" I like it! "

" There is no theta in architect. Architect is spelled with only English letters, not Greek letters "

" The @ symbol; or its more specific version, theta; or the more specific version of theta, an exclamation point; or the more specific version of an exclamation point, a small picture of a dog vomiting. "

" Maybe the REAL SIGN is the @ symbol, or more specifically, the THETA symbol ( Θ ), since the word THETA (being the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet) can be found inside of the word ARCHITECT as well. "

" I actually meant to say FEY - BULL, but I’m sure you’ll get the gist of it. "

" Another reason why the correct door would be 26, is because the word FABLE can also be read as FAY - BULL (or a magical bull), which (by the way) then alludes to the fact that the guide could very well be a Minotaur... "

" I don’t know if I’m repeating someone else’s words, but I may have found a possible indicator of the guide’s intentions. You can see written on the paper on the table, the words, “I AM.” Also, on the upside-down sign reading ELVI: the anagram can... "

" If you pronounce the word, it sounds like "L V." Alphanumerically translated, that's 17, another door in the room. Because the sign is upside-down, the V actually comes before the L. If you read it as VL, that's a roman numeral 45--an indication of the... "

" i like the ELVI solution, it fits Manson's style. "

" Hey, obscure research seems to be your specialty, I have a question for you. I always assumed the horns in 41 were just supposed to be messed up, but I was recently looking at another Christopher Manson book, A Gift for the King, and there... "

" ; ) "

" I'm not sure I see what the coincidence is. That "the red" kind of sounds like "thread" if you say it quickly? I don't know about that on its face, but unless I'm missing something, you're adding the word "the" to "red herring" arbitrarily. At... "

" Since Theseus took a ball of yarn (or spindle of twine) to unwind and mark his route, could this be eluding to the “The Red Herring” clew, which can also be interpreted as a “Thread EA ring”? (The + Red = Thread + EAring) I... "

" I think they meant to say the map of the Trap looks like a key. "

" Perhaps it is, though I wonder if the Guide's feelings go as far as resentment. His preceding line (You continue to judge everything by the way it looks!), in conjunction with the reference to deceptions on his father, certainly seems to be a direct reference... "

" It is necessary to keep in mind that the map drawn to represent the loop wasn't made by Manson himself, making it difficult to connect its appearance with the solution to the puzzle. After all, the mapmaker could have rearranged the rooms in any manner... "

" Ah, come on, he's in the right place. "

" William Brandon McLaughlin, if I PayPal you $20, would you stop posting comments on this website? "

" see above comment "

" — The "Ætherial" Sign — "

" It’s a part of the answer to the riddle becuase of where the quote is from. Shakespeare’s “As you like it” has Jaques famously soliloquizing, “All the world is but a stage, and all the men and women in it merely players... that have their... "

" Explain further, unless it's something crazy. "

" I found the "real" sign! Now what? B "

" I came up with Door 23 because of ELVI. E=5 L=12 and VI could be roman numerals for 6. 5+12+6 = 23. Also I thought there were lots of pairs of objects and many 3 letter objects. 2 eye/I's, 2 shoes (horseshoe), 2 "hats", 3... "

" My thoughts were there are 2 nails and 9 pieces of wood. "

" This is exactly how I came up with 42. "

" I thought the Devil holding the A represented an Angel and Devil sitting over your shoulders. (Always depicted with the Angel on your right and the Devil on your left which fits if you are facing out from the stage with them behind you.) So... "

" What a classic book. I still buy copies as gifts. "

" I realise this is not entirely a comment meant for replies, but this garrulous atrocity you have written is too fascinating for me not to ask about. Surely, surely this must be a joke? But why? "

" Is the Guide's line about how he's "always hated confinement" a reference to how he'd been forcibly confined to the Labyrinth? It would be another hint that the Guide is the Minotaur. "

" Certainly possible, but it is important to remember that the image for the loop, as well as all diagrams made for this puzzle, weren't created by Manson. It is my belief that the creator of the image just happened to arrange the rooms in a... "

" It certainly seems to be that way, seeing that Pasiphae was the only family member that directly deceived the Cretan Bull. It is worth noting that the Cretan Bull has often been a victim of 'deception,' usually when great heroes capture him. Theseus waits until... "

" I like your observation about the light; Room 8 emphasizes that a single bulb lights the room, and Room 6 refers to a feeble light from above. I'm not sure this is what's intended, because the characters also reference rain, implicitly coming from the same... "

" The ladder leads to room 8, which has a feeble light (rooms 17 and 32 do not). The beam may have two arms; 6+2=8 (probably a coincidence). "

" If you know the reference for the scale, then the far left door may be an escape from the trap to room 42, as the references to 42 and 43 above actually are the rooms the doors lead to. That may be the author’s biggest... "

" Room 21 is above Room 22, which is next to Room 43. "

" I'm very pleased to have found this site! I think it's wonderful what you've accomplished here. About the cover, I would venture to guess that the red herring above the door is meant to dissuade puzzlers from using the cover page in any analysis of... "

" It's not to me, anyway. If there is something discoverable here, your history of implausible suggestions (and the general history of the site, and the particular instances of commenters claiming solutions they would not explain plainly) discourages us from putting strenuous effort into divining it. "

" Isn’t it obvious? "

" You just mean because the letters are in there? "

" You’re a smart enough fellow. And I’m sure that you’ll be able to figure ti out, sooner than you think. "

" I don't see the part where it spells out "labyrinth." "

" "Like Atlas, you bear it on your shoulders." - From my point of view, I am starting to think that this 8 letter phrase has some sort of connection which involves an acrostic poem. It seems to be a hendecasyllabic clue, in order to spell... "

" The statue's shadow seems to be pointing to the unmarked door 20, indicating (Like in 25 with the crown over the unmarked door) that the locked door is the choice we should take, meaning we have taken a wrong turn. "

" Thanks, I'm still hoping for another Ask Manson. "