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From: spb0457@rigel.tamu.edu (SubGenius)
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Subject: Re: _The Gold Bug Variations_ & Thomas Jefferson
Date: 14 Apr 1993 14:41 CST
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Paul C Leyland writes...
>Mike Godwin writes...
> >Scott Yabiku writes...
> >1) I've just finished reading _The Gold Bug Variations_ by Richard Powers,
> >and I enjoyed it very much. I have a question: If you've read the book,
> >you know there's a coded message (a dedication?) at the beginning. Could
> >someone please tell me what the plaintext is?
>
> What do you think we are? sci.crypt?
>
>Yes. Could someone post the ciphertext please? I don't have a copy of
>the original.
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I spent a bit of time and skullsweat trying to cause the bit on the dedication
page to discharge its informational content, to no avail. If I recall
correctly, someone here on r.a.b. opined that the message consists in fact
of the initials of folks Mr. Powers wished to dedicate the novel to. Note
that all the letters are in triplets, and that several have `huh?' marks, but
they all appear in the middle of a triplet.
The message is:
RLS CMW DJP RFP J?O CEP JJN PRG
ZTS MCJ JEH BLM CRR PLC JCM MEP
JNH JDM RBS J?H BJP PJP SCB TLC
KES REP RCP DTH I?H CRB JSB SDG
Yours etc.,
SubGenius
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