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yrch69
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12th wrote:
yrch69 wrote:
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BlackThir13en: 0030104 0030305 0050905



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C. Simply adding the values in each column, you get: 11 13 14, which is "JLM" in alpha (and likely means nothing)


The numbers add up to 8 11 14 // HLN in alpha. Still nothing, really.


Horizontally, they actually add up to 8 11 19 "HLS". Vertically, "JLM". Neither one appears to be significant.

I also tried rearranging the numbers in dozens of ways, as I still think the zeros are important, and the most likely use for them would be separating values. I even tried arranging the numbers into a block, and superimposing the door "hourglass" symbol over them to come up with a new sequential order.

I wasn't able to get 13 or 19 to factor evenly for any set of values, nor did I find any other apparent patterns or common divisors. Still working on it.

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 		Two new messages from BlackThir13en

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17 58 87 38 67 37 87 17 96 28 23 28 96 68 37 38 96 86


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Reversing the numbers, reveals: "GUNSLINGER REVISED". May be a standalone message; may be a response to Xankek's question:


BlackThir13en: 0030104 0030305 0050905
Xankek: Who are you?
BlackThir13en: 17 58 87 38 67 37 87 17 96 28 23 28 96 68 37 38 96 86
BlackThir13en: @Xankek I am.

("I am" was posted a few minutes after the numerical message, suggesting it may be unrelated)

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yrch69 wrote:
Two new messages from BlackThir13en

Quote:
17 58 87 38 67 37 87 17 96 28 23 28 96 68 37 38 96 86


Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Reversing the numbers, reveals: "GUNSLINGER REVISED". May be a standalone message; may be a response to Xankek's question:


Given that . . .
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I was wrong last time but this really might be a book code. Anyone have a copy of the revised edition of the Gunslinger?


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BlackThir13en: 0030104 0030305 0050905


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If you have a copy of the revised edition try page 3, paragraph 1, word 4 (could just as easily be word one of paragraph 4). Page 3, paragraph 3 word 5 (again could be word 3 paragraph 5). Page 5, paragraph 9, word 5 (or word 9 paragraph 5).


And, my spoiler boxed theory is pretty much confirmed by a tweet 3 minutes ago where they tell Xankek that Gunslinger revised is "the key".

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 		Downloading the Ebook version now, will report.

Edit: Welp, that's a lost cause.

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 		I have the paperback version of the revised Gunslinger. Page 3 is the first page of the actual novel in my book. Page 3, paragraph 1, word 4 is 'black'. There are only three paragraphs on that page. Paragraph 3 word 5 is 'struck'. There are only four paragraphs on page 5.

Anyone else have anything different in their copies?

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 		I got Black Not Other. It's a pdf, so it's probably not right.
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Xankek wrote:
Downloading the Ebook version now, will report.

Edit: Welp, that's a lost cause.


Never mind.
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Loreless wrote:
I have the paperback version of the revised Gunslinger. Page 3 is the first page of the actual novel in my book. Page 3, paragraph 1, word 4 is 'black'. There are only three paragraphs on that page. Paragraph 3 word 5 is 'struck'. There are only four paragraphs on page 5.

Anyone else have anything different in their copies?


The bitch of a book code is you have to use the exact right version. Anyone got the hard cover? Hell if there's more than one printing of the revised edition it might introduce errors.

It just occurred to me that it might be sentence rather than paragraph as well.

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redwulf25_ci wrote:
The bitch of a book code is you have to use the exact right version. Anyone got the hard cover? Hell if there's more than one printing of the revised edition it might introduce errors.

It just occurred to me that it might be sentence rather than paragraph as well.


That does make things difficult. :/

I'm working with ISBN 0-451-21084-0, looks like it might be the 13-20 printing? Not sure how that stuff works, but we may indeed need an entirely different copy of the revised edition.

EDIT: One good thing is that we do have access to previews of books through places like Amazon, so if we can figure out exactly which copy we need to use there's a chance we could get hold of the pages we need through there. Especially since it's looking like the code is in the first few pages of the book anyway.

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redwulf25_ci wrote:
Loreless wrote:
I have the paperback version of the revised Gunslinger. Page 3 is the first page of the actual novel in my book. Page 3, paragraph 1, word 4 is 'black'. There are only three paragraphs on that page. Paragraph 3 word 5 is 'struck'. There are only four paragraphs on page 5.

Anyone else have anything different in their copies?


The bitch of a book code is you have to use the exact right version. Anyone got the hard cover? Hell if there's more than one printing of the revised edition it might introduce errors.

It just occurred to me that it might be sentence rather than paragraph as well.


Ebooks are often error-riddled, too. Could one of the codes be an ISBN? It should be 10 or 13 digits, depending on the year.
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Loreless wrote:
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The bitch of a book code is you have to use the exact right version. Anyone got the hard cover? Hell if there's more than one printing of the revised edition it might introduce errors.

It just occurred to me that it might be sentence rather than paragraph as well.


That does make things difficult. :/

I'm working with ISBN 0-451-21084-0, looks like it might be the 13-20 printing? Not sure how that stuff works, but we may indeed need an entirely different copy of the revised edition.


Now I'm not saying it necessarily WILL change things, barring typos or layout changes they shouldn't be different, but one change can bugger the whole code. Or like I said where I wrote paragraph it might be sentence. Hell, where I said page it could be chapter but that's a three digit number and I don't think the Gunslinger had 100+ chapters (was it divided into chapters at all?).

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redwulf25_ci wrote:
Now I'm not saying it necessarily WILL change things, barring typos or layout changes they shouldn't be different, but one change can bugger the whole code. Or like I said where I wrote paragraph it might be sentence. Hell, where I said page it could be chapter but that's a three digit number and I don't think the Gunslinger had 100+ chapters (was it divided into chapters at all?).


Mine's definitely the wrong edition; it's unrevised and starts on page 11. But it only has 5 unnumbered chapters and an afterword. The revised edition is expanded, but uh, not that much.
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 		I have the revised hardback edition. *superhero pose* Will go get it and edit in what I find.

Edit: So far, big fat nothing. =/ Here's what I tried and what I got:

Page/paragraph/word: black struck --- (there is no paragraph 5)
page/line/word: black apotheosis looked
Paragraph/over that many words/down that many words: blinding the him
chapter/paragraph/word: the all deeper
chapter/line/word: the had gunslinger
paragraph/sentence/word: black blinding would
chapter/sentence/word: the he all

I then thought it might be word #s 314, 335, and 595, so I counted and got "long been his", which makes the most sense but still not much. I'm not counting to words 30104, 30305, and 50905. If anyone has anything else to try, let me know. Otherwise, I've got to get to work.

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 		Long been his does make a lot of sense. I do have one more idea though, I know the person who used the soft cover edition said the book started on page 3, don't know about the hard cover edition. Perhaps when counting pages the first page the book starts on should be counted as page 1 no matter the number it's listed as?

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redwulf25_ci wrote:
Long been his does make a lot of sense. I do have one more idea though, I know the person who used the soft cover edition said the book started on page 3, don't know about the hard cover edition. Perhaps when counting pages the first page the book starts on should be counted as page 1 no matter the number it's listed as?


Well, the book starts with an epigraph from "Look Homeward, Angel" (which incidentally talks about "a stone, a leaf, an unfound door"). Then on the next page is the number 19, and on the page opposite that, the word "RESUMPTION." Then a blank page, and the title "THE GUNSLINGER." One more blank page, and the story begins on page 3, which doesn't make sense unless page 1 is the title page. Your suggestion is to treat page 3 as page one, which means the code that refers to (presumably) page 3 should instead be read on page 5?

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