Black Widowers series
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The Black Widowers series is a collection of mystery short stories by Isaac Asimov featuring a men's dining club that solves puzzling problems through deductive reasoning.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
detective fiction
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mystery fiction series ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
armchair detection
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deductive reasoning ⓘ logic puzzles ⓘ |
| containsWork |
Banquets of the Black Widowers
NERFINISHED
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More Tales of the Black Widowers NERFINISHED ⓘ Puzzles of the Black Widowers NERFINISHED ⓘ Tales of the Black Widowers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Casebook of the Black Widowers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of the Black Widowers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresFictionalOrganization | The Black Widowers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalOrganizationType | men's dining club ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
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mystery ⓘ puzzle mystery ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Henry (the waiter) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistRole | Henry as the true detective figure ⓘ |
| hasRecurringCharacter |
Emmanuel Rubin
NERFINISHED
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Geoffrey Avalon NERFINISHED ⓘ James Drake NERFINISHED ⓘ Mario Gonzalo NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Halsted NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Trumbull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecurringElement |
logical reconstruction of events
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post-dinner puzzle discussion ⓘ ritualized questioning of the guest ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | The Trap Door Spiders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | rational problem-solving ⓘ |
| mainSetting | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | short stories ⓘ |
| notableFor |
club-based mystery format
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use of fair-play clues ⓘ |
| originalMagazine | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMedium | magazine publication ⓘ |
| plotDevice | dinner conversation leading to solution ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| structure | each story centers on a guest with a puzzle or problem ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStories | 20th century ⓘ |
| typicalResolution | solution provided by Henry ⓘ |
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