" It's amazing how much the context of a question can be ignored when the urge to write something caustic gets the better of one. Again, the book is not available for purchase online from any website, and traveling from the other side of the world... "

" Could one possible clue be an elephant never (four)gets? "

" It looks like the light source is coming down from above, as if the fireplace is breathing down fire. "

" My eyes weren't good enough to spot the faintly drawn eye or "mane", but this is interesting! 9 It could be a reference to the minotaur, since you have a painting of what is now essentially the body of a man with what could be... "

" What role does the hair play in indicating "toadstool"? toadstool, toedstool, toad's tool, sarcophagus, sarco-fungus... Several ways to connect these things, but no good explanations for why they're here. "

" The "untrustworthy furniture", frog, and mushrooms in the trough and the hair all add up to "toadstool" for me. What does that mean? I don't know. Trap maybe? "

" The minotaur seemed obvious to me. He describes his parents as one being quite lowborn (bull), the other as 'close to a king' (the queen). In the room where they remark upon a portrait not being a very good likeness, there is a mirror with... "

" You'll probably have better luck coordinating illegal activity on the MazeCast discord than here. Those people have no scruples whatsoever. "

" I actually wrote some code myself before stumbling on this thread. I found some more solutions. FIRST HALF (4 solutions): 1: [1, 26, 30, 42, 4, 29, 17, 45] 2: [1, 20, 5, 30, 42, 4, 29, 17, 45] 3: [1, 26, 30, 15, 37,... "

" Hey, Meg. I hope this is a fair question, but could you please share a digital copy of the book with me? I understand that this is borderline copyright infringement, but the book simply isn't available for purchase online. "

" Guys, tell me where I can download/buy the book? It is not available for purchase on Amazon, and I could not find a single digital copy (pdf / djvu) on the entire Internet. "

" 9*4=36, 9*5=45 "

" I don't remember seeing that anagram before, though probably someone ran that phrase through an anagram generator at some point. (I just did, and got over 7000 results, so I'm doubting that anyone scanned through all of them.) "Benign portal" is a more plausibly applicable... "

" That's probably a good illustration of the dangers of unrestricted arithmetical solutions: you can always find something to count or multiply or combine to get the number you want to get. I noted a solution listed above, about counting F in the text and then... "

" Reading your comment again, I realize you may have already understood all that--you were just suggesting a reason for why we don't go the way the puzzle is indicating. That's fair enough too--the Eden theme and the discussion of door 34's elegance speak to the... "

" This is one of the few puzzles in the book we have a pretty good understanding of--the assemblage of objects in the center of the room indicates "F HOUR TREE," which is an anagram of THREE FOUR. That doesn't mean that the associations you cite... "

" Wow. When I first saw this page, I was excited and knew I would play it. I figured it would be a niche little indie game, not due to any doubt of its quality but just what I knew of MAZE fans at the time.... "

" The salt shaker could be a reference to, when salt is spilled, one throws the salt over one's left shoulder (to blind the devil). In other words, take the door on the far left. "

" "Plangent Brio" anagrams to "Benign Portal" (I couldn't see this in any old comments, but maybe that is old news to you all). "

" This seems really basic so it might be wrong: I see the left and right side of the room having some opposing concepts. At the top we have “all or none.” In the middle we have an open eye and then on the wall across... "

" It’s fruit from the true of knowledge. If there’s “No Eve” to tempt Adam then he remains naive. And the fruit of knowledge is fake so it offers false wisdom. And the clock is broken making it not a reliable source of information. Unsure if... "

" I don't recall anyone drawing a connection between the A in 26 and the DCBA in 1 before. An intriguing possibility! Because the A is involved in the contest solution, we know what it means in the context of its puzzle. But, the backwards alphabet... "

" The opening of the bell is pointing at the correct door. I am unsure if this is correct, but based on the door symbols in room 1 suggesting the first four letters of the alphabet in reverse, I assume that as the left and center... "

" I don't know that we're meant to make that assumption. It's a reasonable thought, but it doesn't look like each vistor interacts with the door their statements surreptitiously reference. Only one door is opened (prior to their leaving, by a door of our choice), but... "

" The mathematical allusions in the fourth paragraph are hard to ignore, though we've never had a good theory for why they're there. Connecting it with the geometry of the archtecture is reasonable, though we end up with an image that reflects the text and text... "

" Also. Please note that capital Pi is used in mathematics to represent the product in pi notation (Which is a mathematical operarion for repeated multipy operation). As stated in room 17 (just previous to the center). "If you think the maze as a machine, confusion... "

" The third child who said "late" opened the "tale" door. This door is the bottle door which is the only item that can be opened. He may left it open as in the book cover this door is still open. "

" I think no one pointed to this idea. The monstruous walls are pages. I could not relate it to any clue either. "The monstrous walls rise up and run away as far as the human eye can see, circling and dividing." -> What are the... "

" I think that the only clue in the text to the room 45, apart from the obvious, is the following: -“Amphorae,” I pronounced; empty, of course. Because apart from sand, the amphorae also contais the number 45 (see image on the door). In order to... "

" There are exactly 42 words in the quotes in the text. "

" I think it's probably nonsense. Ten years ago we had a very different view about Maze, and thought we knew a lot more about how it worked, and I went down a lot of wild paths with too much credulity. "

" I am actually very found of the am-four-ee theory you talk about. The text reinforeces the idea that the guide didn't want to give them the 4 that is inside the amphorae. "I pronounced empty, of course (Those little brats allways solving my puzzles!)" I... "

" He was a user from years ago, who had a similar manner of creating arithmetical interpretations of the text. He has come back a couple times under different names (although typically just slightly altered versions of Thail Krider). "

" Dont know either. Maybe because the whole mouth is bright and the bars are inside the mouth, so the shadows are not casted away from the fireplace. In any case shadws play an important role in the picture for sure. The shadow of the chair...... "

" Solution to door 15 can be found in the text. (Little bit of a stretch). After finding nunber 29 in the "A sound" paragraph. The maze offers the children a new clue when: "Faint voices came down [from] one of the corridors." In my opinion,... "

" No idea who Thail Krider is lol "

" Hi, I’ve just heard of this for the first time today and I am incredibly interested in owning a physical copy of the book, does anybody know a good place to find one? I can’t find any legit listings online. "

" I think you're onto something with figurative expressions. The rope connects the column to Room 18 and forms the number 9 within its shape. Room 18 also features a bowling pin and a bass clef that resembles a 9. These elements seem to frame Room... "

" There’s an interesting interplay with shadows in this room that I don’t think has been fully explored. For example, the shadow of the hat and firewood in the lower left corner resembles an umbrella pointing toward Room 13. The “handle” also looks like a musical... "

" Thail Krider, is that you? "

" John Bailey ran a Maze website/mailing list twenty-some years ago. White Raven is the creator of Into The Abyss. There is no solution guide. Manson seems to prefer not to resolve these mysteries. Take everything suggested as a solution with an appropriate grain of salt "

" The correct door (29) can be found by paying attention to the story text. As in previous rooms, the door can be solved with sounds, letters and double meanings. Narrator says "A sound made them all turn suddenly" pointing to the sound of letter "A".... "

" The text says "Leaving the room and all that IT contained behind us, we entered…". If you examine the room I only found 10 fruITs and 3 exITs. Then, it means that the children left 10 fruits, 3 exits and the room 30 behind. ->... "

" Hi! I just came into this book and I ve been reading and proposing my ideas. Who are John Bailey and WR that seem to are a reference in this topic? Is there any official solution guide provided by Manson or something similar apart from... "

" The text say the children hold their ears (E-R). The first time children speak, they use ER three times: "hERe", "vERy", "eithER". = 3. The second time children speak, they use no ERs. =0. Resulting in door 30, of course. When children finished talking and... "