I'm close to giving up. My brain has already committed suicide.
I'm close to giving up. My brain has already committed suicide.
I'll take a punt on Arnie Cunningham
Based on some random chicken scratch calculation that made perfect sense at the time but the meaning of which disappeared into oblivion less than two seconds after it occurred to me
We all float down here!
I tried to think along these lines, and decided not to: not being an American, I have only a general idea where anything took place.Originally Posted by Shannon
been there, done that...OK, let's try letters to numbers:
If 72 = 5 and 1613 = 61 and 19 = 88, Who would = 47?
7 minus 2 equals 5 ... 16 backwards is 61 ... 19 backwards is 91 and 9 minus 1 is 8 ...
I'm lost. Grrrrrrrrrr
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's not Arnie Cunningham - try againI'll take a punt on Arnie Cunningham
Based on some random chicken scratch calculation that made perfect sense at the time but the meaning of which disappeared into oblivion less than two seconds after it occurred to me
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Clue 4
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Clue 5
Clue 6
I *love* cryptic (so my riddle AND clues are reflecting that) If no one gets it in 24 hours I will start being a little easier on you maggots! (What would Cord think?)
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
I just noticed this thread this morning.
My brain hurts already!
Welcome Br!an, look forward to your input
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
"YOU ARE KA-TET; ONE MADE FROM MANY. SO AM I. WHOSE KA-TET IS THE STRONGER IS SOMETHING WE MUST NOW PROVE" - Blaine the Mono
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
So to sum up:
Spoiler:
Last edited by Br!an; 11-17-2013 at 10:17 AM. Reason: Clarity
A good summing up. a few clarifications:
clarification
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
- S = 88 ... "Skybar" is SK's 88th short fiction story, per the Justin Brooks biblio ... none of the other numbers add up to anything.
- 3rd clue, quote from Waste Lands, "you only need to do is read a particular book" leads me to page number in Waste Lands ... but that didn't pan out.
The equation I'm going off of is: "If GB = 5 and PM = 61 and S = 88, Who would = 47?" because the Whos would transfer over to the left side of the equal sign, and not only that but PM = 1613 ... and that doesn't help the situation at all. I'm going to go with CHARACTER = something ... Not the character that first appears on that page in Waste Lands ... Not the main character in the SK book whose number it is chronologically ...
Are there any "S" characters?
Also was thinking somewhere along the lines of GB = George Beahm and DG = Donald Grant ... not sure where that would go.
I feel like a big stupidhead.
Clue 7
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
No I'm not!
lol, did he call you a bad name inside that spoiler?
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No. Click it!
bears can look - it's not much of a spoiler.
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Ok, Monday morning clue time...
Clue 8
Clue 9
This is a big one!:
Clue 10
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
if we're talking editions and publishers, bears are defeated...
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clue 11
Clue 12
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
After so many clues, I don't think anyone is going to get it.
First part?Spoiler:
Author of The Road to the Dark Tower, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences and The Dark Tower Companion. Co-editor with Stephen King of the anthology Flight or Fright.
Why will clue #13 be so special?
Somehow 13 must figure into the equation...?
...having failed Algebra multiple times, I should know better than to try to figure this riddle out, but I am intrigued even as I am befuddled!
Spoiler:
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
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