101 Uses for a Dead Cube #[nn]

A perfectly timed bit of humor from 1981, this Tor Books paperback by John Zales and John Stevens pokes affectionate fun at the Rubik's Cube craze that had the whole world twisted in knots. John Stevens' cover art says it all: a thoroughly satisfied orange tabby cat curls around a colorful scrambled cube, having clearly claimed it as a toy rather than a puzzle to be solved. It's a charming, witty package that captures the era's pop-culture obsession with a knowing wink.