Sherlock Holmes Pastiche List

When we speak of pastiche in the literary world, we refer to a story written by an author using the characters and style of another author. And no one has more pastiches written about him than Sherlock Holmes. Some are quite excellent. Some are hideously bad. Most fall somewhere in between.

Although no pastiche could possibly take the place of the original canon of stories as written by Sir Arthur Conana Doyle, there are those of us who can't resist a new tale of the world's greatest detective. But the sheer number of extra-canonical writings is enormous, making it impossible for anyone to compile a truly complete list. Which doesn't stop some of us from trying.

View the list of pastiches.

Mangani: the Language of Tarzan

You may know that the word tarzan means white skin in Mangani. Tarzan is the only human being able to speak the language of the Great Apes...until now. You, too, can learn to speak like a Mangani. Whatsits Galore presents here a dictionary of Mangani words, direct from the novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which will prove beneficial to linguists and anyone else who may find himself in the jungles of Africa any time in the future.

African wildcat -- Skree

ant -- Kando

antelope -- Wappi More...