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Mad Mazes: Intriguing Mind Twisters for Puzzle Buffs, Game Nuts and Other Smart People (Paperback)

by Robert Abbott (Author), Martin Gardner (Author)
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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Adams Media Corp (October 1990)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1558501428
  • ISBN-13: 978-1558501423
  • Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.2 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #846,278 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Go a mazing with this amazing book!, December 3, 1999
By sharon@physics.rutgers.edu (South Brunswick, New Jersey) - See all my reviews
Looking for the perfect gift for that puzzle buff friend of yours? Look no further. Mad Mazes is a delightful book of 20 different mazes, each with its own rules for traveling through the maze. Each maze is challenging and fun and, if you solve it, you will shout Eureka! In this book, you see the genius of Robert Abbott at work and at play! We call him the O. Henry of puzzles as his solutions often have a surprise or twist to them. Each maze is preceded by a fun story which gives the rules for traveling through the maze. So, whether you are 7 or 107, if you enjoy challenging puzzles, this treasure of a book is for you. The good news is that Robert Abbott has written a wonderful sequel to Mad Mazes. It is called SuperMazes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wondefully intricate puzzles for the stubborn or brilliant, January 31, 1999
By "uneyay" (Stanford, CA) - See all my reviews
By saying the word "maze" I'm probably conjuring the image of those flat angles of black lines. This is NOT what you'll get if you buy this book. Mad Mazes is precisely that--each maze has a complex set of dynamic rules. One allows you only to turn right--unless you pass a certain point, after which you can only turn left. Another is three-dimensional, and you climb and descend levels in an effort to reach bottom. You actually have to (gasp) think. I first got this book 6-7 years ago and still haven't solved all the puzzles! (And there are only twenty, to my everlasting regret.) Each is accompanied with illustrations and a delightfully humorous story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic gift book, September 30, 2008
By Gil (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
I've bought more than 20 of these (mostly soft cover) over the years. These are the best mazes I've ever seen, with clever rules that make them fun and challenging. They are not the labyrinths of your childhood!

I give the book as an inexpensive table-top gift, or to a friend in a hospital, or for a birthday. The last maze in the book is brilliantly difficult, as the author warns. Get yourself some tracing paper to work your solutions on so you don't mark up the book itself.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Go a mazing with this amazing book!
Looking for the perfect gift for that puzzle buff friend of yours? Look no further. Mad Mazes is a delightful book of 20 different mazes, each with its own rules for traveling... Read more
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