Re: (tears) The Men and the Mirror by Ross Rocklynne

On 10/03/2024 16:01, Don wrote:

James Nicoll wrote:

The Men and the Mirror by Ross Rocklynne
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Determined space cop Colbie chases charmingly roguish pirate Deverel from
planet to planet, into physics-demonstrating trap after physics-demonstrating
trap.
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https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/so-alone

 "The Final Problem" (Doyle, 1894), has Holmes chase mastermind Moriarty.
It's an earlier case of a criminologist consistently one step behind.
 <https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_Sherlock_Holmes_1894_Burt/The_Final_Problem>

The opposite in that story - the first appearance
of Professor Moriarty in "canon".  Sherlock Holmes
has been investigating Moriarty's gang, Holmes has
given the evidence to police, and now he merely
needs to stay ahead of Moriarty and to escape
from a revenge attack.  We see Moriarty coming
close to catching Holmes and Watson - both targets
together - but Holmes cleverly defeats him again
and again.  I won't give away the ending.
However, _The Seven Percent Solution_ is a pretty
good alternative story where Holmes is insane from
drug use.  In that version, Holmes and Watson
travel to Europe pursuing Professor Moriarty.
Again, I won't say more.