Sub Rosa: A Correspondence by Wire
Arachne Jericho on Dec 11th 2007
What you need to know to enjoy Professor Pangaea’s Sub Rosa: A Correspondence by Wire:
a) “The Final Solution” by Sir A.C. Doyle, which turned out to not be so final. This is where Holmes kills (if you follow the “faithful” line) Moriarty in Switzerland and is thought to have died in the struggle, both of them falling to their deaths in the Reichenbach Falls.
b) “The Empty House” by Sir A.C. Doyle, where Sherlock Holmes is found to be alive and has apparently spent his hiatus of a few years doing all sorts of things across the world, sort of the ultimate holiday for someone addicted to thrill and danger, and which apparently also involved lamas, and, arguably, llamas.
c) Mycroft Holmes (”The Greek Interpreter”, “The Bruce-Partington Plans”) is Sherlock Holmes’s smarter and fatter elder brother, who occupies a clandestine and powerful role in the British government somewhere, usually equated to the “M” of modern-day MI5 and MI6.
d) Holmes prefers to communicate by telegraph. And very curtly, too.
e) Presumably you know about Dr. John H. Watson, Holmes’ biographer. Medical doctor. Once you’ve met him, you’ve met all Holmes’ friend.
And now for an oldie but goodie: Sub Rosa: A Correspondence by Wire. Image-laden, but well worth it. Think Griffin & Sabine….
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