A Geek for all Seasons

BVZ Week 2025

To me, and to a significant subset of Sir Terry's fans (including most of you who've found this by the tags), his writing is serious commentary on the human condition - politics, prejudice, self-control, revenge vs. justice, religion, idealism, faith in people vs. cynicism, and more - dressed up with fantasy settings and a hefty leavening of humor to make it fun to read. And it is WILDLY fun to read, actual laugh-out-loud or at least a snicker averaging about every page.

But there's this common idea among the "important literature" people that fun and funny books are not also worthwhile or important in the same way.

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the end of 2.3!!! LIKE

no but like why are the prosecutors' muscles like that. how thin and tight are their uniforms??

i'm so intrigued by ryuu's collapsible tophat in that one escapade

i committed to ryuu in a top hat + outtake:

audio bootleg on SoundCloud, restored by Alison Carter (Act 1) (Act 2)

the play script (x) (x)

the program (x)

info about cast, crew, tour dates, pictures, etc. on The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia (x)

fan site with lots of links (x)

Finding out that this play existed was one of the best days ever. I can't believe this is a thing that actually happened, I literally think about it daily, what a cool thing. This one is up at the top of my time machine list (the one where I discover time travel and only use it to go see shows and concerts in the past) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just thinking about Jeremy Brett's voice (as Holmes !) booming across a theater that I am sitting in gives me chills.