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from my book.
from my book.


Called <u>Ken Morgan</u>. He didn't
Called <u>Ken Morgan</u>. He didn't try and talk me out of dealing  <br>
with Research Games. He said he had conflicts with  <br>
<u>Bob Schneider</u> who was hard to get along with, but has  <br>
good relations with <u>Bob Gellman</u>.  <br>
Made a date for him to come to supper on Thurd. 12/9.
 
Put letters on the 15 pieces of <u>HABITAT</u> with each level  <br>
spelling a word, but not necessarily in order (BRUNT -  <br>
GLOW - SKI - ME - A). Put numbers in the 5 base recesses.  <br>
(Tomorrow) ---> [arrow pointing to 'recesses']
 
<u>Claude</u> called. Nothing particular about games.  <br>
<u>Harold Saperstein</u> found <u>HABITAT</u> very difficult.
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(cont. from 12/5)  [12/6]
 
To <u>Martin Gardner</u>.  <br>
Showed him my ideas for <u>HABITAT</u> and <u>HONORABLE RELATIONS</u>. He  <br>
thought the latter a particularly interesting concept.  <br>
He showed me a book ''<u>PUZZLES OLD AND NEW</u>'' by Professor  <br>
Hoffman which had a wealth of puzzles, including a  <br>
<u>SNAKE PUZZLE</u> which has similarities to my <u>THE WORM TURNS</u>.  <br>
The former has a small piece with a picture of a bird  <br>
and (I believe) 10 snake pieces of different sizes and slope  <br>
of end cut. Object is to plcae the tail and the bird down  <br>
and then build the snake so that the jaws end up around  <br>
the bird.  <br>
Martin thinks that I might be able to find this and other  <br>
puzzle books at  <br>
{<u>Al Flosso</u> (Martinka Magic Shop)  <br>
{304 W. 34th St. (1 Flight up)  <br>
{BR 9 - 6079  <br>
Martin has been in correspondence with a puzzle collector  <br>
in Toronto, Canada. He has the largest puzzle collection  <br>
in the world, more than twice as big as the one that  <br>
Martin once wrote up in his column (who died some time  <br>
ago - Martin doesn't know what happened to the collection).  <br>
The fellow in Toronto was on a series of TV shows <s>and</s>  <br>
(cont. 11/26)