The (Great) Game Is Afoot! My Stab At The Sherlock Holmes Chronology
The first true 'fandom'. The source of the (secular use of the) term 'canon'. The original Arthur Conan Doyle. 56 short stories, 4 novels. Sherlock Holmes. In my quest to go through and finish cataloging some of my longstanding interests in story worlds, there is one that has been on my mind for... oh, at least 30 or 40 years now. The White Whale of fictional chronologies - assembling the Sherlock Holmes stories. Part of the issue is that Doyle was consistent only in being inconsistent. And so, its fans took it upon themselves to play the "Great Game" - try to make sense of it all. It's something that has puzzled better people than I, and after many failed attempts over the years, I finally sat down and worked one version out to my satisfaction. Of course, I couldn't leave well enough alone - I had to also make a gazetteer of Holmes' world - London, England, and places beyond. Note the references to other cases, to European ro...
