This truly is a great book on the topic, and one of the best books I've ever read covering pool. It does cover mostly straight pool (aka 14.1 continuous); however, those topics spill over to one pocket, bank-shot games, and even 8-ball and 9-ball. If you are just learning pool (i.e. less than 500 hours at a table), do not buy this book. You will be disappointed because of your limited experience as a player. If you are just learning, I suggest "99 Critical Shots in Pool" by Ray Martin. For novice and intermediate players, 99 can help players immensely. Also, 99 is written in a fun, creative way. This book is not fun; however, if you are an advanced player (i.e. pool most-likely isn't "fun" any longer), you can learn a great deal about the game from this book from its great diagrams and great explanations. This is a book that you can read about 10-15 pages and then you have to set it down to absorb what you just read.
Review #2
A great book to read again and again and...
In my opinion a great book about playing pool.
George explains in a funny, pedagogic and easy to understand way how to master the game of pool. Gives concrete hints on what to think about in your game, specially the nine "whenever possibles" and the way of thinking about the balls in a straight pool game: A,B,C and D balls where the A-balls are potable balls, B-balls gets potable when the A-balls are potted, C-balls are the balls you have to break up and for that you use the D-balls. Understand? read the book!
I have learned a lot from this book and still do. It's the only book that i have read over and over again. George has a way of writing that never gets boring or uninteresting.
Most of the book concentrates on straight pool but there's also chapters on nine-ball and 8-ball that is very learnful.
If compared to "the straight pool bible"(don't remember the author) this book beats it with horse lenghts.
I'll soon buy some more books by George, hope they are as good as this one.
Kai Parviainen, Sweden
Review #3
Expert Straight pool insights
This book offers SUPERB insights into crossing 1 or 2 rack limits to breaks in straight pool. From ambitious novice to excellent player, you can learn a LOT by scanning a few pages. Straight pool, more than 8 or 9 ball, is a mental game and Fels does a marvellous and thorough job of explaining it.
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