The story was dramatised for radio by Denny Martin Flinn. This was a very solid, very able Holmes pastiche. For those die-hard Holmes fans, this novel takes place in the time period between Conan Doyle's "The Final Problem" and "The Adventure of the Empty House", in which Homes supposedly battled Professor Moriarty to the death but "miraculously" survived. Furthermore, in recent years more than 90 percent of deals raising $20–80 million have spreads of exactly seven percent, three times the proportion of a decade earlier. is a 1974 novel by American writer Nicholas Meyer. It was directed by Jane Morga, with Simon Callow as Sherlock Holmes, Ian Hogg as Dr Watson, Karl Johnson as Sigmund Freud, David King as Professor Moriarty, Philip Voss as Mycroft Holmes, Matthew Morgan as Baron von Leinsdorf, Melinda Walker as Nancy Osborn Slater, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Baroness von Leinsdorf, and Wolf Kahler as Hugo von Hoffmansthal. Knowing that Sherlock would never willingly see a doctor about his addiction and mental problems, Watson and Holmes' brother Mycroft induce Holmes to travel to Vienna, where Watson introduces him to Dr. Freud. He is telling this tale at the age of eighty-seven and only then because the principals had passed away. And so it continues. Humph. And so it continues. If you do not receive an email within 10 minutes, your email address may not be registered, (In case you’re curious, it was the one where Watson writes, “I believe it was in. Sigmund Freud cures Sherlock Holmes of his cocaine addiction, forces him to deal with his issues regarding Professor Moriarty, and gets involved in Holmes' case, complete with battle on the roof of a train. [5] Meyer developed an interest in Sherlock Holmes as a teenager and off-and-on over the years had given thought to authoring a story where Sherlock Holmes meets Sigmund Freud, having learned of the founder of psychoanalysis from his psychiatrist father.

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Nicholas Meyer graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in theater and film-making, & is a film writer, producer, director and novelist best known for his involvement in the Star Trek films. From that point on, his onetime tutor became a dark and malignant figure in Holmes' subconscious. The story was adapted for the screen in 1976 in a Universal Studios production, directed by Herbert Ross, scripted by Meyer and designed by James Bond veteran Ken Adam.

What I liked about it, though, was that it was 1). I really love the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Conan Doyle, and I love reading anything that extends that universe. In 1977, Meyer was nominated for an Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for adapting his own 1974 novel, “He may of course resume it at any time. "The 7 Per Cent Solution", a short novel written in the '70s by Nicholas Meyer, cleverly pits Holmes and Watson against Holmes' true arch-enemy, with the aid of Sigmund Freud. [That, and the theory of Sherlock's parents, but that wasn't the author's invention so I can't really blame him. Unlimited viewing of the article/chapter PDF and any associated supplements and figures. Chen is from Fu Jen University, Taiwan, and Ritter is from the University of Florida. The novel presents this view as nothing more than the fevered imagining of Holmes' cocaine-sodden mind and further asserts that Moriarty was the childhood mathematics tutor of Sherlock and his brother Mycroft. There is a growing oeuvre of Holmesiana out there, much of it pretty good. Such is the curse of enslavement to drugs. Please log in. These are "The Final Problem", in which Holmes apparently died along with Prof. James Moriarty, and "The Empty House", wherein Holmes reappeared after a three-year absence and revealed that he had not been killed after all. I definitely plan to read Meyer's other two Holmes novels.
A fun, quick read that is a good companion piece to the afore-mentioned Conan Doyle stories. Use the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. However, they decide not to discuss these subjects with Holmes, believing that he would not accept them, and that it would needlessly complicate his recovery.

Moriarty was the lover of Holmes' mother, and as such was indirectly responsible for their deaths.
View the article PDF and any associated supplements and figures for a period of 48 hours. There is a growing oeuvre of Holmesiana out there, much of it pretty good. It’s too well-intended to hate, too joyfully fannish, and I must admit that some of Meyer’s footnotes on this “found” manuscript made me laugh out loud. Who is the woman in the hospital? A short story stretched into an award-winning novel. Watson returns to London, but Holmes decides to travel alone for a while, advising Watson to claim that he had been killed, and thus the famed "Great Hiatus" is more or less preserved. In this story, Holmes is suffering with his addiction to cocaine, and Dr Watson is terrified he is going to die. Fun read. Working off-campus? And, oh yeah, from all of this what can we learn about Holmes' childhood, his decision to become a detective? It would be interesting to know,” he added, with seeming irrelevancy, “how he became involved with cocaine.’ “I have always known him to keep it about his rooms,” I answered truthfully. “That is not the reason a man pursues such a path to destruction,” he said softly.”, “That night Holmes awoke in a high fever and was delirious. Using a treatment consisting largely of hypnosis, Freud helps Holmes shake off his addiction and his delusions about Moriarty, but neither he nor Watson can revive Holmes' dejected spirit. On the train to Vienna, Holmes and Watson briefly meet Rudolf Rassendyll, the fictional protagonist of the 1894 novel The Prisoner of Zenda, returning from his adventures in Ruritania. And I’m so glad I did! Think ppl just got excited in the 1970s that someone had written a novel featuring Holmes and Freud. But Nicholas Meyer has gone all out, and produced a staggeringly good work. Meyer adapted his novel to screenplay form, but the film differs significantly from the novel, mainly by supplementing the book's Austrian baron-villain (played by Jeremy Kemp) with an older Turkish foe. But Nicholas Meyer has gone all out, and produced a staggeringly good work. Data on analyst forecasts have been supplied by I/B/E/S. Published as a "lost manuscript" of the late Dr. John H. Watson, the book recounts Holmes' recovery from cocaine addiction (with the help of Sigmund Freud) and his subsequent prevention of a European war through the unravelling of a sinister kidnapping plot. The Seven Per-Cent Solution is in a way your usual retelling of a Sherlock Holmes story because it essentially retells The Reichenbach Falls by imaging a different reason why Holmes might disappear for months.

Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. The Seven Per-Cent Solution is in a way your usual retelling of a Sherlock Holmes story because it essentially retells The Reichenbach Falls by imaging a different reason why Holmes might disappear for months. The book was made into a film in 1976, which I've enjoyed watching a number of times. [12] The chase on the trains was shot with set-dressed British steam locomotives and freight cars dressed up as coaches. September 17th 1993 Unlimited viewing of the article PDF and any associated supplements and figures. Meyer's three Holmes novels are much more faithful to the original stories in these regards. The Seven Percent Solution. The book was OK, nothing special for me. Much ado about nothing! There's so much history going on and so many world stage figures who are contemporaneous with Holmes that such a Sherlock-meets-celebrity works could (and probably do) fill a shelf. It is written as a pastiche of a Sherlock Holmes adventure, and was made into a film of the same name in 1976. To his credit, Meyer not only disregards the unwritten rule that modern Sherlock Holmes stories must feature Moriarty as either the main villain or in an ominous cameo, he goes one better and first introduces and then relegates the incongruous villain to his rightful place. I quite enjoyed the way Meyer captured Watson's voice as narrator, worked in multiple references to Arthur Conan Doyle's original canon, dealt with Holmes's cocaine addiction, uncovered the "true" story of Moriarty, and incorporated the historical figure of Sigmund Freud as a character in the story. This book makes a good addition to the wealth of stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, the world's greatest detective. [10] "The Lion's Mane", while perhaps less controversial than the other tales, is notable for being one of the canon's two stories narrated by Holmes. is a 1974 novel by American writer Nicholas Meyer. “He says he takes it because of boredom, lack of activity.” Freud turned and smiled at me, his features displaying the infinite and nameless wisdom and compassion I had noticed the moment I first set eyes on him.