- Hardcover
- Publisher: Mountaineers Books (Aug 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0898864038
- ISBN-13: 978-0898864038
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.5 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,847,027 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The sequel to the award winning Touching the Void
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Joe Simpson didn't anticipate experiencing, again, the events described in "Touching the Void". A fall in the Himalayas crippled and almost broke him. Forced to test his nerve he struggled on crutches to 20,000 feet on Pumori only to hear the news of the death of yet one more friend in the mountains. In an attempt to find a catharsis for his confused emotions, he wrote this memoir of the signposts that have directed him since childhood to live as an adventurer.
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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed this book - you really get to know Simpson, and he comes across as a likeable character, although somewhat hapless and accident prone, not to mention easily led (by Greenpeace, for example). Having read, and loved, Touching the Void, I was astonished to discover that the incident in Peru was just one of many extremely close scrapes that Simpson got into, including being swept 2,000 feet down a mountain in an avalanche. This man has considerably more than nine lives. He also makes some admirable efforts to explain why he climbs, and how he deals with the regular deaths of his friends in the mountains. The regularity with which these introspective passages pop up within the text demonstrates that Simpson is turning the issue over in his own mind as much as he is trying to get anything across to us armchair mountaineers. But one or two of these passages stand out among the best in all mountaineering literature. And if you get bored of these bits, a thrilling passage of mountaineering and survival is never too far off. A very entertaining book, and definitely worth reading for anyone who enjoyed Touching the Void (and much better than Dark Shadows Falling).
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After having enjoyed Touching the Void a book that claimed to be its sequel was worth a read. Slow in starting, I did not initially understood why Simpson needed to tell us about his childhood, the book gave a good undestanding of Simpson and his addiction to mountaineering. The desciption of the mugging in Sheffield was just as dramatic as the accident on Pumouri. Simpson has that great ability to enanble his reader to visualise what he is going through. The description of the ankle break and the facial injuries was not one for the screamish and i felt "not again". Simpson's account of the loss of his friends and the wonder of why them and not me is sobering. Amother great offering from Simpson and I would recommend this to all that have read Touching the Void.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This game of ghosts is a valiant attempt by joe simpson to write a sequel to the epic "touching the void", and his honesty and philosophical approach are interesting, but ultimately the book is disjointed and a little repetitive and strangely lacking. upon finishing touching the void, i couldnt wait to find out what happened next, and unfortunately simpson doesnt really linger on this period in any great depth, and there seems to be some reading between the lines required as well, as nowhere is there mention of simon yates contributions to touching the void, other than obviously cutting the rope.
simpson attempts to knit togther the various segments of his life with his motivations and observations on risk and particuliarly mountaineering, but these observations become a little repetitive.
simpson is undoubtedly a good writer, and the mountaineering expeditions he describes again show his simplistic yet effective technique works very well, but lacking the depth and coherence of the previous book.
simpson attempts to knit togther the various segments of his life with his motivations and observations on risk and particuliarly mountaineering, but these observations become a little repetitive.
simpson is undoubtedly a good writer, and the mountaineering expeditions he describes again show his simplistic yet effective technique works very well, but lacking the depth and coherence of the previous book.
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This Game of Ghosts
`This Game of Ghosts' is Simpson's sequel to `Touching The Void' and is more autobiographical. In fact part one leads up to the accident in Peru and part two takes over from when... Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2009 by Spider Monkey
Good but not great, just good!!
I read this book after reading 'Touching the Void' and I have a basic level of mountaineering experience so I wasn't to phased by any of the jargon of which there is a little. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2008 by Humphrey
Compelling
I came to this book after reading Touching the Void and seeing Simpson in the film of the same name. Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2007 by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
Compelling
By the end of Touching the Void I needed to know more about Joe Simpson and why he does what he does - this book answers many of the questions. Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2000
Because it's there.
Joe Simpson, having escaped death a few times upon the mountains, tries within this book to examine and explain the attraction of the "game". Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2000 by J. Mcgregor
honest, inspiring, moving, an exceptional book.
The book begins innocently enough, although I'm not sure why, tracing Joe's childhood. It soon moves into his meteoric rise into mountaineering, how he began boldly and continued... Read more
Published on 18 July 2000 by louiseandmike@netscapeonline.co.uk
Inside the climbing mindset
The book starts off a bit leadenly with an account of Simpson's upbringing. Once he gets on to the climbing, though, Joe's style catches fire, and the reader is quickly drawn in -... Read more
Published on 18 Dec 1998
Although a bit disjointed this book some excellent insights
This book started off a bit slow with his reflections on his childhood. He came off quite pompous and self important. Read more
Published on 8 Dec 1998
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