Puzzles of the Black Widowers
Puzzles of the Black Widowers is a collection of mystery short stories by American author Isaac Asimov, featuring his fictional club of mystery solvers, the Black Widowers. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in January 1990, and in paperback by Bantam Books the same year. The first British edition was issued in hardcover by Doubleday (UK) in April 1990, and the first British paperback edition by Bantam UK in April 1991.[1]
This book is the fifth of six that describe mysteries solved by the Black Widowers, based on a literary dining club he belonged to known as the Trap Door Spiders.[2] It collects twelve stories by Asimov, nine reprinted from mystery magazines and three previously unpublished, together with a general introduction and an afterword by the author following each story. Each story involves the club members' knowledge of trivia.
Contents
- Introduction
- "The Fourth Homonym" (1985)
- "Unique Is Where You Find It" (1985)
- "The Lucky Piece" (1990)
- "Triple Devil" (1985)
- "Sunset on the Water" (1986)
- "Where Is He?" (1986)
- "The Old Purse" (1987)
- "The Quiet Place" (1988)
- "The Four-Leaf Clover" (1990)
- "The Envelope" (1989)
- "The Alibi" (1989)
- "The Recipe" (1990)
Notes
- ^ Puzzles of the Black Widowers title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Asimov 1994, I. Asimov, chapter "120. The Trap Door Spiders".
External links
- Puzzles of the Black Widowers title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Puzzles of the Black Widowers at Open Library
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- I, Robot (1950)
- The Martian Way and Other Stories (1955)
- Earth Is Room Enough (1957)
- Nine Tomorrows (1959)
- The Rest of the Robots (1964)
- Through a Glass, Clearly (1967)
- Asimov's Mysteries (1968)
- Nightfall and Other Stories (1969)
- The Early Asimov (1972)
- The Best of Isaac Asimov (1973)
- Tales of the Black Widowers (1974)
- Buy Jupiter and Other Stories (1975)
- The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (1976)
- More Tales of the Black Widowers (1976)
- The Key Word and Other Mysteries (1977)
- Casebook of the Black Widowers (1980)
- The Complete Robot (1982)
- The Winds of Change and Other Stories (1983)
- The Union Club Mysteries (1983)
- Banquets of the Black Widowers (1984)
- The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries (1985)
- The Edge of Tomorrow (1985)
- The Alternate Asimovs (1986)
- The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov (1986)
- The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (1986)
- Science Fiction by Asimov (1986)
- Robot Dreams (1986)
- Azazel (1988)
- The Asimov Chronicles (1989)
- Puzzles of the Black Widowers (1990)
- Robot Visions (1990)
- The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (1990)
- The Complete Stories, Volume 2 (1992)
- Gold (1995)
- Magic (1996)
- The Return of the Black Widowers (2003)