[Philip Purser-Hallard]] | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{Fpx|{{PAGENAME}}|Tales of the Great Detectives}} | * {{Obverse|product/detective_tales/}} | ||
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[[Category:2014 anthologies]] | [[Category:2014 anthologies]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:15, 9 March 2023
Tales of the Great Detectives was the third The City of the Saved anthology. It focused on the various versions of Sherlock Holmes that lived in the City.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The City of the Saved houses every human being who ever lived… but some of its immortal Citizens need more.
For the Remakers, one fiction above all exerts its fascination: a character existing in countless interpretations, many of them now recreated in the flesh and in business together as the Great Detective Agency.
These are their tales.
In the Agency’s annals, the City’s many Sherlock Holmeses solve the Case of the Pipe Dream, experience the Adventure of the Piltdown Prelate and explore the strangely clichéd Mansion of Doom. A Watson falls in love; a Moriarty goes missing; and Holmes comes face-to-face with his arch-nemesis, the sinister Dr Conan Doyle…
Individual stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Tales of the Great Detectives page at Obverse Books
- Tales of the Great Detectives at the Faction Paradox wiki
