Sherlock Holmes has long been a popular character for authors and creatives other than Arthur Conan Doyle.
Their works can be grouped into four broad categories: new Sherlock Holmes stories; stories in which Holmes appears in a cameo role; stories about imagined descendants of Sherlock Holmes; and stories inspired by Sherlock Holmes but which do not include Holmes himself. There can be found also many pop culture references to Sherlock Holmes.
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Sherlock Holmes has long been a popular character for authors and creatives other than Arthur Conan Doyle.
Their works can be grouped into four broad categories: new Sherlock Holmes stories; stories in which Holmes appears in a cameo role; stories about imagined descendants of Sherlock Holmes; and stories inspired by Sherlock Holmes but which do not include Holmes himself. There can be found also many pop culture references to Sherlock Holmes.
New Sherlock Holmes stories fall into many categories, including: additional Sherlock Holmes stories in the conventional mould; Holmes placed in settings of contemporary interest (such as World War II, or the future); crossover stories in which Holmes is pitted against other fictional villains (for example vampires); finally there are explorations of unusual aspects of Holmes' character which are hinted at in Conan Doyle's works (e.g. drug use).
Arthur Conan Doyle's son Adrian Conan Doyle in a joint effort with John Dickson Carr wrote twelve...
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