Agatha Christie Lovers discussion

Whom do you prefer ?
My preference in books is always Christie,but on screen,I prefer Sherlock Holmes.

W wrote: "Whom do you prefer ?
My preference in books is always Christie,but on screen,I prefer Sherlock Holmes."

Its hard to choose, because in some way, Christie was influenced by Doyle, so you probably wouldn't have one without the other.

Christie was far more prolific, and varied in her detective stories, so one could argue her work was both better and worse than Doyle's, depending what you look at.

W wrote: "Whom do you prefer ?
My preference in books is always Christie,but on screen,I prefer Sherlock Holmes."

I am the same. I have read Conan Doyle but his books don't seem to interest me as much as Christie.

Definitely Christie.

Inasmuch as this is the Agatha Christie Lovers group, I can't imagine A.C. Doyle is going to get the nod. Now, if this question were to be asked in the A. Conan Doyle Lovers group, I suspect you'd see a different result.

My apologies to all Christie lovers, but between them, it'll be Conan Doyle for me.

In books I prefer Christie, but I enjoy seeing Sherlock Holmes cases on screen as much as Christie's books adaptations.

I love them both! I would say for novels, it would be Christie. For short stories, definitely Conan Doyle. There are only a few actual Sherlock novels/novellas so he gets the edge in short stories.

I frankly can't see how the two can be compared. Their writing styles are so different, not to mention the eras the came from.