New York Post Fiendish Sudoku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle [Paperback]

Wayne Gould (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 27, 2006

200 New Puzzles -- From Fiendish to Super Fiendish

Su Doku, "the crossword without words," comes with a warning: it is seriously addictive. You don't need to be a mathematical genius to solve these puzzles; it is simply a question of logic and a little patience.

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About the Author

Wayne Gould is the brains behind Su Doku. A former High Court judge in Hong Kong, he now spends his time developing the puzzle.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (June 27, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061173363
• ISBN-13: 978-0061173363
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Trivia
  • #12 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Sudoku
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hours of pleasure (or pain) for top Sudoku puzzlers!, October 23, 2006

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Cassadiva "cassadiva" (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New York Post Fiendish Sudoku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (Paperback)

I've worked Sudoku puzzles in several books (including the black belts, circles of hell, Mensa, etc.) and rank this book as the absolute best for challenging puzzles in the "pure" form of Sudoku.

Logic, not guessing, rules the puzzle-solving in this book. Most Sudoku books contain just a very few puzzles, if that, at this high level. There are only two levels here: fiendish and super-fiendish! I hope that NYP/Wayne Gould comes out with a Fiendish volume 2 very soon. Enjoy!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good but Not Totally Fiendish, March 23, 2008

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Lisa Brandt (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: New York Post Fiendish Sudoku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (Paperback)

I have to admit that I do love Wayne Gould's puzzles, which is why I bought this book sight unseen. Being an addict of very difficult sudoku (or "Su Doku", as he calls them), I looked forward to his worst. This is written after solving the first half.

Mr. Gould is of the solving school that thinks marking up the puzzle gets in the way of good solving. He challenges the solver to find his carefully hidden clues, all of which can be found without marking up -- if you have a better memory for numbers than I have. This is great fun, and I appreciate and enjoy the challenge. The downside is that for people who like REALLY hard (grid coloring, logic chains), these puzzles are not fiendishly hard.

I highly recommend this book to those who are trying to learn how to solve very difficult puzzles that can be solved by traditional techniques. It is filled with interesting and varied puzzles, and you will find some much harder than others because they test different solving methods. For an advanced solver, it is certainly much more fun than the average book.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, December 7, 2006

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EKop (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New York Post Fiendish Sudoku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (Paperback)

A collection of fiendish sudoku puzzles that you won't want to put down... This book is by far the best collection of hardcore sudoku out there. I was so happy to have found this book and am savoring each puzzle. I have purchased other books designed to be "difficult" or "very hard" and been rather disappointed, not so with this book... I would rate this book a " 6 " on a 1-5 scale.