" That's a pretty reasonable suggestion. To me, it looks like a smaller, concentric circle in the middle, not the dot you'd expect from the astronomical/alchemical symbol, but that might be ok. "

" Can the face of the statue be the Sun symbol? The sun is falling on the door 1 in Prologue. "

" If the "____" in "forth_____" is "ink" then this would be a rebus for "invisible ink" ... A lot of steganography references and null ciphers in MAZE "

" The white rose between 2 doors: White rose has strong symbolic link with House of York and the War of the Roses. Shakespeare popularised the "War of the Roses" in Henry VI part 1 - which is play 20 in First Folio. The war lasted... "

" forth____ might be "forthink". The missing text is "ink". "Fourth ink" might be a riddle with the answer being black (using CYMK, which was used in 1980). The door with most "black ink" is 20. The 4 words after "forth" make: "with rightward ink". The... "

" I was thinking about coupled objects that kind of “fit” each other like wood and an axe, matches and a candle, a table and a chair, a hammer and nails. Pairs of objects on the poster. Hands holding a fitting microphone / torch / ice... "

" vewatkin is right. Let's not be silly and assume there are no rules to this game. If there weren't, we might as well just teleport straight to room 45 whenever we pleased and call it a day, especially given how many probably unintended things people... "

" Laser just noted a typo in the Abyss's reproduction of the room 35 text, and it reminded me to note an error here. In the text of MAZE, there is no period at the end of paragraph 3 of room 27. (After "them".) However, on... "

" As well as “The Cask of Amontillado”, Edgar Allen Poe also had someone get bricked up behind a wall in "The Black Cat". The only room mentioning a black cat in its text is Room 4 - which is the correct answer door in this... "

" Just checked, the original text does not have the typo. "

" Folks have noted below that the text “The monstrous walls rise up and run away as far as the human eye can see, circling and dividing. Which half is the Maze?” has a lot of math references. “Rise” and “run” remind me of a right... "

" Just wondering if the typo here in “promptly” is in the original text? "

" The poster on the right with the maze illustration and the letters “ELL” in it might be a clue for a visual “ELL” in this room. Working backwards, the last “L” could be made from the candle, the matchbook and the board with the two... "

" BREAKING NEWS After figuring out "DUNKEL" letter by letter and introducing the German language, I underwent my "Aha" moment: Besides "Abyss", 24 can also be called "hell" (many items in 11 even rhymes or quasi-rhymes with "hell": the "bell", the "nails" resembling eyes in 24... "

" Other possible connections: 38: Do eyes even "see" in the place of unlimited darkness? The pose of the ape is suggestive of the different eye looking left here. We learn from our first class, the "different" object leads to the answer. "See" is also one... "

" I've been saying this for years. "

" I have a theory to actually "solve" the abyss (but involving non-English language knowledge, which may be considered cheating). The four doors leading here (invisible here) are actually from rooms 4, 11, 14 and 21 respectively, which can form letters D, K, N and U,... "

" The directions are included in the "Directions" section of the book. "

" There are no explicit, established rules at all with this book. That was my main point of frustration. In fact, even here people disagree about what constitutes a clue. Even the idea that a “correct” answer to a riddle leads you to death is strange... "

" The hidden door is not unmarked, just obscured in the manner of hidden pictures. "

" The f holes on the viola as I said, look like 19. The left one really lacks a round bit at the bottom. And F holes are almost all with symmetrical top to bottom so it’s unusual for that right one to look so much... "

" The f holes on the viola as I said, look like 19. The left one really lacks a round bit at the bottom. And F holes are almost all with symmetrical top to bottom so it’s unusual for that right one to look so much... "

" You can't go through unnumbered exits. Those are one-way passages. However, if you could, this room would connect directly to 45 and 26, meaning you'd be 1 step away from the center, and 2 steps away from the entrance. A useful shortcut indeed! Alas. Where... "

" I came to this room in my first steps after discovering that there could be numbers for the unnumbered doors. And I’ve already discovered 7 and 16 were wrong. So I looked for an alternative. The guide to praises the viol, not the viol player.... "

" This comment caught my eye again, these many months later. I think it's a reasonable enough suggestion to merit someone saying, "That's a reasonable suggestion." "

" For what it's worth, I think it's hard to imagine it's not meant to be read as a black cat. "

" Huh, I'd never noticed that. I can barely see it in the picture on the website, and I don't know where my physical copy has run off to, so I won't weigh in on whether that cat could plausibly be interpreted as a black cat... "

" Room 27 has an image of a (presumably) black cat hanging outside the door to room 13, as a reference to traditional bad luck superstitions. "

" I love this! But...what does room 27 have to do with any of this? "

" I think Rawk is talking about posting Maze online in pdf form. The host of this website did not get permission to do that, which is why all the images are so low quality. "

" Forgive me if I missed it but I haven’t seen anyone mention the connection to the phrase “turn over a new leaf”, the other symbols above the doors are all more straightforwardly things you turn over to use, so it only makes sense that it’s... "

" 3. There are a handful of places where the text implies that the group is seeking the center of the Maze; they explicitly attempt to solve the Riddle of the Maze while in 45; the Guide then makes reference to them finding their way out.... "

" 2. I'm not aware of anything that can be stated about the nature of the (apparent] inhabitants of the Maze beyond pure speculation. "

" 1. Not to my knowledge, though the subject matter has been much explored. A chart might be handy, though when it comes to making useful reference material, the community is pretty worthless. I mean, I'm not going to do it--are you? I think that in... "

" It has been so interpreted, reasonably so, though it's not completely clear, on the face of it, that making reference to sounds from an adjoining room is meant as a clue to travel there. The line between "non-clue connection" and "misleading clue" is completely blurred,... "

" Tell us more about The Blue Prince. You brought it up but didn't explain how it relates to MAZE. Is it another puzzle book? "

" Whoops - nevermind on the counting of now! It does not equal 42. Oh well. Not necessary anyhow… "

" Love the Maze and the website! I have 3 questions -- has anyone made a chart linking up the 'noises' heard behind doors/in the distance for each room and if it logically matches up with other rooms? Also, 'who' are the other people seen in... "

" Hello! First timer here, and not sure if this one is too obvious to be plausible, but seeing as how the group hears either hitting or splitting (which the Guide attempts to obscure), and given how on the path they’re guaranteed to have passed by... "

" In posts below, it’s been pointed out (by vewatkin I believe, and others) that the first line of text could either refer to the third crown door or to the crown of the bald dude’s head. The last four words of the first line might... "

" Perhaps it might be important to have the original book rather than information on the internet, because there might be pieces of information not noticable by others. The cover of the book could have clues. There might be a page inbetween pages? Words or letters... "

" Any of you that has tried to solve the Maze, have you played a game called Blue Prince? From what I've understood by playing the game is that previous rooms in the maze might change the meaning based on what you might learn in other... "

" I wonder if the message to take from the duck is to count all versions of “eye”s on the room walls, both portrait related and letter “i” related. The duck has 1) the one eye profile, 2) the two wheels that look like a forward... "

" I don"t recall hearing that before, certainly worth mentioning. "

" Aria, I think you’re on to something by seeing that the pipes make a T that points to the number 4 on the 4th row of the math sign, and the trowel starts with T and points to the correct door 4. Here’s a bit... "