New (and coming soon) to bookstores

[Bob Zager]

Tentatively set for release in September are TWO books by former Jeopardy! Champions.  First, Ken Jennings' long talked-about book:
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140006445...glance&n=283155

Then there is also this one by Bob Harris:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030733956...glance&n=283155

While in a local Waldenbooks store, I noticed a new publication called, "Pat Sajak's Take-a-Letter Crosswords."  Unlike most crossword puzzles, this helps the player along by using symbols in corresponding squares representing each time a certain letter appears.  Example:  each square that should contain an "R," may be represented by a triangle.  Each puzzle uses three symbols for three different letters.

[wheelloon]

[quote name=\'Bob Zager\' post=\'118661\' date=\'May 16 2006, 05:42 PM\']
While in a local Waldenbooks store, I noticed a new publication called, "Pat Sajak's Take-a-Letter Crosswords."  Unlike most crossword puzzles, this helps the player along by using symbols in corresponding squares representing each time a certain letter appears.  Example:  each square that should contain an "R," may be represented by a triangle.  Each puzzle uses three symbols for three different letters.
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Yes, it is a sort of book version of his online game (Lucky Letters) that supposedly has been popular on the internet, or at least he says it has...

Supposedly, it said somewhere, maybe on his website, that the idea for the game was patent-pending, which I find, to a point, amusing.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'wheelloon\' post=\'118672\' date=\'May 16 2006, 04:59 PM\']
Yes, it is a sort of book version of his online game (Lucky Letters) that supposedly has been popular on the internet, or at least he says it has...
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It's actually not a bad game.  I'd give it about a 7.5.

Doug