New York Post Fiendish Sudoku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle | 
| Author: Wayne Gould
Publisher: Collins
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Rating:  13 reviews
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Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0061173363
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.74
EAN: 9780061173363
ASIN: 0061173363
Publication Date: July 1, 2006
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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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 Hours of pleasure (or pain) for top Sudoku puzzlers! October 24, 2006
Cassadiva (Maryland)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
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!
Excellent Book! December 7, 2006
EKop (Minneapolis, MN)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
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.
The Best April 8, 2007
Mathieu Guilmineau (Santa Clara, CA USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've tried various collections and must agree with the other comments. This is simply the best set out there. Forget Will Shortz and Tom Shelond! As advertised, every single grid can be completed without pencilling a single clue, which is immensely satisfying. The paper quality is good, the font elegant. Each grid brings its own challenge. Most of all, as the author rightfully boasts, by the end of the set you will see Su Doku as a thing of beauty - no mean feat!
 Very Good but Not Totally Fiendish March 23, 2008
Lisa Brandt (Sacramento, CA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
Great June 14, 2007
Hummingbird (Florida)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love it! I notice that I as I progress through the book, I get better at doing them. Fiendish are the best!
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