Backgammon Bibliography |
Author | Kleinman, Danny | |||
Title | Vision Laughs at Counting with Advice to the Dicelorn | |||
Subtitle | Backgammon writings by Danny Kleinman | |||
Cover | ||||
1980 edition: Volume 1 ...... and volume 2. | ||||
1996 edition (Larry Strommen): Volume 1 ...... and volume 2. | ||||
Edition 2007 by Lulu | ||||
Year |
1980: edition Danny Kleinman 1996: reprint by Larry Strommen 2007: reprint by Lulu |
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Pages |
1980 edition: 203 (Vol. 1) and 223 (Vol. 2) [= pages 235 to 437] 1996 edition: 223 (Vol. 1) and 211 (Vol. 2) 2007 edition: 445 (in one volume) |
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Publisher |
1980: Danny Kleinman, Los Angeles 1996: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles 2007: Lulu (Print-on-demand) |
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Binding |
1980 edition: Softcover 1996 edition: Softcover, spiral-bound 2007: Available as Hardcover, Softcover and Coil |
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ISBN | without | |||
Language | English | |||
Remarks | I am still searching for the 1996 edition of this book. If you can help, please contact me via eMail. | |||
From the same Author |
A Backgammon Book for Gabriel, 1994 ... But Only The Hogs Win, 1991 Double-Sixes from the Bar, 1982, 1999 How Can I Keep From Dancing?, 1983 / 1999 How Little We Know About Backgammon, 1985 / 2001 Is There Life After Backgammon?, 1983 / 1997 Long Road to Gammon, 1995 Meanwhile, Back at the Chouette, 1981 / 1996 The Dice Conquer All, 1984 / 1999 The Other Side of Midnight, 1986 Wonderful World of Backgammon, 1981 / 1996 |
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Co-Author of |
Backgammon With the Giants: Neil Kazaross, 2001 Costa Rica 1994, 1996 Cubes and Gammons Near the End of the Match, 1997 Jerry Grandell - His most important Matches, 1999 |
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Book Reviews |
"Vision Laughs at Counting" [..] contains much sound advice on the practical aspects of
backgammon play (e.g., sections on bg hustlers, bg cheaters, chouette money management), seminal
advice on handling the doubler, and even a few unprecedented mathematical characterizations of
certain aspects of certain positions (e.g., how many pips to penalize a player for having
one or more checkers on the bar). It is generally insightful and often very amusingly written,
but not suitable as an introductory text, sometimes obsolete, and sometimes simply wrong;
and though it is the only text by Kleinman that I have read, I have good reason to believe that that
judgment applies to Kleinman's other texts, as well. – John Bazigos, rec.games.backgammon, July 1993
"Technical articles on general subjects are interspersed with a format of letters to Miss Lonelyblots, the everfaithful counselor to the 'Dorn-Lorn'. The books are not entirely technical but address the tricky subject of mental attitude of how to approach the game. In addition, it details many cheating techniques in order to alert the unwary player to these pitfalls." – Butch Meese, rec.games.backgammon, January 1984 |
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