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How Raymond Chandler Took Down Sherlock Holmes
How Raymond Chandler Took Down Sherlock Holmes
By Benjamin Welton
July 23, 2014

In celebration of Chandler’s birthday, we look back on “The Simple Art of Murder,” his seminal essay which broke the British stranglehold on detective fiction.

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The Men Behind the Pipe: The 5 Best Sherlock Holmes Portrayals in History
The Men Behind the Pipe: The 5 Best Sherlock Holmes Portrayals in History
By Benjamin Welton
March 04, 2014

We celebrate the great detective’s literary debut 127 years ago today with an overview of some of the most riveting actors to ever claim it was "elementary."

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Book Sword: Sam Lipsyte, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Sherlock Holmes
Book Sword: Sam Lipsyte, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Sherlock Holmes
By Kate Gavino
May 01, 2013

Everyone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?

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