The Thinking Machine (short story)

Also Known As: Enter: The Thinking Machine
Also Known As: Introduction To The Thinking Machine

Author: Jacques Futrelle

Type: Short Story

The Thinking Machine is a literary sketch by author Jacques Futrelle that tells the story of how his fictional character, Professor Augustus S F X Van Dusen, Ph D, LL D, F R S, M D, etc, came to be known to the world at large as The Thinking Machine. - AsNotedIn

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Beacon Hill, After this expected result of the tournament Hillsbury, a noted American master, spent a morning with Professor Van Dusen in the latter's modest apartments on Beacon Hill.
Boston, Massachusetts It was absolutely impossible. Twenty-five chess masters from the world at large, foregathered in Boston for the annual championships, unanimously declared it impossible, and unanimity on any given point is an unusual mental condition for chess masters.

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Y/M/D		Association	Description	Place	Locale	Food	Event
1908/00/00	Jacques Futrelle	Author	Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine" plays chess in "The Thinking Machine on the Case".

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Particulars for The Thinking Machine (short story):
Board Game	Chess	two-player strategy board game played with pieces that have specific abilities
Ability	Chess Master	Title bestowed on chess players based on their superior performance
Narrative Arts	Fiction	prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Narrative Arts	Mystery	something not understood or beyond understanding
Narrative Arts	Narrative	an account of connected events
Narrative Arts	Prose	ordinary written language
Art Type	Short Story	short form narrative fiction

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Original Language:	English

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