Amazon link 50 pages in. I still don't know what the 'game' is about. just beads and strings and it's bigger than life.... hmmm getting restless. heh 12/13 56 pages in. something is finally FINALLY starting to happen. I HATE THIS BOOK! 1/3/07 falling asleep reading it.... page 76. he's in a monestery studying/teaching... 1/4/07 a very beautiful description of visions during meditation of Kneht. specifically about a boy and old-man following each over in cycles. 1/5/07 i did a lot of background research on this book, probably read more of background than of the book itself. So what most of the serious readers are saying about the book is that it is an introspective study of human character within imaginery social chierarchy. human character being Kneht. if that was so i can name a dozen sci-fi fantasy books that explore just that topic. they did not win a Nobel Prize while proved to be a much more interesting read. May be I started with the wrong book. they say stepenwolf is something one should start with. for now i do not see what the big fuss is about. and i'm trying. trully really to like this book. currently Kneht became Master of the Game.... Quotes...