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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* Robert Knox was the first writer to apply the idea of "[[canon]]" to works of fiction, in his essay ''Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes''<ref>[http://www.diogenes-club.com/studies.htm Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes]</ref> [[Andrew Hickey]]'s ''[[The Book of the Enemy (short story)|The Book of the Enemy]]'' later introduced one of Knox's ideas from that essay, connecting [[Sherlock Holmes]] to the siege of [[100 Sidney Street|Sidney Street]], into the [[DWU]].<ref>[https://andrewhickey.info/2018/03/08/references-in-my-book-of-the-enemy-story/ References in my Book of the Enemy story]</ref>
* Robert Knox was the first writer to apply the idea of "[[canon]]" to works of fiction, in his essay ''Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes''.<ref>[http://www.diogenes-club.com/studies.htm Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes]</ref> [[Andrew Hickey]]'s ''[[The Book of the Enemy (short story)|The Book of the Enemy]]'' later introduced one of Knox's ideas from that essay, connecting [[Sherlock Holmes]] to the siege of [[100 Sidney Street|Sidney Street]], into the [[DWU]].<ref>[https://andrewhickey.info/2018/03/08/references-in-my-book-of-the-enemy-story/ References in my Book of the Enemy story]</ref>
* "Knox's maxim" is a reference to the 20th century English Catholic priest {{w|Ronald Knox}}, who composed two limericks relevant to Sabbath's observation:
* "Knox's maxim" is a reference to the 20th century English Catholic priest {{w|Ronald Knox}}, who composed two limericks relevant to Sabbath's observation:
{{simplequote|There was a young man who said "God<br>
{{simplequote|There was a young man who said "God<br>
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