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The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Peerless Peer by [Philip Jose Farmer, Win Scott Eckert]

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The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Peerless Peer Kindle Edition

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Holmes and Watson take to the skies in the quest of the nefarious Von Bork and his weapon of dread... A night sky aerial engagement with the deadly Fokker nearly claims three brilliant lives... And an historic alliance is formed, whereby Baker Street’s enigmatic mystery-solver and Greystoke, the noble savage, peer of the realm and lord of the jungle, team up to bring down the hellish hun!

This edition also contains a brand new afterword by Win Scott Eckert and a bonus preview of the new Kim Newman novel, Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles.

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99 pages
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Titan Books
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June 21, 2011
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“Phil Farmer has the ability to look a reader straight in the eye, tongue in cheek, and outrageously pull that reader's leg out of true. And here he is doing it again with THE ADVENTURE OF THE PEERLESS PEER, in which he brings back the retired Sherlock Holmes and chronicler Dr. Watson in service to His Majesty's government during the first World War.” — Science Fiction Review

“A glorious pastiche involving Holmes, Watson, Tarzan, Dr. Fell, Henry Merriville, and dozens of others.” — Locus

“...one of the wildest and funniest burlesques published in the 1970s.” —The El Paso Sunday Times

About the Author

Philip José Farmer was a multiple award-winning science fiction writer of 75 novels. He is best-known for his Wold Newton and Riverwold series. In 2001 he was awarded the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America grand master prize and a World Fantasy lifetime achievement award. He passed away in 2009. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004ZZKSHQ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Titan Books (June 21, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 21, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 832 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 99 pages
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Sherlock Holmes Meets Tarzan

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015

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Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, G-8, The Shadow, all members of Philip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton Family. All in this novella. While on a mission for the crown, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson encounter some wild individuals, as they track a thief who has stolen England's secret weapon against the Germans.

The Adventure of the Peerless Peer is a lot of fun, and is written in a tongue and cheek style by Philip Jose Farmer. I would put the tone at somewhere between his stories in Weird Heroes (Great-Heart Silver and Savage Shadow) and his authorized Tarzan and Doc Savage novels, The Dark Heart of Time and Escape From Loki respectively.

Farmer has a lot of fun, especially when the pair end up in Africa, face to face with the legendary Ape Man. Together the three of them visit a lost land that H. Rider Haggard wrote about.

I think the tongue in cheek style Farmer employed, adds to the fun of the story. He kind of lets that slip a bit once they reach Africa and encounter Tarzan. Once Tarzan shows up the story gets closer to the tone of serious pastiche.

Highly recommended for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, Wold Newton, and of course Philip Jose Farmer.

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Jim Lester

A short, fun pulp adventure

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2015

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This is a short, fun pulp adventure featuring Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson and Tarzan. It's set during World War I and Holmes and Watson are flying to North Africa, searching for a German spy. Along the way, they attack a zeppelin carrying the spy. After boarding the zeppelin, the airship crashes in the jungles of Africa where Holmes and Watson are rescued by Tarzan.

Throughout the story the author pokes a little fun at Edgar Rice Burroughs and the three protagonist. Die-hard fans of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories and Burroughs' Tarzan adventures might not like some of the liberties Farmer takes with the iconic characters but I found the book to be an enjoyable romp that proved to be both a good story and a gentle satire.

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James Cooley

Disappointed

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2021

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Very disappointed. I could only get through a few chapters before giving up. I’m a big fan of ERB and Sir Arthur and the story did neither proud. Don’t waste your money or time on this trash

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Lucas Garrett

A rip-roaring fun adventure for any fan of Farmer, and crossover fiction in general...

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2012

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When I found out that The Adventure of the Peerless Peer was being released by Titan Books it cemented my love for that publisher. Specifically, because the Peerless Peer had been out-of-print for a number of years by this time. To say that I enjoyed this book would be a monumental understatement. I absolutely loved it. Especially, the way that Philip Jose Farmer characterized Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, John Watson, Lord Greystoke, and two deliberately disguised characters by the names, Wentworth and Kentov. For any fan of The Spider and/or The Shadow, the cameos by these two men will be an absolute treat, as well as their interactions with Holmes and Watson during a mission to stop a German agent and mastermind from doing severe damage to the Allies' war effort during World War I. I was nearly in stitches, laughing many times during the aerial trips made by Holmes and Watson with the aid of the aforementioned gentlemen. To speak about it would give it away. Let's just say that Farmer is my kind of comedic writer, and his timing is flawless. If there was one thing I wish Farmer could have changed, it would have to be the length. The book was too short, in my opinion. I finished the novel wanting more, to be honest. It was that good. Maybe, one day, someone will follow up with a sequel to the Peerless Peer. I have a feeling that Holmes and Watson met Lord Greystoke a few more times between the First and Second World Wars. And to see an uneasy reunion of sorts between Holmes, Watson, Wentworth, and Kentov would be a dream come true for this fan. Titan Books' The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Peerless Peer is a fast paced, rip-roaring novel that explores the lives and settings of the Wold Newton Family and Universe during World War I. For any fan of crossover fiction, Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, Allan Quatermain, The Spider, and The Shadow, this book is for you.

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Nice

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2020

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I enjoyed the story quite a bit, it's a nice little primer, too, to ease into the Wild Newton concept as I'm trying to do more and more of.

The "unedited" interactions of Holmes and Watson are also a lighter, more amusing read and it's fun to see the Great Detective boggle at the impending rise of the next age of Pulp Heroes.

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Cool book to read.

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2020

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I. M. Nobody

interesting read, but.......

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2015

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Kind of "tongue in cheek" with all the references to other pulp heros and ther relationship to the "Peer". If you don't know about pulp heroes from the past, the 30's - the 50's, it can be very confusing. I was totally lost quite a few times trying to figure out who someone was.
Definitely not a book for everyone.

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Sherlock Holmes - Tarzan Mash-up

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2015

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Imagine Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson working for British intelligence during WW I and traveling to African in an attempt to recover a stolen formula which could turn sauerkraut into a weapon. Add Tarzan and a lost civilization. If these plot elements are appealing, then read The Peerless Pier. If not avoid it like the plague.

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Katherine M. Griffis (Greenberg)

Lost in a Jungle of Cliche Characters, But Lacking a Plot: Don't Bother...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2017

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I find it hard to put down Sherlock Homes' pastiches, as I am a former Baker Street Irregular, but, without a doubt, this one was really awful. It's bad enough knowing that Holmes and Watson will be meeting up with Tarzan (I could handle this, as this is clearly explained in the summary), but no, they also had to throw in others, such as Doc Savage, Allen Quatermain, and worst of all, Lamont Cranston (spoiler alert: a plane crashes into a Zeppelin all the while Cranston screams: "Kill! Kill! Kill!" Why? No one knows).

This amount of fol-de-rol showed me that the basis of the story was very thin, and it was: in fact, I doubt there was much of a plot to begin with, and I really can't see where it was resolved. A confusing pastiche and worth a pass.

neil gunn

Don't bother with this book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2015

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I am a great admirer of the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and had read all the Sherlock Holmes many times. I was very disappointed in this book and feel that the author should restrict himself to fantasy! The language used was totally inappropriate and the idea of portraying Holmes & Watson as 2 ageing superheroes was completely laughable

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Demos Sachlas

A companion novella to "Tarzan Alive", also by Farmer

Reviewed in Canada on June 4, 2020

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I finally got around to reading "The Peerless Peer" and enjoyed it a fair bit. Seems as though Farmer may not have nailed Sherlock and Watson, judging from comments written by Holmes aficionados. His characterization of Tarzan was close, but not perfect, either.

For those of you wondering where this story fits in the Sherlock and Tarzan timelines, it involves a villain from one of the last Sherlock Holmes adventures "His Last Bow" set in 1914, and occurs following the seventh Tarzan novel "Tarzan the Untamed".

Farmer had already written "Tarzan Alive!" (1972) when he wrote this story, in which he imagines a fictional biography for Tarzan based on the conceit that Burroughs based his novels on an actual person, linking him to many other pulp fiction characters, in what would become the Wold Newton universe.

For me, the funnest part was imagining Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, and Alexander Skarsgard as the characters in the story, based on their recent portrayals in the movies. Definitely not for everyone, but if you enjoyed "The Peerless Peer", be sure to check out Farmer's "Tarzan Alive".