The Marquis de Sade of the puzzle world
November 26, 2012 3:06 PM Subscribe
[Henry] Hook has come to be known as the Marquis de Sade of the puzzle world: a brilliant and oddly beloved misanthrope, administering exquisite torture through dozens of puzzle books and syndicated crosswords.
Not only is it neat to read about Henry Hook, one of my favorite puzzle-makers, but this post reminded me to renew my subscription to Games Magazine. Double thanks. :)
posted by jess at 3:45 PM on November 26, 2012
posted by jess at 3:45 PM on November 26, 2012
Yeah, that was great! I just went and worked a Henry Hook puzzle - possibly my first - and enjoyed it almost as much as the article. Thanks!
posted by kristi at 10:51 PM on November 26, 2012
posted by kristi at 10:51 PM on November 26, 2012
It's hard to go wrong with an article that contains this gem:
“Did you know that Britney Spears has signed a big endorsement deal with Pepsi? That’s right, it’s true, and we are all very happy about it. You see, ‘Pepsi-Cola’ is an anagram of ‘Episcopal’ and ‘Britney Spears’ is an anagram of ‘Presbyterians.’ “ He paused to let this sink in, but my reaction wasn’t quite what he had hoped for. “Yeah, I know,” he said. “ ‘Episcopal’ is singular, and ‘Presbyterians’ is plural. But we take what we can get.”
Thanks for posting this. It almost makes me want to renew my subscription to the New Yorker, but I think that I'll follow jess' lead and subscribe to Games magazine instead.
posted by math at 3:04 AM on November 27, 2012
“Did you know that Britney Spears has signed a big endorsement deal with Pepsi? That’s right, it’s true, and we are all very happy about it. You see, ‘Pepsi-Cola’ is an anagram of ‘Episcopal’ and ‘Britney Spears’ is an anagram of ‘Presbyterians.’ “ He paused to let this sink in, but my reaction wasn’t quite what he had hoped for. “Yeah, I know,” he said. “ ‘Episcopal’ is singular, and ‘Presbyterians’ is plural. But we take what we can get.”
Thanks for posting this. It almost makes me want to renew my subscription to the New Yorker, but I think that I'll follow jess' lead and subscribe to Games magazine instead.
posted by math at 3:04 AM on November 27, 2012
Here every problem has a solution, and pain, disease, violence, and despair never make it to the grid. “When you solve a crossword, you don’t want death or Nazis thrown in your face,” Will Shortz says. “If there is a seventy-year-old woman who is filling out the grid and she’s got ‘__uck,’ I can’t imagine making her add an ‘F.’ “
Contrast with the Private Eye crossword...
posted by atrazine at 4:59 AM on November 27, 2012
Contrast with the Private Eye crossword...
posted by atrazine at 4:59 AM on November 27, 2012
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