USAuPzlBxBob
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Over at "Home of Dal" there is extreme excitement about a new book by Forrest that will premier on November 2, 2017.
There is a Forward in the book, written by an eyewitness to the pre-hatching of TTotC, Doug Preston, part of which I have excerpted here:
The final clue... would be where they found his car: parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
… He had already written the poem, he... read it to me. It was similar to the poem he later published in... The Thrill of the Chase, but not exactly the same. He tweaked it many times over the years, making it harder.
… he assured me that the poem, while absolutely reliable if the nine clues were followed in order, was extremely difficult to interpret—so tricky that he wouldn’t be surprised if it took nine hundred years before someone cracked it.
This Forward offers some interesting notions.
Maybe Forrest is worried that the TC will never, ever get found, or maybe Forrest hopes it will get found while he is still around, just to glimpse the hoopla of it all playing out.
Sort of like seeing what eventually would have happened way in the future, rather than never knowing if it would have been found, and appreciated.
Like being able to see the mourners at your funeral, see how much you actually meant to the world, rather than imagining what you would have meant to the world.
Like a Final Act.
After all, Forrest is amazed at how quickly the Chase has caught on, and so his hold on immortality-fame is already firmly rooted.
Maybe he's pushing the "solve button" to fast forward. Or maybe he just misses seeing the treasure chest and its contents, would like to see it one more time.
- Bob
There is a Forward in the book, written by an eyewitness to the pre-hatching of TTotC, Doug Preston, part of which I have excerpted here:
The final clue... would be where they found his car: parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
… He had already written the poem, he... read it to me. It was similar to the poem he later published in... The Thrill of the Chase, but not exactly the same. He tweaked it many times over the years, making it harder.
… he assured me that the poem, while absolutely reliable if the nine clues were followed in order, was extremely difficult to interpret—so tricky that he wouldn’t be surprised if it took nine hundred years before someone cracked it.
This Forward offers some interesting notions.
- Preston listened to Forrest recite the poem before Forrest had made it "harder."
- Maybe he remembers some parts of what Forrest read to him.
- Forrest has claimed all along that the TC is hidden in the same location he originally had thought of.
- This could mean that Preston may know alternative clues, phrases, or hints compared to the current version of the poem.
- Since no one has found the TC, an easier version of the poem may hasten its finding.
- Preston may someday become the bearer of the flame, should Forrest pass on before the TC is found.
- Maybe he remembers some parts of what Forrest read to him.
- The final clue would be where they found his car: in the parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
- This clue will still apply since the original location of the TC has never changed.
- This line may just be another rabbit-hole since it can be thought of in multiple ways, i.e. a clue would have been placed in the car, or the car's location would be the clue, or
- Forrest admitted that the poem is "extremely difficult to interpret"
- This possibly rules out straightforward "solves"
- Forrest, worried about a possible quick 'solve,' deliberately threw in a few "curveballs."
- This possibly rules out straightforward "solves"
Maybe Forrest is worried that the TC will never, ever get found, or maybe Forrest hopes it will get found while he is still around, just to glimpse the hoopla of it all playing out.
Sort of like seeing what eventually would have happened way in the future, rather than never knowing if it would have been found, and appreciated.
Like being able to see the mourners at your funeral, see how much you actually meant to the world, rather than imagining what you would have meant to the world.
Like a Final Act.
After all, Forrest is amazed at how quickly the Chase has caught on, and so his hold on immortality-fame is already firmly rooted.
Maybe he's pushing the "solve button" to fast forward. Or maybe he just misses seeing the treasure chest and its contents, would like to see it one more time.
- Bob