Gridlock - 9781560258902
Un libro in lingua di Matt Gaffney edito da Perseus Books Group, 2006
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In the spirit of Word Freak and Searching for Bobby Fischer, Gridlock is a chronicle of the quirky subculture of America's crossword puzzles.
Tens of millions of Americans solve crossword puzzles regularly, but few know a thing about their genesis. Who writes crosswords, how—and for God's sake, why? Matt Gaffney is one of two dozen people who earns a living as a cruciverbalist. In Gridlock he provides an insider's look at the people who put that puzzle in your paper every day.
With verve and gusto, Gaffney traces his own starving-artist struggle to find paying puzzle gigs, including marketing hip crosswords to the Gen-X market. He then moves on to topics like the effect of computers on crossword writing, including a man versus machine battle he stages to see who writes better crosswords; the ever-evolving crossword puzzle book market, where a top-selling series now has books shaped like a toilet seat; and a trip to the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, where the “Cru” (collective slang noun meaning “the crossword puzzle writing community”) hangs out in person once a year. Gridlock also features an interview with crossword rock star Will Shortz.
Tens of millions of Americans solve crossword puzzles regularly, but few know a thing about their genesis. Who writes crosswords, how—and for God's sake, why? Matt Gaffney is one of two dozen people who earns a living as a cruciverbalist. In Gridlock he provides an insider's look at the people who put that puzzle in your paper every day.
With verve and gusto, Gaffney traces his own starving-artist struggle to find paying puzzle gigs, including marketing hip crosswords to the Gen-X market. He then moves on to topics like the effect of computers on crossword writing, including a man versus machine battle he stages to see who writes better crosswords; the ever-evolving crossword puzzle book market, where a top-selling series now has books shaped like a toilet seat; and a trip to the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, where the “Cru” (collective slang noun meaning “the crossword puzzle writing community”) hangs out in person once a year. Gridlock also features an interview with crossword rock star Will Shortz.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Gridlock
- Sottotitolo: Crossword Puzzles and the Mad Geniuses Who Create Them
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Matt Gaffney
- Editore: Perseus Books Group
- Collana: Perseus Books Group (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 03 Luglio '06
- Genere: GAMES
- Argomenti : Crossword puzzles Crossword puzzle makers
- Pagine: 225
- Dimensioni mm: 196 x 133 x 19
- ISBN-10: 156025890X
- EAN-13: 9781560258902