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tale puts Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes smack dab in the middle of HG Well's Martian invasion of the War of the Worldsexcept Holmes determines that these aliens didn't actually originate on Mars, but rather Mars was a waystation for them.


If that wasn't enough, Wellman also brings in characters from Conan Doyle's Lost World story, notably the prodigious Professor Challenger whose estimation of himself can never be high enough.
Challenger always brings a note of levity to the proceedings as he continuously gives Holmes backhanded compliments, telling Holmes that his mind is almost as accomplished as the Professor's.
Challenger also likes to run down Dr, Watson by telling him how difficult it will be for Dr, Watson's unaccomplished mind to understand the things that he and Holmes have unraveled,

That Holmes and Watson never lash out at selfabsorbed

Challenger shows remarkable restraint,

Anyhow, this story is great fun, Holmes purists may not like it because Holmes' landlady is described as an attractive blonde and we discover that they have a secret romance, To be fair, I don't believe Conan Doyle ever described how Mrs, Hudson looked, though the romance appears to be an invention of Wellman's,

My only hangup with the novel is the afterward, which seems to be taking unnecessary potshots at the deceased and defenseless HG Wells, listing supposed inaccuracies in the War of the Worlds that Holmes and Challenger discovered.
The Wellmans combine the world's of Doyles' two main protagonists, Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger, with the England of H, G. Wells War of the Worlds adding bits from Wells' short story, "The Crystal Egg", An entertaining read, with some fun bits, but don't expect any revelations or major changes to the Wells story, Basically, this is an en bloc retelling of the original but through the eyes of Doyle's characters, For the picky Holmesian, the Sh, H. depiction is a little weak, but otherwise the story and characters mostly work,
Lots of deducting but not much action as Holmes and Watson face an invasion of London launched from the planet Mars, Holmes meets his equal in intelligence in Mr Challenger nice twist on the name who is the first to tell you how smart he is.


While there is investigation, the results on the invasion rest squarely with the invaders and Holmes and Watson are merely bystanders,

Throw in H, G. Wells, which the author did, and you get an entertaining read Sherlock Holmes joins forces with Professor Challenger to help repel a Martian invasion,

The Wellmans' novel has a good starting conceit, but is spread rather thin,
By far the best part of this novel is thrown in almost as an afterthought with their revelations about the enigmatic Mrs Hudson, This appears to be one of a series of Holmes pastiches written by various authors, What caught my attention, here, was the fatherson team who wrote it the father Manly Wade being a writer I have enjoyed quite a bit in the past.


As the title doubtless makes clear, this is an imagining of what Sherlock Holmes and, as a bonus, Professor George Challenger did shortly before, during, and shortly after, the events of H.
G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, It begins with a spin on another short story by Wells, "The Crystal Egg", Holmes acquires the egg in question, and, with Challenger's help, discovers that, looked deeply into, especially in a dark place, it shows views of an inhabited site on Mars they deduce this from the presence of two small moons in the visible sky.
Even as they examine it, the first of ten "eruptions" of light and smoke are observed from the Earth, and the view in the crystal changes to that of a cramped, metallic place.


Both Holmes and Challenger, separately, witness the emergence of the first "visitors" from their cylinder in Surrey, and the devastating effects of their "heat ray".
Having quickly figured out that the aliens are not here to make friends, they retreat, but are unable to communicate for the next forty percent, or so, of the book.
The book is divided into five roughlyequal sections, The second and third parts tell what Holmes and Challenger, respectively, do for the first several days of the invasion which largely consists of getting the womenfolk out of London, and then returning to do their parts in the resistance effort.


Never having read The Lost World or any of the other Challenger stories, I cannot say whether the Wellmans do him justice, but they do write a convincing Holmes and eventually Watson.
The book is full of the convincing details that help one suspend one's disbelief, and they make some deductons about the invaders that, though based on the evidence from Wells's book, go well beyond what his narrator tells us about them one of these may be deduced by a reader who notices a word I have carefully refrained from using in this review.


In general, an entertaining and engaging read that has convinced me that, having read the entire Holmes canon more than once, I now need to give Professor Challenger a try.
Pleasantly surprised, was a pretty interesting read,
.maybe. All of the enjoyment in this novel is based on the idea of bringing Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger together in the same volume to deal with a crisisin this case, H.
G. Wells famous War of the Worlds, We get a little added joy when we see other characters from the two series John Watson, Edward Malone, and Sir John Roxton make appearances, although Malones is only as an author.
Its quite possible that a couple of the other characters were people I should have but didnt recognize as well,

The novel opens with Holmes coming into possession of an unusual crystal which shows images of somewhere else, He brings it to Challenger and the two study it together, ultimately deducing that it shows Mars, They discover the life on Mars and are still watching when the invasion of earth is launched, The two then split into their own storiesboth men taking it on themselves to observe the invaders to gain precious knowledge for the defense of the planet, before eventually teaming up again toward the end of the book.


Overall, I enjoyed the novel, although I didnt feel like Sherlock Holmes quoting Keats seemed to be in character, Perhaps Im misremembering, its been a while since Ive read original Holmes stories, I also didnt think that Holmes and Mrs, Hudson being longtime lovers was a plausible addition, I always thought of Doyles Holmes as pretty much asexual, but I guess reasonable people could come to a different conclusion,

If you like the idea of mixing Holmes, Challenger, and Martians, you should definitely give this book a try,

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A very good, interesting story, I like that i uses HG Wells War of the Worlds and places Holmes and another Doyle character, Professor Challenger and incorporates them into the story.
I like how Watson is upset that Wells has misrepresented the true facts of the invasion and left out key contributions of Challenger and Holmes.
This one made me smile, In The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds, Manly W, Wellman and Wade Wellman have taken the Sherlock Holmes we all know and love and joined him up with Doyle's other brilliant character, Professor Challenger.
These two analytical men investigate and try to come up with a response to the alien invasion previously chronicled in H, G. Wells' War of the Worlds, There are several startling revelations, . . one in particular about Holmes and a few that "set the record straight" as Watson would put it about the events In London during the attack.


Overall, the Wellmans do an adequate job of telling their story and incorporating the worlds of Doyle and Wells, It is a bit disjointed in places, . . evidence that the novel was originally published as several "articles" which were meant to tell the "truth" about the Martian invasion, I think the portions which focus on the Professor's and Watson's point of view work best, Some of the writing from Holmes' point of view don't ring quite as true, I definitely enjoyed the interactions between Holmes and Challenger, and I am now eager to read the works that feature the egotistical professor,


Spoiler Alert
My major quibble with the story is the supposed romance between Holmes and Mrs, Hudson. There is no way that anyone will get me to believe that Watson, dull as he is sometimes portrayed, would have missed that relationship's reality.
AND, given the good doctor's inclination to describe and have great sympathy for the beautiful women who employ Holmes as clients, you can't tell me that he wouldn't have mentioned that Mrs.
Hudson was a youngishish, blonde, blueeyed, statuesque, beauty, If there's anything the doctor notices, it's a pretty face, This is a pastiche crossover novel featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's two characters Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger, and H, G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds, The stories within were published separately in magazines in the lates, and were afterwards brought together into this single volume in, The stories work well together because they recount the same events from three different perspectives, namely those of Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger and Doctor Watson.
Eventually, these three come together to deal with the alien menace,

I was prepared to be disappointed when I started this book, However, I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the execution, Although the story intentionally departs from some of what Doyle and Wells wrote, this is done in a way that makes the reader feel like they are gaining insights into previously undisclosed details regarding what occurred during the alien invasion.
Having said that, I thought the Holmes character was a little weaker than the other two, and I am pretty sure Sherlock Holmes purists would find him a little hard to swallow.


If the reader comes to this novel without any knowledge of the stories it is based on, they will probably miss many of the finer points.
It would therefore be a good idea at least to read the short story The Crystal Egg and the novel The War of the Worlds by H.
G. Wells before starting on this one, Other reading could include a couple of the original Sherlock Holmes adventures, and a story or two featuring Professor Challenger,

Although a few Americanisms present in the text were not spotted by the editors, the narrative is nevertheless a largely successful attempt to write in the style of late nineteenthcentury England.
And while the novel is not deep or introspective, it is certainly a welltold and enjoyable tale of deduction and adventure,



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