The Battered Tin

Pastiche Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Sunday, January 18, 2026

The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation As We Know It (1977)

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Novelization of the 1977 film, which I find pretty hilarious. The grandson of the world's first and foremost consulting detective and h...
Saturday, January 3, 2026

Sherlock in the Seventies (2021)

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Let's kick off 2026 with something a little different. This is not a pastiche, but it is a Holmes book I'm currently reading and gre...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

Sherlock Holmes: A Three-Pipe Christmas (2021)

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A curious collection of tales, including a canon Christmas classic, an infamous pastiche, and a Solar Pons adventure. Merry Christmas. One h...
Saturday, December 6, 2025

221B: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (2025)

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A Holmes pastiche with James Bondian flair. Why not. JUSTICE HAS AN OLD ADDRESS  221B is more than an address on Baker Street...it is also ...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (1995)

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A "truly original" collection of 26 Holmes stories officially authorized by Dame Jean Conan Doyle. This is the paperback first. A ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (1985)

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One of several original Holmes novels by Frank Thomas. This one has Sherlock solving a great train robbery. INTO THIN AIR...  A half ...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

Cry for Thunder (2014)

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An unusual pairing that seems right for this Halloween season. Kolchak: The Night Stalker was a popular TV show in the 1970s starring Darre...
Friday, September 19, 2025

They Might Be Giants (1970)

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Is this a Holmes movie? Is this a Holmes pastiche? Well, I consider it a Holmes movie, and a darn good one at that. But maybe I'm just d...
Saturday, August 30, 2025

Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing (2025)

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Another Sherlock Holmes novel (No. 7) from the great Nicholas Meyer. I just hope the book is better than what appears to be an AI-generated ...
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