"You like Bach?"

[beeinmybonnet]

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I'm listening to Bert Coules' radio dramatisation of A Study In Scarlet (with Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson) and Jesus H Christ on a jumping pogo-stick, it is marvellous.

Merrison's Holmes is as good as perfect: arrogant, selfish, teasing, clever to the point of madness, and still oddly... sweet. He's also pretty much a nutcase. Williams' Watson is perfection: a thoroughly decent man, honourable, moral, intelligent, patient and kind while at the same time being proud, insatiably curious and equipped with a wry sense of humour.

I mean, just listen look at this exchange:

Holmes: [abruptly, while playing the violin] Sherlock Holmes – his limits. [stops playing]

Watson: Holmes?

Holmes: Knowledge of literature: nil. Knowledge of philosophy: nil. Knowledge of astronomy: nil. Knowledge of politics: feeble.

Watson: [aghast] I burnt that list!

Holmes: Not very thoroughly. Knowledge of botany: variable – very well up on belladonna, opium and poisons generally, knows nothing of practical gardening.

Watson: This is outrageous!

Holmes: Knowledge of geology: practical but limited. Knowledge of chemistry: profound – thank you! Knowledge of anatomy: accurate but unsystematic. Knowledge of sensational literature: immense – appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century. [laughs]

Watson: You left out playing the violin well.

Holmes: Oh, that part you did succeed in burning. Forgive me, Doctor, but I find your list as intriguing as you evidently find me. What conclusions have you drawn?

Watson: [morose] I couldn't reach any conclusions. I burnt that list in frustration.

Holmes: [laughs, teasing] All those clues and you deduced nothing?

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Oh, and it's incredibly slashy as well.

This is bookverse at its finest. ♥

Comments

[yan-tan-tether.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, I *really* need to listen to that! I've just discovered canon recently and have got as far as His Last Bow.

I know I've rather appeared from nowhere, but I'm on the lookout for new friends who are Holmes fans - I hope you don't mind me adding you?

[beeinmybonnet.livejournal.com]

I've been reading canon since December, and have about two books worth left to consume. It's huge.
And yes, do try to get a hold of this dramatisation! It's absolutely brilliant.

Hey, no problem at all! ♥ I only have a handful of Holmsians on my f-list, so I don't mind in the least.

[skull-bearer.livejournal.com]

EEEEE WHERE CAN I FIND THIS?!

[beeinmybonnet.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I don't know. My dad found it for me, but did not tell me where, so I can plead plausible deniability. But it is out there on the web, somewhere.

[settiai]

Aren't the audios absolutely brilliant? ♥

Do you have the entire series or just the first story?

[beeinmybonnet.livejournal.com]

I adore Merrison's Holmes; he's exactly how I imagine book!Holmes. So cocksure and so crazy. I keep bursting out laughing at his insane remarks. "YES! The dog is dead! :DD" and "How's that lovely melody go? La di daa, la la~" "I don't think I know that one..."

I have the novels, and will try to get hold of the short stories as soon as possible. ::grabby hands::

[settiai]

*cough*

Are there any specific short stories you'd like? In case, hypothetically, I owned the entire series on CD and could easily rip them?

[beeinmybonnet.livejournal.com]

... I would love you for ever and ever and ever and offer you my first-born and quite possibly fic/fanart as a poor attempt at recompense. Hypothetically.

Would a be an utter cad if I said "All of them!♥"? Yeah, yes, I would. So, um, "The Adventures" and "Memoirs" are by favourite books, as for favourite stories... In a rough order, starting with my absolute favourite: DYIN, YELL, ABBE, BOSC, IDEN, REIG, MISS, SILV, 3GAR and STOC.

Actually, if you would give me any story, I'd be near incoherent with gratitude.

(If I'm allowed to be even more bothersome, could you perhaps e-mail the file to me? Sweden has this law against downloading, which stinks, and I try to not break it too often. If it's impossible, of course I understand. But if it does, I suppose my address akm.bm4 AT gmail DOT com is the best one to use.)

[settiai]

*lol*

Give me a bit, and I'll e-mail you.

[beeinmybonnet.livejournal.com]

You, my dear madam, are a goddess. Is there anything I can do for you to show my gratitude? I'm open to anything except sexual favours. ♥

[settiai]

Darn. Gmail has a 25MB limit, but the files are larger than that. I can probably make them smaller, but it's going to take a bit longer.

[beeinmybonnet.livejournal.com]

On my behalf, time is not a problem at all. But if it's easier for you, you can upload them to MegaUpload or MediaFire or something like that.