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I feel sort of weird answering a question posted 2 1/2 years ago, but what the heck. I just cruised by these forums to see what the deal was on PLANET STORIES and why there haven't been any new ones published in the last year and and half (yeah, I found out it's on hiatus -- bummmer).

Anyway, I really enjoyed Wellman's Holmes/WotW pastiche. It's the only thing I've read by Wellman, and I'm not even that huge of a Holmes fan, but I'm a bit of a WotW nut, and have read just about every pastiche and sequel I could get my hands on. I have to say, if this book wasn't the best WotW pastiche I've ever read, then it's pretty darned close. I actually liked Professor Challenger being in the book more than Holmes, since he's not a character that gets much play among latter-day writers; also, the grafting of Wells' short story "The Crystal Egg" into the WotW continuity (I always wondered if there might be a connection there). I wonder if Wellman and son were inspired at all by Farmer's ADVENTURE OF THE PEERLESS PEER? Anyway, as the Titan Books series proves, there's no shortage of Holmes pastiches. Haven't read many myself, but then my tastes run more towards science fiction/fantasy than mystery-detective fiction.