Trivia / The Return of the Black Widowers

• Write Who You Know: In the foreword, Harlan Ellison claims several of the Black Widower characters were based on people he and Isaac Asimov knew:
  • Darius Just, from "The Woman At The Bar", is based on Harlan Ellison. (Just originally appeared in Asimov's novel Murder At The ABA.
  • Mario Gonzalo is based on Lin Carter.
  • Geoffrey Avalon is based on Sprague De Camp.
  • Emmanuel Rubin is based on Lester del Rey.
  • Which character is not specified, but some of the Widowers are supposedly based on Don Benson.

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