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The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov [2/2] (Roy Avers)
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Date: 2024-03-20
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I usually don’t have any criticisms of Asimov’s solutions, but the one in The Redhead is unsatisfying. It’s simple in way Asimov sets up his solutions, but there was a better one, in this case. At least to me. I was convinced this would be the solution, and when it wasn’t, I was surprised. Maybe that’s why I don’t like this solution.
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With the emphasis on Mrs. Anderson’s red hair, I figured that specifically the transformation thereof would be critical in the answer. My solution was this: Mrs. Anderson went inside, and sat someplace unobtrusive. Asimov emphasized the artificiality of the restaurant’s windows, fireplaces, etc. I’d figured the restaurant would be at some point admitted to be cast in a general darkish bluish ambience, which would make red hair potentially appear dark and even black. Mr. Anderson wasn’t looking for a black haired woman, and so he was asking the wrong question. When the solution was that she simply lied down and put her head on a stranger’s lap, I couldn’t help but think Asimov could have done a bit better on this singular occasion. But maybe that was the trick he is primarily a science writer so he would expect his readers to cook up a scientific explanation. Joke’s on me.
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I usually don’t have any criticisms of Asimov’s solutions, but the one in The Redhead is unsatisfying. It’s simple in way Asimov sets up his solutions, but there was a better one, in this case. At least to me. I was convinced this would be the solution, and when it wasn’t, I was surprised. Maybe that’s why I don’t like this solution.
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With the emphasis on Mrs. Anderson’s red hair, I figured that specifically the transformation thereof would be critical in the answer. My solution was this: Mrs. Anderson went inside, and sat someplace unobtrusive. Asimov emphasized the artificiality of the restaurant’s windows, fireplaces, etc. I’d figured the restaurant would be at some point admitted to be cast in a general darkish bluish ambience, which would make red hair potentially appear dark and even black. Mr. Anderson wasn’t looking for a black haired woman, and so he was asking the wrong question. When the solution was that she simply lied down and put her head on a stranger’s lap, I couldn’t help but think Asimov could have done a bit better on this singular occasion. But maybe that was the trick he is primarily a science writer so he would expect his readers to cook up a scientific explanation. Joke’s on me.
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Story list:
00: 00: 00 - (12) Middle Name
00: 37: 54 - (13) Sixty Million Trillion Combinations
01: 14: 36 - (14) The Good Samaritan
01: 51: 00 - (15) Can You Prove It
02: 26: 13 - (16) The Redhead
Union Club Mysteries---
03: 02: 51 - (17) He Wasn't There
03: 15: 49 - (18) Hide and Seek
03: 29: 57 - (19) Dollars and Cents
03: 43: 46 - (20) The Sign
03: 57: 44 - (21) Getting the Combination
04: 11: 27 - (22) The Library Book
04: 26: 35 - (23) Never Out of Sight
04: 40: 04 - (24) The Magic Umbrella
04: 53: 14 - (25) The Speck
Miscellaneous Mysteries---
05: 07: 21 - (26) The Key
06: 22: 34 - (27) A Problem of Numbers
06: 35: 09 - (28) The Little Things
06: 43: 09 - (29) Halloween
06: 51: 11 - (30) The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
06: 58: 36 - (31) The Key Word
07: 06: 35 - (32) Nothing Might Happen
07: 26: 23 - (33) Acknowledgments
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Story list:
00: 00: 00 - (12) Middle Name
00: 37: 54 - (13) Sixty Million Trillion Combinations
01: 14: 36 - (14) The Good Samaritan
01: 51: 00 - (15) Can You Prove It
02: 26: 13 - (16) The Redhead
Union Club Mysteries---
03: 02: 51 - (17) He Wasn't There
03: 15: 49 - (18) Hide and Seek
03: 29: 57 - (19) Dollars and Cents
03: 43: 46 - (20) The Sign
03: 57: 44 - (21) Getting the Combination
04: 11: 27 - (22) The Library Book
04: 26: 35 - (23) Never Out of Sight
04: 40: 04 - (24) The Magic Umbrella
04: 53: 14 - (25) The Speck
Miscellaneous Mysteries---
05: 07: 21 - (26) The Key
06: 22: 34 - (27) A Problem of Numbers
06: 35: 09 - (28) The Little Things
06: 43: 09 - (29) Halloween
06: 51: 11 - (30) The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
06: 58: 36 - (31) The Key Word
07: 06: 35 - (32) Nothing Might Happen
07: 26: 23 - (33) Acknowledgments
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DrWhom
I was briefly shocked by the suggestion to kick the redhead in the fanny, until I remembered that in the states this is the lady's backside
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I was briefly shocked by the suggestion to kick the redhead in the fanny, until I remembered that in the states this is the lady's backside
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Flemmi
there is no need to wait 24h to call the Police. Its a myth. As soon as you believe someone is missing you can contact the police.
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there is no need to wait 24h to call the Police. Its a myth. As soon as you believe someone is missing you can contact the police.
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