The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries

{{Short description|1985 collection of mystery short stories by Isaac Asimov}}

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| author = Isaac Asimov

| cover_artist = Yoshi Miyake

| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Mystery

| publisher = Walker & Company

| release_date = 1985

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| media_type = Print (hardcover)

| pages = 50 p.

| isbn = 0-8027-6578-5

| preceded_by = The Key Word and Other Mysteries

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The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries is a collection of mystery short stories by American author Isaac Asimov, featuring his boy detective Larry. The book was illustrated by Yoshi Miyake and was first published in hardcover by Walker & Company in 1985.

The book contains five stories. Three were reprinted from Boys' Life and the other two were new stories written for the book.

Larry appeared in seven other stories, five of which appear in The Key Word and Other Mysteries. (The eleventh Larry story, "Zip Code," from Boys' Life September 1986, does not appear in any book, and the twelfth and final story, "A Friend Calls," was never published.){{cite web |url=http://stevenac.net/asimov/Bibliography.htm |title=An Annotated Asimov Bibliography |last=Cooper |first=Steven |access-date=October 3, 2023}}

Contents

  • "The Disappearing Man" (Boys' Life, June 1978){{cite journal |last1=Asimov |first1=Isaac |title=The Disappearing Man |journal=Boys' Life |date=June 1978 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NiapfKAPOwkC&dq=The+Disappearing+Man%22+(Boys%27+Life,+June+1978)&pg=PA30}}
  • "Lucky Seven" (Boys' Life, September 1982){{cite journal |last1=Asimov |first1=Isaac |title=The Lucky Seven |journal=Boys' Life |date=September 1982|page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dWYEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Lucky+Seven%22+(%27%27Boys%27+Life%27%27,+September+1982)&pg=PA3}}
  • "The Christmas Solution" (Boys' Life, December 1983){{cite journal |last1=Asimov |first1=Isaac |title= The Christmas Solution |journal=Boys' Life |date=December 1983|page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWYEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22The+Christmas+Solution%22+(%27%27Boys%27+Life%27%27,+December+1983)&pg=PA26}}
  • "The Twins" (first appeared in this book)
  • "The Man in the Park" (first appeared in this book)

See also

References

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External links

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{{Asimov short-story collections}}

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Category:Mystery short story collections by Isaac Asimov

Category:1985 short story collections

Category:Works originally published in Boys' Life

Category:1985 children's books

Category:Children's mystery short story collections

Category:American children's books

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