Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 14
1843 Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences by Edgar Allan Poe ( Review ) ⭐⭐ 1892 Arthur Conan Doyle publishes " The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes " collection of 12 stories originally published serially in "The Strand Magazine" 1926 Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne (UK) Since 1926, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends—Piglet, Owl, Tigger, and the ever doleful Eeyore—have endured as the unforgettable creations of A.A. Milne, who wrote this book for his son, Christopher Robin, and Ernest H. Shepard, who lovingly gave Pooh and his companions shape. 2021 Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles (UK) Astrid is returning home from art school on Mars, looking for inspiration. Darling is fleeing a life that never fit, searching for somewhere to hide. They meet on Deep Wheel Orcadia, a distant space station struggling for survival as the pace of change threatens to leave the community behind. Winner of the 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction ...