The New Yorker Book of Cartoon Puzzles and Games
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Author: PuzzabilityIntroduction: Will Shortz
Introduction: Robert Mankoff
Edition: Spiral-bound
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-06-01
ISBN: 1579125530
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Book Reviews of The New Yorker Book of Cartoon Puzzles and Games
Book Review: Great Fun, Even If A Bit Bulky
Summary: 4 Stars
The uniqueness of this puzzle book is that its puzzles are mostly gleaned from the annals of the New Yorker's cartoon library, and that makes it a joy to tackle. The only downside to this book -- and it isn't a huge one -- is the size of the book. With over-sized pages and spiral binding, and the fact that many of the puzzles cover two pages, you often must have the book all the way open (i.e., lying flat) to work the puzzles, and that can be a bit cumbersome, depending on where you are as you work the puzzles. Speaking of spiral binding, this is one of the recent spate of puzzle books that is spiral-bound, a wonderful addition to the puzzle-book genre -- even if it does add the cost of the buyer generally getting fewer puzzles per book than has been seen in the past for the same price. Personally, that's a price I'm willing to pay -- it's that great a feature. In fact, I won't even buy a puzzle book any more that isn't spiral-bound. All-in-all, this collection of puzzles is a lot of fun -- in more ways than one!
Summary of The New Yorker Book of Cartoon Puzzles and Games
The millions of New Yorker cartoon fans (and puzzlers, too) will exult in this ingenious, first-ever collection of puzzles and games that feature the magazine's cartoons as clues.Designed to offer a challenge to puzzlers of all levels, this collection of 100 crosswords, acrostics, caption scrambles, observation puzzles, and more is absolutely unique-it's the first-ever puzzle collection to feature New Yorker cartoons. Presented in an extremely user-friendly oversized spiral format, the book provides hours and hours of interactive entertainment- just bring your own pencil and brain power!
The puzzles themselves are ingenious-new and different kinds of brain-teasers that use the cartoons of The New Yorker in a fresh way, encouraging the agile reader to think like a New Yorker cartoonist. The introduction is a conversation between two masters: the cartoon editor of the New Yorker and the puzzle editor of The New York Times, and it sheds fascinating light on the connection between cartoons and puzzles.
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