The Return of the Black Widowers
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| Author | Isaac Asimov |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Black Widowers |
| Genre(s) | Mystery short stories |
| Publisher | Carroll & Graf |
| Publication date | 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 304 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-786-71248-1 |
| Preceded by | Puzzles of the Black Widowers |
The Return of the Black Widowers is a collection of mystery short stories by science fiction author Isaac Asimov featuring his fictional club of mystery solvers, the Black Widowers. It was first published in hardcover by Carroll & Graf in November 2003.
This book is the sixth and last of the six books featuring the Black Widowers. It was assembled and edited after Asimov's death by Charles Ardai, and collects the last six stories Asimov wrote for the series, preceded by an introduction by Harlan Ellison, ten stories selected by the editor as the best from the previous Black Widowers collections, and a homage by William Brittain, and followed by another reprinted tale featuring a fictionalized version of Ellison, a new Black Widowers tale by Ardai, and an afterward by Asimov on the creation of the series drawn from his autobiography I, Asimov.
[edit] Contents
- "Introduction" (Harlan Ellison)
- "The Acquisitive Chuckle" (from Tales of the Black Widowers)
- "Early Sunday Morning" (from Tales of the Black Widowers)
- "The Obvious Factor" (from Tales of the Black Widowers)
- "The Iron Gem" (from More Tales of the Black Widowers)
- "To the Barest" (from Casebook of the Black Widowers)
- "Sixty Million Trillion Combinations" (from Banquets of the Black Widowers)
- "The Wrong House" (from Banquets of the Black Widowers)
- "The Redhead" (from Banquets of the Black Widowers)
- "Triple Devil" (from Puzzles of the Black Widowers)
- "The Men Who Read Isaac Asimov" (William Brittain)
- "Northwestward"
- "Yes, But Why"
- "Lost In a Space Warp"
- "Police at the Door"
- "The Haunted Cabin"
- "The Guest's Guest"
- "The Woman in the Bar" (from Banquets of the Black Widowers)
- "The Last Story" (Charles Ardai)
- "Afterword"
[edit] External links
- "The Return of the Black Widowers" - a book review by John H. Jenkins
| Mystery collections by Isaac Asimov |
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Tales of the Black Widowers (1974) • More Tales of the Black Widowers (1976) • Casebook of the Black Widowers (1980) • Banquets of the Black Widowers (1984) • Puzzles of the Black Widowers (1990) • The Return of the Black Widowers (2003) Other Mysteries Asimov's Mysteries (1968) • The Union Club Mysteries (1980) • The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries (1985) • The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov (1986) |
