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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 [[2018 (releases)|2018]] ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' anthology ''[[The Book of the Enemy (anthology)|The Book of the Enemy]]''. It was written by [[Andrew Hickey]] and preceded by ''[[Pre-narrative Briefings (short story)|Pre-narrative Briefing C]]''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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* [[Sherlock Holmes]] | * [[Sherlock Holmes]] | ||
* [[Martian ambassador (The Book of the Enemy)|Martian ambassador]] | * [[Martian ambassador (The Book of the Enemy)|Martian ambassador]] | ||
* [[Startled gentleman (The Book of the Enemy)|Startled gentleman]] | |||
* [[Stout man (The Book of the Enemy)|Stout man]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* 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 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 | ** The framing story was borrowed from [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s stories about the "{{w|Oldest Member (character)|Oldest Member}}". | ||
** The narrator recalls [[John Watson|Watson]]'s stories about Holmes' "excursion across the moors" (''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'') and his "wrestling match on a precipice" (''{{w|The Final Problem}}''). He also mentions Holmes' assistance to "[[Pope]]s" (''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') and an address in [[Belgravia]] (''[[Sherlock|A Scandal in Belgravia]]''). | |||
** The hypothetical about a man named Reginald who served [[kipper]]s was a reference to Wodehouse's character {{w|Jeeves}}. | ** 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]] | ** As noted in the story itself, [[Ruritania]] and King [[Rudolf (The Book of the Enemy)|Rudolf]] originated from ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda]]''. | ||
** The | ** The men in the [[British Museum]]'s [[Select Manuscript Room]] – the [[startled gentleman (The Book of the Enemy)|startled gentleman]] who spilled his papers, and the [[stout man (The Book of the Enemy)|stout man]] who helped collect them – are Dunning and Karswell from {{w|M.R. James}}' ''{{w|Casting the Runes}}''. | ||
** | ** The account of the [[Martian invasion of Earth]] is designed to be consistent with [[H. G. Wells]]'s ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' and [[Simon Bucher-Jones]]' ''[http://www.lulu.com/shop/simon-bucher-jones/charles-dickens-martian-notes/paperback/product-22654220.html Charles Dickens' Martian Notes.]'' | ||
** History remembered the [[Martian embassy]] as being burned down in the {{w|siege of Sidney Street}}. | ** Holmes' comment about "continental orchestra" is a reference to [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s complaints about how "British orchestras tuned their instruments to a higher pitch than continental Europeans did". | ||
** The mentions of "squamous cephalopodic beasts" and "non-Euclidean geometry" are references to [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s work; the attribution of [[Albert Einstein]]'s discoveries to [[James Moriarty|Moriarty]] is a reference to the description of his text ''[[On the Dynamics of an Asteroid|The Dynamics of an Asteroid]]'' in ''{{w|The Valley of Fear}}''. | |||
* The | ** The mention of "demons trapped in pyramids" is a reference to ''[[The Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|The Pyramids of Mars]]''. | ||
** The "mock [[turtle]] soup and [[dodo]]s' egg" are a reference to the novel ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''. | |||
** 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 ''{{w|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]]''. | |||
== 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 | * Sherlock Holmes aided 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]]'') | ||
