tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post2545022541434924925..comments2024-03-26T09:32:26.565-05:00Comments on Sherlock Peoria: Must Sherlockiana be single-thread?Sherlock Peoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-91877595771363197882012-11-13T22:05:24.130-06:002012-11-13T22:05:24.130-06:00As one of the organizers of 221B Con, I really app...As one of the organizers of 221B Con, I really appreciate your views on the subject. One of the things we hope to accomplish is to bring together the many worlds of Holmes and Watson. Whether your love is the Cannon tales, the e-published pastiche, Basil Rathbone or RDJ we want you to find a place that you can discuss it with other fans. And maybe, just maybe, if your interest only includes one incarnation of the famous detective you might just get turned onto another. <br /><br />Ms Morris has used a great phrase, a family reunion. And I look forward to attending A Scintillation of Scions in 2013. <br /><br />Thank you for thinking of us!<br />CrystalLadyRedCresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05228531531832061243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-54027202335574983172012-11-04T09:45:54.777-06:002012-11-04T09:45:54.777-06:00Point taken. As the creator and organizer of A Sci...Point taken. As the creator and organizer of A Scintillation of Scions, a Sherlock Holmes symposium along mostly traditional lines, my vision for the event started from a very different place from what you propose. I have been to many s/f and mystery cons which have different tracks as you suggest. That is a wonderful way to pursue that for which you have the most interest. The Scintillation was created from a vision of, for lack of a better term, a Sherlockian family reunion. Though we all have different avenues through which we approach Holmes and Watson(even more now with the films and TV shows and younger fans), we still have those two characters, of any incarnation, in common. That which may divide us also brings us together, and so the Scintillation was designed with many opportunities to socialize, including our traditional English afternoon tea.<br /><br />Though many symposia have themes, the Scintillation never has done so, as I maintain we each have our own passion (as you rightly point out) and so our speakers should present that for which they have a passion. Rather than limiting the scope, I try to broaden it by presenter (last June we had Kristina Manente of the Baker Street Babes on the program, along with William Hyder) and topic. I'm very excited for 221Bcon (the organizer of that event attended the last Scintillation and asked for my guidance and advice for her vision of a Sherlockian con, which I fully support). It seems that Sherlockians have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to the type of events offered to us for our entertainment and edification. And it is as it should be.Jacquelynn Morrishttp://www.scintillation.orgnoreply@blogger.com