{"id":2116,"date":"2011-07-21T01:55:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T22:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2011-07-21T01:55:31","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T22:55:31","slug":"summer-school-assignment-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2011\/07\/21\/summer-school-assignment-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer School: Assignment Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Assignment Two<\/a><\/strong>, Vacation Necronomicon School: “A Study in Emerald”.<\/p>\n

“Today’s assignment […] Neil Gaiman’s “A Study in Emerald”, [a] story that combines the Cthulhu mythos with the world of Sherlock Holmes […] discuss any aspect of this story you’d like …”<\/p>\n

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The story is available free online as a PDF<\/a> (direct PDF link). It is also available for the Kindle ereader on Amazon’s Kindle store, as part of Gaiman’s collection Fragile Things<\/em>. <\/p>\n

For those who prefer audio books, there’s a professionally produced audio book edition on Audible<\/a> with excellent British accent-work. Until recently this one-hour audio book was free, and it may still be floating around the Web in that form — but it now has a price-tag of $4.30. Also available from various sources are the audio book versions (CD, download, Audible) of Gaiman’s collection Fragile Things<\/em>, which includes the same reading of the story.<\/p>\n

The cheapest way to obtain the story in print form is a used copy of Gaiman’s Fragile Things<\/a><\/em> collection, which can be had used from Amazon for about $4 including shipping. The story is also available in print in the mixed-author Shadows over Baker Street<\/a><\/em> anthology of Lovecraft \/ Sherlock Holmes mash-ups, and this may be a better purchase for Lovecraft fans. <\/p>\n

The Angelus Theatre adapted and performed “A Study in Emerald” in what appears to have been a substantial stage play, 29th May 2010. There appears to have been no graphic novel or animated adaptation, as yet.<\/p>\n

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Completed assignment:<\/strong> (as a PDF)<\/p>\n

The Case of the Purloined Prose<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Assignment Two, Vacation Necronomicon School: “A Study in Emerald”. “Today’s assignment […] Neil Gaiman’s “A Study in Emerald”, [a] story …<\/p>\n

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