Curious History of the Crossword: 100 Puzzles from Then and Now Paperback Author: Visit Amazon's Ben Tausig Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1937994457 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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About the Author
Ben Tausig is the author of Penguin Classics Crossword Puzzles, Gonzo Crosswords, and Crosswords from the Underground: 72 Puzzles from Alternative Newspapers. He is a freelance puzzle constructor living in New York City. He creates a weekly feature called "Ink Well" distributed in alternative weeklies across the continent in addition to editing a puzzle entitled avxwords.com. He has a PhD in Ethnomusicology.
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- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Race Point Publishing; Csm edition (November 27, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1937994457
- ISBN-13: 978-1937994457
- Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
As an inveterate crossword puzzles maven, I could not resist reading this somewhat short book in one sitting. It is chock full of information - from the genesis of the relatively simple puzzle in fun section of newspapers in the early 20th century to the present cornucopia of varying complexity, genres and delivery vehicles from printed materials and digital formats. Puzzle construction “has taken many twists and turns. There was a national puzzle craze in the 1920s, the arrival of national construction standards in the 1940s, a fallow period in the 1960s, and a triumphant resurgence in the 1980s and 90s.”
Ben Tausig, editor for The American Values Club: xword, and founder of the electronic Ink Well Xwords (2004) and well known puzzle “constructor” has written this book as a celebration of the centennial of the publication of the first puzzle by Arthur Wynne, a journalist who created a diamond grid as a fun game to fill the back page of the New York Times. He called his puzzle a “Word-Cross” that he first published in December 21, 1913.
The book is divided into ten chapters following an introduction. It expounds on almost everything about puzzles from basic knowledge, themes, humor, gender, indie types, to construction, technology and economics. Tausig explains the “Breakfast Table Rule” (and why crosswords break it), the evolution of the grid, why the hobby runs through families and generations, and how the unfair compensation by mainstream publications has given rise to the independent (indie) constructors. “Puzzles today flourish in niches that new technology has made possible, and many more constructors have many more opportunities to share their work.”
“Crossword puzzles are for curious people.
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