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  Mycroft Holmes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Mycroft Holmes was the inspiration for the name of the silent assistant quiz master of BBC Radio 4's programme Brain of Britain.
Mycroft was also the inspiration for the name of a character in Robert A. Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, "Mycroft" a.k.a.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mycroft_Holmes   (695 words)

  
 Mycroft Holmes (computer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mycroft eventually sides with characters inciting a revolution to free Luna, and is instrumental in their victory against the Lunar Authority on Earth.
The name 'Mycroft Holmes' is given to the computer by one of the characters, from the HOLMES acronym of his official name High-Optional, Logical, Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV, Mod.
In fact it is Heinlen's tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional Mycroft Holmes, brother of the famous Sherlock Holmes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mycroft_Holmes_(Computer)   (458 words)

  
 Mycroft - Sherlock Holmes Books - Fanlisting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th century, created by British author and physician Arthur Conan Doyle.
Sherlock Holmes was said to have lived from 1881 at 221B Baker Street, London (an upper-storey flat at 221 Baker Street; in early notes it was described as Upper Baker Street), where he spent many of his professional years with his only friend Dr.
Most of Holmes' stories are told as reports, by Watson, of Holmes' solutions to actual crimes; in some later stories, Holmes criticises Watson for his writings, usually because of Watson's decision to tell them as exciting stories rather than as objective and detailed reports...
oksoakhollow.dazhibao.org /mycroft   (703 words)

  
 The Greek Interpreter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mycroft's confidence in the presence of his brother is borne out by SP placing him in the same pose as he placed Holmes in his moment of triumph in "The Resident Patient," standing straight with hands lightly clasped behind his back and seems almost about to offer a smile at his brother's naiveté.
Mycroft had willfully passed by Holmes and Watson in a hansom in order to preempt this position so he could speak to Sherlock as if he were the true proprietor of the lodging and esteem his brother held and Sherlock the supplicant to Mycroft's knowledge.
Clearly Holmes has already digested the physical way in which Mycroft had gotten there, and his statement was in reference to Mycroft's brotherly one-upmanship of taking over Holmes' apartment and chair.
www.arthes.com /holmes/GREE   (711 words)

  
 ::Strand Magazine::
Holmes retired to his armchair and soon I became aware of the wreath of smoke rising slowly from his pipe.
Sherlock Holmes was of the Holmes family of Galway which settled in Ireland in the 17th century.
Mycroft was seven years older than Holmes, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, who had decided to make his career in Dublin Castle, the seat of the imperial administration in Ireland.
www.strandmag.com /MYCROFT.htm   (1802 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mycroft draws four hundred and fifty pounds a year, remains a subordinate, has no ambitions of any kind, will receive neither honour nor title, but remains the most indispensable man in the country." "But how?" "Well, his position is unique.
Holmes, that we are much disturbed at present, and I must ask you to hasten this interview to an end." "This is indeed an unexpected development," said my friend when we had regained the cab.
Holmes had followed him closely, and as the man turned with a cry of surprise and alarm he caught him by the collar and threw him back into the room.
www.citsoft.com /holmes/last_bow/bruce-partington.plans.txt   (9127 words)

  
 Sherlockian.Net: Mycroft Holmes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mycroft Holmes appears as a character in two of the Holmes stories: "The Greek Interpreter" and "The Bruce-Partington Plans".
Holmes tells Watson that Mycroft is "seven years my senior" (older by seven years), and brilliant in observation and deduction, but so lazy -- and fat, it turns out -- that he seldom moves from his accustomed cycle: his rooms, his office in a government building, and the Diogenes Club.
Many Sherlockians have interpreted this passage, and the role played by Mycroft in bringing the Bruce-Partington scandal to his brother's attention, to mean that Mycroft was an early and important member of the British intelligence establishment.
www.sherlockian.net /world/mycroft.html   (391 words)

  
 Mycroft Holmes, Zombie
Mycroft was especially the one to be guarded, as his brother was the most hated man in London (it’s only a criminal who truly knows how to hate) and his brother's biographer had made Mycroft's daily routine a matter of public record.
Mycroft Holmes had enough on his mind without being distracted by the movements of an everpresent corps of bodyguards.
When what was left of Mycroft Holmes arrived at Papa Lembo's doorstep, however, it was definitely one of the corps cadavre.
www.sherlockpeoria.net /WeirdSherlock/MycroftZombie.html   (935 words)

  
 [No title]
Holmes was able to live in London in modest circumstances before his career as a consulting detective took hold.
Mycroft was large and powerful and after a few years would be able to best his brother in the inevitable physical confrontations among siblings.
Both Sherlock and Mycroft would probably have retained a certain animosity to brother Nigel as a results of his constant boasting that he would soon be lord of the manor.
members.cox.net /sherlock1/brother.htm   (1470 words)

  
 Sherlock Holmes and Christopher Lee: An Overview Part 2: Enter Mycroft
While hardly the visual recreation of Mycroft Holmes from the Conan Doyle stories, Lee’s Mycroft was nevertheless a strong character, purposeful and dominating; the kind of man one would think of more as Sherlock, not the otherwise lazy and over-indulgent Mycroft.
It deals with Holmes discovery that a girl which he adored was in fact a prostitute which resulted in his disillusionment with the fairer sex.
As it is, Holmes sexuality is quite ambigous for much of the film and Wilder has stated that he thought he didn't go far enough with the character, originally wanting to present him as gay.
www.bakerstreetdozen.com /lee2.html   (2205 words)

  
 Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo Walkthrough/FAQ - IGN FAQs
Mycroft was seriously injured in the explosion, and convinced that the explosion to the club was an accident, Holmes walks into his room and decides not to investigate further.
Holmes is most concerned about the condition of the club." Exit to the city.
Holmes said or done anything that you can tell me about?" Look at Mycroft Holmes to discover that he is wearing a ring.
faqs.ign.com /articles/375/375432p1.html   (7703 words)

  
 The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
As a contrast to most coffee (-bar) bands, Mycroft Holmes monopolized the audience's attentions, most of whom were there to see the band.
Mycroft Holmes was first known as Sleeper, another popular local band.
Mycroft Holmes' sound is difficult to pin down, as they skip playfully between styles, sometimes in the course of one song.
www.jhu.edu /~newslett/02-10-00/Arts/5.html   (729 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Holmes and the Fair Armenian Bark, C.: Mr.
SHERLOCK HOLMES" (The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 1996) Carr, John Dickson: "The Adventure of the Conk-Singleton Papers" (in Wolfe, MISADVENTURES 1991) Carr, John Dickson: "The Adventure of the Paradol Chamber" (in Wolfe, MISADVENTURES1991) Playscript.
Richard: Sherlock Holmes and the Origins of Psychology (LIT) Kendrick, Stephen: Holy Clues, The Gospel According To Sherlock Holmes (LIT) Kennedy, Bruce, ed.: Four Wheels to Baker Street (LIT) Kennedy, Bruce: Mycroft (LIT) Kestner, Joseph A.: Sherlock's Men: Masculinity, Conan Doyle And Cultural History (LIT) Kimball, Elliot: Watsoniana (LIT) Klinefelter, Walter: Origins of Sherlock Holmes.
www.geocities.com /Athens/4824/holmes.htm   (1745 words)

  
 Against the Brotherhood: A Mycroft Holmes Novel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
But Fawcett's Mycroft is not above hiring actors to trace his well-known steps according to schedule while he himself is out, not on cases, but saving international peace.
Guthrie is ostensibly the hero of the novel, though be assured that he is frequently accompanied by Mycroft in disguise (and often performing physical feats far beyond what Doyle led us to believe he was capable of).
Nor is the tale particularly "Holmesian." That is, Mycroft Holmes did not have to be the center of this story.
smi-web.stanford.edu /people/kxl/Fawcett.html   (556 words)

  
 Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2003055684
Holmes had just taken a connoisseur's sip of the last to appear in our glasses, a dusty port twice as old as I. He sighed in satisfaction and stretched his slippers out to the fire.
All the world knew that Mycroft Holmes went nowhere outside his tightly worked circle if he could possibly avoid it: Dr Watson had once referred to Mycroft's unexpected appearance in their Baker Street flat as akin to finding a tram-car running down a country lane.
Mycroft's role in the outgoing Tory government was as undefined as it was enormous; it seemed he intended to simply ignore the shuffling of office-holders all around him.
www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/random051/2003055684.html   (2310 words)

  
 05 Master Document, Prefaces & Table of Contents [Combined]
Holmes, unlike his peers, considered the street arabs worthy and intelligent human beings who were capable of being employed with utmost trust.
Mycroft was not the brother of Sherlock but the son of the "gracious lady" whom Holmes visited at Windsor (Bruc).
"Mycroft Holmes, then at roughly the age of 93, was still playing an active role in the determination of a policy crucial to the very survival of Britain and her Empire.
special.lib.umn.edu /rare/ush/06E1.html   (9087 words)

  
 HOLMES FAMILY TREE
Mycroft (2) apparently died childless and the family estate passed in the hands of Siger (2).
Sherlock Holmes had three children to Irene Adler [7] The first Mycroft Adler Norton was conceived during ‘A Scandal in Bohemia” and was assumed to be the son of Geoffrey Norton.
Sigerson Holmes had his one meeting with Moriarty turned into a farce by Gene Wilder but most of the facts in the case are accurate and Sigerson Holmes did marry Jenny Hill, who is a descendant of Fanny Hill, a member of the first LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN.
www.pjfarmer.com /secret/contributors/holmes-family-tree.htm   (4701 words)

  
 Mycroft Holmes, Air Commodore Raymond, Bg Ferguson - History Forum
Unlike his brother, Sherlock, Mycroft did his work while sitting in his chair, he explicitly stated he disliked manual activity (Sherlock said he was lazy).
Oh, and also according to Sherlock, Mycroft was the smart one.
Mycroft was resurrected in Quinn Fawcett's mystery novels where Mycroft held an important but unspecified post in Her Majesty's government, brokering international deals of great sensitivity and serious implications.
www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=2038   (1384 words)

  
 Bookreporter.com - THE CONFESSIONS OF MYCROFT HOLMES by Marcel Theroux
Damien March is a 30-something man who slogs through news wire reports on the night shift at the BBC in London, surrounded by younger and more ambitious men.
The manuscript tells the story of Mycroft Holmes, the brother of Sherlock alluded to in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.
While the dull clue-hunt takes far too much precedence over the potentially disturbing, larger implications of Damien's life, such as it has been, Marcel Theroux's writing is smooth and the relations and dialogue between family members uncomfortably realistic.
www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0151006474.asp   (522 words)

  
 Sherlockian.Net: FAQ
Few readers are ready for Sherlock Holmes before the age of 13 or 14.
I can tell you that some of the original Holmes stories are still protected by copyright, and that the copyright owner in the United States takes an active interest in asserting ownership of the Holmes character.
"The Return of Sherlock Holmes", with Michael Pennington as Holmes and Margaret Colin as James Watson, aired on CBS January 10, 1987; the plot involves the plague virus, government agents and counterfeit currency.
www.sherlockian.net /about/faq.html   (1019 words)

  
 The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
All of course just pipe dreams for now, but Mycroft Holmes departs from the best of the pop radio genre only in an independent inclination for occasional guitar and violin solos.
Mycroft Holmes is made up of one Towson student and four grads and undergrads of the Johns Hopkins Institutions.
Mycroft Holmes are what intelligent pop is all about, and who could complain about that?
www.jhu.edu /~newslett/11-30-00/Arts/5.html   (425 words)

  
 DP S1997R: Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective
Holmes looked up from his armchair at me. I was engaged in a heated discussion across the room with his dear brother, Mycroft.
Holmes took his pipe out of his mouth, put it back, and returned to his reading.
"Holmes!" I exclaimed, "I hardly think you are in any position to comment on either your brother's openings or my negotiations.
www.diplom.org /Zine/S1997R/Holmes/NMR.html   (602 words)

  
 Review of Against The Brotherhood, by Quinn Fawcett
Fawcett’s Mycroft is certainly not slender of physique, but neither is he the portly individual described by Doyle.
Knowing Mycroft from the Canon, I simply can’t picture him carrying a wounded man up a hill in a remote country, fleeing crossbow-bearing assailants.
But it isn’t an authentic Mycroft Holmes adventure and suffers from trying to fit a round hole in a square peg.
www.sherlockiana.net /books/rev/againstthebrotherhood.html   (445 words)

  
 [No title]
You start as Watson, outside 221B Baker St. Mycroft, Holmes' brother, was hurt in an explosion at the Diogenes Club.
Holmes" TALK Wiggins 2 "Mr Rigby": (this is Jonas) He's at home.
Mycroft Holmes now at St. Bart's hospital Now have map icon for Diogenes Club and St. Bart's I strongly recommend going to the Club first, as I got stuck if I went to the hospital first.
www.gamesover.com /walkthroughs/holmes.txt   (2655 words)

  
 Review of Night Watch, by Steven Kendrick
Regardless of whether we accept 1854 as the date of Sherlock Holmes’ birth, he does clearly state in The Greek Interpreter that Mycroft is seven years his senior.
In such case it is impossible for both of the Holmes brothers to be in their late 50s.
After a while you have to conclude that this man claiming to be Holmes was an imposter filling in while the really Holmes was off on holiday.
www.sherlockiana.net /books/rev/nightwatch.html   (299 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cechura, Rudolf: Dr. Sherlock Holmes in Bohemia Dr. Sherlock Holmes v Cechach (a jine prihody) Chandler, A. Bertram: "The Kinsolving's Planet Irregulars" (orig.
This last was re-written in 1936 as the short-novel "The thirty-eight and one-half assassinations of the Hull castle" ["Los treinta y ocho asesinatos y medio del castillo de Hull"] and we read, when all the possible suspects are murdered (the 'half assassination' is an attempt on his assistant), as Holmes, applying logic, arrests himself.
Richard: Sherlock Holmes and the Origins of Psychology (LIT) Kennedy, Bruce, ed.: Four Wheels to Baker Street (LIT) Kennedy, Bruce: Mycroft (LIT) Kimball, Elliot: Watsoniana (LIT) Klinefelter, Walter: Origins of Sherlock Holmes.
www.citsoft.com /holbooks.txt   (1626 words)

  
 mozdev.org - mycroft: index
The Mycroft project provides a collection of search plugins (7597 at the last count) for browsers using Apple's Sherlock standard including
The name Mycroft refers to Mycroft Holmes, the brother of Sherlock Holmes in the novels of Arthur Conan Doyle - Mycroft plugins are based on the Sherlock standard.
For questions or comments about mycroft, please send a message to the mycroft mailing list.
mycroft.mozdev.org   (206 words)

  
 Sherlock Holmes International (English)
Shraddha Pai's "Oh, you don't know Sherlock Holmes yet!" - A very pleasant and unique fan page: includes a dedication to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and lots of content, such as a Sherlockian FAQ, exerpts from the Hounds of the Internet postings, and more.
Major Events - In the lives of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in conjunction with historical events around the world.
Sherlock Holmes International is the forum for the viewpoints of Sherlock Holmes's fans wordwide.
www.sherlock-holmes.org /english.htm   (1539 words)

  
 The Lost Files Of Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of The Rose Tattoo
The Lost Files Of Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of The Rose Tattoo
REVEAL Mycroft's ring to Agnes - OK, you are who you say you are
The only thing I never figured out was how Holmes knew there was a composite involving one of the royal
www.megagames.com /megacheats/files/lostfilesofsherlockholmes2solve.htm   (5037 words)

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