“The period after the First World War was an extremely different time, so that Sherlock Holmes would have been a different person following 1918 than he was during the Victorian era.” WorldFirstsPersonsHas BeensDifferentWarPeriodsFollowingErasWar Of The WorldsHolmesVictorianDifferent TimesFirst World WarVictorian Era Author:Laurie R. King
“What does it mean, to lose one's mind? Where does it go? If a man is out of his mind, where is he? What is insane when the world is mad by contrast?” IfsMenWorldMindMeanDoeLosesMadInsaneContrast Book:Folly Source: Folly
“I was fifteen when I first met Sherlock Holmes, fifteen years old with my nose in a book as I walked the Sussex Downs, and nearly stepped on him. In my defense I must say it was an engrossing book, and it was very rare to come across another person in that particular part of the world in that war year of 1915.” WorldYearsFirstsPersonsBookWarParticularMetsDefenseNosesFifteenHolmesFifteen YearsFifteen Years Old Book:Night Work Source: Night Work
“Now, I'm as appreciative as the next obsessive-compulsive recovering-academic of the vast riches of material becoming available online, thanks to all those Google scanners crouched in the basements of libraries around the world, madly feeding books through their machines. I download obscure tomes onto my iPad and give thanks to the dual gods Gates and Jobs, singing hymns to all the lesser pantheon of geniuses. But there's nothing like a book.” WorldGivingBookJobsNextMaterialsGeniusBecomingSingingMachinesLibraryAvailableRichesThanksAround The WorldOnlineGatesAcademicGoogleObscureFeedingObsessiveHymnsBasementsRecoveringAppreciativeIpadsDownloadsPantheonObsessive Compulsive Author:Laurie R. King
