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|main character = [[Tom (The Book of the Enemy)|Tom]] | |main character = [[Tom (The Book of the Enemy)|Tom]] | ||
|featuring = [[Sherlock Holmes]], [[Martian (War of the Worlds)| | |featuring = [[Sherlock Holmes]], [[Martian (War of the Worlds)|Martians]] | ||
|enemy = ''[[The Book of the Enemy]]'' | |enemy = ''[[The Book of the Enemy]]'' | ||
|setting = [[London]], [[1910s]] | |setting = [[London]], [[1910s]] | ||
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* [[Stout man (The Book of the Enemy)|Stout man]] | * [[Stout man (The Book of the Enemy)|Stout man]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Holmes and [[John Watson|Watson]] visited [[Ruritania]] several times to assist King [[Rudolf (The Book of the Enemy)|Rudolf]]. | * Holmes and [[John Watson|Watson]] visited [[Ruritania]] several times to assist King [[Rudolf (The Book of the Enemy)|Rudolf]]. | ||
* [[Great Britain|Britain]] established an alliance with [[Mars]] after the [[Martian (War of the Worlds)| | * [[Great Britain|Britain]] established an alliance with [[Mars]] after the [[Martian (War of the Worlds)|Martians]]' attempted [[Martian invasion of Earth|invasion of Earth]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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** History remembered the [[Martian Embassy]] as being burned down in the {{w|siege of Sidney Street}}. The siege was mentioned and compared to the Holmes novel {{wi|The Red-Headed League}} in {{w|Ronald Knox}}'s essay [http://www.diogenes-club.com/studies.htm ''Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes'',] which first applied the idea of "[[canon]]" to works of fiction. | ** History remembered the [[Martian Embassy]] as being burned down in the {{w|siege of Sidney Street}}. The siege was mentioned and compared to the Holmes novel {{wi|The Red-Headed League}} in {{w|Ronald Knox}}'s essay [http://www.diogenes-club.com/studies.htm ''Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes'',] which first applied the idea of "[[canon]]" to works of fiction. | ||
** The phrase "every trace of romance" was intended to be a reference to [[Lawrence Miles]]' novel ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]''. | ** The phrase "every trace of romance" was intended to be a reference to [[Lawrence Miles]]' novel ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]''. | ||
*The conception given of platonic objects in this story differs from how they're contemporarily framed.<ref>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abstract-objects/#WayNega SEP article on abstracta]</ref> | * The conception given of platonic objects in this story differs from how they're contemporarily framed.<ref>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abstract-objects/#WayNega SEP article on abstracta]</ref> | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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{{FP series}} | {{FP series}} | ||
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[[Category:The Book of the Enemy short stories]] | [[Category:The Book of the Enemy short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 1910s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1910s]] | ||