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wu :: forums    general    wanted (Moderators: Eigenray, Icarus, Grimbal, ThudnBlunder, SMQ, william wu, towr)    History of Riddles « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: History of Riddles  (Read 9683 times) helenislovely Newbie     Posts: 15 History of Riddles   « on: Dec 21st, 2005, 10:19am » Quote Modify I posted this in the wrong place before - doh While I have lots of great books listing riddles from logic puzzles to maths, I am really looking for a book which discusses the history and context of riddles. Something with examples from the sphinx through Anglo-Saxon poetic word play on to current lateral thinking web and newspaper puzzles. I've done various google/ amazon searches but can't seem to find anything general/ for the lay reader. Anyone got any suggestions?   Thanks IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: History of Riddles   « Reply #1 on: Dec 21st, 2005, 3:48pm » Quote Modify Maybe Riddles: Ancient and Modern Dictionary of Riddles They're the closest thing I found so far googling. Unfortunately neither are readily available anymore (although perhaps you can find either in a library)   « Last Edit: Dec 21st, 2005, 4:00pm by towr » IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB helenislovely Newbie     Posts: 15 Re: History of Riddles   « Reply #2 on: Dec 22nd, 2005, 1:44am » Quote Modify Thanks Towr, you're fab. The first one looks like the one for me and there's a second hand copy available on uk amazon. Also searching with a name helped more than the frustrating results I was getting on 'history' and led me to this: http://www.wgbh.org/pages/pri/spirit/shows/087bibl.html (Just in case you are interested as well as being helpful!) Now I just have to source all the books on that site... IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: History of Riddles   « Reply #3 on: Dec 22nd, 2005, 2:04am » Quote Modify Hehe, that was one fo the first sites I found, and based on that I searched amazon for "mark bryant" IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: History of Riddles   « Reply #4 on: Jan 20th, 2006, 6:35am » Quote Modify Here is a chronology:   http://anduin.eldar.org/~problemi/singmast/recchron.html « Last Edit: Jan 20th, 2006, 6:38am by ThudnBlunder » IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis => wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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