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Cracking the Quicksilver Code

Posted by timothy on from the greatest-living-writer dept.

wka writes "Todd Garrison describes in detail how he solved the cryptographic puzzle promoting Neal Stephenson's forthcoming book Quicksilver, and the reward for his effort. Stephenson himself calls Garrison's story 'remarkable' because Garrison was completely unfamiliar with the system of writing (Real Character) used in the puzzle. Also, Stephenson notes that the system and its creator play roles in The Baroque Cycle."

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  1. The joy of Neal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yet another book with lots of boring minutae, then the second half of the plot has to be resolved in five paragraphs.

  2. Re:BTW - I invented the Universe. by Agent+Deepshit · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Tell me about it. I wish someone would slashdot slashdot for once.

  3. Tp xibu? by k98sven · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Dzsup csfbijoh jt gps epslt.