First look–McAvoy and Radcliffe become the Doctor and Igor in new...
As to sheer volume of remakes, via books, film, or other media, Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein have gone head to head for decades. Why not another remake of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the original...
View ArticleBBC/PBS Masterpiece releases new trailer for retro Sherlock episode “The...
Almost if to prove that they can do the original Sherlock Holmes better than Guy Ritchie’s 19th century film adaptations, showrunners Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss are promoting the next episode of...
View ArticleSDCC 2016–PBS previews season four of Sherlock
First off, Sherlock Clue is real. Keep reading. From the new trailer PBS Masterpiece released this weekend at San Diego Comic-Con it appears we have a dark season ahead as Sherlock enters its fourth...
View ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar pens Mycroft Holmes steampunk comic book series
We’ve seen some celebrities turn to the unlikely medium of comic books to tell their stories recently. First, we saw Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Darryl McDaniels turn to comic books to tell his...
View ArticleSherlock, Red Sonja, and Xena–Dynamite releases three new trade editions...
Dynamite Comics is releasing three compilation editions of previously published work tomorrow, and we have previews of all three below for borg.com readers. Sherlock Holmes Omnibus Volume 1...
View ArticlePreview–Kim Newman takes his Anno Dracula into new territory
Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula is a series of novels and short stories that began in 1992, showcasing an elaborate and detailed parallel history of Earth set between 1888 and 1990 (so far), where Bram...
View ArticleThe Wrath of Khan 35th Anniversary Interview–Star Trek director/writer...
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan–a member of that fabled Class of 1982’s “best summer of movies”–turned 35 this year, and to celebrate, the film is returning to theaters as part of the Fathom Events...
View ArticleButtercup, Batman, Barbossa, Buddy, Bond and more–Prop Store lines up giant...
For more than six years we at borg.com have been covering entertainment memorabilia auctions–sales of not merely replicas or mass-produced collectibles, but the real objects seen on film–rare or even...
View ArticleKim Newman’s Anno Dracula 1895 story a thrilling expansion of his parallel world
Review by C.J. Bunce Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula is a series of novels and short stories that began in 1992, showcasing an elaborate and detailed parallel history of Earth set between 1888 and 1990 (so...
View ArticleNow streaming–Jared Harris and Benedict Cumberbatch star in seafaring...
Review by C.J. Bunce When next surfing your next adventure on Netflix, fans of seafaring stories will want to make sure they save some time for the 2005 television mini-series To the Ends of the Earth,...
View ArticleTimothy Zahn’s Thrawn returns in dual timeline story with Darth Vader and...
Review by C.J. Bunce It was only a year ago, in Timothy Zahn‘s novel Star Wars: Thrawn, that Zahn returned to provide the backstory for the enigmatic military genius Grand Admiral Thrawn, who emerged...
View ArticleA triumph of tie-ins, mash-ups, genre works, and storytelling–James...
Review by C.J. Bunce So many genre novels are quick reads, full of action and modern surprises. Once in a while you stumble upon the slow read–the book that is so smartly written, so exciting and...
View ArticleNicholas Meyer returns to Holmes & Watson in The Adventure of the Peculiar...
Review by C.J. Bunce In his fourth novel expanding on the world of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols, writer and movie director Nicholas...
View ArticleChristmas Sherlock?–Holmes and Watson pursue a yuletide murder in new...
Review by C.J. Bunce In the Victorian holiday tradition of spending Christmas sharing tales of ghosts and other haunts, comes James Lovegrove′s latest novel, Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon....
View ArticleIrene Adler series is the next spin on Legenderry, Extraordinary steampunk...
Coming this week is a new story from the steampunk crossover genre, those mash-ups featuring stories that blend the adventures of the real and the imaginary with Victorian charm. It’s Adler–after...
View ArticleBook review–James Lovegrove’s Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows
Review by Elizabeth C. Bunce We’re big fans of James Lovegrove here at borg. This time, I managed to beat C.J. to one of the books! Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows is the first volume in...
View ArticleVictorian Girl Detectives are coming your way this Fall
As ardent fans of Stranger Things, Victorian mysteries, and all things Millie Bobby Brown (Intruders, Godzilla: King of Monsters), we were indeed excited to see the preview for Netflix’s new Enola...
View ArticleFun sleuthing is afoot in Millie Bobby Brown’s Enola Holmes on Netflix
Review by C.J. Bunce Stranger Things’s Millie Bobby Brown leads up a cast of Harry Potter alumni in Netflix’s fun new Victorian mystery, Enola Holmes, a sure-fire selection for streaming this weekend...
View ArticleOut tomorrow: Amazon Best of the Month Editor’s Pick and #1 Amazon New...
It’s not every day you get to be part of a project that is exciting and fun. My wife, borg contributor, and author Elizabeth C. Bunce has been writing her Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery Series for a few...
View ArticleAmazon names Premeditated Myrtle to annual list of Top 20 Children’s Books...
Everyone needs some good news, right? In advance of Black Friday, this week Amazon announced its annual list of the Best Books of 2020. The list includes the Top 100 adult titles and the Top 120...
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