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In January 1993 Atlanta hosted the first ``Gathering for Gardner'': a gathering of mathematicians, magicians and puzzlists in honor of the king of expository mathematics Martin Gardner. This book is a collection of papers presented in Atlanta, ``A Collection in Tribute to Martin Gardner''. It consists of three parts, Part I ``Personal Magic'' includes addresses by Dana Richards, Raymond Smullyan, Carl Pomerance, Jeremiah Farrell and Tim Rowett, who in various forms address Martin Gardner Personally. Part II ``Puzlers'' includes papers on puzzles by a substantial part of the unwritten (or is it written?) directory ``who is who in the world of puzzles'': Robert Abbott, Donald Knuth, Stuart Lamle, Nob Yoshigahara, Michael Ecker, Richard Hess, Richard Guy, Shigeo Tagaki, Bernhard Wiezorke, Stewart Coffin, Kate Jones, Robert Neale, Rick Irby, Scot Morris, Jeremiah Farrell, Sivy Fahri, Edward Hordern, M. Oscar van Deventer, Bill Cutler, and James Dalgetry. Part III is entitled amply ``Mathemagics''. It includes contributions by Raymond Smullyan, Solomon Golomb, Ken Knowlton, Herbert Taylor, David Applegate, Guy Jacobson, Daniel Sletor, Bill Gosper, M. Oscar van Deventer, David Singmaster, Jeffrey Lagarias, and Leslie Shader. The great variety of recreational topics in this volume are representative of the great deal of Martin Gardner's own interests. It is hard to compete with the fabulous 1981 Martin Gardner's tribute entitled ``The Mathematical Gardner'' (ed. by David Klarner, Wadsworth, 1981; Zbl 0454.00017). But this new book would be a welcome addition to the many enthusiasts of puzzles and recreational mathematics.