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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | * The author published a list of references in the story.<ref>[https://andrewhickey.info/2018/03/08/references-in-my-book-of-the-enemy-story/ References in my Book of the Enemy story]</ref> | ||
** 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 [[kipper]]s was a reference to Wodehouse's character {{w|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 {{w|M.R. James}}' ''{{w|Casting the Runes}}''. | |||
** The narrator recalls [[John Watson|Watson]]'s stories about Holmes' "excursion across the moors" (''{{w|The Hound of the Baskervilles}}'') and "wrestling match on a precipice" (''{{w|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 {{w|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 == | == Continuity == | ||
* Tom dreams of [[Sutekh|demons]] trapped in [[pyramid]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Judgment of Sutekh (audio story)|The Judgment of Sutekh]]'') | * Tom dreams of [[Sutekh|demons]] trapped in [[pyramid]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Judgment of Sutekh (audio story)|The Judgment of Sutekh]]'') | ||
* 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]]'') | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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Revision as of 19:00, 10 March 2018
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The Book of the Enemy was the third story in The Book of the Enemy.
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)
Footnotes
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