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by Joe Simpson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (25 Aug 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099380110
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099380115
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,487 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A sequel to the award-winning "Touching the Void", in which Simpson described a fall in the Himalayas which crippled and almost broke him. This is a memoir of the signposts that have directed him since childhood to measure fear and embrace the unknown.

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Joe Simpson is the author of several best-selling books, of which the first, Touching the Void, won both the NCR Award and the Boardman Tasker Award. Since its first publication in 1988, Touching the Void has become a classic and an international bestseller, translated into fourteen languages and made into an award-winning feature-length documentary film (winner of the Outstanding British Film of the Year BAFTA 2004). Joe currently lives in Sheffield.

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent read, 4 Oct 1999
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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).
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Had to read the sequel to Touching the Void, 13 Jun 2004
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.
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3.0 out of 5 stars what happened next..., 22 Jan 2005
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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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars 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 5 months ago by Spider Monkey

3.0 out of 5 stars 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 8 months ago by Humphrey

5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling
I came to this book after reading Touching the Void and seeing Simpson in the film of the same name. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

4.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 Jul 2000 by louiseandmike@netscapeonline.co.uk

4.0 out of 5 stars 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

4.0 out of 5 stars 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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