Wayne Gould
Autor de The Times Su Doku
Sobre El Autor
Series
Obras de Wayne Gould
New York Post Sudoku 1: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (New York Post Su Doku) (2005) 33 copias
New York Post Sudoku 2: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (New York Post Su Doku) (2005) 22 copias
New York Post Fiendish Sudoku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (2006) 15 copias
New York Post Difficult Sudoku: The Official Utterly Adictive Number-Placing Puzzle (New York Post Su Doku) (2006) 15 copias
New York Post Easy Sudoku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (New York Post Su Doku) (2006) 12 copias
New York Post Sudoku 3: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (New York Post Su Doku) (2005) 8 copias
The " Times " Ultimate Su Doku: A Bumper Book for the Su Doku Addict in Your Life (Su Doku) (2005) 6 copias
New York Post Easy Sudoku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (New York Post Su Doku) (2006) 2 copias
New York Post The Doctor Will See You in a Minute Sudoku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (2006) 2 copias
Su Doku - Livro 2 1 copia
The Times Su Doku - Book 7 1 copia
New York Post Love Can Wait Sudoku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (2006) 1 copia
Su Doku Gold 1 copia
Sudoku on the Go 1 copia
Sudoku 2 1 copia
Sudoku 1 1 copia
New York Post Extra Hot Su Doku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (2007) 1 copia
The Times Su Doku Book 5 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1945-07-03
- Género
- male
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 69
- Miembros
- 465
- Popularidad
- #52,883
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 78
- Idiomas
- 7
The Times claims its Su Dokus are the original and the best, so it is not surprising its collections of “the crossword without words” have stormed the bestseller lists.
There are some who blithely fill in cryptic crosswords in pen, while the rest of us approach them with trepidation, and only when armed with pencil, eraser and dictionary. For those in the second category, fear not: Su Doku is also for you.
Do not be put off by the numbers — no mathematical or even arithmetic ability is needed: any nine symbols would do, but Arabian numerals are the most universally known. Su Doku is a game of pure logic; no general knowledge is required, it suits those of us who cannot spell, and a grounding in the classics, or even in youth culture, is of no value at all.
The introduction to one of the collections mentions that former Bletchley Park code breakers are among the number-placing puzzle enthusiasts — but don’t be intimidated; many of them also enjoy chocolate, which does not make it any less attractive to people whose IQs do not rank in high figures.
The Times Su Dokus are graded in four levels of difficulty, ranging from “Easy” to “Fiendish”. The only quibble I have is that 70% of the puzzles are “Difficult” or “Fiendish”, with only a few being “Mild” or “Easy”. English commuters might spend enough time in sufficient comfort to complete these, but as a general rule South Africans do not, and they are too tough to be finished during a tea break: for the addict, it is unthinkable not to finish a puzzle.
Twenty minutes of regular daily application to a logic or crossword puzzle should ensure against Alzheimer’s and premature senility. If you don’t Su Doku, petition your medical aid to allow you to claim on these books — for the good of your long-term sanity. Family and friends might object at first, until they become addicted themselves, and we all live to enjoy a sane and puzzling old age together.… (más)