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  • Cain's Jawbone

    From August Abolins@2:460/256 to All on Wed Jun 15 20:13:35 2022
    Hi All...


    The puzzle consists of a 100-page prose narrative with its pages arranged in the wrong order. [...] To solve the puzzle, the reader must determine the correct order of the pages and also the names of the murderers and victims within the story. The story's text includes a large number of quotations, references, puns, Spoonerisms and other word games. The pages can be arranged in 9.33?10157 (factorial of 100) possible combinations, but there is only one correct order. The solution to the puzzle has never been made public.

    Cain's Jawbone - Paperback
    Mathers Edward Powys
    Games & Activities / Puzzles
    Published May 14, 2021

    Caution: NOT for ebook readers! ;) The physical format is the ONLY way to go for this challenge.. and you could even be tempted to rip out the pages to but the story in chronological order.

    Ciao!
    /|ug (https://t.me/aabolins)

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  • From John Dovey@4:920/1.1 to August Abolins on Wed Jun 15 13:23:06 2022
    Hi All...


    The puzzle consists of a 100-page prose narrative with its pages arranged in the wrong order. [...] To solve the puzzle, the reader must determine the correct order of the pages and also the names of the murderers and victims within the story. The story's text includes a large number of quotations, references, puns, Spoonerisms and other word games. The pages can be arranged in 9.33?10157 (factorial of 100) possible combinations, but there is only one correct order. The solution to the puzzle has never been made public.

    Cain's Jawbone - Paperback
    Mathers Edward Powys
    Games & Activities / Puzzles
    Published May 14, 2021

    Caution: NOT for ebook readers! ;) The physical format is the ONLY way to go for this challenge.. and you could even be tempted to rip out the pages to but the story in chronological order.

    Definitely not for me. I just don't have the patience for that sort of thing.


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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to John Dovey on Wed Jun 15 18:53:00 2022
    Hello John!

    ** On Wednesday 15.06.22 - 13:23, you wrote:

    Cain's Jawbone - Paperback
    Mathers Edward Powys
    Games & Activities / Puzzles
    Published May 14, 2021

    Definitely not for me. I just don't have the patience for
    that sort of thing.

    Just looking at that thing is bonkers. Each PAGE is hard enough
    to decypher, let alone putting them in the right order!

    But there is a monetary prize $350USD to fund unbound.com
    projects. Contest ends in Nov/Dec'22

    BTW.. unbound.com seems like an interesting "publishing"
    initiative.

    I suppose you're not a puzzle guy in general?

    Not even this cool thing? It's a jigsaw puzzle that only
    provides clues as you put it together. But there is no clue as
    to what the puzzle looks like.

    I brought in this particular one to see what it's like:

    https://susepaste.org/69213677
    https://susepaste.org/1021590

    https://bbs.lc/JUn8h

    https://bookmanager.com/tbm/ ?q=h.tviewer&using_sb=status&qsb=keyword&qse=ld4DDtkH237vY4TOH5
    mNiQ

    Meanwhile.. I learned that there are a few more "stories" in
    this style.

    Back to book-style mysteries, I like the 5-minute types that
    reveal all the clues in a short story, and it's up to the
    reader to figure out who-dun-it.

    --
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  • From August Abolins@2:460/256 to John Dovey on Thu Jun 16 19:32:45 2022
    Hi John...


    Hi All...
    The puzzle consists of a 100-page prose narrative with its pages arranged
    in the wrong order. [...] To solve the puzzle, the reader must determine
    the correct order of the pages and also the names of the murderers and
    victims within the story. The story's text includes a large number of
    quotations, references, puns, Spoonerisms and other word games. The pages
    can be arranged in 9.33?10157 (factorial of 100) possible combinations,
    but there is only one correct order. The solution to the puzzle has never
    been made public.
    Cain's Jawbone - Paperback
    Mathers Edward Powys
    Games & Activities / Puzzles
    Published May 14, 2021
    Caution: NOT for ebook readers! ;) The physical format is the ONLY way
    to go for this challenge.. and you could even be tempted to rip out the
    pages to but the story in chronological order.
    Definitely not for me. I just don't have the patience for that sort of thing.

    I suppose even something like this is not your fort?? https://susepaste.org/44181856

    Ciao!
    /|ug (https://t.me/aabolins)

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  • From John Dovey@4:920/1.1 to August Abolins on Thu Jun 16 15:52:42 2022
    Definitely not for me. I just don't have the patience for that sort of
    thing.

    I suppose even something like this is not your fort?? https://susepaste.org/44181856

    You're correct.

    I do enjoy puzzles that have practical application. Tactical Decision Exercises for example. Programming too.

    JD
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